The daily Wabash express. (Terre-Haute, Ind.) 1857-1867, 1862-07-21
From the state JoSaaL
Inpleasant Memories.

The >enfiad Is not 50 imperyious 10 popu
lar c0ntempt as 10 disregard All the charges
OF dlsioyaiIs made against IL. One would
suppose that il would be. that speaking only |
70 a class whose sentiments accord too thor
oughly With is own 10 ever need explanation |
or excuses, II would never run the risk of en- |
eouniering such a charge fully. Bat Il does /
occasionally recognize the fact that Il Is es-
teemed reasonable sheet. aud protests
II even ventures. IN moments ofoyer-wronght
sensioliity, Il Fecur TO it. files for proofs that
Il i not 30 disloyal as il Is said 20 be. These
exhibitions OF expiring sparks IN the ashes OF
a consumed conscience come very rarely. III
i not easy 10 stir them into glow. IL don't
get ia support, or eountcnance, or means,
from LOYAL men. 70 any considerable extent.
aud IL therefore doesn't trouble itself about
What they say. But when II does Il j. worth
nothing Judge Hughes in his speech at the
Bates House the other night brought out one
Of these unusual exhibitions, and We propose
to pay some attention 10 H. The paper oil
"Wednesday says:
He savs that when tho Governors procla-
nation was issued for six regiments the Sen.
ftafi had sneeringly insinuated that they could
not be raised VIA, are the iactsl
Before looking az the facts" let rs look
az the assertion. Judge Hughes didn't say
that the ScRflRel's "sneering inslnuatlon
vas made when the Governors proclama-
ton vas issued" lie said when the scar
broke out. The difference is material.
though there was oaly four or five DAYS be-
tween one event and the other. In that four
or i've DAYS the Sentinel Office had narrowly
escaped destruction AZ the hands of people
exasperated by It's reasonable conduct. IL
was compelled 20 assume virtue though
il soon threw The awkward disguise awaS.-
/ Under mcnace IL lfoisted the Union flag and
With the terror Of destruction before is eyes
! II learned to speak softly OF the patriotic i'm
pulse that was hurting men into the held by
townships. In that four or five days Il learn
Ell 10 talk about the war As though the rebels
bad some share in it, thing il bad never
dOae before. In that four or FIVE DAYS il
softened from the temper OF the Richmond
Dispatch TO about the temper OF tie Memphis
iralsRche Therefore that four OF five days
dliierence is very important. Now let Us
look AZ the facts What are theyt' asks
the Sentinel. And il quotes four or five little
extracts from is mod fed articles 10 prove
that il never sneered at the possibility of
| raising SIX thousand volunteers in Indiana,
by way ofanswer % It's own question it
/ adds
To dsprove the contemplate insinuaton
that the SeHfiAel did. when the first six reg
iments were called for by Gov. Morton
"sneeringly insinuate that they could not be
raised in Indiana. We could quote indefinite
liz f.0m our columns, but we think we have
quoted enough to convince everybody that
| the distinguished Federal Judge has meanly
and falsely misre2resented Us. We advise
him hereafter 10 know what he is talking
| about.
I'VE advise" the Seafinel, thereafter, to-
know what il is talking about, and TO tina,
end IL had better read few days further
back in lie own files than IL has done For
fear Il won't. we have saved il the trouble
On Thursday, the llth of April. 1851. just
FIVE DAYS before the appearance of the article
quoted in Wednesdays paper. the following
appeared in is leading column
GOV. xoaroS's rLEDGn.
Governor Morton. On his recent visit to
Washington. pledged honest Old Abe
5000 volunteers from Indiana. If he would
adopt A coerciye policy towards the Confed-
crate States. This pledge was made for the
purpose of stiffening the timber back of the
President, and 10 induce him 10 abandon the
| pacific policy announced by Mr.. Seward
| The Governor rriii find Il more easy 10 prom
iss than 20 redeem his pledges. The people o.
Indiana do not intend 10 engage an a crasad,
against TIE South for party purposes-to adj
vance the schemes OF the aboliti0nists and
proiectionists Of New England and Pcnnsyl
vania The Southern States have not tres
passed upon the rights Of The people OF Indiana
nor do they propose 70 do So The legislation
ffh< Confederate Stairs Is not inimieal e
fhe Interests Of tie North lcssf. bat ia harmo-
nv Herewith, while that Of the Black Re
publican Congress discriminaics agains
them. Governor Norton sympathies ar,
not with the people Of Indiana. but with the
sectional party in the Eastern States, whs
propose 20 make the labor Of the people o
the West tributary TO the Advancement o
, is interests-mere hewers Of wood ans
drawers OF waters for the cotton nabob- o
New England and The iron nsasters Of Penn
sylvania.
But 70 Governor Morton's pledge How
soon does he propose 70 open his recruiting
cfice? VIII he head the 5000 volunteer
be has pledged from Indiana 20 engage il
tho butchery Of the men, women and chill.
dren of the South-of the people Of tn
States who fought our battles and defended
our hearth stones when unable alone - re-
sat the foef
What Is fLsf1 Does not that sound like
, 4
never engage In a crusade ags ms, the South.
"The Confederate States have not trcspasse'
ca the rights Of The people Of Indiana No
they had blockadol tho Mississippi. ~ whcl
Indiana has a vital interest, they had siezc.
forts which Indiana money helped % build
| thev hsd robbed minis Ia which Indiana IA.
share Of the gold they had plundcrel arse
nals In which Indiana had arms ard the
| were. on the very day this infamous articl
appeared. loading their gus ard lfainirl
their mortars % fire npou For. Sumter. i
! which Indiana hat some Of her ewn children
, Bui they had pot irespasscd on the right
. OF de people IL Indiana They were yer
, gentle and innocent AMI long su1ering =
Their alslogist an1 organ j. rfo.nse o. a.
, miration AZ sheir patient AMI sngulasly laW
fal conduct. The Legislation Of the Con
fedcraic States - not inimical 90 the North
west. saws the attorney Of JEFF DAVIS No
AZ all. They had coniscatci all the proper
~ that citizens OF the North. west held With
their Limits; they had declared al the deb
duo 10 the North forfeited they had prohihis
ed any Coofenerstc citizen from paying debt
due % the North forfeited they had prohibit
/ Ell any Confederate citizen from paying debt
{ - Northern men: they hsd lad tar on Al
artleles brought from the North That
= AL There = nothing "ininical" IN fhsf q
our Interests. say. the Seafsael We thinl
, he evidence u pretty conciuflso that m,
S<nfisd not only sncerod a, ths p,-sib.iit
Of raising SEQ volunteers IN Indiana A.,
! DID great deal more
beng on the tract Of disi0sal lasss.r
I lst - So We can't aod more res ".
+ have seifici TIE case ~ he denial Of Jn.ir
. hashes assertion That Is assp1ssl ~ 2
E We msF d.'erge. therefore. = ,.'irs point.