Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1863-03-21
VOLUME XII.

few persons, secession office" il is
the business OF the citizens to suppress il,
and not ours. 1t is disgrace to soldiers
to engage in such business, as we may
thereby be outraging the hospitality we
have enjoyed But those who had been
made drunk for the occasion were In no
mood to listen to reason or sensible adj
vice.
1t is proper that / should make my
Acknowledgements to the Abolition press
of this city, the Pailodium, Telegram and
Broad Are, for their agency in bringing
about the destruction of my office. They
insidiously and covertly labored to ac-
complish that end. No one could mistake
tle design of their libelous and slanderous
attacks on the .Iefersonian. The Paila-
dunn has-weekly characterized my paper
as tory" traitorouS,' secession SYM
pathizing;' and frequently repeated the
infamous lie that we were a member of
the Knights of the Golden Circle, charged
as an organization that was bound together
by oaths To take Indiana into the Southern
Coniederacy, or make it part of a North
western Confederacy. The Telegram, of
! last week, said -" 1t certainly does speak
volumes for the liberality and liberation
OF the citizens of Richmond and vicinity,
that paper of the character ofthe Jefer-
sontan can be published here with i'm
punitylS The Broad Are, of the same
date, SOS -" 1t is astonishing that the
soldiers as well as citizens endure it as
they have, and that more offices have not
been mobbed. Union papers
are not tolerated in the South, &C.. DC
Could any one mistake the design of these
articles Ii is a fact, that scarcely any
of those who have been rampant against
the Jeffersonian and instigated the mob
bing of it, had ever read an article in it.
All they knew about it was the msrepre-
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that they got from the Abolition papers.
Now that they can see the legitimate
fruits of their teachings, and are, no
doubt, secretly chuckling over it, l would
not be surprised if these characteristics
sins and scoundrels, would be pretending
III their next papers to be opposed to mobs.
Such hypocrisy would be characteristic.
To cover up their agency in the matter,
they pretended, on Monday, to be afraid
that Democrats would mob their offices,
and made great and iourishing prepara-
tions to resist, by having armed men in
and about them. They, of course, had
no reason to suppose Democrats designed
any such thing but. if they really did
feel that they were in danger, it was on
account of thef guilty consciences. and IA
verification that the wicked flee when
no one pursueth."
1t Is due to the police of the city
Messrs. Zimmerman, Pritchard and Salter
to say that they were on hand ready to
do their duty in preserving the peace, and
did everything that could be expected
but. of course. they were powerless against
several hundred mobiles, encouraged by
many citizens. Whether the Mayor did
his duty will leave the people to Judge
after simply stating that, understand, he
: was informed, several days before the
. deed was done. that the Jeffcrsonian office
: was threatened with mob, and he was
told. on Sunday evening, two or three
! hours before the office was mobbed, that
preparations were on foot TO do ii; but
: no effort was made TO get out an additional
force TO protect my property. On Mon
day night. when the Abolition papers
were afraid of being mobbed, / am in
formed. that quite a large addition was
, made to the police force.
For twenty-four wears | have resided
{ in Richmond. and. believe, have always
been law-abiding citizen. l have al.
t ways been for my country-the Union and
: the Constitution. \ few years ago | was
: derided. by those who have instigated the
e mobbing of my office. as a :" Union saver.
o and Union shrieker.' for warning the
| people. through my paper, of the conse
= quences of organizing political parties tC
V make war upon the institutions of on,
II section OF the country. | have not be
l. lieved that Abraham Lincoln was a God
y or that he was surrounded by men VIII,
20 are pure, incorruptable, virtuous, ant
Ie honest, or that his administration has beer
:. wise one, or the best calculated TO re
Is store the Union. / have not believe,
F. that Governor Morton was the creates
Z. man that ever lived, or that he is entitle
D. 10 the credit of embodying all the wisdom
10 virtue and honesty in the State. Tn
10 administration and the Governors part
v zans pronounce all who disagree wit
ID them as disloyal. The only way TO b