Indiana State sentinel. (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1864-04-18
WHOLE NO. 1892

enlisted altogether There are not much over
half million in the field nov. Where are the
balancel
Second. We have created debt Of over three
thoasand millions Of dollars. The official reports
of the Secretary Of the Treasury do not show
over one half the actual debt IL does not take
into account the floating debt created by Quar-
iermasiers and other officers, for which receipts.
certificates, and vouchers are outstanding.
Third ISy the Abolition and Confscaton
acts, every vestiee OF Union feeling ia the South
has been blOtted out. as DuumOre's policy united
the colonies.
Fourth The nation 3 wealth Was about twelve
ihousand millions Of dollars Three thousand
millions Of that has been destrayed aud wasted.
So are that much poorer. Its place IL sup
piled by irreceemable paper.
Fifth The whole country Is one vast pest
house OF :iekness aud diseAse. Consequent upon
congregaiing men in large bodies. and then scat
tering them Throughout all The land.
Sixih.-In every din eetou that We mat turn,
we hear the voice Of muurning aud see the weeds
Oi affection. Each one we meet seems ready 10
exelaim, m, harp also is turned TO mourning,
and my organ into the voice OF them that weep"
Job, 30: 81. Well might the wise man say, that
when the righteous are in authority, the people
rejoice; but when the wicked bearelh rule. the
people mourn" Prov. 80: ?. As Rachel wept
for her children because they were not" Jer.
81: Is
Seventh.-"Demoralizatio is spreading. ss a
leprous sore. through all the uni 6catioRs Of SO
ciety. Look at the police reports; there il no
longer much regard for human life. Look
around you, aud see the ."dssolOiiOn OF the
frame work of society" But The other day two
Republican papers were discussing the question
whether, at the headquarters of Abolition OIL
Gals, there fifteen thousand or only ten
thousand. lewd women. RascaltY and public
plunder. as in the cases OF Cameron and Ere
mont, are regarded and rewarded as special vir-
tues 10 officials.
Eiehth.-Atheism and in6delity are seizing
upon the public mind. auG coruping all tho
purer and better feelings OF the human heart
But how cOud IL be otherwise when the pro
iessed ministers ui hm Who usbered into tie
world by "a multitude of the heavenly host,
praisng God aud say ing. Glory 10 God in the
highest, and ON earth FkAcE. good will toward
man" Luke =: l3, IL; cor who forget ihe iIjunc-
tiOn to live in peace" 2 Cur l3: IL ;; aud TO
"iollow peace with all men, Heb -: Ia; aud
that Blessed are the peaceinakers, Tor they shall
be called the children OF God, Matt. ST. They
have become ''prouu, blasphenious, unthAnkfOl.
unholy, false accusers, incontinent herce. heAdy,
high minded; having the form Of gociness, but
denying the power thereof from such (the people
. have) turned away" Tim. 3: 2, g. A. s. Aud
why have the people turned away from thcml
Because they stand up daily, and in the name OF
the Prince of Peace" Us 3; O. call for the
shedding of blood. Therefore what can be ex-
pected of such teachings bat nfdelity and athe
ism, seeing that these ministers, "having tasted
the good word OF God, and the powers OF the
world TO come, cruelty 10 themselves the Son Of
God airesh. and put him TO an open shame"
Heb. 6: 5, 6. .r'-I' Irt n I' $685.
Ninth-God created the white man and the
black man. The one be created superior. tho
other inferior. Our rulers guilty OF the folly
of trying TO make that equal which the Creator
do. -
of the Lord has been kindled against the whole
people, and he has afflicted with war. with
pestileRce, and be has burnt aud wi,hered vege-
tation; for "by the breath OF God frost is given"
job 81: 10. r.-w
That the Lord does thus visit the people be-
cause OF the miquity OF the rulers, witness the
plaques that were sent upon the people OF Egypt
tor the obstnacy and xickedness of Pharoah in
refusing. to let the Children OF Israel depart.
Exodus. chapter s 10 H. As witness the tam
inc OF three years for the sins of Saul. Sam.
2i: As witness the death Of the seventy thou
sand Tor the sin of David in numbering the pe0-
pie. 2 Samuel "a: Is: As witness "the shifting
OF Israel as a reed is shaken in the water Il
King IL: 49,, because Of the sins of Jeroboam.
Id. l6: AS witness the "sore famine in Ssma-
ria,'' a Kings Is: %, because Ahab did f.oro-
woke the Lord" lid l6: 33) ani "i0rsOok the
commandments" Id Ia: lS: AS witness the
Babylonish captivity. because of the Of Ma
nasseh q Kings %: 26), and of JehoahHz I'D.
3l). aud Of Jeboiakirn (id. 36), and OF Jehoia
chin I'D. "a: { to l6). Many other examples
might be cited from the sacred volume But
enough II the people, both North aud S"u,h,
still desire 20 continue wick ed men IN high
places. then may they expect. judging from the
past, that the heavy hand Of oppression will be
vet more fearfnily laid upon them. We. there.
fore, appeal to you. men Of Indiana, % cast from
befure your eyes the heavy mist that blinds you;
rise out of the darkness of the slough OF Adolf
tionsm into the light Of liberiy-ihe liberty Of
the WHITE MAN