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Weekly Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1853-1861, 1855-08-16
Practical Abolitionism.

THE BITTEE FRUIrs or ARoLfTIoNrsS.--ln
1882. tweniy-three years ago three years before
aboltionism became rampant. John Randolph
introduced into he Virginia House of Dele
gates proposition for the abolition of slavery.
and It WAS discussed with great freedom.
Slavery was spoken of in terms Of severe con
deInnatiOn, and the debates wcrs published and
read by every colored mal who could read, and
to those who could not they wcrc read 60 by
others. At that time Virginia was not unvil
ling or afraid 10 discuss this question. and was
gradually feeling her way 10 emancipation. But
when the aboliiionisis in their fanatical zeal
began 10 send their incendiary publications into
The slave Siaies-endeavoFing 10 incito eervile
iRsurrection, they aroused at once strong and
bitter feeling atthe South, Taunis and threats,
disunion and treason, resistance 10 law aud
appeal TO arms. followed. until the whole Union
became secthing cauldron Of abolition excite
ment. The result was, that the bonds cf the
slaves were more firmly bound than ever. aud
| their rIvots more securely fastened.
Public opinion, which began 10 be exhibited
I'm Virginia against slavery was siifed al once.
In providing for their safety her citizens inter
dicicd the discussion Of her institutions
Who doubts that IL aolitionism had never
mtcrfcred with the domestic institutions of the
South. Virginia would have been a free State
and other States would have followed her
example. he impulse which such step
would have given to every branch of her bust
ness-to the general prosperity Of the State
could not have been without It's influence os
others But TO this good work abolItionisn
must lend its bighiing services, and the ude
that was setting in for universal freedom vas
checked Everything they have done has
not been 10 enlarge but 10 restrain--not 10 81
free. but to bind In closer bonds the slave pop
ulation OF the Souih.-Bur!inyt0H (lf) Seni'-
g,eI
Weekly Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1853-1861, 1855-08-16
For the Daily State Sentine
The Missouri Compromise.

THOMAS JEFFERSON, in a letter to Mr.
Holmes, during the agitation of the Missouri
Compromise question in 1920, wrote as fol-
lows:
"This momentous question, like fire-bel
IN the night, awakened and filled me with
terror. i considered il as the knel of the
Union. 1t is hushed indeed for a moment:
but this is a reprieve only, not the final sem
tence. Il geographical line, COincidiRg acih a
marked principle moral and political, once con-
ceiUed and hefd up to the angry passions of men,
aoW nerer be obtiterated, and every ne,o irritation
i0U mark IL deeper and deeper"
The Kansas Nebraska bill repealed the
Missouri restriction, and extinguished the
geographical line" The leaders of the En-
sion party are hypocritically striving to hood
wink the mass of their party into the belief
that they intend to restore this line They
intend to do nothing of the kind They have
no object to accomplish, unless it be the dis
solution of the Union, whose knell they are
ringing by every repeated agitation. Their
motto Is: "Agitate, agitate, and in the midst
OF the excitement we'll get into office. -
"W hat care we if the Union is dissolved ?''
The leaders are doing this thing, in the hope
that they will induce those who voted with
them in 1854, who honestly thought the Fu-
sion party pledged to the restoration of the
Missouri Compromise line, to quietly do so
again. The following extract from a letter to
the indianapolis Journal, from Pennvillc. jaw
County, Indiana. from one who was dele.
gate to the 18th of July Convention. "lets
the cat out of the bag.' Those who vote
with the Fusion party this year, will, in 1856,
be called upon to go still farther, perhaps,
even to favor the right of negroes to vote and
mold office:
living to our remoteness there were but
five persons from this county at indianapolis,
on the 18th July. have heard but one OBJ
lection to our platform of the 18th. and that
is to these words: Restore the Missouri
Compromise" The people here would rath-
er meet the question upon the broad ground
set forth in the Ohio platform Our platform
would be better beyond all question, if that
portion of the second resolution above alluded
to, was stricken out; but the people will strike
1t out next year. We were never in IA
vor of the Missouri Compromise, and we
would, in my opinion, be very foolish to re.
store it now. Itwould be virtually saying
'Let slavery be established south of that line
in such territory as now exists, or may here
after be acquired"
i Yours, truly, L. Nm.
Weekly Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1853-1861, 1855-08-16
NUMBER I3.

