Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1862-03-04
The Iurs OF the Journal upon Loyal
HepubIirans

The Republican organ takes peculiar pleas
ure in doing mean act. There is an old adage
which reads. .-that what Is bred in the bone will
manifest Itself in tie flesh" The Journal states
that il is requested by "a subscriber to publish
the names OF all the prisoners at Camp Norton
because many citizens have relations there" 1t
Is well known that large number OF the loyal
citizens Of Indiana. those " ho identified with
the Republican party and have been, as they vet
are. the most Efficient supporters of that organ
ization. were born in the South, have near and
dear relatives there whose well being if they are
not than infdels. they sincerely desire TO
promote We know that large number Of the
most prominent and conscientious members of
the Republican party 10 Indiana have relatives in
the rebel army and while utterly repudatng and
condemning the cause in which they are engaged
and regarding them enemies while in
whom it is their duty TO overcome, vet if brought
here az prisoners of war. poweress and defense
less, they would treat with the consideration
prompted alike by the claims of humanity and the
principles of christianity. But the Journal sheer
ingly remarks chat loyal citizen of free
army" This is a gratuitous. an uncalled for
insult TO the citizens of Indiana who were born
in the South, or whose parents came from that
section of the country. 1t charges thousands of
our best and most ''loyal" citizens, and we use
the term in the sense which the journal desires
that il should be, with disioyaiy. with reasonable
sympathies because they may happen to have a rel
struction upon the language Of the Journal. 1t
says" ;vygi citizen of a free State is likely
have relative in the rebel army" Has not the
Journal editor a mean or misguided relative? III
So is il impossible for him to be on that account
decent man. or a good citizeng The Journal
has over ard over again stated that the people of
the South has been misled and deceived by dis
honest and demagogcal leaders. If such be the
ease. do not the people who have been thus de
ceived and misled. deserve our sympathy for their
errots As much as our censure for their wrong
actSg We believe, must every candid man,
the great body of the people Of the South
are earnest in sustaining what they con
ceive TO be their rights and interests in this great
struggle which is convulsing the nation as
the people of the North We NAV overpower
them. but the argument OF force rarely convin-
ces the judgment or changes the heart of an en-
envy. In this view OF the case why is it not pos
sible nay. prsb abie. THAT loyal citizen of a free
State NAV have areetve in the rebel army? The
imputaton of the Journal that loyal citizen
canno, be 50 situated, can have no other object
but TO excite prejudice against all who have
been or Who may have relatives in the South
Such base nsinuations spring from wicked heart
The motive is malicious. the purpose i devilish.
and the journal which gives them utterance
and character deserves the execration OF every
who has particle OF manliness and sincerity
desires a solution of national difficulties
which will more firmly reunie Us. and make a.
again powerful, happy and prosperous people.
We know that the thousands of our best citizens
who emSrted from Virginia. Kentucky. Ten
nessee, North Carolina. and other Southern
States are equally a. good and loyal citizens As
even those who We're TO The manor born ii they
do happen ito have a rel,tise in the rebel army
which the Journal regards as an objectionable