Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1865-04-11
SENTINEL
TUESDAY MORNING. APRIL II.

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nance Of the struggle Urged.
The following article from The Richmond
Sentinel Of April is,. Vas evidently written In
view OF the evacuation Of thu, city. and undouet-
ely expss.ses the views Of the rebel leaders
For these reasons q has sufficient interest 20 be
fepublshed:
opening. and trust that We are 20 reap large ad-
vantage from the operations evidently near at
hand But our people should clearly compre-
bend that vhstever the Temporary result, aud
though misfortune bsyend What IL seens IN the
bounds Of possibility should bessll rs, our inde
pcndence will still be In our option. and our hnal
success will still be beyond the power Of our en-
emies 10 prevent.
The views which We copy from The London
ABILITY, even at the very tire when they might
suppose that they had Ne conquered. We have
only to resolve that We shall ever be taken. Our
country is too large TO be held. Our enemies
could never afford % maintain the armies neces-
sary for hostile occupation.
Nothing could exceed the longing they would
feel for q settlement which would enable them TO
return 70 peace establishment. Nothing could
exceed the necessity which would therefore impcl
them. The proof and the illustrations are seen
in their anxiety 70 bring the var 10 speedy
close. They know that their debt ID already
insolerable. and far beyond their power Of confs-
cation to discharge il.
The difficulty OF raising troops has become so
great that only the most ruinous bounties will
avail to secure the most Indifferent Of recruits.
But for the hope that they will soon succeed they
would this day break down. As for ourselves.
nothing could equal in its horror the dreadful
calamity Of Yankee domination in our land.
Awful as have been the four years Of conflict
through which We have passed, they have been
four years Of JOY. comparable with what they
would have been with the heel Of Lincoln on our
necks
They have been years for which. amid all our
sorrows. We should devoutly thank God Better
for rs a state Of war forever. than union with the
Yankees on any terms thousand times better
than their domination over US.
We would therefore have to refGse 10 surrender.
to refuse to yield the struggle, and we should
soon weary our enemies into terms. When they
fondly supposed their undertaking was at an end
they would find. 10 their dismay. that their trou-
bles had but begun.
If We can effect our safety Ia no other way.
We can effect il BY running them. and II will be in
our power 10 ruin them by refusing TO surrender
our cause town may be captured. a county
may be overrun, aud so long a. il is occupied.
the inhabitants must yield such obedience 20 the
captors as the laws of war require not by taking
an unlawful oath Of allegiance. but by the mile
tarY neutrality which may be enacted Of citizens
in their situation. But IL some towns and coun-
ties are held others will be free; and to CAPTURE
second q first must be liberated and we'll dis.
charged of its temporary and constrained neutral
ty. An army twice as large as Lincoln has
would not suffice to bold coustry as extensive
~ ours. with population implacably hostile
ours would be, and defermened 10 be free
Let IL be sreA understood that this is our re
solve whatever fortune may temporarily betde
MS IL would be no disgrace to be crushed down
By an overw helming force: but it would be an
infamy 10 surrender" IL would be no disgrace
to be held down b. superior force: but il would
be TO lie without restraint That instant the
force is removed our strength would be resumed
We must take vow as sacred as Hannibaps
and we must require IL of our children. as Hsnni-
balls father required it of him, TO the enslave-
ment Of our country and the domination Of the
Yankees, while there is breath in Jour bodies
Thus resolved, even the most adverse present
fortunes could not rob Us Of the prize for which
We contend. The struggle might be protracted
but We should realize the truth OF the lines
"Freedsm's battles once begun,
BeQueafhed from bleeding sire 20 son,
Though bafied oft Is ever woni''