Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1863-04-01
Worse Than the =. u.

The Adintant General Of this State has re
Gently issued an order based upon the UNANIMOUSLY
slanderous assertion by Republican journals, that
the Democrats intend 10 resist the conscript law
by force Il provides for the organization and
armng hv the State of an Abolition regiment. to
enfore the drafting Of Democrats 10 90 South
and hghi Rebels while these AbOlitionists stay 1t
home " for the purpose of guard and protection OF
the State of Illinois against hostile aggression
The order deSanates nm Abolition Colonel. and
he is to appoint three line officers for each COM
PAW, who are 10 60 out and enlist men, who VIII
then be furnished with arms by The State
Gen Fuller should have wordel his order diff
ferently. not to render his meanin- palmer. but
for truths slke He should have said: Col. X.
NJ Hough has authority to raise regiment OF
Abol,tionistS to force Democrats 20 serve in the
ranks of the army fighting Rebels For that's
the Way the thing will work Suppose Illinois IS
called on for ten thousand men; FIVE thousand
Abolitionists will he allowed to rem,in IN these
home regiments, in which Democrats will not be
enlisted. while five thousand Democrats will he
drafted aud sent South That l. precisely what
the order means; nothing more. nothing less.
Adiutaut General Fuller AMI the W Depart
ment have 40 right to assume that Democrats
will resist the draft Dining this whole war, no
act of unliw(ul violence has been perpetrated by
Democra's whilst their antagonists hive con
stantly broken the laws of the country 10y mob
assemhlaeeS General Fuller knows that the
statements Of the Republican press that the
Democrats intend resistance. l. a base, deliber-
atey coutriyel alsehood He knew, too thar i
any course of conduct could provoke armed COLI
sion. it j. this very plan of the Abolitionlsts tor
the avowed purpose OF cOercing the Democracy
That there i a deep seated and righteous in
dirnation against the COHserpt law, We do not
wish to DENY But the authorities cannot fail to
have observed that Democratic journals and ora
tors have been exerting all their Influence to pre-
vent forcible resistance To its execution, u any he
concentrated Full of horrors as draft would
necessarily be il would be nothing 10 the NV
ful terrors of an intestine IN the North Free
citizens of Illinois will with difficulty he brought
TO tolerate the idea of being aged TO battle AT
! the point of the bayonet. like sheep to the IN IN
! bes They are bound to obey this law as one 81
I the laws of the land But when Democrats sec
their own neighbors enlist in one OF these stay al
home regiments. and even employed in forcing
themselves to Southern battle fields, the ol'
Adam will tend 10 display itself.
We implore those in authority to pause whit,
and consider the end o. all this. Why EMPLOY
cold steel and brute force when conciliator.
measures are all sufficient Why try To drive
men who are willing - obey the Laws quietly, n
they have done1 From the tone of sem
Administration Journals, it would seem that the
would take feniish delight in provoking resist
ance to the Government. that it, bavonets nieh
be used against the "Copperheads,' - they tern
the Democracy. But can it be that the Admin
istration itself shares in this most horrid APP ext
for blood? It's disciplined phalanxeS mleht hnal
triumph over unorganzed resistance. but at VIVA
cost? M armed regiments are needed IN lln"l
to enforce the draft and their organization ca
only tend to bad leeag and mischief Spring
field (Ill.) Register.