Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1864-11-05
The Reflection of n soldier and
>fntesman upon the Present CondI.
ton OF Public Affairs.

The New York World. IN noticing the autobi
ography OF Lieutenant General ScoTT. just issued
from the press. thus notices most interesting
chapter IN which the old hero and statesman
giyes his reflections on PEACE and war. and. what
BE pertinently calls. the eanker abolitionism-
h was in the interval OF peace. say- he, between
l-l6 and lsi6. that certain speculative moody
minds At the North. tired of prosperity. struck
out the idea of abolishiug. nt one fell swoop."
negro tlavery in the other half of the Union.
The ambitions leaders ol political party eager
~ made court 20 this element Of strength. sur
ceeded in the wooing. and were placed at it,
head The work Of agitation then went heavily
on. ignoring the fact thar slavery in several Of
the States undergoing ameliorstion.
The South. saws General ScoIT. erred in causing
abolition petitions to be Iaid upon the table Of
Congress. instead Of referring them 10 sppropri-
ste committees
Action and reaction. error and 0utrsge, went
on. esch producing it, like-Caiiban his Cali
bans certainly a. it the propagation had been
commanded in the Book OF Genesis. And uu-
happily he continues. .''he parties seem stiIl
(January. 1861 as desperatels bent as ever ell
playing out the game All for Hate. or the
World vel; lost Hence all our woe
The following statement of what would have
turned away our present evils, and the accom-
panyng picture OF the existing state Of things in
the North. are phiosophie and just;
Now. it cannot be doubted that il il haG
pleased God. bet a few years before. TO have
nj hnZs
zeaots from one half of the Union, and as many
OF the hot Drained Southerners-rnainly intent
on President making. aud the increase OF slave
property-the South would not already be r
scene OF general desolston-one house OF
mourning'-uor the North filled with widows
ORPHANS, cripples. and another evil OF large di
mansions. swarms of rich contractors. many OF
them fraudulent, whose low manners. high pre-
tensions. pomp and extravsgsnce. excite the con
tempt of the philosophic, the pity OF the good
and envy Of legions of weak minded men aud
women"
The veteran soldier has. in the last portion of
the above extract. touched. with needle. an
evil which. il LINCOLN be reelected, aud a cor
rupt abolition war continued. With pnlaging Re
publican contractors iniesiing tic rear OF the
army. will be quite terrible, in the moral and
social demosal zation which will ensue. a rebel
..Aruy with banners
Passing from these considerations. the Lieu
tenant General presents the evils OF abrupt ADO
Htion. OF which the emancipation proclamation
nav be considered one phase. aud does not isil
TO strike the probe I'll reaches the mountain IF
eur public Indebtedness IL j. now perfectly
clear that il LINCOLN be elected. the Sos,h. in
lsxa
all arm ats negroes. This, with corresponding
eaort- OF the part of LISeoLS, vii pat at last
little less than million OF Africans IN The held.
hghtiug each other for dominion over eleven
States Of the Union Will not conservative Re-
pabicaus pause. before it be too late. and ponder
The WORDS OF tie great soldier. who. in the ordi.
uarv progress of mans life must soon pass from
mortality 10 Immortality
In this war how many hundreds Of thou
lands nave alreadv been lberaied-meu women
aai chdreu-and are nov fed and clothed by The
United States besides the colofei troops who are
also receiving paw "a such; and how many mil
lions of the sam> people the government NAV.
in all, tike under his wing hy The close O! the
var. Il would. il j. thought. De difficult to ssy
within million. The numbers viii be number
lee. How long will these be paid. LODGE +.
clothed and fet IN ike msnner with those first
nameif Aud IA the end where coionized srd
how distant the colonyl Transportation i 4
heavy item Of cost. l. tie territory Obtained OF
cesignstedl re climate aud soil are they good
OF bsdg H1s make those work who have Tor >
time lived sithout labor, and who have never
worked except when compelled by IN sster,
And last. and mghIiest. nov d.chatse the
grsisf aggregate cost % saeh operations. ipcIu5.
ing thar Of The eonqueriag Asme-s With all the
gold mines knOsn 10 commerce IN - possession
government could Eof ~ hall ceLlury refuge
that mountain Of debt TIT hss been pilei up in
les than three years
Poor men. issoring men. read these words o.
wisdom. and ask yourselves. Al you vote To re-
elect LIseoLS. how many days In the week Il
will DO neeessars for sos 10 ~ofk lot The Gov.