Indiana State sentinel. (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1864-01-18

| to be supported in the exercise OF power by the
arms and treasure of the North. There will De
no motion on their part TO draw the. remaining
population into the support OF the governments
thus created There will be eytry inducement of
power, Of gold. and of ambition 70 perpetuate the
condition of affairs so favorable to individual
purposes. 1t viii also be for the Interest Of che
] National Administration to continue this system
of government. so, utterly AZ variance With
representative policy, Is not this the same mis
taken theory upon which other nations have tried
TO govern their dependencies2 Has complete
suhingation for centuries produced The aniet, the
Obedience 10 law, the order. the security to life
and property the kindly feelings or the inutual
contributions to prosperity which 'oelong 70 real
! peacef = ss.y-lss5 s 81 Is i1a as.a zrn b flsi
the interests of their citizens but the wills and
interests of the power thar cnezfes and sustains
them The nine States thus controlled would
balance in the House of Representatives 10 the
choice of President. and at all times IN the Sem
4 ate, New YotE Pennsy yisania, 0h5o Illinois. Iu
dxna. Massachusetts. Missouri. kentucky and
FWisconsin, with united population Of l6, ,533.-
| 3S3; which is more than one-half OF that of our
! whole country. The one tenth who would accept
the prociamatioa for, the price OF ptwer would
not only govern the State made by Executive de-
erees. but they would also govern the North.
! While the plan is harsh to the BODY Of Southern
people, it Is still more unjust towards the North
1 Fourteen hundred a.en in Florida would balance
in the Senate of the United States the power Of
New York. Less than 20 900 voters in the nine
States named in the Presidents Proclamation
would WELD a power sufficient to weigh down
that of the nine most populous States in the
Union.
We should thus have. with the nominal States
of Eastern and Western Virginia, system of
rotten boroaghs which would govern the Union
and destroy the representative nature of our gov
ernment This in connection with existing inc
qualities in State representation. would be dan
/ gerous invasion of the rights of majority OF the
American people. 1t would enable an Admins
tration to perpetuate its power.
! Ii is fact full of significance that every meas
ure 70 convert the war against armed rebellion
/ into one against property and personal rights at
the South, has been accompanied by claims to
exercise military power in the loyal States of the
NOrtL H b. r.irr9 e..-,t
! The proclamation of emancipation at the South,
and the suspension of the writ of habeas corpus
at the North the confiscation OF private property
in the seceding States and the arbitrary arrests.
imprisonment and banIshment of the citizens of
/ the loyal States; the claim to destroy political
organizations at the South, and the armed inter
! ference of government in local elections have
been contemporaneous events. rt
These acts at first we're justified uDon the
! necessary
| national existence. We row find that new and
more extreme claims TO arbitrary power are put
FORTH when it IS declared that the strength of the
rebellion is broken and that our armies are about
TO trample out every vestige OF its incendisry
fires. More prerogatiyss are asserted in the hour
of triumph than were claimed as a necessity in
days of disaster and danger.
The doctrine of southern disorganizstion and
revulution is doctrine of national bankruptcy,
4 nd Of "a Il a u7oa
military dsspotism over one third of our country,
which will be the basis for military despotism
1 over the WI ole land. Il does Bot conte nplate
/ the return of our soldiers to their families. or
relief from the cost and sacrifices of war 1t
will make an enduring drain upon our homes.
and impose crushing burthens upon our labor and
industry Ii will opea a wide aud lasting field for
peculstion and fraud. 1t tends to perpetuate
1 power by making and unmaking States as the
1 interests of factions nav dictate Ii will be
source of internal disorder and disquietude, and
national weakness in our external relations Ii
will give dangerous allies to invaders OF our soil.
II this war is TO make a socal revolution and
structural changes in great States we have seen
+, only its beginning. Such changes are the work
of time If they are to he made military power
it must be exerted through long periods Whether
white or black troops used. the diversion from
I labor and the cost of war will be equally pro
longed. and we have just ,rsered upon a course
| OF certain costs and uncertain results No such
changes are now urged have ever in the
worlds history been made without struggles
| lasting through more than one generation of
meu ie.Ni
| What has government accomplished in the
! territories wrested from rebellion by the valor
| of our armies?S Has it paci6ed them? Has it
| revived the arts OF pesces Has quiet and conf
dence been restoredf Is commerce renewed?
Are they not-hed "a they were conquered. at the
/ expense and treasure of Northern blood? Are
not our armies wasted by holding under armed
control those who, under wise and generous
policy, would have been friends? The spirit
Il which prompts the harsh measures of subjugation
has driven off MANY of the Border States, who, at
the crisis Of our country's fate broke away from
their ancient sympsthies with the seeding States
and chung TO the Union. States which, by the
elections Of the people. ranged themselves upon
the side Of the Constitution. are no. allowed the
free exercise Of the elective franchise. In some
quarters discomfort has been increased in
place has the wisdom OF the government gained
US allies
from national ruin. We must adhere to the SOL
emn pledges made by our government at the out
set of the war. .l
We must seek to restore the Union and 20 up
hold the Constitution. To this end. while we
put forth every exertion of material power to beat
down armed rebellion. must every iDhu
ence of wise craftsmanship to bring back the
States which reject their constitutional obl
4 cations. We must hold forth every honorable
nducement to the people of the South to assume
again the rights and duties OF American citizen
ship
We have reached that point 10 the for
which all have struggled and all have put forth
united exertions Our armies and navies have
signal victories; they have done their part
with courage, skill and success. By The usage
, of the civilized world, craftsmanship must now
exert its influence Ii our cause fails IN the
, judgment of the world it will be charged TO the
lack of wisdom in the CABINET, and not to the
want of bravery patriotism in the army. The
great object of victories is bring back peace;
we can now with dignity and magnanimity pro-
claim to the world our wish that States which
have long been identified with our history, should
reassume their positions In the Union. We now
, stand before the world great and military pow.
er. No one can foresee the latent victories or
defeats which lie in course if force and force
alone is exerted The past has taught US the
certain costs of war and uncertainties of its re
susts e, 1Hi fa rff
In this contest, belligerent rights are necessa-
rily conceded to the South. The usages of in
ternational warfare are practiced in the recosni-
: ton OF fsgs and the exchange Of prisoners. Is
II wise 20 put off the end Of the war. and thereby
continue recognition which tends to famiIiarize
the public mind 10 our own country and in the
world at large with the idea that we are disunted
3 into two distinct natonalites? needlessly pro
tracted war becomes dsunion
81 Wise statesmanship can now bring this war to
, a close, upon the terms solemnly svowed at the
a outset of the contest. Good faith to the public
creditor all classes Of citizens Of our country
to the world demands that this be done
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