Indiana State sentinel. (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1863-12-07

His ExcelIency Governor o p. MORTON, ad
dressed a war meeting at Masonic Hall on Friday
night last. The speech was cable" and ''patri-
otic," and "loyal." in the Republican sense of
these terms The Governor expressed himself
as being exceedingly anxious that Indiana should
fill the call made upon her for troops by volun
teering, and without recourse to draft. He
said he would rather that his right arm should
fall from its socket than Indiana should fail in
that regard He appealed most earnestly for the
people to come forward and illustrate their pa
triotism BY voluntarily entering the service Of
their country His Excellency not only coaxed'
but he threatened During his address he gave
utterance to the following warning:
| warn those in the North who are understood
tor supposedly to sympathize with the rebellion or
with traitors, Ito flee from the wrath to come "
When the war was successfully over that class
would be outlawed, their homes would be made
desOIate and their wives ami children would be-
come outcasts-
For whom was this threat intended? 1t was
not an idle expression. There was an applca-
ton meant. IL was not mere figure of speech
or a theatrical flourish.
The Governor and his political friends have
charged that the Democracy of the North sympa-
thize with the rebellion. hence he must
have intended his warning for those who
cannot conscientiously subscribe to bis political
or party sentiments. Ii His Excellency intended
such an application of his warning. we would
suggest to him, and all who entertain similar
views, that those who SOW the wind oft reap the
whirlwind. History, both sacred and profane, L
full of such examples. When the tiger is one,
set loose, there is no telling whose flesh may fee
his claws.
This has been illustrated in all popular revo
lutions. The inventor of the guilloiine was on,
of its first victims And the best laid schen e.
Of men to advance their personal ends and t.
crafty the lust Of ambition, oft return to plagu,
their inventors.
1t is little remarkable that Governor Mon
TON should with such threat against his poiti-
cal opponents and at the same time appeal &c
them for "aid and comfort" And while doing
this he complained of the apathy existing in the
public mind the indifference in regard to respond
ing to the call Of the President to fill up the
decimated ranks of the army. Two large, re
spectacle, and We may say enthusiastic war meet
ings were held in this city on Friday and Satur
day nights last. but scarcely anything was &C
complished toward the object in view. At the
meeting on Friday night something was done il
the way Of promises, of pledges; but at tn,
meeting on Saturday night not a man or
dollar was raised. The Governors appeal to tn.
patriotism Of his political friends had no effect
the Governors threats against his political oppo
nents were equally impotent. And whyf Tha
is an inquiry we shall not answer now. but W,
suggest it for the consideration of those who
while willing to pledge the '.last and tn,
last dollar" for the suppression of the rebellion
stay at home to make all the money they can on
Of the troubles and mseries of the country.