Crazy WOMAx.-Officer Gilmore arrested
a crazy woman in the Fifth Ward yesterday
and took her to Jail. She has probably been
made so by the loss Of some dear friend yes
terlay.
II George d. Prentice had pursued differ
ent course in his paper, the mob violence.
murders, and house burnings which disgraced
our city on Monday, would never have oc-
CURED.
Had Mayor Barl,ee caused The arrest Of a
dozen or twenty of the ruffians who were in
citing and leading the mob on Monday morn
Ing, the riot would have beea suppressed.
We did not stale in our paper of yester-
day that on Monday night the mob expen-
ded the fury of their rage against this Office
by tearing down our signs, and making a
bonfire OF them in the street. For nearly
two hours they were deiiberating before cur
door, whether or not they would burn or
tear down the office, and took the vote sew
eral times. They compromised bv tearing
down and burning the Office signs.
We have neither time nor snaca 20 COM
ment uPou the louisville Jo,y5sal cr .,esssr-s
day. The articles are characterized with
mendacity unparalleled in the history of the
press. But vile and infamous as are the
ialsehoOds, their incendiary spirit Is still
worse. We had supposed that enough blood
had been split 70 satisfy the demoniac mai
ice Of the editor of the Journal. 1t seems.
however, that his thirst for blood Is not vet
aPpeased. Enough men, women and chill
dren hrve not yet been murdered. He
Graves more victims
The above are some of the legitimate
fruits ofKnow- Nothingism They show how
Americans are ruling "Ameria." May God
grant that the days Of carnage and tho scenes
Of blood in which this party has reveIed are
passed, never, neUer 20 retunl
Weekly Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1853-1861, 1855-08-16

pen to write, to denounce those deeds of
crime and blood which have brought the
boasted and hitherto free institutions of re
publican America into derision and contempt,
struck down the elective franchise, i. e. the
promethean spark, without which our free
Constitution is an idle pageant, lifeless aud
inanimate, trampled law, and liberty, and
justice in the dust under the feet of all the
offscourings of the land, and made such
scoundrels as the miscreant PRENTICE and
his band of brutal cut-throats and outlaws
accused of God an1 man.
We had intended spreading before the
public few items in the infamous career of
this Infamous man, but enough for the pre-
sent
Weekly Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1853-1861, 1855-08-16
For the Indiana State Sentinel.

VIENNA, Scott Co., Aug. 9TH, 1893.
EDS. SENTINEL:-The news from Louis
vile this morning, struck on my ear like the
knell of the nation Who would have be-
lieved that the people of this country, Il can
no longer call it free country,) would have
become so degenerate, so tyTdnaicdl, so sectd-
RANKED, so lost to all sense of justice, as to
trample into the dust those inestimable privi-
leges for which our forefathers fought and
died. But such is the lamentable fact. A
party of men, fanatics | should say,) have
ISurped the privileges of the ballot box, pun
ishing those who wish to vote in opposition to
their doctrines, ,cith death. A man who merely
wishes to exercise the privilege which the
constitution guarantees to him privilege
formidable to tyrants only" runs the risk of
being shot down like beast. In vain, after
these things, may we indulge the fond hope
of preserving our liberties, without a decided
movement. But it is natural for man to in
dulge in the illusions of hope. We are apt
to shut our eyes against painful truth, and
listen to the song of that siren till she trans
forms us into beasts. Is this the part of wise
men. Are we disposed to be of the humber
of those, who having eyes, see not; and hav-
ing ears hear not the things which so nearly
part, whatever anguish of spirit it may cost, /
am willing to know the whole truth, to know
the worst and provide for it.
''Our chains are already forged" Their
clanking was heard yesterday in the city of
Louisville. "And what have we to oppose to
them? Shall we try argument?' Yes, first
of all-argumcnt, the .freen1an's s,0ord Let
us hold the subject up in every light in which
it is capable. "Let domestic discord between
the members of the Democratic party, cease"
Let every man become reconciled to his
brethren, and may every son of freedom be
seen crowding his way to the capitol, on the
29th inst, for the purpose of preparing for the
next campaign. Then, after we have made
every effort to reinstate our time honored lib
critics, if the privilege of the elective franchise
is still denied as, when there is no longer any
room for hope, an appeal to arms, and the
Ged Of hosts is all that is left us. If we wish
to continue free; if we mean to preserve invio-
late those privileges for which our forefathers
shed their life blood, if we mean not basely
to abandon the government of our country,
to the tender naercies of fanaticaI clique, We
must bestir ourselves. Then if all mider
measures fail, l repeat it, aOe must fight. "Is
lie so dear, or peace so Sioeet, rs to be pur-
chased at the price of chains and slaUe,y?"-
'Forbid it almighty God!"
The qUounded Goddess of Liberty" calls
upon every patriot in the State, to attend the
treeman's meeting of the 29th. Let her voice
be to you. my countrymen, as the voice OF
God. GEO. j. LANGSDALE.
Weekly Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1853-1861, 1855-08-16

