Indiana State sentinel. (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1863-05-25

this Paper with Reference to the
HascalI order No. Sour Humble
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS of the Pub
location of the Forum pro tim. so
Long as the said Order shalt be
Enforced.
The following notice" has been received at
this Office By mail. IL was with no little surprise.
too, that an obscure local editor and reporter of
the words and notions of others found himself
the subject of notice in high quarters. We are
bound TO respect il. of course, as all men respect
the Order aud authority of a military command
ant. Probably this notice 70 US was dictated by
p~artiality or benevolence, and intended TO be pri
vate. Probably it was " not intended for publ
~cation;' but our aversion to all "secret orders"
disposcs rs to print it:
HEADQUARTERS DISTRICT OF ~ISDIANA1
Department of the Ohio.
INDIANAPOLIS. Nav 8, 1868.
Editor South Bend Forum, South Bend, Ind:
A half dozen copies of your paper of the Sd
inst. have been sent 20 me marked in which you
boast Of your intention to violate General Order
No. 9. from these headquarters. You can now
publish an order retracting all this, and publish a
loyal paper hereafter, or you can discontinue its
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this notice will receive immediate attention.
MILO S. HAscALL,
Brig. Gen. Vols, Cong Dis.
Perhaps it was INTENDED" that the strength of
ssyle adopted in this notice" should cover all
blemishes. Anyway. better be careful of the
literary reputation of a Commandant so jealous
of reputation at headquarters"
Our editorial salutation to Gen. Hascall, and
humble submission to his command of the DIS.
trict of Indiana, Department of the Ohio, and we
respectfully submit to him, that, so far as any re-
mark of ours, printed in this paper on the Sd
inst, can be understood as "boGstiRg of our in
tention to violate General Order No. 8, from his
Headquarters" it is ''retracted." and we do
life long principle with us, never to violate the
laws, nor despise the lawful authorities of the
United States of America, and it has been at all
times far from our thoughts To boast Of inten-
ton to do so. We are not boastful anyway, as
our neighbOrs know, if they would testify. Be
sides this, we have had but a brief experience MS
editor or in any public capacity; and having no
more than fairly buckled on our armor Tor that
vigilance of service which is the price of civil and
religious liberty. we would not by any means
seem to forget that saying of Solomon the Wise,
which fixes the time for ''bOasting," not when a
man puts on his armor and displays the toggery
of his profession, but when ''be taketh it off"
1t occurs to US also. that General Hascall him
self, having received a military education at the
National Military Academy at West Point, N. Y,
at the expense Of the people Of the United States,
must have sufficiently imbibed of the principles of
American liberty TO appreciate that common IN
trinity of human nature, which resents every
supposed infraction of our rights. and Is not care
full sometimes about the terms in which that re-
sentiment is expressed, especially in the presence
of the infringing individual. If he will make
this merciful consideration IN our behalf, we will
confess to him that we did indulge a little too far
that common weakness. when we first cOntempla
ted his General Order No. 9. So we shall en-
deAvor to 'get over" our infrmity, and leave him
to get over the folly of his Order No. 9, if it is
possible tor a fool to escape from 1.-The destruc-
ton OF his folly"
We make these 'retractions" of our seeming
''bOast of intention to violate the Hascall Order
No. 9" to satisfy one of the conditions on
which we understand the General to saw he is
willing to allow us to publish" this paper to-day
and Ito publish a loyal paper hereafter" The
interest of parties advertising in the Forum re-
qures this days publication and one more, which
we shall issue early next week, without editorial
matter. in the shape of AN advertising sheet.
Beyond this we make no retraction. We
make no retrsction of principle. We compro
mise no right OF an American citizen. Having
COOu IN our family representatives IdlL0Iully ana
capably at the altar Of service for our beloved
country. during as long a term and as at heavy a
cost as any man in this county, we will not now
accept personally disparaging conditions" upon
which any man, under color of authority, may
insolently propose to grant his gracious permits
sion TO pursue our lawful calling. And, there
fore, because our home affairs require our atten-
tions, because we do not court the distinction of
an arbitrary military arrest and trial, at a heavy
bootless expense to the General Treasury, and
because we do not want the martyrdom that
might cOme from the finding Of II solemn drum
head court. we accept the alternative Of the
magistrar dirt of Brig. Gen. Hascall. if we may
be allow to do so, and discontinue the Forum
newspaper, without further attentions" from
Headquarters, and without further respect TO
further Orders"
Nevertheless, we remain strong in the faith of
the perpetuity of our American political and civil
liberty, directed, controlled and defended by the
people of the United States; and a. we have done
heretofore, so shall we hereafter exhibit that
faith in action, under the Constitution and laws.
to the last day of our probation; and We remain
jealous in our deprecation of every seditiJus
and rebellious act of those ungodly and treasona
bic persuasions of Abolition and Secession, in all
places. in these very evil, but also. as we hope
and believe, very brief days OF their power
South Bend Forum.