Indiana State sentinel. (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1862-01-06

the Quartermasfer and Commissary Departments,
under Mansur 4 Tuttle.. The corruptions in those
departments since are rank and terrible, and need
probing. We advocate an extra session for an
other reason, and If there were no others, this
one would be sufficient unless there is session of
the Legislature. the 10000 Indianians. whom pa
triOtism and love of country have carried in
to the field. to brave death in all its forms-camp
sickness, of all the different and deadly types,
death By the bullets, sabers and cannon and shells
of the rebel enemy-will be disfranch ,sed What
is the cost of session of the Legislature-twen-
ty-five or thirty thousand dollars-to Withholding
the inestimable right Of freemen, a right formid-
able only n tyrants and corrupt Executive off,
GERS, from sixty thousand brave men-the bravest
Of the brave The Union cause has met with no
defeats on the fields that Indiana volunteers have
fought in this war. Is there any man in the State
who. in addition TO staying at home, would, for
the sake of a few dollars deprive the sixty thou
sand brave men in the field from voting7 Yet.
without law, no elections can be held in the In.
diana camps. scattered over the Union, and wher-
ever there is a rebel army to oppose.
The organ OF Governor Morton Indiana
polls JOurna) informs the people thar Gin c0nse-
quence of the entire success of Gov M0rton's
policy, session of the Legislature is not neces-
sary" Is it necessary to disfranchise the Indiana
volunteers to carry out the policy of Gov Nor
boh4 IA 81 AMY viii OOf+ 4uOfbOu anu poi-
icy, and his organ too.
The volunteers of Pennsylvania vote every
election day in their camps wherever they are
They have always yoted--in Mexico, and recently
in their camps on the Potomac Next year the
voters of Indiana will elect State officers, possibly
a Governor of the State, Congressman, members
of the General Assembly and county officers. Is
there any good reason why these volunteer SOL
diers should not exercise their right to roteI OH
it is unnecessary, say the toadies of the Execu-
tive; Gov Morton has provided for the pay ment
of the National tax; "A session of the LegIsla-
ture is unnecessary" and therefore the soldiers
cannot vote What think you. soldiers. of ths2
What think you, freemen of Indiana, the fathers
and brothers Of the soldiersl Will you permit
this great injustice for the sake of saving the
State few dollars and probably hiding-cover-
ing over enormous iraudsl
Levy an additional poll tax--ten cents head
will be suffcient--to raise the sum necessary 10
pay the cost of Legislature and let the soldiers
vote. "a session of the Legislature is unneces-
saryr There never was so great a necessity for
the meeting of the Legislature.
In the name Of sixty thousand Indiana volun
teers we protest against the policy of Governor
Morton. which renders a session OF the Legisla-
ture unnecessary. and which necessarily disfran-
chises them. And in the name of sixty thousand
brave men now in the tented field, we appeal TO
their friends and relations for the protection of
whom, their common country, Government and
their home affairs they are now Drawing so many
dangers, to prevent SO great wrong, so gross
an outrage.