Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1862-10-31
.JUIY 81. 1862
that were made for Ar.
resting Mr. ValiandI q h N when d g
spoke ut Centreyille.

The announcement, ten DAYS ago, that Hon. @.
l.. Valandlgham would address Democratic
meeting ut Cenreville, on the Goth OF this month,
created quite stir among the leading Abolition
lists of this county. They were indignant 1t
would never do to allow a Democrat like Val
landigham-a man they had denounced as
traitor" and "secessionist''-to made a speech
at the county seat of the strongest Abolition
county in the State That would be giving IA Ii
ceuse to free speech" that could never be tole-
rated by those who have been shouting for "free
speech, "Iree pres" and free niggerS.' Ii was
therefore concluded that something must be done.
He must be arrested something else. Some
said he must not be allowed to 90 back alive.
The Governor teleeraphed and the United
States Marshal and Provost Marshal Tor the State
of Indiana, Garland Rose was dispatched from
indianapolis to this county to attend to the mat
ter. He arrived here the Afternoon train.
Listeners we're sent to Cenreville To report any
unreasonable" language Val. might utter, and
company detailed from Camp WAYNE TO
to be at the depot and aid the Marshal in making
the arrest when the train returned from Centre
Vile Parson Hobbs. the piOus Chaplain of the
18th, was On hand at Centreville, as one of the
reports we suppose, of the Unreasonable Ian
guage" Val. was expected 10 use
For some cause the programme for Mr. Val
landg hams failed to be carried out. great
ladium and Others who had said that Val. could
not speak at Centerville"-that THAT was set.
tied" Whether those who were sent to report
concluded there was nothing unreasonable" in
the speech, or what the matter was, We have not
been informed AT any rate the arrest was not
made, and. we suppose the people must conclude
the speech was loyal. One question may be re
garded as setted-that Is, that Marshal Rose and
such of his political friends as he may select
=. IL. i -
is not reasonable languase
The abolition papers Of this city seemed to
think il incumbent on them 20 manufacture some
excuse for Mr. '. not having been arrested. The
Palladium excuse y - follows: Had Val. ut
tered nj Centervile the reasonable sentiments
be i CHARGED with utterng at Mlddletown, Ohio.
COMPANY would have discharged the duty"
(of arre-ting HIM by aiding Marshal Rose
The Broad Are saws: His treason did not
stick out quite barefaced in some of bis
former speeches
The Telegram says:
1--WE did not hear the speech, but have heard
that ii was drawn very mild no, word being
uttered that could be construed into favoring the
rebels in arms against the Government"
The Abolition papers having lied so much
about Mr. V, and 80 frequently charged him
with making reasonable and secession speeches.
now ind il necessary after a large number of
people of this county have had opportunity 70
hear him. 10 resort TO the contemplate subter-
fuge OF trying to make II appear that his speech
Al Centervie Was OF a different character from
his speeches elsewhere. Dir V. uttered the same
sentiments uis speech in Centerville that he ut
tered in hs speeches in Congress and in hi>
district during the late campaign. his senti-
ments were Endorsed by majority of near 100
of the votes he represents, and II he l. traitor.
then there are 700 of majority OF traitors in hs
district He ALWAYS proclaims his sentiments
boldly and iearle>sy. without regard 10 locality
Not one Of these fellows who pretend that Mr.
: speech AZ Centervile differed in sentiment
from other speeches be has made, ever read
speech of his or heard him make one
How does the Broad Are man know that trea-
son was not a. bare faced in his Centerville
speech ~ in former speechesf Did he ever read
OF hear speech of Mr ~ We reckon not