Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1863-07-30

On the 18th Of April. 1861. the Tribune thus
announced, editorslly. the outbreak Of mObs in
various parts Of the country: The righteous In.
dignaton Of TIE people AZ the treason Of the
Northern presses which have been for months
stimulating the shareholders to rebel against the
Union, was very strongly manifested 10 various
parts Of the country yesterday" and proceeded
to advise the people. with reference TO newspa-
pers which that sheet desired 70 suppress, "to
cease to buy them and cease 10 advertise in them -
On the 18th Of April. the Tribune exulted over
demonstration against the Journal Of Comm
and melted the mob TO further violence. saying.
I'VE NAV rejoice that tho spirit Of patriotism
has opeued the eyes OF the people to the char
acter OF such papers As the Journal Of Com.
mcrce"
We recall these facts for the purpose OF draw
ing from them lesson most important to be
learned at the present hour. At all times. and on
all occasions. Ne have sternly aud unequiy ocally
condemned every display of popular iury mani
Tested outside Of the pale OF the laws. No other
course than this can be right. aud this course We
shall pursue. whether mobs attack conservatives
or radicals. whether they aim To destroy our
presses or tho presses OF our radical cotempofa
ries.
Counsels such as we have given surely did not
educate the mob Of New York 70 deed. OF VIC
ence, But will our neighbor carefully review
thu above extracts. aud many OF similar char
acter which might be made from hi. columns,
and say whether hs conscience u equally cleari
Let us take counsel together on this subject.
conservatives and radicals aud consider the line
Of duty. aud follow H. Wherein did the crowd
OF half drunken men. rowdics. and yagabonds
whose righteous indignation" pleased the Fri
bune two years ago. differ from the crowd who
burned and robbed house last week. Ia no par
ucolar. except that the first mob was small
affair and the last terrible affair. The spirit
was the same. Now. reflect on the spread of
that spirit We have carefully preserved the
newspaper accounts of the righteous ndigna.
ton" demonstrations in the country since that
time. and their number * enormous They have
destroyed public and private property; they have
murdered ci,izens. have outraged Others, aud this
In nearly every loyal State of the Union All
this has been IN consequence Of the teachings OF
those who regarded these m0bs a. only 1.-The
people acting under the "spirt of patriotism"
and their hcndsh malienity only righteous
indignation" The mob spirit had been scdu.
lousy fostcred aud encouraged by radical men
and newspapers IL seemed ut one time as IL
they expected to be able TO naugurate tho scenes
of the French revolution here The doctrine that
laws not To bind the will OF tree people
engaged in great war was constantly promul
gated aud maintained IL Is but little more than
n year ago that the Tribune told tho citizens of
Fulton county 10 suppress newspaper there
without waiting to apply 10 the authorities
Now. will any sane man tell rs that all this
for two years has had 40 efec, on the minds of
the peopley II Is nonsense for the radical papers
To be saying now that the mob IL not mob of
the people, when they called mobs which they
approved. "thc people" One IL no less and no
more the people than the other. All are alike
demonstrations of popular passions. badly taught.
wickedly inclined. and all alike demand tho out.
spoken condemnation of the good citizen.
Let the Tribune and all journals Of n like class
calmly and seriously reflect on this subject and
they must acknowledge the force of our observa.
tons. they must larn the lesson of these terri
BILE events. IL will not do to loose tho winds: no
man can guide them.
How ungenerous. nav, now criminal. would IL
be regarded In TO day. to rejoice tina, the eyes
of the people are opened TO the character OF such
papers as the Tribune" Ungenerous, because
the sourteses of the profession would be violated
criminal. because IL would imply on our part
JOY in an attack upon neghbor. which we
condem rs awicked outrage But what was the
character OF such rejoicing in our contemporary
two years agoY l. not the question one which
demands an answer for the sake of the futureI
lf considerations OF public morality and public
order do not prevail on this subject. selfish con
slider uons must be appealed TO. No one knows
where mob may turn its violence: no one can
tell where the next mob may direct its fury. He
who encourages IL 10 day may be its victim 10.
morrow. The fearful history Of the French
revolution contains ample illustration of this
truth
We beseech all men OF influence-in the edi
toral chairs of the country, in public in private
life, to think sobery and seriously on this cues.
ton of the origin of the mob spirit in our coun-
try Consider the fact that the mob is made of
men, aud that men have eyes and ears and brains
to read, 10 hear and TO think Remember that
every approval. unrebuked, of moi violence by
public man. instils into more or less minds a
disregard for law Remember that every time
the people are told the false story that llws are
suspended by war. they learn some notions OF
lawlessness.
Why. for year and more, the idea has been
believed by large numbers of the people that the
old saying. Infer arma silent iegss.' means lit
orally that ''in time of war laws ought 10 ne ST.
lens or suspended" and they believe il because
Ser.' ors and orators and newspapers tell them
SO; whereas il only means the assertion of n
melancholy truth that in war times there are al
WAYS violations OF law. none the less violations,
none the less to be condemned because war ex
lists
The mob ought not to be f'rgotten, as trifing
incident of war times. II appeals 10 the citizens
OF this great country with thunderous voice
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are free people-not tree to Judge of what
measure of obedience We will render to law not
free to determine whether We will or will not
obey. but free because we make our own laws.
and making them agree 20 obey them. And
whenever a man or newspaper teaches that
popular sentiment. expressed by a mob, is emit
tied to public approval. or worthy of anything
but condign punish nent. we care not whether il
is expressed against Abolitonst or Democrat,
that man is revolutionist. or a traitor To
the principles on which our Governments rests
We must support law This is the doctrine we
have s,eadfastly maintained. aud we have been
called traitors for maintaining it. Our sympa-
thies are with every man that is wrouged bv
mob. or by lswless violence OF any kind We
have expressed these sympathies for Democratic
papers. and we feel the same sympathy for the
radical papers which have suffered from equally
lawless violence - n. Y Jour. of Com.
The secret Sptes OF the Al u lnssfra