Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1865-10-19

spectacle minority. know that they are not
the views Of a majority of the people OF the
North. The better opinion Il that the states which
attempted to secede never ceased 70 be States
10 the Union that all their acts Of secession we're
OF no effect; that during The progress Of tie re
volt the exercise Of The Pederal authority was
merely suspended. and that there never
moment when the allegiance Of the people OF The .
insurrectionary States was not due TO the Gov 1
eminent and when the Government vas not
bound TO maintain its authority over them and
extend protection 70 those who required IL Wheo I
the rebellion was overcome. tie so-oalled Con- 4
Tolerate Goyexnment. and all State Govern
ments which had been formed 10 opposition 70
the Federal Government. ceased 10 have even
nominal existence aud the people who had been
subject 10 them we're left for the time being,
without, any government whatever. The term
Of Office OF the Federal officers had expired or
the Offices had become vacant By the treason OF
those who held them There we're no Federal
revenue officers, no competent Federal Judges,
and no organized Federal Courts. Nor were the
people any better of az far State authority was
regarded When the Confederacy collapsed all
the rebel State Governments collapsed with 10, so
that, with a few exceptions, there were 20 per /.
sons holding civil Office At the South by the au-
thorlty OF any Legitimate Government.
LARGE ARxY bAxoEKoUs AND KxrEssivK.
among men, and as it was especially 30 81 the
South where violence and lawlessness had full
svay the question 10 be decided by the Presi-
dent was simply this Shall the people AZ the
South be held under military rule until Congress
shall act upon the question, or shall immediate
measures be taken by the Executive TO restore
them 10 civil government After mature COR
sideration. the President concluded il 10 be his
duty to adopt the latter course. and | am satis-
fed that in so doing be has acted wisely. Mill
tary rule will not be in demand by the people of
the United States moment longer than there
is an absolute necessity for il Such an army as
would have been requisite for the government Of
the people OF the South, "a a sublugated people,
until Congress might prescribe the terms on
which they could be restored 20 the Union.
would have been too severe A strain upon our
Republican institutions. ard too expensive for
the present condition of the Treasury. The
President has therefore gone to work to restore
the Union by the use. from the necessity of the
case, of portion of those who have been re-
Gently in arms to overthrow it
THE SOUTHERN PEOPLE CAN BIZ TRUSTED.
The experiment may be regarded as a danger
Gus one, but it will be proved, apprehend, to
have been judicious one. Never were a people
| so disgusted with the work OF their hands
az were the great mass of the people of the
South (eyen before tie collapse ofthe rebellion.)
with the Government which attempted to be
set up with the overthrow Of the Government of
their forefathers. Never were people COM
| petely subjugated a. the people of the rebel
States. | have met great many of those
| whom the President is using in his restoration
| policy, and they have impressed me most ia
yorsbly. believe them to be honest in taking
the amnesty oath. and in their pledges of fidelity
| TO the Constitution and the Union. Slavery has
pesished-this all acknowledgement with il has
| gone down the doctrine of secession. State SOW
| ereignty had been discussed in Congress- before
courts, in the public journals and among the
people, aud at last, when madness ruled the
hour, this vexedI question was submitted to the
| final aTbtramcnt OF the sword. The question,
as all admit, has been fairly and definitely de-
cided, and from this decision Of the sword there
will BE- no appeal. 1t is undoubtedly true that
the men of the South feel sore at the result, but
they accep. the situation. and are preparing for
the changes which the war has produced in their
domestic institutions with an alacrty and an ex
| hibition OF good feeling which has. | confess,
| surprised. as il has grsti6ed, me.
Micro SUFFRAGE.
| In the work OF restoration the President has
aimed to do that only which was necessary TO be
done, exercising that power only which could be
properly exercised under the Constitution. which
guarantees 10 every State Republican form OF
Government. Regarding slavery as having per
ished in the rebellous States, either by the pro-
clsmation of his predecessor, or by the result of
the war, and determining that rebel who had
not purged himself of his treason should have
any part in the restoration OF the Civil Govern
ments which be is aiding to establish, he has not
considered il within the scope of his authority to
60 further and entranchise the negro For this
he is censured by many true men at the North
and few extreme men at the South, but have
no doubt be will be sustained by the people and
that the result will vindicate the wisdom of his
course
NO HssTY PARsoss FOR TIN LEADERS OF ruE
BTLLIoS.
But while the President is inclined to treat
| with kindness, and to trust those who under
mistaken notions 10 regard to the character OF
the Government, joined in the rebellion, but not
until (after struggle on their part to prevent it,
the States to which they belonged had passed
the ordinance of secession, and the United States
was unable to extend to them that protection 10
which they were enttled-there 10 no man who
holds in greater adherence than he does the
crime of treason. or the infamous scoundrels who
Systematically and deliberately starved end poi
soned our soldiers in prison. To the plotters of
the rebellion there will be, | apprehend no has,y
psrdons; TO the murderers of our gallant soldiers
no mercy.