Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1865-05-03
THE NORTH AND The SOUTH.
The Future-T ne curse OF aecoucfI-
intion = The Great Questions OF
Prince


receive from the government. Tbs question has
cufiously enough been mote fullv treated in the
pulpit than any where else. AM the Clergy have
rushed lRi0 the Geld ia advance OF the poiltciAbs
discussing the high character OF Justice. and al
moni~hing The president and their hearers o!
What they tbihk the religious da,s OF the hour
The pres has spoken Tor the most p-rt only IN
genersi phrases, aud ~e have rot ss vet seeu
any aiiemp, 10 draw lie between The classes
Who 70 e made recipients OF mercy and
those who aTeTo suffer the penz,liss OF outraged
law. IL seems 10 US that il can DO very little
good 20 discuss this question CT 90 attempt TO
draw this line. Aud as il is one OF the matters
which Il expressly committed TO the decision OF
the president himself il is probably safe in his
hands IL is not likely that ~ this hour any
public discussion Of il will change bis views OF
/ affect bis decision
| In this President Johnson must be regarded
as possessing the power and right TO decide bis
own course, and determined the line OF de
n ucltion between those among the rebels who
are to he punished and those no TO be par
doned He Is sur ~ Ided b. tounssllors whose al
vice be will take. and follow or reject as to him
seemsss proper. portion Of the press aud people.
while waiting for his decision, seem TO anticipate
proclamation declaring the policy TO be pur-
/ sued This IL By no means necessary, aud il
may seem more wise or the par, of the pres
dent 10 determine for himself, in each individual
case that may come before him, whether his
prerogaiive of pardon shall be exercised or not
We NAV therefore leave the IN after in his hands.
where the laws have placed it, While his de-
cision will be OF great importance With reference
to the future Of the country, still that future is
now less dependent on this question than Oh
| Others, and those other questions may be mere
! Iro6tably considered by the public.
The people have their share of work 20 DO in
| restoring friendly relations and friendly feelings
between the north and south. This work will
progress in time. and It's rapidty will be deter
mined by the people themselves Nolhing will
! more surely tend 10 it than the renewal OF bus
| mess ana mail Intercourse, which will doubtless
| commence soon "a the authorities can safely
permit /; The Interchange Of sentiment will
&c elOp mutual interests. and restore that bond
Ot uatonal union which j. dependent on II 4ce
aud commerce, and which commerce alsays sus-
ttins / he people o! the north will soon begin
! To talk To the people of the south By letters o,
newspapers. aud in person. Families long sew
cred sill be reunited. Old bonds OF per-oual AT
lection will be renewed and made stronger than
ever. The churches which have been severed
| will begin TO think Of coming together sgaIn.
Z ch and every influence OF this kind will De OF
the highest value in forming once more that con-
munity OF feeling which IL il the intent and de
sire of all patriotic men 20 establish in all the
laDd
The most important questions which are now
before the nation. involving the most extended
interests, and on which our future most seriously
depends are no longer questions of war In the
| election OF Sir Lincoln and Mr. Johnson las; fall
We accepted the decision OF al questions relating
| TO the objects and conduct of the war. and de
| clined any longer 10 discuss them. TIE nation
| has during i've years passed rapidly through what
| might toe called succession of eras. Before the
war il was fitting and proper to discuss the
which were leading To il. aud there was broad
room for ,ilfereHce Of opinion. and 4 possibility
that d-cusson might throw light, and do good
| This closed: and when the war became a
fixed and terrible fact. it WAS useless any longer
TO discuss causes, for they Here matters OF histo
ry, and neither theT the fact OF war could be
changed. IL then became the duty Of citizens to
! discuss the methods OF conducting and closing
war. the ends To be reached and the means of
reaching those ends. There was a wide d ference
of opinion those subjects. and those differ
ences were finally brought to issue in the election
Of le64. The result of that election was the
adoption of the policy laid down in the fillmore
platform and marked cut by Mr. Lincoln, and
that closed discussion
| The course which we then pursued regarding
those questions as definitely settled beyond DOS
sbihty % change. was in our opinion the duty
OF the citizen, and Subsequent events fully justi
TED he wisdom and pr0ple,y Of that course.
1 a relating
ot the war we're setted by that election. and they
we're no longer subjects of discussion The wsr
has been conducted nearly 20 the close under the
direction and the policy Of Mr. Lincoln, then re
eleced The questions now coming before tho
people are, have said questions OF peace and
not OF war To these the minds of men must
soon be directed Il is no longer to be considered
| what armies shall De raised. how they shall
be raised.
In l. ma II statxr
now entering on new era, passing into fed
OF new questions, where oar course 10 10 be
guided by the decision and adoption OF rules of
action which have not been very much thought
Of during the war. The union men of the south
Nave the same interests with ourselves in these
matters As rapidly as tie government, shall
permit the exercise of citizenship by those now,
or lately ia rebellion. Just so rapidly those men
will become interested 10 questions relating 10
National sfairs, whose discussion and decision
| will be most potent in restoring peace and com
munity OF interest and feeling to Ill the country
| These are 10 be such questions a those of for
eign relations aud OF domestic economy, of rev.
enue, currency and tariff. which se are now D.
| face aud settle. In these we see the future in
terests Of the country most deeply involved.
| These we must look 10, as wise men. over anu
above the temporary questions cf settling the fate
OF the leaders OF the rebellion. determining
how far mercy shall be extended
The condition of the SOUTH and of the people
OF the south. will rapidly adju-t i;-elf on tie
priRciplei of self interest. We do not mean 10
impiy that their treatment il rot question Of
vast impOrtsuce On the CONTRARY. the import
ance OF the principles 10 be adopted 10 what is
called reconstruction Cannot be too highly es
'imued But on tbs sui ject We unde,si,nd
President Johnson 10 have lid down his views
already. in terms which must be highly satislac-
tory to every lOUAl and p,,riotic American ciri-
zen. In his speech To the IEd IA delegation he
nude several admirable eondensations OF souni
constitutional doctrine he said: The govern
ment IL composed Of pirts each essential TO the
whole. and the whole essential 10 each part ="
And in calculation OF The doctrine of state and
federal dnity be said further:
When we come to understand our system Of
government. though ii DE complex. We zee how
beautifully part acts in harmony Niih
anolheF. Then We see our government is 10 be
peFpetuity. there being 10 provision for pulling
it down. the union being its vitshzir power. i'm
/ parting lie 70 the whole of the states that move
around il like planets around the sun. receiving
! thence light. and heat. and motion Upon this
idea OF destroying states nv position has been
heretofore known. aad see cause 60 chsnge
Il now; and / p m glad 10 hear ia reiteraton on
! the present occasion Seme are sali-hei with
he idea that sta'es be lost ia territorial
and other civisiors-are % lose their character
/ - states But their lie breath has teen oulv