Indiana State sentinel. (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1863-02-02
ssIndiana OFFICERS DenOunce the
TRAITORS at Home"

ssIndiana OFFICERS DenOunce the
TRAITORS at Home"
Such is the heading of a special dispatch to the
Cincinnati Commercial from Murfrees5or0, stating
that "a meeting of the officers of about all the
regiments in this army held the 22d
inst, at which "strOng resolutions were adopted,
unanimously, denouncing the disloyal course of
the Butternuts of the Indiana Legislature; also,
cOmplimenting Governor MoRTOS for his energy
and patriotism" The dispatch also states that
"the resolutions we're drawn by COL HUNTER, of
the SD Indiana, "a Democrat.) who with Col.
GooDING, 22d Indiana. and other prominent
Democrats. made violent speeches, denouncing
treason in the Indiana Legislature" &c. Here
is one paragraph we give verbatim:
Col Goodmg denounced the Indiana Batter
nuts as 'd-d rascals. "
The Journal OF yesterday reproduces this stuff
in substances, but with an nfnitude of detail, the
editor drawing upon his Imagination foT the in
dignaton-the very violent dignation-which
he SAYS the soldiers of the army feel toward the
Democracy of Indiana anu of the North IL is
very careful, however lct to aliude to the author
OF the resolutions, whom the Commercial CORE
spondent pronounces a Democrat. Col MORTON
c. HUNTER, who draughsed the resolutions, is no
Democrat He is known in Indiana as an in
tense Republican-sn Abolitionist-ind most
bitter and determined opponent of the Democ
racy. Nothing can be expected of Col. HUNTER
but denunciations of the Democratic party, and
resolutions coming from his pen are only reflex
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wishes of that party.
Who is Col GooDISG. whom the journal SAYS
"is Democrat, and never was anything clse?'
When home some time ago he publicly stated
shat he intended to return to run for Sheriff on
the Republican side That's the sum of his De-
mocracy; he is just as much Democrat as the
journal editor. and After he got the
appointment of Major he wrote dirty articles
against the Democracy. in consideration of which
he was appointed Colonel. So we are informed
by one of the most respectable citizens of Jen-
nings county A few words to his soldierly
qualities: Capt. LEONARD ENNIS. who for
mery connected with the 22I, publicly stated
that this Colonel GooDIxG. cat the battle of Per-
ryville hid behind stump and implored the reb-
els not to shoot-stating to them that they were
killing their friends. A Georgia Major came up
to him and pricked him with the point of his
sword and told him to get up from his cowardly
attitude" Such is the min whom the Journal
SAYS denounced the Democracy of Indiana vehe-
menty What else could be expected from such
a source?
What justice is there in the complaints against
the Democracy purporting to come from the In
diana regiments in RosEcRANs armyf For near
two years the Republican Administration has had
full control of the Government, and the party in
power has been furnished with all the men and
all the money it demanded for the vigorous pros
ecution of the war-to use the language of one
of the resolutions referred to, with money and
supplies in all their efforts to sustain the Union
and prosecute the war" But all its efforts thus
far to put down the rebellion have proven signal
failures The people know it and feel il in the
immense public debt which has been fastened
upon the cou ntry; in the burdensome taxes i'm
posed to sustain the war debt, and the ters, We
may say hundreds. of thousands of valuable lives
which have been sacrificed. needessly and Grim
inalIy. Is there any wisdom in further vigorous
ly prosecuting war under such auspices, anC
with the results which have thus far attended it
The people say no and such is the sentiment o
the soldiers of the army-the privates of tn,
army, who do the drudgery and the fighting
Tens of thousands of private letters have beer
received from the soldiers. east and west, writer
to their friends at home in the confidence o
friendship, which best express the change in tn
attitude Of the army. They tell common story
Ii is an utter disgust of the war and the object
for which il is now waged. And this is a rapidly
growing sentiment. To use the language Of tn
Journal: "The army has been outraged int
letting its opinions be known" but such men a
HuS1ER and GooDINe do not reflect or speak it
sentiments The men of the army and thei
friends at home have interests in common. An
IL Is idle to suppose that the soldiers when the
return will not vote with their friends and kin
dred. Thousands of soldiers who went into tn
war Republicans and were in the State at the las
election, voted the Democratic ticket for tie iirs
time. Their experience had undeceived then
They had been misled by the Republican leader
In this regard we speak what we know Dali
We are publishing letters from intelligent Reput
leans in the army. whose sentiments have unde
gone a change as to tie conduct and charact'
of the war. And when the soldiers return an
find that the men, more than one half of the pee
pie Of Indiana and of the whole North, who haV
been stigmatized by the Republicans as traitors
for psrtisOn effect, have ever been their be