Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1865-08-23

THE ATTIII DE- Of I'M SOt H.
In all the conflict Of opision and al the mis-
representation prompted b. knavsry. ignorsnoe.
passion and prejudice. IL IL no easy matter stfbe
present day to Discriminate between truth and
error And when We sincerel = iHauire what lie
the real sentiment Of the Southern people, az re-
spects their relations to the General Government.
the most intelligent minds are sometimes at
fanl,, The ssideuce is exceedingly variable. so
that il must be carefully weighed TO detect it,
lesnings. W hen this is done, We think AL can
did minds win arrive at one conclusion. As for
the so called religious pses<y Of the country,
North and South alike. We regres to say that very
Lille aid can be expected from il u making the
IL est CATION On both sides there still seems 20
linser among these religious dsputal,s all the
.nino.i,y engenderea by she pst. If the
Southern bishops are iniractable and rate. the
clerical writer's Of the North are no less open to
ceusurs As an example Of the latter. take the
following from the y. Y Independent, which
still cries for war. Eliminates reckless and un-
founded charges against the Genersl Govern
nspt. and even advises that President johnson
! should be coerced into change Of policy. The
editor says: 1z CE HH
The Government has thrown open the gates
of poIitcal power to unrepentant rebels; has ele
| vated TO provisional sovereignty bitter enemies
of the idess and even of the existence, of the
Republie: has adhered to the dogma OF State
Rights even where its recognition inspires the
triumph Of every undemccratic and anti Union
principle and has especially excluded from any
share in their government their most loyal
i -
suenees Of this course becoming more disas
trous . -. The struggle OF the future is
TO be no less severe end much more prolonged
than has been that of the past Let
not the inadequste policy of the President make
us less earnest and determined. His martyred
predecessor was saved often in the dark hours of
misfortune solely by the changing Of his policy
at the call Of the country. So, We believe. will
President johnson yet change, if the press and
the people persist 10 their just demands.
What, then. is our dutyr 1t is two-fold. First,
we must, as citizens, wage ceaseless warfare
against any recognition Of these States in their
present rebellious attitude These venomous
masters should be pat under tutors and govern
ors till the time appointed A ffeedman's bureau
is less needed than a rebels bureau. r "A
Rebutting these assertions. in common with
those of all the partisan press, we call upon the
leading organs Of the South for their testimony,
First in order is the Memphis Bulletin, as follows:
CAN THE foUTH TRUSTED.
There is a decided indication OF a disposition
on the part Of portion OF the Northern press to
misrepresent and malign the South in every as
pect The tone of very large number of
Northern journals shows adverse bias, an
uncharitable aspsrity, and perverse determine
ton so to gather aud group facts, impressions,
reports and guesses concerning the present dis
position of our people. as to produce the impress
sion of unreliabity and disloyaty to the largest
extent possible From such temper il is evil
dent that neither Justice nor state of desirable
amity between the sections is likely TO result.
W here there is is no will il is evident there is no
way.
Now this journal has become known for its
uns verving devotion to the Union When under
force and control OF the Confederate authorities
its real purpose TO sustain the Union justly
suspected by them, while all other journals here
without exception. had their confidence. And
whenever free to speak il has been earnest and
outspoken in its advocacy OF the cause of the
Government and the country. 1t is none the
less so still IL has never ceased its denuncis-
tons Of wicked resistance to the Government,
and will not, therefore, be looked to az
having any peculiar right TO stand forth
champion Of that portion OF the Southern people
who we're lately in sympathy with the rebellion.
And now in answer to the eliminating suspi-
| eions and. charges OF the Northern people, to
which have alluded; here the ground, and
with full information aud knowledge of what are
the real facts let us say, fret, that we believe
the South to be loyal as whole, because. not
withstanding all appearances and all which has
occurred, the majority OF the Southern people
| have always preferred the Union, and desired
that the authority of the National Government
should prevail over all opposition. There never
1 Il. -lA~A .r-se-
/ the votes Of the Southern people could have been
had for secession. ifieft free and unrestrained.
And We will say in the second place. that,
even if We were mistaken in this, and in the
superstition that the late insurrectionsry move
ments indicated a perfect unanimity of Southern
sentiment in their favor, the Southern people
should still be implicitly trusted, aud will be
grossly wr0nged if they are not There is no
insincerity, no hypocrisy. trick, no chicane in
the Southern character. What Southern men
pretend to be, they are, and what they promise,
they will perform However they may be
! wrong and err, though it should be to the
| tent of crmlality, there will be no concealmeut
! about il. 81
From the Clarksyille Tenn.) Chronicle, August H..
Throughout this whole section of the country
everything is quiet and orderly as during any
period of the profoundest peace before the war,
and il has been ever since it was known that
peace bad been made by the surrender of the
Southern armies. There is, there has been, no
disposition on the part of our people so far as We
know, or have been able to learn, to be rebel
lious or to violate the Law. We wish the Presi
dent could see and know for himself the real
animus OF our people, without receiving his in
| formation, he il often compelled to do
through sources not altogether reliabla
| rect
The disposition of the South Il further indi-
Gated by the following:
From the Mobile Tribune.
WHAT SOUTHERN MN OUGHT TO DO.
The first great thing that all of as must desire
| ia To oct tha right 10 poyern ourseves W.