Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1863-09-02

black men as the equals Of white. ardt nsurrent
slaVe- as equivalents eur brave Il tiers. the
veF foundation OF slavery would + f'tdtl
va I'D
me preienson 20 trest IA no 'oagerS Is heIig
ereIts, but as me ,cioTs-to deal win u n
by the usages Of civilized warfare. BIZ by the
rules Of criminal Jurisprudence. - fact which
we have now to look full m the la:e. and 10 meet
as best We can. The theory IL very We expo1n-
ded BY passage which we End in thef,ld letter
OF an Ohio correspondent 10 the New ork Tn
bone. describing The unmsniy outraged perpetrs-
tel ufon our z liant Gen. Morgan an4 his ON
cers. The writer ssy-:
hove and wash aud clothe senersl n !: general
convict " you rxpzin thar II . Johf da", f horse
thru they sire 20 sngry that hey tell you nst ~hst
,he Fedra Government has ben doinS = throu.h.
When you point out that Government, ca do s.un-
mi & winch private bo1ies can't-a h III can tske
lawfully what burglar Botthey tell yor thoe who
know that they do safeyl that one l. e. A. much
sGovernnent as u other; that Que Cove and
the other Is not. and - on"
Just so-bere is the principle stripp$d naked.
The enemy has right TO take horses atd every
thing else IN our country: We IT We late. are
horse thieves Milroy. and Butler. AL bank~
are agents OF the lawful Conveniently but Lee
Is a private person. merely stealing. sIhey ATE
the constituted author1tie~; are Ia less per
SONS evsding or resisting the sheriffi officers
Their prisoners in our hands are entitled Ia re
sFectfui usage; captured by them a-e entitled
TO nothing but condign punishment cor their
crimes. Ii they yielded for time sos,ur supe
rior force, aud agreed TO exchange Jpn equal
terms. II Was still under protest, aud with the
firm resolution 10 make suffer for ten-foid
the moment they should have the advantages
On the same principle. also. the iorbe france cf
Gen. Lee in Pennsvlvania was received IS mat
ter OF right; for the criminal large 81 no title
tn retaliate upon the officers Of iusticet and the
enemy looked upon that chivslrous fufbearance
with sincere pleasure, not so much beeisase their
people were spared a. because ours were degreec
10y it. Our RETAINING from retaIiating the deso-
laton which they had visited upon 90: country,
had AZ least the appearance of accepting, OH our
part. the Oh ,racter OF criminals which, is their
policy 10 impose upon US
Under these CIRCUMSTANCES what hose is there
OF the arrangements of the cartel upon footing
of equal w Will LincoIn's government re
nounce that autscious preenson to treat Us a.
criminals? Orwl il. after deliberately enlisting
our runaway negroes into IFS militars service
consent To give them up to he dealt ~-sh by ouI
State laws insurgentsS We know well
what these questions all tend TO- We awe long
perceived that the time is ut hand whe \ no more
prisoners will be taken. Our pe0p4 and onr
troops are entitled at the hands OF thes govern
ment. To such protection AS u government Car
afford them. Our soldiers entered the s,unfeier
ate service "a the soldiers of a regulisc govern
ment. and they cannot afford TO meet enc enemy
in q G character of maefactors. Ii the1e is to be
no exchange on equal terms, better thge should
be no exchange ut all-better that he enemy
should understand there will be quaster aske
nor given: and then at last there will bt equality
We await with impotence the regt of tht
conference between the two Exchange .COmmls
soners, but strongly apprehend that tlse occupa
ton of those gentlemen is almost gomez