Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1864-03-07
STATE HE VI =.

The FIRST number of the Lafayette Daily
Argus will appear on Monday evening. the l4th
inst. The Democracy of the sth District should
give this enterprise liberal support
HUI vs.. DUNHAM.-At the election in 1889
one Hull had his name placed on The ballots in
sew eral counties as a candidate for Secretary OF
State and received in some 10 counties about
5000 votes out of the 200. 900 cast in the State
at that election No notice given of a va
cancy or of an election to be held for the Office
and there was no opposing candidate. Col. c.
l. DUxHAM held the office of Secretary of State
by appointment of the Governor TO fill the va
cancy occasioned by the resignation of Major
MCCLURE after the October election in 1858. At
the election in 1858 MCCLURE was elected Secre
tary for two years from the 10th OF January,
1889 He did not qualify, decline the office
in any manner whatever The commission was
not rendered to him under that election by the
Governor, neither had he ceased to be a resident
of the State Under the election. the circum-
stances of which We have noted, HILL demanded
! his commission Tor the Office OF Secretary OF
State, which was refused. At the October cleo
ton in 1860 WM A. PEELLE was elected Secre-
tary of State ia inuary following qualified
! for the office, and for two years discharged its
duties HILL brough; suit in the Common
Pleas of this county against DUSHAM for the
salary and perquiSites of the Office from October
! 1859, to the 10Th of January. 1861 HUI claim
| ing that "a DUSHAM appointed to fill a va
cancy he could only hold the Office from the
time of his appointment in October, 1858, to the
next general election. The case was tried on
Saturday last, and Judge RAY decided that the
/ election claimed by Hill Illegal it
/ could not be regarded valid election in law.
II the decision of Judge RAY had sustained the
/ claim OF HUI. his election would have entitled
him to have held the Office from October, 1859.
to October 1861; hence there would have been
no vacancy in the Office TO he filed until the
election of ls6l And if tilLL's claim against
! DUNHAM for the salary and perquisteS of the
Office from October. 1889, to January 1861. had
been sustained a claim against PEELLE for the
perqusites and salary of the Office from January,
10Th. 1861, until the October election of the same
year would have been equally valid
j Z MCDONALD and O HoRD for DuN-
HAN: N B. TAYLOR and II. G. NLwooMB Tor
Hull.
-AxorHER AcT OF LAwLEss NIoLESCE.-On
Tuesday last, the Vincennes Sun Office was par
TALLY destroyed by portion of the 24Ih Indiana
regiment. There was no excuse whatever for
this outrage upon the rights and property OF
citizen. 1t is wrong which if justified will re
turn to plague It's inventors anu apologists. ii
these demonstrations of intolerance and violence
for difference of sentiment or for opinions sake,
which have become too common of late, are not
promptly punished by those in authority and re-
buked by the community at large. regardless OF
party affiliations long the property and lives
of all will be alike insecure aud unsafe. To day
partisan prejudices may incite mob violence, but
tomorrow The same spirit OF lawessness. if per
mited TO have its sway in the one case, may for
other causes be directed against those who insti
gate, encourage aud approve these outrages. ln
a word, if the tiger is let loose. there is pro-
lection or safety for any class in he community
for mob law has regard Tor per-
sons or opinions There have been insidious and
unremitting efforts made by the Republican press
u prejudice the soldiers against Democrats
Every species of misrepresentation have been
used 10 place those who differ with or disspprovs
Of the policy OF the party in power in false pc
siton. The soldiers are told dav after day by
Republican demagogues that Democrats are
. their enemies and that the Democratic pres.
nisrepresent. abuse aud villify them There j.
no good motive in these infamous misrepre-
sensations. However widely The Democracy
may differ TO the wisdom and right of the
measures of the party in power they make nc
war upon those who. Influenced by patriotic
motives, are engaged IN the military service Of
the country Far otherwise. The Democrat,
party is now and always has been the true
friend Of the soldier The Democrats in officia
Z position have Alwsys voted fer me most liberia