6-TThe Abolition and Know Nothing
Organs in this city appear to writhe under
the castigation which was almost exclusively
intended for their shameless Kentucky CON-
peer. Gentlemen, we did not wish or aim 70
hurt yOW sensitive IIindoo feelings: but. Of
course, if any of our just denunciation Of
PRENTICE and his ruiliaps suits your case.
you arc the best judges of the fact yourselves,
and we shall not 60 out of our way TO deny
the business Of the application. Better keep
cool, gentlemen % X. N.'s-thcre is more of
the same sort on hand. We intend TO keep
it up too, notwithstanding we believe with
our Abolition friends of the Journal, that il
is well calculated to have the same fatal
effect as la'etnam upon Know Nothing bull
lies and cold bloodcd incendiaries. BY the
way, we may here incidently observe that ono
of the most respectable merchants of Louis
vile called on the editors of this paper after
the appearance of our correspondents article,
and thanked as for its publication
Weekly Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1853-1861, 1855-08-16
E. NJ. NJ.

Look OUTi-According to proclamation,
the Marshal commences a war of extermina-
ton to-day, against the unmuzzled canine
population. Those wanting to get rid of their
dogs can do so by letting them run at large
". 4. Tribune.
we would suggest the propriety, if all the
unmuzzled dogs of New Albany are to be
killed, of having the canine of the Tribune
muzzled. If he should happen to be mista-
ken for fist with the hydrophobia (not an
improbable thing) and knocked in the head =
New Albany would never survive the catas
.trophe. Muzzle him, by all means.
Weekly Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1853-1861, 1855-08-16
LOUISVILLE RIOTS i!
FURTHER PARTICULARS !!
Murder and Arson Rife in the City

We copy the following additional particu-
lars from the Louisville Times and the Louis
vile Democrat of to-day. 1t will be seen
where the responsibility of the bloOdshed,
arson and murder at Louisville rests. What
an impervious panoply Of infamy is Know
Nothingism enveloping itself in.
From the Louisville Times of the sth1
Weekly Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1853-1861, 1855-08-16
The Weekly state ser,;ra,

Is issued to-day. 1t contains twenty-eight
columns of Reading Matter-all the Latest
News, Politics, Miscellany, Local News, In
diana Items, the Markets, etc. Two Dollars
a year in advance. Single copies in strong
wrappers, may be obtained at the counting
room at FIVE cents per copy.
Weekly Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1853-1861, 1855-08-16

CcrBy an extract from the returns made
by the Township Assessors or this county.
for the year 1854, there was enumerated
g 600 horses. 1866 caatlc, II, ,793 sheep, 43,
63G swine, and 1854 bushels Of wheat
s6s .Si5 bushels Of born, 1882 bushels OF
oats. 5.3I9 Of grass and other seeds. Poultry
was valued at S6,52I 90, aud homo manu-
facturcs at sol, AS GO; 6,2l7 tons hay. z.S01
lbs tobacco, 23,S06 lbs. wool, 1s,i0l lbs.
maple sugar, 3 gallons wine.-yr@kiort
61iRfoss Go. CresaHf.
Weekly Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1853-1861, 1855-08-16

TTwo children of Jewish parentage
were burned to death on Chatham street
New York, Sunday. 1t has not been ascer-
tanned how many innocent children lost their
lives By the fire in Louisville on Monday
night.
Weekly Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1853-1861, 1855-08-16

GIVE read Of rows and riots all over
the country. There was one in Boston last
Sunday. The spirit of Americanism is just
now rampant.
Weekly Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1853-1861, 1855-08-16

e-T GEORGE CHADwELL, an old resident of
Boone county, Mo, was assassinatcd by some
person unknown in Columbia, the night of
July 18th.
Weekly Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1853-1861, 1855-08-16
We copy the following items of the ri,

We copy the following items OF the riot
from the Louisville Times The heart sick
ems at such revolving scenes
We noticed the charred remains Of three
of the victims of the Eight Ward Arson
living in the basement of the Court House,
gazed npon by men, women and boys. It's
disgusting the curiosity people exhibit for the
horrible. 1t would make us sick to contem-
plate, let alone see such such a sight.
We learn that the charred remains OF sew
eral bodies. supposed TO be women, were dug
out of the ruins o.f Quinn Row, on Main street,
YESTERDAY. They were found in the cellar,
where they had hi6 themselves during the
riots on Monday.
We understand that about O'Clock yester-
day evening, a woman and ten children were
found in the ruins of Quinn's house, or Mair
street, burned into cinders. On whose heads
lie the deaths Of these little 'lAnocents"
PACKING UP.-Our city yesterday present
ed sorrowful appearance BlOodshed anC
arson has done its work The Irish and Ger
mans who can get to the other shore are leav
ing. We saw large number going over to
day, and Others on the steamer Telegraph
What name the proud Kentuckian vii
bear hereafter l-"Oh, shame where is th.
blush ?'
Weekly Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1853-1861, 1855-08-16
We take the following from the Lo

