Weekly Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1853-1861, 1855-08-16
Sentinel VS.. Mr. Blake and Know Moth
ingS.

To the venerable gentleman (who, as vice.
President of the Know Nothing meeting on
Wednesday evening ut the Gours- House, a
meeting brought about by that "order'' and
cunningly devised and arranged at its incep-
ton so as to entrsp those who did not belong
to the orler)-we would say, "CoDae and let
rs reason together
Toward him, although he thought proper
to be quite furious upon the Ssptirlel, we can
feel no aniInosity, but regret that unfortunate
IL for himself (and all fear more so for the
community he should in these times, that
are without parallel in our history, take a
course, not only calculated positively to de-
feat the moral ends he would effect, but create
still greater schisms and outbreaks than have
heretofore taken place.
First and foremost, with more charity than
he has exercised toward US, we will say, in
all sincerity, that we believe he is actuated
by desire to benefit his fellow-men, and in
crease the sum Of human happiness in this
community.
And when we look upon him and reflect
that undoubtedly his objects are those of mo-
raj reform, we must say that we not only de-
plore the manner he has chosen TO effect his
object, but still more sadly deplore that he
should be found in these days of lawlessuess,
intolerance, bigotry, prescription, anarchy
and bloodshed, acting either directly or indi-
rectly in the same party, as an interested pro-
scriptive politician, while that party is partly
here composed of secret order which else
where during the past year, have marked it
as a bloody era in our history as nation, and
Of which, bad as it is, we fear tie end is not get
A man who processes and we believe in
tends to take the Bible for lis guide and rule
of conduct in his relations with ms fellow
man, can find no authority within its sacred
pages for employing physical force for the at
tainment Of moral ends, while he can find
therein, in the Just and charitable teachings o
our Savior and'his apostles, admonitions quite
10 the contrary.
1t IS by the light Of reasoR-by kind persua
sioss-a Roly erample-by the exercise Of charity
(which endureth long and IS kindly
preaching Christ and him crucifed,'' by
flowing Ay neighIo'''' and by acting upon the
maxim-that, ,chqt is meiel ont to others shall
Be n.sted cst to you, remembering that,
ssTnat mercy to others show
That mercy show 10 me-
ov which men are made better and moralit,
extended-not by invading personal rights
ruthless prescription of foreigners-huntin:
them down-subjecting them to insults, es
poinage, SC, Of character calculated t
arouse every manly principle of resistance
and stimulating them to commit more 4h i
single hour, than could be committed b,
them in the drinking OF ten thousand hogs
heads Of lager beer.
JEFFERSON said that "men could not b,
governed as they should be, because men
were not what they should be-" aud as 'hu
man nature Is fral," the gentleman's loni
experience should most certainly have laugh
him by this time that, can ounce of proven
ton is worth pound of cure and that
would be far better to wait patiently ant
charitably until the law was Justly melted out
and that, too, after full Investigation and pro
per understanding Of the faets was evolves
in a Court Of Justice, when it will be ascer
tanned whether some of our citizens are out
lars. OF whether the instruments of the Law
are insulting and oppressive, doing the be
hests Of secretly constituted, secretly con
Quoted midnight order in our midst, rathe
than the humane and Just requirements of the
law. We and this paper prefer to wait unit
that time beforewe counsel force.