Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1863-07-25
" laO Most Guiifyf

Those who originate . riot are to he held re
spousibe i0r H. consequences IL will not 10 Ia
say they never infein.ed robbery or murder A
mob once launched becomes uncontr,il bic and
beioit at reason hose who commence break
ing the law are justly accountable. not only ior
what they do, bat for What their conduct mci,es
others 10 d.. The riot OF last week WIS hut one
phase OF long continued series ni rictous aud
sediiious acts going on in tins cty. IL Is
nearly two wears agn that Nh armed mob used 10
parade the SIR, cts of New York creep into mel, .
houses and pisces of business -eiZe heir persons,
and lock them up-depriA Ing them at liberty and
of the comforts of life. aud bre king up their
lawful busiueSs-tll against the ne zee and good
order of the Commonwealth OF New York rhe
ringeader OF this mob an aspiring dema-
gogue Who used, along with 0reste> A Brown on
and Others regardless of their personal reputa
tons. to run round tie villages of esie,n New
YuEk in the train OF the no;orinu, Fanny Wright
Afterwards he ioined the anti Nj sonic mob, and
with Thurlow Weed. Afterwards. with
Weed, Greeley. and similar characters. he got up
a negro party. and pruclaimei it 10 he his "heher
law" than the Constitution OF the United States
In le6l, falling from bad TO worse. he became
identified with band of public thieves known AS
Shoddy Contractors At length he got up gangs
ofregular highway men. OF whom he was evidently
the riDgleader OF this We have circumstanlial
evidence abundant to convict him. His method
was to keep his gangs scattered in different places
waiting his signal which was to touch bell at
his right hand when the thugs fell t. work righ
away 1t is now twenty two months ago that
one of these gangs entered our office. seized our
person, AMI, in reply to our demfnd fer their
warrant, drew reviewers, and said there i the
warrant. We afterwards saw, i'm the well known
handwriting OF this ringleader. y sufficient nc
acknowledgement that he had touched the belI''
that the signal for the lrwle,s Kidnapping
The name OF this notorious rio'er is William III
Seward. aud We hereby point him out a. the
originator of this present long continued mot
violence in New York. Two yelr> ago, when
these gangs ct lawess kiinappers were d 81
gotten up 10y Seward, we warned the public that
mob violence such rs this was contagious II
was for our cutlery against Stewards rotous pro.
ceilings and kidnappiugs, that he seized our
person.
All this ia serious and solemn fact Either We
live under Government at laws. or we have no
Government. William II Seward. or Abraham
Lincoln, or any uf their hired servants has no
right to do ANYTHING against tie Constitution ol
the United States and laws in pursuance thereof
that the vesI ghei that robbed or fired II private
dwelling ia this city. last week. does not p,ssess
Arson and robbery worse. and not as bad
not as destructive oi the pelce ami good order OF
society. not ~ damaging To public morals not ~.
fatal tn that liberty ;hlt freemen gu ,rd with hei
lives-as the lawless and revolnripnarv acts fl
gravity committed bv VIM II Seward FIRST ia
the olfense. let h m he the FIST in the punish
menl Before Won try any man for riot com
mitted last week. try Seward for the roious anl
seliti0us telones he perpetrhtci two years ago
Let the laws operate justly and equal. Let nni
the swell mob" of ">hoddy coniric tors," will
their pockets full Of punder and their faces ful
OF Puritauic arimace. beg Sew ri eff. while some
poor Iaborer is tried for rot.-[N Y. Freeman
Journal"