Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1863-07-20
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The radical press Ia New York City aud We
may add of the whole country, are condemnine
Governor SrYMorR. for expressing In his speech
30 the rioters IN that city his friendship for the
laboring classes. those who earn their bread by
daily and honorable toll Tho radical Republi
cans pronounce such sympathy crime Every
true man can not but entertain the highest 70
spect for the men whose labor u the basis Of the
nations wealth. and the policy Of tho Govern.
men, should be 10 make ls burdens fall Ms lightly
upon that class a. possible. The New York
Journal Of Commerce. in vlndicating the course
of Governor SEYMOUR. thus remarks:
TIE Post Il scarcely less excited and unnian
ageable Ia its style than it, radical condjutor. the
Tribune. IL isnoteworthy that these papers both
are enraged nt Governor Seymour for saving Ia
the people that he il their friend. aud asking them
To got their homes and trust ia him tn protect
their rights We cannot see the point OF the
criticism. On the con'rnry. trust the Gcv
error of the State will always prove himself the
friend Of the humblest citizen the accused ey EN-
the condemned murder. No man IA 30 low IN the
scale of consideration. so debased even by his
own crimes that the bcnevolent and noble heart
of the true patriot and Christian cannot say IL
am your friend Whv. these radical haters
of their fellow men must read the story OF the
penitent thief with dislike 10 the spirit Of the
master who spoke kindly to him In the hour
of his execution The spirit which u ex
hbted in the desire Ia extermiIiate those who
engaged in criminal insurrection. either ri
New York against New York, or ut the South
against the Constitution il the spirit which has
cost us thousands of lives. millions Of treasure
and is nsver half 80 likely to be successful rs
that which invites repentance while il assures
punishment to the obstinate Such spirit, il
adopted in the suppression Of the mob here
would have been very likely to have resulted in
the loss OF vastly more lives OF the part of tina
policemen and soldiery and the destruction of
much msre property by the moh Had the Gov
ernor been possessed. on Tuesday. Of a sufficient
military force To suppress the riot at once. il
would have been Inconsistent with his character
"a a pure anil high minded man, n magistrate
having the utmost affection for all the people
under his rule. the misguided. the guilty as well
as the innocent 10 do SO by shooting them
down before no hid attempted to appeal To
their feelings and induce them tn regard him as
their truest fiiend and protector. In calmer mo-
ments. excited contemporaries will this
subject IN its true light. and regret their foolish
remarks of Yesterday, which were calculated 20
weaken the power OF the Governor and thus to
aid the mob Ii they do not see it, then there
will be an additional argument to be used in tx
ing the responsibility OF the mob on the proper
persons when We come to discuss the subiec,
hereafter We have tender regard for rioters
and when they cannot be dispersed by other
means thcv must be shot down without mercy
The riot must be suppressed Humanity approves
Of every endeavor to suppress it with as little
bloodshcd possible.