We take the following from the Lou
isville Democrat:
A NARROW EscAPE.-During the riot on
Monday, and while the mob were surround
ing the burning houses of Quinn, on Main
street, near Eleventh, and were shooting the
Irishmen as they escaped from the flames, an
Irishman, disguised as a woman, came out
with an infant in his arms, and succeeded in
getting through the crowd, when his disguise
was discovered and the cry raised TO "shoot
him." chang him." kill him." The poor fell
low ran but a short distance, till he was over
taken, and would undoubtedly have been
killed but for the Intervention of two or three
gentlemen, one of whom driving up in his
buggy, offered to convey him away from the
mob, which, by rapid driving, he succeeded
in doing and lodged him safely within the
walls of the Jail, from whence he can be
summoned to answer any charge that may be
preferred against him, or if innocent, may re-
gain his freedom, to thank God for preserv-
wing him from a violent death at the hands
of Il lawless mcb.
ANOTHER CAsE.-We were yesterday in
formed that an Irishman, whose name we
have forgotten, was chased on Monday from
Main street across the creek, and jumping over
a fence hid himself in yard. His pursures
followed him, caught and bruised him badly
and were then about 10 hang him -
took him to the Preston street bridge with
the intention of drowning him, changed their
purpose-held him suspended by the heels
outside Of the bridge over the water-then
took him to the waters edge, and holding on
to him, plunged him into the creek several
times. head first. When at last rescued from
the mob, he was well-nigh dead, and appear
ed to be nothing bat one mass of mud and
filth.
A German Protestant was shot on Tenth
street. between Market and Jefferson, Mon
day last, whilst walking peaceably along tn.
street. This occurred before the firing and
: shooting on Chapel, Main and Market streets
D The Louisville journal, OK. NJ of yester
, dav, in giving the details of the recent fen
dish outrages in that city, thus briefly mar
= rates the brutal murder of a PrOtestant Irish
: man, in the presence of his wife, whose onl.
r crime, we presume; was endeavoring to es
c cape the fate that befel him, by concealin
himselfunder bed:
> "Joseph Allison, an Irish Protestant, wa
III shot on the corner of Market and Chap,
!. streets. He and his wife had secreted them
= selves under bed, but were dragged out'
Weekly Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1853-1861, 1855-08-16
Weekly gtate Sentinel.
FRIDAY MORNING, AUGUST 10, 1855,

For the State Sentinel.
George D. Prentice, the Editor of the
louisville Journal, and the chief
1nstigator of the Louisville Rob-
berries and Murders-The Indiana
State Sentinel upon the said Ruff
nan, George d. PrentiCeN
Weekly Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1853-1861, 1855-08-16
ELECTION INCIDENTS. &C.

lFrom the Louisville Times Of the sth.l
Grand River times. [volume] (Grand Haven, Mich.) 1851-18??, 1855-12-26
WHOLE NUMBER 222.

The Toledo Blade tells the following story
of a traveller in Michigan, who put up at
farmers house, and pretended to be cler-
gyman. After supper he went out with his
host to look after his horse. While gone,
the mother and daughters, with the pious
curiosity natural to all the daughters of Eve,
began to speculate upon the probable reli-
gious faith Of their visitor One thought
he was Presbyterian; another, that he was
a Baptist; another that he was a Methodist.
AT last, sudden thought struck one of the
girls that if they could get sight of his
Hymn Book, that would unravel the mys-
terry. Old woman and daughters proceeded
to examine his saddle-bags with all possible
dispatch. Out tumbled newspapers, dirty
shirts and books, each volume carefully
scrutinized. At last, bright-eyed girl ex-
claimed, "Tve got it'll I've got it!' holding
up a quart whiskey bottle; she's hard
shell Baptist"
Grand River times. [volume] (Grand Haven, Mich.) 1851-18??, 1855-12-26

