Indiana State sentinel. (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1863-07-27

fftenosntp Tor the LnborfnE MEN,
The radical press in New York City, and We
may add of the whole country, are condemning
Governor SEYMOUR. for expressing in his speech
to the rioters in that city his friendship for the
laboring classes. those who earn their bread by
daily and honorable toll. The radical Republi-
cans pronounce such a sympathy a crime. Every
true man can not but entertain the highest re-
spect for the men whose labor is the basis Of the
nations wealth. and the policy of the Govern
ment shouldb be to makeiiS fall as lightly
upon that class as possible. The New York
Journal of Commerce, in indicating the course
of Governor SEYMOUR. thus remarks:
The Post is scarcely less excited and unman-
ngeable in its style than its radical coadjutor, the
Tribune. 1t is noteworthy that these papers both
are enraged at Governor Seymour for saying to
the people that be is their friend, aud asking them
to go to their homes aud trust in him to protect
their rights. We cannot see the point of the
criticism. On the contrary, we trust the Gov
ernor of the State will always prove himself the
friend of the humblest citizen, the accused. even
the condemned murder. No man is so low in the
scale of consideration, so debased even by his
own crimes, that the benevolent and noble heart
of the true patriot and Christian cannot say II
am your friend WHY, these radical haters
of their fellow men must read the story of the
p~enitent thief with g dislike to the spirit of the
master who spoke kindly to him in the hour
of his execution. The spirit which is ex-
hibited in the desire to exterminate those who
are engaged in criminal Instruction. either at
New York against New York, or at the South
against the Constitution, is the spirit which has
cost us thousands of lives, millions of treasure,
and is never half SO likely to be successful as
that which invites repentance while it assures
punishment to the obstinate. Such a spirit, if
adopted in the suppression of the mob here,
would have been very likely to have resulted il
the loss of vastly more lives on the part of the
policemen and soldiery. and the destruction of
much more property by the mob. Had the Gov
ernor been possessed, on Tuesday, of a sufficient
military force to suppress the riot at once, it
would have been Inconsistent with his character
as a pure and high-minded man, a magistrate
having the utmost affection for all the people
under his rule. the misguided. the guilty. as well
as the innocent, to do so by shooting them
down before he had attempted to appeal to
their feelings. and induce them to regard him as
their truest friend and protector. In calmer mo-
ments. our excited contemporaries will see this
subject in its true light, and regret their foolish
remarks of Yesterday, which were calculated to
weaken the power OF the Governor and thus to
aid the mob. IL they do not see il. then there
will be an additional argument to be used in fix
ing the responsibility of the mob on the proper
persons when we come to discuss the subject
hereafter. We have no tender regard for rioters,
and when they cannot be dispersed by other
means they must be shot down without mercy.
The riot must be suppressed. Humanity approves
of every endeavor to suppress it with as little
bloodshed as possible.