Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1862-08-09
INDIANAPOLIS, ND, SATURDAY MORNING,


right 20 much more important than the con-
stitution, that the constitution was invented
merely to assert and secure NJ, and is not
worth the paper it blackens, unless it does as
sert it and secure it. 1 despise the Southern
temper of mind, which allows them to part
with that right for themselves, and / mean TO
do my utmost to destroy forever the power of
any negro-breeder to hinder its exercise by
me.
THE sACREDSEss OF FREE SPEECH.
declare before God that, as / understand
that right. value it more than do nv life (,
Aud call this whole country to witness, if
have not before now proved the sincerity of
this declaration by my actions, And the
right l yindicated at the hazard of my life,
before southern tyrant will not give up,
for the sake of my business, TO a Yankee
sneak. Neither shall the Gordons. Their
case is ours. We are tried with them. And
in defending them, we defend ourselves and
and our country from gang compared with
whom, Leadbetter is humane. and Gen .Floyd
respectable. Mr.. Sumner was once the advo-
cate of free speech He claimed to be almost
one of its martyrs. And in defense of it, or
in consequence of it, he certainly was the
victim of cowardly assault, inflicted with
.
ampled in the annals of cudgelingl He now
changes his opinion, or at least his language.
With the felicity of alluson, which belongs,
among the public writers of America, to him
and to Governor Andrew alone. he advises
his friends to put their .heels" upon those
who differ from them, and who dare to speak
out. The advice is given In letter to the
late war meeting in New York. Is this pros
chanics, by few small conspirators, in pur-
suance of an agreement between the princi-
pal Thugs at Washington, in order, if it
works well, to sacrifice more important vic
tins to the Abolition Kalee? / do not know
i know that the gentleman of the Republi-
can party do not countenance it. and that it
will fail here, because, to reach their political
opponents they must cut down their political
and personal friends. If free speech is trea-
son here, our excellent Governor would
speedily be known as the late unlamented
John A. Andre v, for his speech is exceedingly
free and easy-quite loose, as YOU may say.
Then what would become of Mr.. Phillips?
Does he speak in tavor of the Government? |?
Has he ever said anything in favor of any
Government, except that of Hayti? Did he
not lately advise large and patriotic assem-
bly, not to give man or dollar to the Gov
ernment of the United States? And did not
that patriotic society applaud the liberal sug-
gestion? Shall we prosecute Mr. Phillips,
therefore? Not with my good will. Not
without my active resistance. / should yio-
late the very first principle of democracy,
which is greater to me than anything but the
word of God himself, if l did not fight for
Mr.. Phillips right to talk treason to any fool
that wants to hear him. In a letter, the Gov
ernor refuses to supply troops to the Presi-
dent In fact, he supplies many and urges
more 10 90. Do we prosecute him? No, but
a tempest of derision breaks oser what he
calls his head from every part of the United
States. and even from England. To that we
can safely leave him.
MASSACHUSETTS OPINION OF IRISH
SOLDIERS.
When the regiment OF the late Col. Cass
went off. without an escort even of the Sec
ond Battalion, it was not actually Kissed In
State street, as was the Massachusetts, regi-
ment on Its return from Mexico, but the
agreeable remark was made and heard, that
the departure of the Irish would be a great
relief to our poor-houses and .jails The Gov
ernor or his friends may say so Of Colonel
Cas- CONFERENCE.-The Irish-without COM
hitting treason or even giving offence. We
are not accused of talking so badly, even
about Mr.. Andrews conference.-the negroes
yet are we prosecuted! In South Carolina,
where speech was never free they settled it:
limits before Judge Lynch. Let us not desc
crate this Court with what belongs to him, OF
we will sink below the level even of South
Carolina.
THE SANCTITY OF THE GOVERNMENTS
IT ABOVE SUSPICION!
Much has been said as to finding fault with
the Government, as If there were some pecu
liar sanctity in ii.
Have we arrived at such state that no one
must find fault with any action or omission Of
the Government or any member Of it, without
having treason imputed to him? Can not you
sir? Can not /? |, for example, have the
misfortune to think that Mr.. Seward, oul
present Secretary of State, is not fit, as
statesman, to index the papers of the late
Silas Wright However little he may be at
fected by my thoughts, | do think his want o
sense-s0ber sense-has made him the laugh
ing stock of Europe! l think that he is {
small ward and county politician, who writes
like sophomore and acts like stock -jobber
Every time he speaks about what will happcr
In surg ddys. IN nWety ddNS! ne putS me III
mind of a curbstone broker, chattering ovel
the approaching maturity of dubious note
think such men have been advanced to i'm
portant places in this country about as otter
as they will be, and cannot help rejoicing tc
think that Mr.. Seward will probably be tn,
last OF the Lilliputians. May | not say So
Has Mr.. Phillips taken out patent for tn,
application of first rate abuse to second rat,
men? And must be tried for treason if
ever so unsuccessfully attempted to infringe
it? Again, do not worship Mr.. Sumner.
cannot admire person who is so simple as t,
think it finer thing to pretend to be fanati,
than to be a dull but honest man.
WHICH Is PREFERABLE: \ TYRANNY UNDEI
SEWARD, OR THE GOVERNMENT OF JEFF.
DAVIS.
And what If am frank enough to say, tha
| am sick of the staggering imbeciity witt
which the Government has managed this wa
OF life and death? Is that reasonable? Shal
my Government-that is to say. my servant
my credtue-waste my money and even lie
it be stolen. and stop my paper. and Interrupt
my business, and violate my Constitution. ant
starve out and kill nay soldiers out of pur
neglect. and gain only disaster and defeat TO
me hy all this folly? And shall say nothing