Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1864-05-26

tOUs Advertising Tor this same Administration,
who have sent Us orders innumerable 70 hunt up
officers. TO announce drafts. TO proclaim this or
thai. every order coming 10 US in almost fac
stu1iie Of this forged dispatch, and with 10 verb
cation whatever There Is scarcely night in
the year that the War Department does not seEd
us. on manifold paper. now ia this and nov in
that handwriting, at one, two, three, or four
o'clock, some such proclamation or order II
se should refuse TO publish one Of these we
should be denounced as copperheads. II We de-
mauded verihcaiion or paw. we should be hOoted
AZ a. traitors Nay. more, We were ourselves
rested, and our paper was suppressed, on a sup
posed order from Washington, written out by a
telegraphc operator, which General Dix took on
trust, because he had seen Others that resembled
il which were truel
We have no defense of ourselves 20 make
We had done no wrong. We were victims of
fraud and the President. in moment of evil
judgment. resolved to punish our misfortune
and hurled on Us the mandate OF a strong power,
DESTROYING our property. and iuficting not alone
a vast pecnniary damage. but greater personal
wrong and injury We have asked no pardon from
him The clenehed hand of man that strikes with
passionate blow on the rock is bruised and canno.
io- long time recover the self-infiicted injury
The arm of authority, when il wields the sword
OF anger against the spotless steel Of innocence,
wastes the vgor of its sinews. and turns the
edge OF the weapons. The voice Of denuncia-
ton thundered ever loudly against the pure
dies feebly on the wind, and its tones become
forever powerless. 1t is not we that have been
harmed so much as he who has so fierceIy struck
at Us We are grieved for him He has with
drawn his grasp, and we again free And
now FOR the private wrong done US. we find il ia
our hearts to forgive him. 1t was, perhaps, an
error OF DetulaDce mistake of poor judg-
ment. Let IL pass for awhile till he and we can
think il over in calmer times
The public wrong which involves such mighty
interests-the Constitution, the sacred authority
of law the liberty of the press. the freedom of
the citizen from unjust search aud seizure of his
person or property. the freedom from arrest,
except on warrants duly authorized. the right to
be confronted by accusers, TO trial by jury-this
great wrong We have no pow er TO pardon Two
thousand years ago the Romans enacted the law
OF Pubius Portius Laeca. which authorized an
appeal TO the Roman people In the time of
Paul that had been sadly changed 10 the appeal
to Caesar, Tor Caesar had grasped the power of
the people. We possess the law in its original
purity, and by that appeal must this whole act
be judged
We thank our friends for their hearty support
We thank many. very many gentlemen of the
Republican party for their outspokeu expressions
of opinion We leave to their shame the
contemplate catalogue OF men who stopped"
their papers, excepting out of that list. aud
honoring those who on Saturday came boldly 20
us and said 1--WE stopped because we thought you
were wrong We renew because we know YOU
wronged.'
But what. Americans, what is to be said for orr
country and her prospects under the guidance OF
those who can be SD erring, 80 foolish, 80 weak
Does it shake faith in the future Does il
Open to u any new view OF doubt or despair
In no wise Patience, patience On the last
day that we issued our paper we spoke in earnest
tones, beseechng our cOuntrymen to be patient
aud faithful Faithful To- the old cause, the old
Union the old constitution. These men that
lead us in the mad course Of radicalism are but
the OLA day. They cannot save
try. They will vanish from our sight ere long.
Their deeds will follow them into oblivion or
shame and then by the peaceful recurrence of
our national election We shall be placed in the
position to save the grand old fabric of free in
stitutions.
From the distant battle fields the thunder of
cannon reaches our ears to night and we know
that our brothers ana struggling. not for
a new country. but for the old faith that was
given by fathers. Let be patient and
labor, doing our duty here, in whatever OF pain
and persecution. under all the obloauy and re
our tine houored system may heap on u. Let
no personal wrongs or private griefs shake our
faith or lessen our zeal for the truth we uphold
for the principles by which our nation is to be
saved, il saved at all. The majesty of the law
must be revered in our hearts even il violated in
our persons. and it will vet be triumphant.
IL was sad and somewhat solemn view for an
American. that rush OF the busy world along the
street. by the guarded doorway of suppressed
newspaper Ii was not for this, some thought, it
not for this brave boys diving on
the field Men recently arrived from foreign
lands were unable to explain to themselves the
strange sight Some citizens went along chuck
ling c0mpacently over the accomplished sup
preston of tree press; but these were few. very
few in New York; and the vast throng in the
main. passed by with saddened countenances
The Dim sight of old men was DINNER with
the mist of tears when this sorrowful exhibition
OF bayOnets was made in our great commercial
street The exceeding beauty of our national
character was marred ; the splendor of our his
toric freedom was furnished /; the glory of our
American boast gone. A man of more than
eighty wears. born in New York. whose long and
peaceful lite had blessed himself and benefited
hiscountry. he passed along the street, uttered
his sorrowlu wish that God had let him die be
fore his Old eyes looked on such II scene Young
men, strong and earnest. were not moved 10
tears but resolved that henceforth they would
recall the old traditions, restore if they might.
the old laws, aud be coutent when the land WAS
again. as OF old. united and free. to say their
nunc dimiftis. Not ill theu Oh not till then
God grant that we may live and work till this
story is remembered hideous dream and
from ocean to ocean the breeze that sweeps down
from our mountains shall again be the breath of
freedom.