Indiana State sentinel. (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1863-07-20
The state Agency-Morton's M~isrcpre-
seutafiOns

MONDAY, JULY 20.
The state Agency-morton's Misrcpre-
sentations.
Il was charged in a recent number of the
Journal, instigated beyond doubt BY Governor
MORON, that Col wALKER. the Agent of State,
had received S23, 900 from his predecessor in
Office. which he refused to pay to the creditors of
the State. That money was the balance left in
the hands Of the Agent of State to pay
the interest upon bonds which had
not at that time been called for, due
on the LIST Of last January. That balance is
now mostly exhausted. Either Governor Nor
TON was inexcusably ignorant of the approPria
ton which should be made Of the balance re-
ceived by Colonel WALKER from Colonel HuD-
SON, or else by misrepresentation he wished to
make the impression that the Agent of State
refused to apply the funds in his hands to the
payment Of the debts of the State. But the
malice of the Governor failed in its
object. Refusing to obey the laws of
the State himself and usurping au-
thority which every good citizen should repro
bate, it is and has been his aim, if possible, TO
iGpeach the integrity of the Democratic State
officers and entrap them into some violation of
law to cover his own deficiency.
And in regard to the last letter of WINsLow,
LAsIER & Co. the facts are these: The letter has
no date, but MoRroS in its publication in the
Journal inserted the date of the 2lst of June.
The letter was in answer to the one
written by Colonel WALKER on the 26th
ultimo, and was not delivered to him
until thirty-six hours after Col. WALKERS last
had been delivered. and was not received by him
until the day after the balance of the correspon-
dence was forwarded to us. We allude to these
matters to show the chicanery of moron, and
his attempt to impose upon the public by misrep-
reservations, manufactured by him out of whole
cloth.
e Among the persons drafted in the Third
District. in Massachusetts,, were Robert G. Win
thrOp, Jr. Albert Lawrence and Joseph p. Cabot,
all members of the first families. -lJournal.
Will one Of these members of the first fami-
lies" Of Boston shoulder n musket and 90 to the
war; They are wealthy. They can serve in the
army without incOnveniencing their families. if
they have any. And if they should happen to
stop a bullet and fall martyrs to the cause, their
wives and children, or friends. would be left
comfortable. and not be thrown on their own la
Dor for subsistence or become the subjects of
charity. But they will not 90. They turn up
their aristOcratic noses at the drudgery, the tolls
aud the dangers of the camp. They will fork
over the three hundred dollars exemption, and
let others fight for the preservation of their prop
erty and their rights. and to maintain a common
Government The plowman. with a family or
friends dependent upon his labor for support, can
not pay the price of exemption, hence he must
90. no matter what may be the privations or suf-
ferings it may occasion.
How is it in this city? The bankers. the mer-
chants and the professional men. who are fierce
for the prosecution of the war to the bitter end
do not go themselves or send their sons, unless
it be in some lucrative or honorable position. If
drafted, none will shoulder the musket and fight
as priyates for the reason that they have the
money to purchase exemption from such service.
But how is it with the laboring manf His wife.
his children, perhaps a mother or younger sisters
and brothers, are dependent in a great measure
upon his daily toll for even the necessaries of
life. He can not pay the price OF exemption,
hence he must go, and go into the ranks.
We allude to these inequalities of the c~onscript
law to illustrate the reason why it is so odious to
the laboriDg classes. They feel that they owe
no more obligation to the Government and
should not be called to bear anY more OF
a. h,-fo,, a, --o-o - - =
happen to have more of this worlds goods. And
they know that the men who are most clamorous
for the vigorous prosecution of the war are not
found fighting. They inquire. where are the
SuxNERs. the PHILLrPsEs, the GARRisoSs. the
BEEcHERs, the GTDDINGsEs, the MoRroSs, the
YATES, the Tons, the CHANDELIERS, the WRIeHrs
and a host of others that we could name, wher
the life of the nation is trembling in the balance
They see SUMNER in elegant attire. with his deli
cate hands eDelsed in kids of the most fashion
aele hue. at some watering place; BEEcHER anC
WRIGHT across the water enjoying the comforts o.
the Old World, far from the din and scenes oil
srnguinary strife; CHANDLER enjoying a little
brady letting; and the TOPS, and the YATES and
the MoRroNs playing the demagogue to CRAFTY
their vanity and love Of applause, and to secure
political advancement. Among all the leader:
who are clamorous for the war, they can find
none who are making personal sacrifices, or who
are willing to shoulder a musk ct. TO aid in bring.
ing the terrible strife in which the country is en-.
gagged to a speedy and honorable termination
Yet these men are eloquent in enunciating
that "all men are created free and equal
aid that the negro is entitled to political equal
ity with the white man, but none are willing
to illustrate their beautiful theories of equality
BY placing themselves upon a level with the
citizens who happen to be poor when the Gov
eminent makes a requisition to fill up or in.
crease the ranks of her armies. IL is the exemp
ton feature of the conscript act which makes il
Odious to the laboring classes. But however
odiOus it may be in that respect, OF in any other
it is the law of the land. and while it remain:
upon the statute books, and when enforced, il
must be obeyed. The people have a remedy in
the ballot-bOx for the redress Of their grievances
Violence only begets violence and il leads to the
greatest Of all evils. anarchy. The laws must
be obeyed. no matter how unjust. but when the
time comes apply the remedy by holding the au-
thOrs responsible and let the verdict of the ballot
box speak the condemnation of the people.
CABINET RUMoR The Cincinnati CONNER.
cial thinks that the sending Of Gen. Franklin TO
Gen. Banks department indicates that General
Banks il TO be Withdrawn from the army and
made Secretary Of War. Franklin is one OF
the most able officers in the army. and il is fair