Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1863-07-07

party. comprising moieiy, at least. Of the peo-
pie oi the North
| think the policy on this latter point tends
much 20 discourage enlistment and cool 6ght
ms enthusiasm. wSirh j. griesously 70 be
laInsrled. IL tends 70 divide the North. The
policy OF which Icomplsin. and with no little
feeling OF Indignation. i that Of denouncing and
harras-iEg Democrats As traitors and that, too.
FOE political ends The assumption of fact in the
case u utterly false. and the reasoning BY which
Il Is sought 70 be established is absurd. Toe
reasoning i this: a
The DeDple Of the South never belonged to the
modern Republican party. and did vote for
Ar Lincoln The people Of the Seuih are trai
tors; therefore. penple Who DO not belong to the
Republican party traitors
But Democrats do not belong 20 the Repnbli.
can party. and differ from that party t. the
policy OF the Administration: therefore, Demo
crsis are traitors 10 their country.
This reasoning is as sound as that in the fol
lowing cases:
1T seems that bv the MshOmmedan law there
Il an offense called homicide by implication or
more strictly. homicide hy an intermediate
cause a remarkable case was tried az the
Greek Island of Cos. while DR. Clarke and his
cOmpaniOns were at that island few wears ago.
IL was rs follows: Young man desperately in
lave with girl Of Stsnchio, eagerly sought 70
consequence of his disappoint ment he bought
some poison and DESTROYED himself The Turk
ish police Instantly arrested the father of the
Young woman, rs the cause byimplcstion of the
mans death. Under the fifth species of homi
eide, he became therefore amenable for this act
OF suicide When the cause came before the
magistrate. IL was urged literally bv the accusers
that IL he. the accused. had not had daughter
the deceased would not have fallen in love: con
Il.
consequently he would not have swallowed poi-
son; consequently he would not have died: But
he. the accused had daughie: and the deceased
had ALLEN in love; and had been disappont Ell !;
ami had swallowed poison; and had died Upon
all thee account he called unon 10 paw the
rrice of the Young mans lite: ann this being
fixed at the sum of eighty piastres. was accord
ingly exscted.
Another Instance was mentioned to Or Clarke
which occurred az the island Of Samos, ~ a char
acteristic feature of Turkish justice; that il TO
say. eophis'ical application Of a princinle.
rigidly founded mon this fifth species Of 'hom-
eide nv implication The Capudsn Pasha rea-
soned with the people of S,mus on the propriety
OF their pa ing for Turkish frigate which was
wrecked upon their territory, aud The crew lost
because the accident would not have happened
unless their island had been in the way
"a But cases ef much atrocious and i'm.
portant Kind have occurred in all governments
tinctured with de~potsm II is determined bv
the laws of China that whosoever shows anv dis
respect to the Emperor is to he punished with
death. A. they do not mention in what this dis
respect consists. ANYTHING may furnish a prerext
10 take away a mans life and To exterminate
any family whichever Two persons in that coun-
try. WHO were employed to write the Court Ga
ze'te. having inserted some circumstances rela-
tive to a certain fact that were not true It was
pretended that TO tell lie in the Court Gazette
was a disrespect shown to the court; IN conse
quence of which they were put To death a
prince Of the blood having inadvertently made
same remark on memorial signed with the red
pencil ct the Emperor. IL was determined that he
had behaved disrespertfnllv 10 tina; prince which
was the cause Of one of the most terrible perse
cutions against that family that ever was re
corded in history Upon these facts Moatesqtiieu
makes the indcious remark that IL the crime Of
high treason be indeiermnnte. this alone is suff
Gent 10 make the government degenerate into
arbitrary power - [Montesquieus Spirit of
Laws. lst vol p 270
| have said that our national independence
must be preSerye d; hut IL we succeed ia perpetu
aiing OUR LIBERTIES and OUR UNION our national
Independence can never be in danger.