Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1863-05-21

disregard by the hayrant assumption of ma nihor-
lied power and performance Of uriustif iD'e acts
by The servants 90 the people. should meet with
their stern rebuke.
. In view of these great truths. We hereby
proclaim our fxei and irrevocable cordemnat.on
OF every attempt 20 m Ike laws by executive au-
thority alone: or by mere Orders OF those repre-.
senting the military, the subordinate arm Of the
Government. And we indignantly denounce the
result Of such fragrant usurpations as the act of
military tyranny. O-wt: the of citizens OF
Indiana and our sister States that are in obedi
enee to the Constitution
. That the day has arrived when our official
servants are setting themselves up above their
employers the people. AMI have two wars upon
their handsome against the rebels of the
South-the other against the Constitution, and
those WIZ. attempt u uphold IL in the North Ia
the first named. the Democracy have poured out
their blood and treasure at the call of the AL
miuistTstion; in the second. they are upon the
side Of the Constitution. and are being prosecuted
oy illegal arrests and Imprisonment tor opinion 5
sake even unto strange cities and loathsome
bastles
Martial law il no law but the will of the
military officer procaiming il, within the limits in
which be has sufficient force to maintain abso-
lutte power. In Stare or district OF country where
the public enemy hss no footing. the people are
not IN rebellion. armed instruction pre-
valling. there IS no egalauthority any military
officer. high or law, TO substitute his will for the
civil laws and the operations of the three CO.
ordinate departments of the Government
III That the attempt to suspend civil rights
among them the right to make inquiry to the
cause OF arrests and imp,isonments. bv the writ
OF haoeas eorpus-n territory loyal to the Govern
ment. Is such an act OF usurpation rs demands
I rpep
IL. That the Democratic party of Indiana are
now, ne they ever have been, attached TO the
Constitution and the Union. and are wiling 10
make aiInost any sacrifice To maintain the for mer
and TO preserve the latter We hold that there
can he no treason in submission to the Constitu
ton and laws made pursuant thereunto. until
they are constltutionally repealed or udcially
declared VOID: and people who do this and can
not or dare not maintain and exercise the right of
advocating the repeal Of bad laws and the change
of a policy which they believe to be wrong, are
slaves. and if the idea of treason and slavery is
right We are resolved neither to BE- traifors or
slaDes. We will submit TO every law passed pur-
suant to the Constitution, as long As all cOnsti.
/ tutiOnal me ans of redress are left omen 10 our
free exercise. including free ballots. tree speech
tree press. and ah un'rammeed judiciary; and we
pronounce every effort 10 take away from the
people these means of redress, by military orders
and arrest, or otherwise. fragrant outrage
against The rights OF free people
- We denounce the members of the Legisla
ture who. by the abandonment OF their seats and
failure 10 discharge The plain duties imposed
upon them, were guilty. of violation of their
oaths and we fear will bring dscredt unon the
State; and we declare that the Governor can
clear himse from completely in that crime only
by taking steps To- prevent reputation
Is That the arrest of Hon. Clement l. Val
lnndlgham, OF Ohio, for no other reason but for
the exercise of his right of free discussion has
been received by the Democracy of Indiana with
feelings OF Just diSapprObatiOn. ms another evi
oence that he first and most sacred right of the
citizen has been stricken down in his person; and
we send to that gallant tribune Of the people the
sympathy OF his Democratic friends in Indiana
who though assaied at home nv kindred op
preston. are vet prepared To stand firm bv him in
his defense of the sacred right of constitutional
freedom
Ia. That we hereby reaifirm and indorse the
resolutions adopted by the Democratic State Con
vention which assembled in this city on the Both
dav of July i-i2