Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1863-06-11
STATE or INDIANA,
COUNTY OF MARION (


Wv Wick. being duly sworn according to law
upon his oath saith that the above letter. purport-
ing 10 have heen written by him, is Il forgery that
aftisnt never wrote DR. Shields anv letter upon any
subject whatever; that affant does not know
Messrs MYERS, Fuel. Buley. Tweedy Hill and
KYLE. named in siid letter-has never heard of or
from them and afiant pronounces said letter as
a forgery. and its authors forgers.
| never wrote any letter on said subjects to any
human being. w. W. WICK.
Subscribed and sworn to before me,
{r 9 ! this June 10Th. 1863
JoHK l. JACKSON,
Notary Public.
STATE or IYDrASA
County OF JENNINGS
John + Shields being duly sworn upon bis
oath. says that he never in his life. received
letter from w w Wick; that he never heard of
the letter dated "lnlianapolis. February 10Th.
1863 - addressed to Dr. Shields (affiant) aud
signed W W Wick. until june 81, 1863, when
he heard that such letter was set up IN type in
the Vernon Banner;" aiiihnt further says that
no such letter ever received by him: atfiant
further SAYS that he knows of no such plan. on
the part of Democrats as indicated in that letter
JoHN L SHIELDS.
Subscribed and sworn 10 before me, this. June
9Th. 1863. Il McCLEILAND.
Judge 9TH G p District
ity of the letter the editor saws. cit will he ob
servel that the foregoing letter bears date Febru.
ruarv lOth. 1863. at which time the Legislature
pt our Stttc in session. and desperate effort
WIS heing made by the traitors in that body to
p,ss the obnoxious military bill. &c"
Withaut stopping 10 defend or approve the
military bill Will say. THE MILITARY BILL WAS
Sor PENDING BrroRE rus LEGISLATURES OK rHn
iorn pay oF rfBRrARY, 1868, bring introduced
on NE ih Of that date
Fhe"PL TIERS" should have studied the Jour
nils litter better The article abouuds in state.
ments ike the above
False in thing-faise in all thnga-is m
Old maxim. have demonstrated that the letter
Is forgery
am sorry to know that in the State of Indiana
hefe exist even one man. who, for any purpose
could b" 50 base tn lend himseifto a forgery
for the purpose OF stirring M the haser p,s4ions
Desperate lneocd. must be- tho condition of those
men who can quictl, III down. with a dcterinica
ton 10 ruin md blast the reputation OF ncichhors
Who never lid them harm. lru ting Ia the manner
ia which their injury In be done. 10 shield
themselvc. from nfamy.
am member Of no secret political orrani,a.
tion-never have bcen--nevcr have sympathized
With them
Nv position on the war, publicly taken i'm n
speech u Democr,tis meeting. hat arm op
passed 60 sccesson--npposed 20 a recognition of
the Southern cenieieracy or "a division OF the
Governments | betivc that the Constitution
m kes " the duty n snnnrc,s rebellion. and
shall ns,un ever, e,f,rt whiih rs TOR it, object
the suppress OF rebellion and restoration Of the
Union. Regarding COMPENSATED emancipation
and The proclamation - Ia 40 SENSE calculated -
suppress the rebellion. hat. ON the other hand. ~
calculated 10 render reconciliation mofe imptob
able. IS t Elected hot only the present but the
future condition. of the Government. | thought
u proper u discuss AMI condemn them. | have
nn ympnthv with JEFF Davis 4 90 aul have
repeatei, denounced them Personally. | was
opposed ~ The military bill which was hcfne
the last Legislature, upon the gound Of expeii
encN
With All these things well known To this commu
u'ts, the editor having been present at public
speech AMI heard me lie lolnee secret societies.
advise Obedience - MI l1w--the consciplon
law includet-ofpo the military bill. aud lie
clare that II | lad heea me.nbeg at the last
Legisls ture would have vese.i against IL I
{. iunot come 10 my other conclusion than hat
tins attack Vas Or political" effect. or h. gratily
"per.ansl malice"
have taken the iuifiat,rv sfrp. for a libel nit
X inst the editor II the Banner
IAMAs II. NAwrER
sT'-rhe discharge. from Gen. Rosecrans ar
ny for the month at My exhibit the following
gratifying results:
Whole number discharged. one thousand aud
iftv nine: OF these twenty four enlisted in the 4
egulsr army, FIVE hundred aud seventy three
we're discharged from the ranks ~ orler 20 be