Indiana State sentinel. (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1861-08-14
W EEKLY sen TINEL


An infamous communication appeared in the
Journal extra of Thursday, signed 1T. W. F."
which we suppose will be reproduced in that
advocate of disunion this morning We know
not who the author is, and care less; but il is
evident he is no soldier. A brave and gallant
man would not shrink behind masked battery
If the history of 1T. w. F." known. we
should find that he was Know Nothing in 1854,
a Maine law advocate in 1855, an Abolition
bigot now, and an individual who never breathed
patriotic sentiment. he is not a volunteer. and
never shouldered musket in defense of his coun-
try. He is a man who serves the Government for
pay-his patriotism has that extent, no more.
man who will wilfully lie about his neghbor
to do him personal injury is no better than the
thief who robs under cover of night. The Sen
tinel has never uttered a sentiment in favor of
dsunion-it has never copied, charged, an
article from the Louisville Courier, except as a
news item-it has never expressed word which
could be even construed into dsloyalty to the
Government, yet this anonymous scribbler
charges with treason and disloyalty." And
what is the object of this infamous libel? To
his own language, it is-that the Sentinel
"should be stormed and silenced." With the jaw
bone of an ass a thousand men like 7. W. F.
could be put to fight.
Another SANDER I. W T. utters. He says the
articles which appear IN the Sentinel are regard
ed by the inhabitants of Virginia and Maryland,
and every where else, "by all men and parties
containing sentiments adverse not only TO Mr.. LIN
coin and his Administration, but to the Govern
ment and the Union" We do not believe this
I. W. +. has read the Sentinel for the past six
months If he has, we challenge him to produce
a line for which we are responsible that can be
contOrted into disloyalty to the Government and
the Union. On the other hand. we have lived as
long rs t. W F., and we have labored diligently
during our whole life, with all the ability and in
fuence possessed, to maintain the Constitu-
ton and the Union. Unlike T. W F., we have
never attempted to strike down popular rights
never attempted to prescribe by law what man
should eat and drink, and the manner in which he
should worship his Maker, and We never turned
upon the land of our birth and kindred and ex-
pressed desire to battle our hands in brothers
blood for no other purpose than sympathy for the
niger. As long we edit paper we shall do
duty, and shall not fail to give such informa-
ton to the public as We think they ought to know.
When are not permitted as a loyal citizen
and for the hest interests of the country to exer
else the freedom of the press, we shall then con-
clude that liberty, that free institutions exist
only in name.
\ word about the volunteers. No paper has
u.
of the brave men who have gone from Indiana
at the call of the Government, than the Sentinel
They have given Indiana fame which her citi-
zens may well be proud of. At least one half of
the troops who have gone from the State are Dem
ocrats. and never has one of them done an act to
tarnish her honor. We have more friends, ten
to one, among the volunteers than this scribbIer,
T. W. F., and We know they approve our course.
If I. W. f. should attempt to storm and silence
our battery, give but little notice. and we
know that Zone blast upon our bugle horn will
be worth ten thousand men," The brave volun-
teers of Indiana are fighting to maintain the Con-
stitution and the rights it guarantees, not to de
stroy them-they are fighting to uphold popular
rights, not to cast them down. They have no
sympathy with the Name Law and Know n 9TH
ing bigots who have for years been fighting to
restrain popularrghts, and to force the people to
eat, drink and worship God just as their little
souls shall prescribe
The day for terrorism h as passed in Indiana
L. W. F. desires just such reign of terror here.
which we presume he charges upon and denoun-
ces in the South. No independent press can be
''stormed and silenced" which will not rise like
Phoenix from its ashes. Let it be attempted
and if successful the battery would soon be re-
placed more imposing than ever. We know that
we reflect the sentiments and feelings of a ma
jority of the true and loyal citizens of Indiana
and they only want the opportunity, in legal
way, 10 demonstrate it to the utter confusion of
those who for malignant purposes now charge
upon us, they well know falsely, treason and
disloyalty." The loyal and good citizen is he
who not only sustains the Government, but
stands by the right. In the language of the
Great COmmoner of Kentucky, the gallant CLAY,
it is better to be right than be President Con-
scious of the rectitude of our intentions, We shall
pursue the even tenor of our way regardless of
the ours who snap and bite at our heels as we
pass along.