Weekly Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1853-1861, 1855-04-19
FROM WASHINGTON.
WAsHINeToN. ID. c. April 5th.

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Editors Sentinel simultaneously with tn
announcement of the destruction of the ballC
box and other outrages committed by Sam
boys in Cincinnati, Ohio, comes the news
another of different kind. An open, bolC
unblushing act, perpetrated by the Legisla
ture of Massachusetts. and carried out by
committee of that body appointed for tha
purpose.
AS there are something like fifty Reveren
gentlemen in this body, the presumption /,
that reasonable number of these piceqerent
were, at least, upon this committee The ac
count of the affair given, is thus detailed b
the Worcester Transcript:
the Legislature of Massachusetts som
days since, appointed committee to visi
and investigate the Catholic Schools and Con
vents of the Commonwealth, for the pur
pose of enlightening the public upon the in
ternal arrangements of those institutions; an.
accordingly, this committee, consisting O
near twenty members repaired to the Conven
OF ke'x xbury, which rs kept by seven Sister
of Charity of the order of Notre Dame
that these sisters had under their charge som,
twelve pupils between the ages of ter anc
fifteen-that there were no males about tn,
establishment, except an Irishman employed
as servant-that the house is situated on {
thorughfare, much travelled, aud not secluded
in anyway from public gaze--that the ladie.
who reside there are highly cultivated, and
accomplished, and as much entitled to respect
and courtesy, as any in the State. Theil
pupils, also respectable, and ofrespectable fam.
allies" &C., &c. "That the gentlemen con-
stituting this committee entered this house
proceeded to examine and scrutinize every
portion of it from cellar to garrett entering
the ladies' rooms, peering into ward robes and
cupboards, entering the Chapel, a place sa-
cred to the ladies of faith at least, talking
loudly, and making just such demonstrations
as Sam usually does when saving the country
in less ha,lowed spots"
The same committee visited the Catholic
seminary at Paoachoag, and the same pa
per says, that 'the members of it behaved in
such an undignified, ludicrous, peeking, bom-
bastical manner, according to all accounts, that
they obtained the appellstions of the smelling
committed" The mob in Cincinnati it may
be said, was composed of set of lawless
rowdies but what is tho difference between
them and this legalized Legislature mob? The
one violates private rights, and tramples upon
those guaranteed by the Constitution, without
the sanction of the law, and the other by the
aid of the law, holding the law making pow
er in their hands, cody and deliberately APP
pointed committee, to do the work OF
mob. Now what man, skillful enough
casuist, to point out the difference, in fact
between the Cincinnati mob, and the commit
tee appointed by the Legislature of Massa-
chusetts? So far as their acts are concerned
in principle, there is none.
Its appointment was an outrage, and it.
visit to the convent, in manner and form, :
cruel lswless, cold -blooded outrage. One
that should arouse the Indignation of every
American patriot. A mans house, in these
days of wantness and moral debauchery is
no longer "his castle" To sum up the out
RACES upon the constitutional and civil rights
of the private citizens by "Sam's'' disciples
the church burnings. the murders, outrages
upon the ballot.hox, within year past
would astonish and ssartle every man who
regards his country, or its liberties.
AS have, from time to time, noted down
some of these incidents, may shortly fur
nish for your paper kind of synopsis with
running commentaries. When the baliot-box
and its content are openly destroyed in broad
day light by band of ruffians-and par
of the new American party" in the streets
of one of our principle cities, it is time tina
even fanatics should pause, for there is no
another step to revolution This is revolu
ton itself, for this abuse can only be correc
ted at the point of the bayonet. This show
too that Sam has resolved to win, at all haz
yards. If he can accomplish his purpose il
no other way, his motto is, that physical fore
and brute violence shall, and ,oW be pre,iomi
nant
The Signs of the tines indicate a NOR
general and wide spread demoralization thai
has ever been witnessed since the forpatioI
Of our government.
Need any man wonder. How soon shal
we have witch burnings in Massachusett
again CONSERVATIVE.