Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1863-03-18

b.li.t h, To be true 20 the Unios. ne mssf be
faithful TO our Own honor. That honor requires
that we reserve the Government Of our fathers,
and that ,rnssss and uuarule,l tre On. wherever
they raised TIER bead should be oserthro0u IL
requires that the Southern rebellion be pat down.
aud pat down by the arms Of the Republic IL
requires TOO, thst iaise and untruthtul meu,
Who aim TO rerVcrt thu war Coz the Uxio~ irts
foray for the liberation and purchase 81 fseEroes.
should be exed from parcS OF public trust and
responsibility. The people alone have the right
10 saw for what objects THE j. To be prosecu-
tel We allow none % exceed Us IN devotion 10 the
Government but there must be no doubt about
the meaning of measures recently inaugurated.
We would not ourselves use hidden words, nor
10 We intend that deception and artifce shall be
plared off upon hose = no have their property aud
lives embarked ~ this contest between kindred
people They sre prepared to Sustain every good
" .rk Of the Administration. They have already
poured into u lap the riches of an empire. ana
given untold thousands of their sons up 70 ssugh'
ter But there must be c-nd0r and manly sin-
cerity between the Administration and the eiti-
zen The reorle demand 70. Good conscience
and honesty demand II The future hopes OF the
alton demand IL Justice and mercy a. the
bruken hearted wiie aud the orphaned children
demand IL. And wili csndOr and sincerity be
longer withhelds Are We lighting to restore the
Union u wasl On this question hangs the
hopes of this people III that DE the object. we
cast all We have into the keeping ct the Admin
straiion and de,iicsteto support our lives and
fortunes. II there be a less holy design than
ths-lf States are O. he overthrown and their
lines obIterated-if their governments are 20 be
expunged--if the Constitution i 10 lie
now cast aside-if the Government made
lbs WAsHISGToS Is 20 be supPansed oy
Ia Resc and despofic associafioa-then we
of
Indiana aud her gallant sons will not be paliakers
at the sacrifice Heaven aud pOsterity wall hold
the guilty OF his ccunSTs- ruin, no. az
time like this would barter the blood OF the peo-
pie tor purpose less sacred than the preservation
OF the Union and the Constitution. a they were
made by our fathers
e,nvoke tor these views the careful conside
ration of our fellow citizens. They thrown
together with the design Of explaining the present
position OF State affairs. Ia connection With
our national troubles la times of excitement,
IS nov exists, there should De deep aud earnest
attention gwen 10 these subjects. and those of
tired character but il should be calm con-
I siceriton. and tree lrum partisan excitement.
Laws have been passed by the Federal Congress
which have met. aud Mil continue 10 meet, the
st.ber condemnation OF the people ol Indiana.
} But they are laws. nevertheless. dead and
neyer-to be resmrecied Congress has placed them
uuon lie tatute books They there Tor evil.
No good Will come OF them A inalOfie1 Oh ahoec
who voted tor them have been repudiated
by the country. aud they return no more 10
the they We dIsbOnored. These
laws 90 i've after them. They stand rs
monuments of the de sravit, of the Ihir seventh
5 Congress, and of the Administration which in
voked their aid. What is the duty of the citizens
of Indiana in rcgvrd TO these enactmcntst We
say 10 YOU and say il a the friends of social
order, respect these laws, and show to the world
' that Won were worthy of better, wiser, and more
1 honest Senators aud Representatives in Congress.
, Show your rulcrs-aas YOU have rifds-fhat
e the people have higher and e nobler sense of
D honor than those who have 'barfered freedom for
1 a great mans feast and sold their country for
: smile" The men who voted for these measures
S of oppression have NO sympahics with the free
0 populations of the great Northwest Many of
{ them were the venal and purchased instruments
n of an Administration which has signally failed 10
recognize the power and majesty of the people in
), the recent elections. As these men have de-
1 ceiyed you, il is their fault and not yours But
! their bad and cruel laws remain. Let these laws
d have fair trial. If they are honestly and 'Da-
c partially enforced. and not made the instruments
:, of oppression any special class of people
Il they are entitled to a perfect obedience. Offer
l. them no resistance They can last but two
t, years longer, and from this moment prepare foI
e their legal repeal Elect % Office no man who
l. favors them. Arouse TO the dangers which sur
r, round yourselves and your beloved country, and
Il trusting in the virtue and intelligence of youl
&c fellow citizens and the mighty power of the bal
: LOT box, prepare TO expcl your oppressors from
J. the Capitol