Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1864-01-26
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from the Richmond Wing Of January a.
When the war began, everybody proteSSed to
be willing to lay down life and give up property
in behalf OF the cause Now. few appear TO be
willing to part with either although the MONDAY
sun Is not palmer than the fact that, without.
great additional sacrifices, the army cannot be
sustained and the cause must fall The fear of
getting killed or wounded threatens To reduce all
of us to slavery: anri the fear OF starvation added
to the lust OF gam. may produce famine in the
army IL not at home little less fright and
more common seuSe-~c will not say pItriotlsm--
mtv compose these difficulties and stow path
way ont OF the bog INTO which We have fallen.
Make il question OF self interest At once, and
lock N in this way alone. Shall we give part
10 our suffering Suns the amy. or let the \ IAN
KEGS take all. This Is the problem. not over
stated and not To be evsdei We must meet it
now Ii will not do to put it off I'LL next year.
or even next spring IL must be faced right
away. Hide your pork, keep back your corn,
tel lies about your profits, dodge out of the
army. and continue this game for few brief
mon;hs-ihe Yankees will eat your hogs and
your corn your negroes will occupy your house.
aud you Will be runaway white man in the
woods. or "a coDscript in Linc0ns army. Your
wife and daughters will be washing Yankee
clothes. Your little children will be working
thirteen hours day in Yankee factories.
You smile derisiveiy at this of talk. for
You fancy yourself too smart even for the Yam
KEGS You saw to yourself. "They are not fools
enough To set all the egroes free; thes will be
obliged 10 keep them AS apprentices. and II they
do. their former masters will have control OF
them, for tley alone manage them" Say
nothing OF the infinite basenesS Of accepting even
in thought. the place OF overseer TO Yankee
masters this is the very al the moon. 1t
is stone blindness: the faulty of cOwardce and
av.rice combined
What man possessed of eyesight and capable
Of reading the newspapers dues not know that
day by day the radicals gain more and more com
piete control of the Lincoln adminiS.r alton and
OF the northern people! Their power is now ab-
solute. and their slogan i Death to slavery. -
The gJelter their sncces-. the more fanltical
they become Suppose they triumph in war
against slavery. Is II lkel, they will voluntarily
satisfy themselves 10y continuing the existence Of
. sllveryZ Look az Mary land Kentucky. Mis-
+ sovri, Tennessee,
i II Is possible slavery might be retained in the
! cotton States BIZ the Yankee: but ia the Border
+ States II * doomed If they succeed Every inch
OF land in these States will be demanded in the
name of Tree soil. which never yet demanded
aught in VAIN If the hIpds Of any party at the
! North. and certainly not "fIhe Republicans See
+ the promise ola farm IN Tennessee 10 each veter-
an volunteer who enlist tor the war. Remem-
Der he vast lebt The ,nkee- have ropiy. Think
/ OF the honesty, msrce, ham nifty they have dis
( PLAY Cd hitherto
Bot What will they do with the Border State
negroes Free the;a first ne them next 10 tor
meut the cpaGnerei CpniesierateS aud then e.
+ nit them 10 die that swift ard inevitable death
i whenever an inferior stands ~ the Wv of a supe-
= riOr race VI IKE fhein txtrrminaie themselves
! in the hopeless struggle to compete with their
cunning fierce anl gee ~ iiberalors. ANY way,
any how. drive them from the soil which the
white man car iii With hi own hands Why
+ should jhe black nan t.fe better than the red
man? A yet in slavery he hecumes rival. an
! opponent. when Tree. and IN the tumultuous tide
of competition the iron not will crush the earthen
jug. here Is no help for il The winds that
blow the waters that roll, The infiexible laws of
nature compes it
4 These things. cav again are plain n the
sun at MONDAY. Take AWAY the negroes of the
border States and who shall till the soilY Nut
the former master. surely The conquered rebel
may think To hold his acres bv cheap oath of
allegiance. but that little trick will not deceive
the Yankee veteran volunteer >Sho wants farm
or the ankee government which wants money
To the victors belong the spos
Bergary and exile will be our fate If we falter
now We can't ca, cake and have IT, We
cant wagea war without loss The time has
come now TO make good our early promises
II tlf loaf i better than no bread with Danish
rDent or slavery to boot