Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1863-03-09

crush oct the freedom Of thought. OF opinion, or
prevent the communication Of Intelligence Ihi-
j. illustrated ia the history Of every people Ia
wbo.e hearts the spirit Of ibertv dwells. A co
ten ..orary remrks. Almost a eeuiury ha-
pissed since Poland ceased to be Ar INDEPENDENT
Kingdom. but her people. bravlng certain de
struction. are showing 20 The world TOW that The
are as true loFers Of their native country. and a.
intense bateus OF the Rsssians. a. they we're m
l722 or 1881" And the foolish men Who think
they can crush out the freedom Of speech, OF
thought. or Of opnOn in the American people
by violence. or by the destruction OF a few print
ing presses. will fnd il more than the work Vt a
lifetime And the party that resorts % such deeds
of violence will surely be overtaken by an equal
and Just retribution. Above all things We desire
peace and order aud the unObstructed execution OF
the law for this condition OF affairs We are willing
to make every effort and any saerifce-but even
a worm will squirm when trod upon. Ii the per
sons or property OF one class OF citizens To
suffer by mob violence for opinions sake retalia
ton cannot be preveuted--an eye Tor an eve and
tooth for a tooth
la referring to the recent outbreak at Colum-
bus the Ohio Statesman makes the following
comments. which commend to the attention
of every citizen:
The time has come when men must take their
stand. The time when the question Is TO be set
tied whether the constitutional rights OF the citi-
zens are To be maintained. Moo Law aud De-
pVtism are 10 prevail, is &c hand. From lt We
canIot esetue. aud Therefore, We must meet IT,
The Democratic party j. the friend Of Law and
Ouisr. aud holds that under the Constitution anu
Laws, every remedy Tor the protection OF lite
liberty. aud property j. guaranteed. and equally
under the same Constitution and Laws ample
provision i made for The punishment OF ofieuse.
and crimes Of all kinds. It, members demand
the protection OF Law for tnemSels e.. cOnceng
the same light to those who may differ with them
on measures OF policy. whether OF war or peace
But their opponents have held, through their
presses and by their orators, that IN these times
the constitutional rights OF Democrats must be
abridged, and that violence aud Mob Law shall
take the place OF Judicial tribunals aud courts O
just ce
On Thursday evening last, the first disorder
was manifested in this city by an attempt 10 de
stro, the Crisis aud tue Statesman. This attemp
melted by the incessant efforts of the ADO
tinn papers and orators. who constantly endeavo
to iuhame the people and lead them to acts q
violence aud 10 should and must he the last. n,
more violence OF Oh character must be allowed
ana our opponents must he made To dstinc /, un
derstatd this: and il the laws of the land are in
suhc,eni to shield Democrats, they must adop
such means will be sufficient aud effective iO
that purpose Democrats are for order. and vii
go tar the iarthe>t 10 maintain IL; but the,
must be met IN the spirit by their Oppo
n s.,,d IL
ont to them. they must maintain and vindicat'
their rights as best they can.
And in this connection We append and com
mend the following admirable order of Brigade
General JAMS Cooper. commanding the Unite,
States forces at Columbus. condemning in Jus
terms outrages and assaults upon the Iersons q
property of citizens, "sacred in the eyes C botl
civil and military law, by either citizens or sol
diers:
HEADQUARTERS u 3 FoRcEs)
Columbus, Ono, March g. 1868.
General Order No. l6.
Having been informed and partly witnessed
that the publican Office belonging TO the Crisis
and the printing office belonging to the Obi,
Statesman, newspapers published IN this city
were last MI ht hrokeu into by mob OF disor
DERBY persons. composed partly OF citizens an,
partly OF soldiers, who unlawiully aud want0nl
desire, ed furniture. paper, books aud newspspe
flies OF the former Office and were only pre-
vented from the coIiimission OF similar out
RACES ut the Statesman office by the fear o
being detected and arrested, | desire to offer
word of advice to the citizen, and to warn tn
soldiers of the penalties they incur by such out
rageous siolatious OF law.
To such citizens rs can 50 far forget their OBJ
Jig ,tions TO society AMI the respect due To tn
laws. which are a. much the safeguard OF thei
own persons AMI property rs OF the persons an,
properly III their eishbofs. the just condemna
ton a;.i disapproval OF their conduct, 10y the in
telIigent and la~ respecting portion OF commu
nifty, of all parties. convey wholesome admo
nItIjn well rs "A meritel rebuke but such clti
gems should recollect that the condemnation an,
di-npproval of their conduct by the wise and gou,
of all parties. is not the worst punishment I,
which they expose themselves. The mob vio
lence which they invoke to das against thei
neghb0rs nav be by their neighbors t0-mOrrO,
in, ked agairl~t them. Retaliation l. the law q
the lawle>s.
To the soldiers who participated in last night
outrages and Violence. have To say. your con
duct is str ,nsey Inconsistent with ,our duty an,
the holy purpose for which your country put arm
in your hands. Your mission is uphold TN
laws, not To violate them. And it WI, proud
oi despots, the American ~oiiier> who rushed b.
hundreds OF thousands % the held to uphold TN
cause of popular government aud the inI egrity -
the Uuion. imperile by foul and 'wcke rebel
hon. were intelligent enough 10 com .aehend an,
appreciate the character ot the i-~ue--tu i--u
involving the rights and security OF individuals
~ well n tie integrity of the Republic Hu.
little in con~onan,e with the character OF tn
duties YOU have assumed aud the mission ,ol
have taken upon YOU To fulfill. YOUR cDnduc
last night. IN lending Yourselves To- the cVward
attack and ieonous outrage committed on th
property OF private initvniua~. Forgetting you
duties soldiers. YOU have become rioters aB
burglars: and instead OF being. a. you ought q
be- the protectors OF the rights OF the citizens yu
have become their a>>sianIs.
But desre YOU To recollect that il j. not il
admontions that the rules and regulations OF tn
service zeal with ripter~ and pIunderers II vii
be seen by paragraph ~ OF the regulations. tn,
tie otieuse OF which YOU have been guilty i, il
the language of the regulations have quote.
"oI such euurnty 10 admit OF no remission o
the awful pun Ishmeut winch the military Law
awards against onen>e> OF this n ,ture d"
Against the preparation OF such otfenses. II
future. now warn you. The persons and prop
erty OF the citIzeus sacred ia the ewes Ot boil
civil and military law. aud any outrage or assaul
upon them. will be visited b, injecting upon th
perpetrators, the moment they detected, TIA
EXTREMIST penalty authorized by the law.
By command ot Brigarer General Cooper.
WM voS DolHS. \. A. g.
From Warrington.