Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1863-05-04
Gen. Hascnll's order.

An order Just issued BY Gen Hascall. com.
handing in the District of Indiana concerning
the enforcement Of Gen Burnsides recent order
respecting offenses under the conscrpton law at
tracts attention. We quote from it:
"All newspapers and public ,eakers that coun-
sci encourage resistance to the CONSUMPTION
act. or any other law Of Congress passed as a war
measure, or that endeavor to bring the war policy
of the Government into disrepute. will be con
sdered as having violated the order above alluded
to. and treated accordingly The country will
have to be saved or lost during the time this Ad-
ministration remains in power, and therefore he
who is factiously and actively opposed to the war
policy of the Administration is as much opposed
to his Government"
Ii i certainly a moral. If not a legal offense in
newspaper or public speaker, to counsel or en-
courage resistance to any law. That is doctrine
which we have preached for years. We presume
though We have not investigated as 20 the fact,
that it is a military offense under the conscrption
law in any newspaper or public speaker To coun-
sci or encourage resistance TO that law. so far
good. No newspaper and no public speaker
of the Democratic party will counsel or encour-
age resistance To that law, cor any other law
passed BY Congress war measure''-violent
resistance we mean. Whatev er resistance Dem
ocrats NAV oppose 10 these laws Will be such lie
gal resistance as will test their constutionalitv-
IA will test whether they be laws er not The
great glory of the Democratic party is in its ira
ditonal doctrine OF obedience LAW and it is not
now going TO snuff out this glory hy treachery
to its traditions. IL will itself obey the law
and compel every body else to obey the law
Herein is the forlorn hope of the safety of the
country.
But let Us look little further at this order OF
Gen Hascal. " All newspapers and public
speakers. Is the language OF the order, " that
counsel encourage resistance 10 the conscrp-
ton act. or any other law of Congress passed as
a war measure, that endeavor To bring the war
policy of the Government into disrepute. will be
considered, etc Gen Hascall would have done
we'll to have been little more explicit here
What does be mean by 'endervoring to bring the
war policy of the Government into disrepute ?"
Does he mean that candid discussion by which
that policy will be shown to be unwise. uncOn-
stitutiona and destructive to the very end pro
f.ssed to be sought by it. is to be deemed an of
Tense. Does he mean that the war policy of the
Administration i not 10 be discussed At all
cept 70 praise it, IL his language means any
thing it means thi> vet we do not credit that he
designed To this. because II does rot strike u
that he would undertake 10 say this without the
sanction of his superiors. ard IL is our opinion
that Ms superlor- have not reached that stage m
the progress o; ;surpation and despotism at which
they would set out 10 strike down lair ana Tree
discussion OF public measures. We thank Heav
en- that as we believe. that point has not yet been
reached.
We thank heaven. too. that il is not apparent
TO US a. it IS TO Gen. Hascall. that 1.-The country
will have 20 be lost or saved during the time that
this Administration remains IN power" If that
WIS apparent u us We should give the country
over a. lost We have not the remoiest expects-
ton that this Administration will save the coun
try. The only ground tor hope Tor safety which
we can see is the brief duration OF power re
naming 10 this Administration. and tins L the
snly ground of hope with thousands Of conserva-
tive Republicans The earnest and painful
solietude of all conservative men, Is that
healthful public opinion may exercise such sslu
tsry influence over the conduct Of the Admins
traron that there will he country 10 save after
the Administration itself shall have gone out Of
existence
We know nothing of the antecedeals OF Gen.
nassau but We await further Developments of
hls order with some curiosity. at least.-Ch
caso Times