Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1865-04-04

tive Of the least intention Of abandoning any Of
their cherished principles or institutions. The
spirit Of the southsrn people Il unsubdued. They
are uncoBqpered. and they feel themselves TO be
uncoDquersble by a world 10 arms. They do not
crawl back Into the union; they stand erect.
proudly conscious OF their vet remaining strength
surrounded BY the ruin Of their devastated feds.
their faces blsckeDed by the smoke OF their
burning cities and OF their homes laid in ashes,
and their hearts torn with the deepest human an
guish.
the OLD uyIox cas- BT RESTORED At oScE.
They will enter The union again, but il must
be, as Mr.. Se~srd said. as equal and bonored
members Of the conf.deracy. No cOnhscation
of their lands. or other properly; no emancipation
Of their slaves; their old representation. This Is
about What they want Itsmounts. IN substance.
20 the old union. 1t Mr. Lincoln aud bis sdmin-
istrston want that restored, il Is nv solemn
conviction that they can have il, without further
bloodshed. before the end Of May. If, however,
the administration il determind 10 push matters
10 extTemites Z il is not the old union they
want, bat something else; II toe emancipation
proclamation aud the coDhscstion bill are 20 be
enforced at the south, then the southern people
are lot yet ready to submit Peace, upon such
terms, Is not desired bF them. Life itself. under
such circumstances. would have no charms; for
what would there be TO live for The admins
tration and the people OF the north may rely upon
u, that the people Of the south will never make
peace upon term shich ibey regard as dishonOrs-
bic or degrading.
LEE's TRUMP CARD NOT TIT PLATED.
You ask. what then s there LETT for them!
answer, much There is, first, Lees great card,
which he has not yet played, which he yet holds
in his hand Ii is trump card, and he may
win. Second, if he is defeated, and forced
TO evscuate Richmond a very improbable con
tingency) be will still be at the head of IS 900
troops What did tho Portuguese do. az the
command of Wellington, in lelOf And what
did the Russians do in the winter Of 1922 They
saved their country by destroying it. Can the
hosts Of Gran. and Sherman live upon the empty
air. The cause of the south is not utterly hope
less as long as Lee can command IS 600 uoOps
Where Lee goes our armies must follow, whether
in be 20 Pennsy lvanis, TO Washington, or 10 the
interior Of the south. II Lee retreats through
the south, his track NAV, as last resort, be
marked By wide belt Of 6esolation His arm '
csR subsist. for il will march first But how " i'll
it fare with the armv that follows after him
This would be terrible alternative But it
saved Portugal 10 1910; and If saved Russia
from Napoleon in 1872.
\ SPLENDID OPPORTUNITY FOE 4 DISPLAY OF NAG
NANInITr.
Finally, it is said, by those who know the
southern people best, that they prefer death and
determination 10 what they consider dishonOr or
degradation. On this point let each high minded
and honorable man in the north look into his own
heart, und ask himself if this is improbable!
May il not be hoped, then, that the administra
tiou will not drive brave and generous people
TO despair; bul that they will hold out TO them
such terms OF peace rs they can accept without
humiliation DRUID