Indiana State sentinel. (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1863-09-21

says Mr.. VOORHEES, pays no taxes. He says Mr..
VOORHEES, is principally remarkable for the alb
sence OF tax receipts Not quite so remarkable
a. that editor is for the absence of soap and water
and the appearance of d~ecency.
Now, word about this tax question. Mr..
VOORHEES, pays over two hundred dollars a year
taxes, and does not owe a cent. Will the Jour
nal inform its readers in regard to the following
gentlemen, who also reside in the Seventh Con-
LIScoLS's Provost Marshal. How much taxes
does he owef Is it six or eight hundred dollars?
Since when has he made a payment Hon. JOHN
p. USHER is in LIScoLS's Cabinet. Has he paid
the four hundred dollars taxes for which be was
delinquent a short time since? or course the
Journal knows. Let US hear. Mr.. USHER is a
rich man and ought to pay up his Government
dues. Perhaps he has. and perhaps he hasn't.
Hon. JOSEPH A. WRIGHT is Mr.. LINcoLS's
agent in Europe to exhibit rams, merino, Saxon,
and hydraulic and other like commodities of
American manufacture Has he paid that two
hundred dollars of school money, for which he
has been d~efaulter for about thirteen wears? A
short time since principal and interest were both
unpaid as the records in Parke county show.
How is it now slanderer Of the Journal? We
pause for a reply.
The Journal says Mr. VOORHEES, subscribed
500 70 the relief of the soldiers at Washington
and paid only ten dollars. This is simply a lie
and the Journal knows that its statements in
that regard are false. The subscription alluded
to was to be paid by instalments as called for by
the committee who had control of the matter.
II Is now in the hands of Mr.. WM. T. DENNIS, at
Washington City. who is the active agent for the
relief Of Indiana soldiers. Mr.. VOORHEES,, we
believe, has been called upon for, aud has paid in
$6O, and holds himself ready at any moment
to pay the balance when Mr.. DENNIS requests it.
Mr.. VOORHEES, is not a rich man, but it will be
news, indeed, to those who know him, to hear
that he is illiberable and near in money matters.
The great fault Of his character is his lavish gen.
crosby in all pecuniary affairs.
Now try it again scavenger of the Journal.
Habeas C"rpus-The Proclamation
The New York Journal of Commerce, in com
menting upon the Presidents proclamation sus-
pending the writ of habeas corpus in certain
cases. remarks:
"What is the immediate pressing call for such
a proclamation we know not. We trust il will
not prevent a full aud fair case being made for
the Supreme Court on the CONSUMPTION act. that
we may have a decision ON that. The President
expressed his willingness to facilitate it some
weeks ago."
A determination to prevent the courts from
passing upon the constitutionality of the ~conscript
act may have Influenced the Presiden. to exercise
the extraordinary power voted him by Con-
gress. It has also been suggested that the proc
lamation gives room to surmise, at least, that
some crisis has arisen in our public affairs. known
only to the President and his official advisers,
which may make such a proceeding necessary
But whatever may be the immediate occasion for
the suspension Of a writ Of so much value in pro-
unjust restraint, its effect will be TO break down
the barriers erected by the trainers Of the Consti.
tuition to prevent the Capitalization Of power
in the Federal Government. 1t appears
to be the purpose of the party in power to oblit-
crate State lines. 70 destroy State institutions and
luliutc TIC pD"ci ~ ~ tofciumchtc NJ nuOu
as possible. and make the States as subject to and
dependent upon the Federal authorities, as the
different departments into which France is divi
ded, are to the reigning dynasty. IL has been our
theory Of government that the military should be
subordinate to civil authority. but the proclama-
ton reverses this rule radically and makes the
military authority supreme. Not only in the re
bellious districts, but in the States most loyal to
the government, the constitution and the civil
laws. to which all should be subject alike, not
only the governed but the governors. are power
less TO protect the citizen in his personal liberty
and constitutional rights. There may be a neces-
sity for this substitution of military for civil au-
thority. but il looks az though the sappers and
miners are busily at work undermining the cita-
del Of constitutional liberty
EarH
The National Democratic
tiOn.
The following constitute the National Residing
Democratic Committee. in Washington. the va
caneies have recently been filed:
Hon. d. w. Voorhees, of Indiana.
Hoo j. g. Robinson Of Illinois.
Hon. Arson Herrick of New York.
Hon N Perry OF New JERSEY.
Robert s. Green, ESQ. Of New Jersey.
~ il. Jones. L O., Of Louisiana