Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1864-07-15

The first section of that law. q @. & H. 1885,
reads as foIlows:
THAT II any officer or other person chargess.
or in any manner entrusted with any money,
funds. securities, or other property belonging 70
this State. or belonging To any fund under the
control Of this State. under the control OF any
State officer, shall CONVERT 20 his own use or 10
the use Of any other person persons. corpsrs
ton or corporations, Ia any manner vhateveg,
contrary 10 law. or shall use by way Of invest
ment any kind of property. shall loan with dr
vithou, interest, shall deposit with any persoa
or persons. corporation or corporations. contrary
/ to law, he shall be deemed
guilty Of felony, aud upon conviction thereof
shall be imprisoned in the State prison not leSs
than one more than twenty-One years ana
be fsed not exceeding double the value Of the
money. funds, securities. other property so uT-
lawfully used. converted. invested or exchanged;
and any failure or refusal Of any such officer o.
/ person to pay over. or produce any such money
funds. securities or other property when demand
ed by any officer or person entitled to receive the
same, or when required by law, shall be held
PrIma faeIe evidence OF such felony, &c. :
In referring to the report Of my financial
secretary" as Governor NoRToS terms Colonel
/ TERRELL. the head OF my bureau of finance
an officer and department Of the State govern
4
ceIency admits that he has received aud spproi
priated, contrary to law. sS65, 1875 s6-and IL
! now probably exceeds a million of dollars. To
that extent, then, Governor MoRroS comedies
he has put his hands into the State treasury. he
had no right whatever to appropriate or use, OF
direct the appropriation or Of the amount OF
money which he admits he has received, used
aud appropriated. 1t was the money of the
State and should have gone into the State treas
ury. He has excuse for being a law breaker.
He has no excuse for usurping power any more
than JEFF. DAVIS and company. Governor Nor
Ton attempts to justify his violation of law upon
the ground that the public interests and welfare
required il. Every rebel could justify his viola
tions Of law, his refusal to submit to the author
ity of the government upon the same plea and
with as much grace as o p NJ He solemnly
swOre when he assumed the duties of Governor
totake care that the laws be faithfully executed,
but instead Of performing that duty and setting
an example Of obedience to law, he invites disc
bedience to tie organic and statute laws of TIT
State by violating them himself
His Excellency says in the report of my Finan
cial Secretary" ITO have called back the Leg
islature believe would have been perilous to til
public peace. and dangerous to the best interest
OF the State" This is an impeachment of III
integrity, the intelligence, and the patriotism o
the representatives of more than half of the pee
pie of Indiana. and il is so intended to be. up
on what meat has this CESAR fed that he ha
suddenly grown 50 great?" l. he more capabl
of Judging what will tend to the best interests Q
the State" than co ordinate branch Of the gov
> eminent to whom the people intrusted the duty G
making laws? Is lie more honest or more capa
BILE than the citizens whom he thus sweepingl
condemnsl The fact is that His Excelency
: vain selfish and unscrupulously ambition:
Judging him by his acts, his public course look
alone to his personal aggrandizement. His stud
seems to be to keep his name before the publ
by playing the part OF dictator on sma
scale His own political friends, however, al
beginning 10 appreciate his want of true mer
, and elevation of purpose, and for that reason b
is becoming small IN their estimation by rapi
degrees. and unenviably less.
The Governor has ordered large edition
my Financial Secretarys IS" report for circulation
Ii will be a good Democratic campaign docu
ment, furnishing the evidence over his own sig
nature of the usurpations of power which hay
been charged upon him by his political opp,
. nents We hope he will, for that reason, sprea
> Il broadcast over the State.