Indiana State sentinel. (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1863-06-30

answered de knew that u any opportunity was
given me to defend myself. even at Washington
City, the seat Of usurpation and tyranny, he
would fail in his cowardly designs He desired
me out Of the service. because he was unable to
purchase my friendship or poison my political
principles. Having performed my duies well.
and to the satisfaction Of nv commanders in the
field, he could effect his object in one way only.
and that way, though secret and villainous, rs
the reader has seen. was adopted, Let him enjoy
his triumph as he may. but. while gloating over
Il, remember that
'Time at last sets all things even,-
And II we do but watch the hour,
There never yet was human power
That could evade, II nn'orgiven.
The patient search and vigil long
Of him who treasures I'D o wrong."
With money wrung from the hard earnings Of
the people. his Ezcellency, by seeming charities,
may seek to win the hearts Of those whose friends
he has driven by thousands to useless slaughter;
by the division Of the spoils Of office with the
cormorant recipients of his unmeasured patron
age, he may hedge himself round with wealth
and power: but no walls that he may erect, no
citadel he may build. will shield him from the
inevitable grasp Of the heavy hand Of retributiye
justice.
A few words will now explain the true cause of
the discharge of Capt. John G. Hughes. In pur-
suance of the orders Of Gov. Morton. nv succes-
sor declined to recognize Capt. Hughes as an off,
Ger of the 35th regiment. ard placed another off
Ger in command Of Capt. H S company. In con-
sequence of this. the rolls sent to the War Office
must have shown that two Captains claimed pay
for service in the same company at the sam
time. It is fair to assume that the State Execu-
tive who had power to secure the discharge of the
Colonel of a regiment. on a false charge, could
also procure the discharge of a Captain on
grounds equally fallacious. When it is remem-
bered that the discharge Of Capt. Hughes took ef-
iect IRON the date Of his muster, which. leaving
the record Of his successor clear, relieved the Gov
ernor of an official exposure of the consequences
of his ignorant interference, the assumption that
he procured this discharge is both natural and
probable. Be this as it NAV. it IS certain that
the reason assigned for the discharge of Captain
Hughes-to wit: that his muster into the service
was a false muster. is as untrue as it is disgrace
full to the source from which it emanates. On
the contrary, l sincerely believe that it can be
established to the satisfaction of any fair military
commission that Col. Mullen and some of his off
GERS drew pay, not only for several weeks in
which they were not even on duty, in the United
States service, but that they are nov on duty and
do draw pay under a muster which is essentially
false and Illegal. This ia, of course. a matter of
no consequence to me. as / was prevented. by my
removal, from having these officers re mustered
and the dates of their legitimate muster properly
adjusted on the rolls of the regiment. / there
fore leave this subject TO the consideration Of
those whom it may concern. <
And now, in closing this first and last defense
of nv conduct as an officer Of the army, I have a
few words to say to the editor Of the Journal, TO
whose malicious assaults the reader is indebted
for this letter. Conceived. {" as he was. ''in sin
and brought forth in iaiquity /" it is but natural
that the carnations Of his brain should be as ILL
getimate as the offspring of his body. He is a fit
person to elit the organ Of the hybrid party his
paper represents party which has no parallel
in history for the wickedness of its designs or the
terrible consequences Of its acts. lncubated BY
the pestilence Of Abolition fsnaticism, and
hatched in the quagmires of Know Nothing in
fanny. itsprung into power s~hrieking for freedom
freedom to act. freedom TO think and freedom to
speak-and has been the frs: party in this coun-
try to forcibIy apply the gag to the freedom Of
speech, and tram2le in the dust those God-given
rights which the patriots Of the Revolution guar
anteed. through the Constitution. to the white men
| - 49, r.ttrI Cfsta, Tho dianaoiffon a1roadv
manifested by the party in power to fasten a des-
potion upon this country, by the destruction of
the ballot box. may yet compe! the people, natu-
rally forbearing and tolerant. to rise in their
might and teach our modern heroes and Caligu-
las that they can not be enslased-that the de.
scendants of those heroes who. after long endu
rance of evil, wrenched from an unwilling tyraut
the Magma Charta of Civil Liberty, are capable
of avenging their own wrongs, and ready, if ne
cessity requires, to show to the world that true
patriotism AID genuine heroism are not extinct in
the hearts &C men who know their rights, and
knowing, dare maintain them, The Editor of
the Journal is a historian and a philosopher. He
should learn wilson from the lessons Of the past.
and warn his masters that they are sowing the
wind to reap only the whirlwind-that, unless
they change their policy they may live to see
their party and themselves go down, in a sea OF
blood. to a dshonored grave. greeted only by the
widows sigh. the orphans sob. the peoples curse.
Let us hope that the Editor of the Journal may
become regenerate. in his latter lays. and use the
intellect inherited. through an irregular process,
for the diffusion of truth instead of falsehood
and that the party in power may stop in its mad
career. before the irretrievable stepis taken which
may fasien upon the entire country a reign OF
bloodshed and terror. j. Q. WALKER.
81 10 Governor Morton.
Il is stated that the Commissioner of this
county have rendered ten thousand dollars to