Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1863-06-11

the RsIiing Of = Provost uarstsai.
IL ss-ish the most sincere rexres ths, ne record
en- unfortunate and melancholy cssual,y Which
occsrred yesterday at Manila. email viIiaeein
Rush county. near the Shelby county line Hoo
FaASx SrkvzSs, formerly Senator from Decatur
county. and Who vas assistant Provost MarshH
fOrthe Fourth Congressional District. with hf
CLTrsslp. end special deputy. whose name se
have not learned, vent 20 Msnilla 10 commerce
the snroIlnsns under the conscrips act The
special depasy vent into house to make the en-
roIlmens. when il y reported that party Of some
ten persons arose IN = wheat Geld near by and
q ed upon Nv. Srxvrxs and Mr. CLsrrHLb Who
we're sitting in buggy. killing the former and
mortAIly vounding the latter. The special dep
uty vas also fred At. but he escaped unhmt The
parties Who made the assault are not recognized.
except one person. and il IS expected that he can be
ident fed. A cavalry company. ulrler the oommand
OF General MsssyIrLD. was sent 10 Manill, last
nigh. 70 arest the guilty parties to this outrage
II possible. and We have every confidence that
General NJ. will discharge the duty entrusted to
him With prudence. discretion aud sagacity. and
ne hope he may be successful In bis mission.
AS We have ever been. we are vet the advocate
OF Law and order However objectionable the
copscript act may be 20 any portion of the people
a. question of principle policy. IL is neverthe-
lcss a law Of the land until pronounced uncopsl-
tutional By the judicial tribunals. or eopstita-
tionally repealed Unless laws are respected.
however unequal they nay be in their operation.
disorder. strife and anarchy will prevail Obedi
ence 10 law has ever been cardinal principle
with the Democracy. and so far as Democrats are
concerned. they will adhere TO the time honored
principles anil practice Of the party We depre
cate every infringement Of law as an evil to be
AVOIDED We advise and counsel against any
forcible resistance to- the laws OF the land We
should prevent Il possible. the terribl, evils and
desolations which civil war occasions. We pray
Heaven that we. in Indiana. may be spared so
great calamity.
Col BAKER, the Provost Marshal of the State,
advises that in any event the conscription in
Indiana will be light He assures US that so far
n he Il concerned. every precaution shall be tn
ken 10 make the conscription fair Only an er
roliment Is now being made. and most sin
cerely hope there may be no necessity for a con
scription. IL our forces successful in over
throwing the armies of the Rebels. there will not
be Whatever resistance there may be
to the law ms in the case upon which We are
commenting, il is an individual affair. The re
sponsibility which may arise in such cases is
personal, and those who set at naught law and
order must expect to suffer the penalties of their
infringement We want quiet. and order, and
peace in our borders, and the way to secure
these results IS to obey the laws while they re
main upou the statute books. - -
We most sincerely regret the uutimely and
violent end of Mr.. STEVENS. He may hive been
an extreme partisan in sentiment, but casual
acquaintance led us to believe he was quiet and
inonensve citizen. We hope that limo wise h,
provoked this terrible calamity.
Plans and Purposes Of the 4 abolition.
lists.
The New Hampshire Patriot re publishes the
following timely extract from the Annual Mes.
sage of ex President Pierce. to Congress, Deem
Der 2, 1856:
Perfect liberty for association for political on
jects. and the widest scope of discussion, the
received and ordinary conditions of Government
in country. Our institutions framed in the
spirit Of confidence in the intelligence and nteg
r,ty of the people. do not forbid citizens either in
diviiusily associated together, TO attack by
writing. speech. or any other methods short OF
physical force the Constitution and the very ex-
isteuce of the Union. Under the shelter of this
great liberty and protected by the laws and
ges OF The Government they ns~aii, as-ocia
tions have been formed in some of the States, OF
int ividaals who. pretending to seek only To pre-
the spread of the institution OF slavery into
the present or future inchoate Suites of the
Union. arc rehly inhamcd withn desire To ch1uc
the domestic institutions of existing States To
accomplish their objects. they dedicate themselves
to the odious task ct depreciating the Govern
ment organization which stands in their way. aud
of eliminating with indiscriminntc invect,e
mt only the citizens OF particular States
WITH whose laws they find FAULT. but all
others OF their fellow citizens throughout
the country. Who do not participate with them In
their assaults upspn the Constitution. frafne and
adopted 10y our fathers aud cllming for the priv.
ileges il has securel. and the blessings IL has
conferred the st adv support snd grateful rcver
enca OF their children. They seek an object
which they we'll know /, be rev ,lutionary one
They are perfectly aware that the change in the
relative c0nd ton of the white tnd bltck rtees IN
the sl,vehoiding States. which thev would pro-
mote. Is beyond their lawta.- authority; that 20
them Il Is foreign o iect; ihsl Il cannot he 81
fectcd by any peaceful instrument,lity OF theirs.
that for them, aud the States OF which they are
citizens. the onls path 10 ia accomplishment +
through burning cities and raVagei fields. aud
slaughtered populations. and all there is must tee
riblc in foreign. complicated with civil and ser
vile war aud that the first step in the a'temp' j.
the forcbc disruption of c0unlr, embracing in
it, broad bosom a large degree Of llhel =, sui ~,
amount OF individual and puhlic prosperity, to
which there is no parallel IN history and slhsl
tutipg in it, place hostile Governments driven at
once and inevitably into mutual devastation aud
fratrieidal carnage. Transforming the how pc,ce
ful aud fcliei,oa- brotherhood into vast per
msncrt camp of armed men. like the rival mon
arches OF Europe and Asia. Well knowing that
such and such only. are che means and consc
quences of their plans and purposes. they en-
dsavor.so prepare the people of the United States
for civil by doing everything IA their power
To deprive the Constitution and the laws of moral
authority. aud 10 Undermine tie f,brie -. he
Utlson by Appeals 10 passion and sectional pfeiu
dice. b, underwriting - people with reciprocal
hatred. apd by educating them 70 stand fsee To
face ss enemies. rather than shoulder a. shoud
a friends
Anil IN the sane message Gen. Pierce uttered
these prorhetic ~etes 1T stifiug. which. although
dl>fcgafdc,l AZ the time. are nov impressed upon
ouf minds nv their sul ,nd terrible ia lfilnent IN
the fatal calfmities which are nov come upon u:
81 confidently believe that the great body % /
those Who 'ncou-iefalely took this fatal step nle
sincerely alta hei g. the Constitulion and the
Union They woaid. upon delberngian. shrink
f9h asrl.. No fasIN