Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1863-08-03


forward after a single idea. regardless Of justice.
or Of truth. or of law Maddened by the terrible
consequences Of their own false doctrines and her
estes, and bexildered by the xhirlwind which has
ripened from the seeds they have sown. they have
become the common enemy OF civilization and
mankind, and glOat upon the flow Of blood and
human sacrifice as the frog gIoats upon the stars
or the owl upon the moon. Whoever NAV chance
to interpose an obstacle between these madmen
and any Of the numerous schemes they NAV have
in view TO inaugurate despotism or establish dis
order, who shall venture to criticise the usur-
pations Of power by those whom the people sup
posed. two years ago. they were making their
servants-not their masters-becomes at once
the subject of detracton, villi6cation and vitu
perative abuse. to an extent which could not be
surpassed If Pandemonium itself were let loose
upon him. There is method in this madness
Though the poison emsnates from fsnaticism, il
is directed by the cool will Of vicious conspira
tors. who expect by arousing all the evil passions
of their followers, and by driving their opponents
to desperation, TO create such confusion
and disorder "a will seem to justify the
Inauguration Of martial law. the subversion OF
individual and State rights and the establishment
of military despotism. An election is soon 10
be held in Kentucky. where the party in power,
for party purposes. desires endorsement. and
martial law IS proclaimed and the strong arm of
military power invoked to effect that object An
important election will take place in Ohio next
fall If the forced vote of the soldiery. and the
counting of thousands who are dead. will defeat
the Democracy, no further outrage will be then
attempted: but IL these resorts will not override
the will of the people. the bayoret will supplant
the ballot box and the civil officers of the Buckeye
State will he selected, through Burnside's rifles,
by the Washington despotism Mock cleo
tions in SEA- in the Southern States and the
establishment of martial law in Illinois aud In
diana. well a. Ohio will result in perpetuating
the power of the present Washington dynasty,
and in the subversiOn of all the individual and
State rights guaranteed by the Constitution
IL is expected. while the war "drags its slow
length along" through years Of desolation
and sorrow, that the spirit of the
the people will be so broken. the popular mind so
educated that the establishments Of monarchy
in neighboring republic will not only be regarded
with indifference. hut the absorption of all politi
cal power in this Government in central des.
potism be hailed a relief and blessing. This
is the dream of those consprators who imagine
they have already undermined our social and 20
litical fabric, and who expect to guide 10 their
own purposes the storm of fanaticism which they
themselves have terribly and wickedly in
voked. Upon the pisdom. prudence and f,,nness
offhe people Of the North depends nop oil those
cirI rights and liberties nhch are dear 10 frsemen
and ,eorth c6orr TO preserve. Let US hope for
the best and be prepared for the worst, remem-
bering always that
"who would be free
himself must -trike The blow"
j. C. WALKER.
ISpIsNAPoLIs. August LIST. 1863