The YOU'VE LADIES SHORT CArEcHIsM.-
What is the whole duty Of woman ITO
dress, to sing, to dance, to play on the piano
forte, to gable French or German, and to
preside gracefully at the tea table? What is
a Man "A thing to waltz with, to flirt with,
to take one to the theatre, to laugh at, to be
married to, to pay ones bills-and to keep
one comfortably! What is life IA polka!
schottische, dance that one must whirl
through as fast as possible. What is deathf
HIM, something that it's questionable to
talk of, to think of, to whisper of: so the less
that's said about it the better.
Grand River times. [volume] (Grand Haven, Mich.) 1851-18??, 1855-12-26

Divorces IN CANADA.-The luxury Of
divorce is so expensive in Canada, that none
but the wealthy can indulge in it. The con-
sequence is, that the restive. victims Of i'll
starred marriages, who cannot afford to pay
$4,000 for relief, are compelled to "grin and
bear it." or resort to the States for dssolu-
tion of the irksome tie. The courts of the
border counties in New York are driving
quite stiff business in converting the mar
riage relations Of the Queens subjects into
their ORIGINAL elements.
Grand River times. [volume] (Grand Haven, Mich.) 1851-18??, 1855-12-26

A friend of Cuviers once took the horns
and hoofs of an OK, and approached the bed
side Of the great naturalist, and awaking him
from sound sleep, announced himself as the
devil, who had come to eat'him up. Culver
rubbed his eyes, and glanced at the monde
script from horns to hoof, when he lay down,
and quietly remarked, "Horns-hoofs-
gramniverous-eat grass-can't come it-go
away"
Grand River times. [volume] (Grand Haven, Mich.) 1851-18??, 1855-12-26

ENGLAND AND THE UNITED STATEs.-The
London correspondent of the New York
Herald is informed that the manufacturing
interest of the north of England intends to
convene two great national meetings at Lv-
erpool and Manchester, to denounce the be-
ligerent policy Of Lord Palmerston, and to
express for the United States those senti-
ments of respect and regard which feeling
and interest alike dictate.
Grand River times. [volume] (Grand Haven, Mich.) 1851-18??, 1855-12-26

GEN. CAss.-Of our worthy Senator and
vetrian Statesman the correspondent of the
Philadelphia Ledger says: "Time lays his
hand kindly upon him. He never appeared
in finer health, and never walked with more
cheerful step. Every appearance indicates
that his useful life, dedicated to his country
will be prolonged for years to come. He is
greeted by all with that honor and respect
which his abilities, integrity and public SER
vices Justly award him. He is laboriously
employed in preparing for the active duties
which will devolve upon him as a leading
member of the Senate, and will participate
largely in the discussions which are about to
ensue in the Senate Chamber, upon the va
rious subjects Of public interest which now
agitate and divide the country"
Grand River times. [volume] (Grand Haven, Mich.) 1851-18??, 1855-12-26

SEEK BEAUTY In THE WoRLD.-The man
that sees no glory in the skies, no beauty in
the flower, no goodness in the grass, however
godly he may pretend to be, give us none
of him, he was born for treason and crime ;
there is less hope of him, than the criminal
that tends his single plant in the lonely cell,
and as he waters it, night and morning,
dreams of his better day. his mother and his
home And woman-she is no woman
that does not love the rose bush and delight
in the Lilly. Let not the like of her be
mother of boys and girls. The world will
run to ruin with such race.
Grand River times. [volume] (Grand Haven, Mich.) 1851-18??, 1855-12-26

SOURCE OF SMILEs.-Dr. Franklin having
noticed that a certain mechanic, who worked
near his Office was always happy and smiling,
ventured to ask him for the secret of his con-
slant cheerfulness. "No secret, DOCTOR" he
replied, II have got one of the best of wives
and when l 60 TO work, she always has a
kind word of encouragement for me, and
when go home she meets me with smile
and kiss, and tea is sure to be ready, and she
does so many things through the day to
please me, that cannot find it in my heart
to speak an unkind word to any BODY"
Grand River times. [volume] (Grand Haven, Mich.) 1851-18??, 1855-12-26

We learn from the London &c. wy pa
pers, that the Gait Branch Of the Great
Western Railway has been extended to Pres
ton, some four miles from Gait, and that
trains have commenced running regularly
since Monday last
Grand River times. [volume] (Grand Haven, Mich.) 1851-18??, 1855-12-26

HEAVY SUIT.-In the United States Cir
cult Court at Boston, a servant girl has
brought suit against the estate Of a citizen of
Roxbury, Mass, for $4,000 on promissory
note, for that amount, which she produces,
and alleges was given her by the deceased
just before his death, in consideration of her
kindness and attention during his last i'll
ness. The Hon. Rufus Choate and E. r.
Hoar are pitted against each other in this
legal battle.