Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1864-12-17
Rebel Comments upon mr.. Lineoins
Message
FfeH he Riehnoad senfinsi. Dec. 10.

To crafty the curiosity Of our readers. and -
place upon toe record document which j part
II TIE history of the times, ve ptint % day the
message sent into the United States Cougress or
Monday last, BIZ president Lincoln. II has
neither clearness Of arrangement nor grace Of
diction The several topics seem % have found
their places aud succession By chance. and the
,reancnt i exceedingly common place. superb
cal and feeble.
The only portion u the message ~ which our
readers will feel any interest Is that which relates
10 the var betseeg The Two counties The
netza ~ claims that all the important positions
held by the Federal armies have been maintained
and advances made The fact that the general.
In chief has felt himself able dotach Sher-
man on such an expedition as he = now upon,
tends TO show great increase" OF the relative
strength The result not being known. hoWev
ef. the message prudeuty abstains from conlec
ture. A little more Of the sans prudence would
have also evented boastful reference 20 that
undertaking at all, until the result shall deter.
mine whether it vas wisely or rasbly adopted.
The object. however, seems 10 be rather 10 fasten
the responsibility on the general IN chief than 20
express EMULATION. The fact that General Hood
i laundering at The gates OF Nashville u a IN.
gular commentary on the statement that the old
positions are all mnintslued While tue ross % so
large = portion OF Trans Mississippi u not
thought rorthy 70 disturb the Presidential feci
tstious
The presidential election i appealed TO aud
the figures paraded. really because IL IL Joyous
remembrance 10 Mr.. Lincoln, but ostensiby TO
prove that the United States have more men no ~
than when the war commenced. Figures 60 not
lie We are told. bot We are told also that great
deal Of living i done with them. The aggregate
Of votes in the federal states proves nothing, IN
less We could know what deductions TO make for
I ia d. nd mir aptV "a mi mn
We may believe the opposing prints. for a town TO
/ give more v0tss--thaL Is, 10 contain more males
4 over twenty one years--thsn the total number of
/ its men, women. children and babies combined
An order for votes, like an order for pegged
/ shoes IL filed by contract and illustrates the ve
naty and corruption Of the population more
than numbers That the late SO called election
\ eclipsed its predecessors ia this sort OF Yankee
enterprise .e suppose is not 10 be questioned, NJ
+ Lincoln WAS determined 10 be elected. IL he
had needed more votes be would have found
more votes
But there is another reason for large poll llst
/ Since the last presidential election, the ashing
ton government, 10 stimulate the enlistment OF
aliens in the army, conferred citizenship on all
who should take its bounty and enter i,s service
A multitude thus added 70 the " soyereigns
Of thoss who otherwise would now be foreign
i ere"
bravado about the increased numbers and deter
mination of his people with the increased diff
Guilty. almost impossbity Of obtaining recruits
and The comparative barrenness OF bis sweeping
drafts IL We were 20 be put down by voters We
I admit that We should be overwhelmed with tbs
figures which would be promptly rolled upon Us
But voting and lighting very different things
Lincon's people understand putting in ballot
better than putting in soldier; and though they
I may crowd srosnd the polls. they show NJ
blood thirsty eagerness TO crowd TO the front
Our soldiers have met bis embetted lines toe
often TO be disturbed by his manufacture of sta
| istics
The conclusion OF the message is response
I 10 tho propositions of the peace men W.
suppose, il anything can, Mr Lincoln emphatic
brutal declarations will silence all ideas of thai
sort hereafter Absolute, unqualified submission
10 be followed by spoilation OF our property AIT
the Africanixation OF our country. is supcrcii
Ousy laid down his ouly terms of ''peace
This proclamation OF the message will suffice e
silence all objections OF every sort 10 the use o.
our slaves in the public Defense il that or subiu
CATION IL the alternative Even the New orb
/ Herald, in its comments on this part of the mes
cage, condemns Mr. Lincoln tOr The imp0cy Of
pressing us into a situation which leaves nothing
to be hoped from his ROYAL clemeacy, and which
shows that the partial. or even tho complete sac
| rhce of our social institutions. would be wise
economy. il essential to the achievement Of oul
Independence If this should become our hare
I necessity. We should have 10 thank Mr. Lincoln
once again, as we have often thanked him here
tofore. for reconciling TO painful duty anC
making essy difficult choice.