Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1864-04-07

Fiding the subiugation of the South was Intend
ed For this they have been denounced by the
radical press IN unmeasured terms, among which
"lukewsrmness" and "disloyalty" are not the
least prominent
From the same journals, and from the lips Of
the unthinklng masses, We hear much concerning
short and decisive campaigns which riil at once
end The rebellion. Such utterances, in view OF
The circumstances chaIacterzing the present in
ternal conflict and in the i oh; OF history, are the
veriest dwellings OF ignorance. To believe
them IS to ignore all the lessons of the past; to
assert them Is TO fatty contradict the logic of
human events at every stage OF their occurrence
In hie. SO vast the data afforded BY expert
euce, that We can predicate results upon IN ex-
animation Of causes with almost If not quite the
same certainty that we can in the positive SCI
ences If, then, glance through the records OF
the ages shows us that q certain thing has been
Zen thousand times attempted and never accom-
plished, IL is fair inference that all future at
tempts, made under like circumstances, will. in
Ike manner. result in failures.
An examination of the prominent wars OF msn-
kind will show that the suejugaton of a people
Is 10 some cases an utter impOssibllity. and ia
Others. work whose time of accomplishment
trenches far into a century
Eng ldnn, who sneers al our slow progress, has
been peculiarly unfortunate in respect 10 the du-
ration OF her own wars, civil and foreign. The
very FIRST attempt at "subjugatiOn" recorded in
her history is that inaugurated by Claudius
against Britain: and yet the warlike Romans.
led by such chiefs as Aulus. Vespasan and Ag-
ricOla. required forty years subjugate the bar
barous, halt-armed BfitOns.
The war commenced by England. under Ed
ward III against France, IN l34O, lasted, with
scarcely any intermission. for more than hund
red years. and was just concluded the year be-
fore the War of the Roses. which lasted nearly
half century longer In l7O2. this same State
which desplses our progress in subjugating a ter
ritory bali as large "a the whole OF Europe, un-
dert0ok TO suhlugste the small province OF France,
and finally failed Utrecht. after a war of eleven
years In l715 the same State undertook 10
subjugate France once more. and. after laboring
few years with France, included Spain, the
American colonies and the Dutch, concluded her
efforts in l1e3. without having "subjugated
anything, not even the weakly colonists of
America. Ten years after. England tried war
with France again. and at length. owing to the
French having no Joan of Arc. and the oppor-
tune arrival of the Prussians under Butcher she
secured peace. but not subjugation. in 1915. at
Waterloo
All of these wars in England have been long,
enormously expensive, and in but a very few cases
decisive
So OF all other memorable wars in history
The first and second Messenian lasted re-
spectlvely nineteen and seventeen years. both
ending in the subugauOn of the Messenians by
the Observation-Disclosures of the many cases in
which people once "subjugated" require the
treatment TO be afterwards repeated. The cele
brated Pelopenesian war, primarily waged be
tween the aristOcracy of Sparta aud the ambitious
democracy of Athens. had a duration of ten
years
The invasion of the comparatively small
states Of Greece by the colossal armies of Persia
under Darius and Xerxes, for the purpose OF
"subjugatiOn. waged for years and finally
terminated at Plates by the overwhel lining defeat
OF the invader.
The first and second Punic war, carried on be-
tween the Romans aud Carihagenians. lasted re
spectvely for twenty-five aud sxty-tour wears.
tor once ending in the complete "Subjugation'
of one OF the belligerents Mohammed's re-
ligious war lasted nine years. The final Moorish
invasion OF Spain, from the capture of Zahara
down to the surrender of the KEYS OF the Alham
bra at Grenada by Abdallah, ran through a pc
riod of ten years and resulted in the subiugators
being "subiugated " France, by turns. now
singly, then as coalition, fought England. Ba-
varia. Austria. Prussia. Russia and the semi
barbarians of Northern Africa, for a period OF
thirty two years, extending from 1893 to 1915,
aud vet was at no time overrun or 'sublugated -
These illustrations might be extended for COL
umns-all of which show that long wars are the
rule. and the subjugation of nations the exceD-
ton The Roman Empire was finally subjugated
but less by the barbsrians of the North than by
the vices of the people The worlds records
present but few cases of subjugation, while they
literally crowded with attempts which have
been failures.
In view of these facts. we submit. that when
Sherman pronounces it task of thirty years to
sublugate by arms the South, be only gives ut
terance 10 what is the Logical deduction of the
occurrences of all time chicago Times.
IrreIigiOn of the Religious Press.
We have on two occasions had something to
saw relative to the great falling away in the stan
dard OF our religious journals. We have referred
to their aimless and perfunctionary character,
their weak and diluted literature and criticism,
and above all, to the prostitution of their adver-
Using columns TO shameless and disgraceul bull
letns. 1t was not our intention To add more 10
the subject: but the evil is increasing rap
idly and the conductors of these journals in sew
eral cases ST EN- so completely carried away with
the fever of the hour that We cannot tOrbeir lift
ing up our voice once more III solemn protest
against this alarming religious degradation and
mOckery.
For the reason that, under the GARD of religion,
they dole out purchased puifs aud eulogies of
books which stupid In the extreme aud often
cOruptlng; Tor the reason that, Tor good bank
account, they place filthy anu isgustIug reading
III most CONSPICUOUS co umns; for the reason th Z
they give diluted pIety, and not thorough de
vOtiOu and Christian conservation. 10 Hun for
whose glory they profess TO labor; for the reason
that they either have not the inclination or the
courage raise their voice against the evil books
which are being scattered ia Hoods over the land !;
for the reason that they do not strive 10 elevate
the tone of journalism. secular well as relis-
iOuS-for these reasons. we charge them with de-
grading their means ct usefulness and ma king a
solemn mockery OF things high aud holy.
In former article was noted two prominent
instances OF the shameless perS er-on OF religious
journalism-the Observer and lndeDendeut.-
Since then the latter paper has been, 1t possible
more open and unblushing in It's secular and
avarlcOus schemes than ever Ii cannot be
called proper paper TO be read In any Christian
household on the Sabbath day Nor is the 90
server far removed from TINS same wOrldiness,
although not 50 who'll. given 40 IL dilutiOns OF
everything holy and unholy. How they dare TO
call 10, mselves religious wnen rreligious. is q
proper subject for wondr. But wonder j. soon
re Vel into shame aud sadness think OF a
great power wasted, great field neglected
In its issue of March IL. the Independent pub
lished note from subscriber. inquiring as TO
what constitutes religious paper. In the face
OF thirty two aaring columns of advertisements.
sixteen columns OF articles and items on every
from pnfficS fD axfn aohinas With rlv