Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1864-05-20


The telegraph advises rs that two papers 10
New York have been suppressed. for publishing
Via, 10 no~ pronounced 70 be = bogus procia-
nation. parPorting 20 De from the President
weare prepared to believe that the present Ad.
niuisgrasioa riil commit almost any act Of folly.
bot ~e can scarcely credit the report that it has
done 90 ridiculous thing that The New
York papers were all imposed upon by the fraud
They we're alike furnished with copies Of the
proclA nation. prepared 10 the sane manner that
telegraph dispatches sent from the telegraph
Offices 20 the papers. Il had every evidence oil
beng genuine. both externally and internally
80 clever vas the imposition. that the telegraph
agent Of the associated press offered a reward Of
one thousand dollars to discover the author
There fs. however. a feature in the case which
appears inefpcable Although the proclama
ton vas pronounced forgery. and the operators
must have known that such was the case, yet
the hoax wAs published to the country az gen. !
uine through the telegraph. the moraing after
il appearance in the New York papers. Were
the telegraph operators parties to the fTaudf II
not. what motive in giving currency 20 the hoax
If the New York World and Journal Of Com
merce have been suppressed for being imposed
upon. should not His Excellency. ABBAHAA Lin
coin, infict equally severe punishment upon the
telegraph
We heard a radical Republican say Yesterday
that Il was his belief that the present system OF
telegruphic reports gotten up by the Admin
istration .. create sympathy and then it punished
the agents IL had got to do the work in order to
get a reputation for rigor. Such may be the
case II Is known that the telegraphic news re
ports are under Government censorship. In that
case the Government becomes responsible for the
character Of the reports. Il cannot be denied
that large proportion of the news reports are
un,ruthful The statements from that source in
regard to the recent battles in Virginia mis-
representations. and they we're put forth in order
to deceive the people in regard to the true con
dition OF affairs Can we arrive at any other
cons lusion than that the Administrstio think it
il perfectly justifable on its part to commit a
fraud. but if a newspaper is imposed upon. no
matter how innocently. IL is guilty OF helnous
ministraton has committed the outrage Of sup
pressing newspapers for publishing the bogus
proclamation there is not a true man in the land
but will condemn and spurn the mean aud des-
potc act. Aud We must say 10 this connection
that il is ia entire harmony with the course of
the party in power. which has been characterized
throughout by imbeciIity. corruption and malig
nant partisanship
Whoever perpetrsted the hoax. il hoax il be.
mast have had some knowledge OF the design OF
Administration. The undisputed telegraphic
dispatches state that it is the intention of the
President 10 call out three hundred thousand
more men. That fact conceded, is il not fair to
infer that the bogus proclamation was put forth
as feeler? IL SD. the President has the evi
denee that the proposition finds no favor with the
people.
Toe Cincinnati Commercial OF yesterday in
commenting upon the ''hoAx" has the following
which Is certainly worthy Of consideration, as it
comes from loyal source:
Why then was this bogus thing promptly tele-
graphed and put before the people in so question
able shsper Clearly. il seems TO u.s. to create
q sensation, that those who we're in the secret
might profit by it. Upon the face of this scan
dslous affair. the telegraphic management is
implicated, and if there is any explanation of it.
which IL consistent with honesty. il should be
made.
The people are being robbed as we'll as hum
hogged by Spectators, who have means that
seem, bur are not at all mysterious, TO procure
news in advance OF the multitude and msnufac
ture and circulate rumors. There is grape
vine line Of telegraph extending all over the
country. and il IS n wheel within a wheel
We of the West are especially subject to this
robbery and hunibuggery. We cannot re. news
sooa as they have il East. though the tele-
graphic connection is perfect 1t appears that
get lttl. until il is filtered through the
New York channels Even the Secretary of
War. advertently ~ doubt. panders to this
monopoly by addressing the bulletins OF war
news Major General Dix. who is authorized TO
make them public Why should he not ad-
dress the people OF the United States. directly
and with AL the frankness becoming the medium
of communication between the Government aud
the people to whom the Governments belongs7
That would be really dgni6ed. Gen. Dix is a
very good man. but has no more concern in the
Government, than millions of Others.
30 far rs there i a censorship at present. at
Washington. il is unmtigated atrOctv.
Where the pen of the censor extinguishes one
rumor. dozen take win. by mail and il is i'm
possible for mortal uian {, tell from "A telegram
which IL presented him, what il really means. Ii
NAV purport 10 be an order for cofhn. or a mes
sage to absent wife, and yet mean shat Grant
has crossed the Rapdan. aud to buy or sell gold
or stocks Take of the censorship entirely, aud
the truth will fy fast a lie. il given fair
play after IL Is put on the wires.