Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1864-05-07
The T,.~~. ON English, not Anne rie.n


Ts-e Daily Times Of Sunday has well writ
to- editorial on the subject Of England aud her
Operative. the Just anger % oar contemporary
being excited by the Chief Commisslvner Of
Woocs Ard Forests refusing TO grant permission
20 a. Intelligent body OF London opCrauve- TO
march la procession 10 Green Park aud there 70
celebrate Shakspeare's tercentenary by planting
a Young oak 10 honor Of the great dranalist. In
IL. zeal 10 favor Of the sorkingnen of other
lands. the Times says
The operatives OF England are the creators
of the wealth Of England. Without their indus
try she could not pay the interest on ter euor-
nous debt. could not meet the current expenses
of her Government. could not maintain her
present proud position among the nations With
out the support OF their strong arms. her re
sources. her prestige. would vanish the morn
ing mist Yet. bow are thOse iudefstigable
t0ilcrs requited for the services they render Z
Why, by DENYING them the rights Of citizens add
of human nature and BY msnfesting, on every
possible occasion. her distrust of them
While cheeriuy indorsing all lhei is there
said. We trust it ~ill be neither uuneighborly nor
unkind. If we remind our contemporary that there
are other lands and other States besides that
wherein the Commissioner of Engand'- woods
and forests has sway, where operatives, alike the
creators of the cOuntry's wealth-without whnse
industry the government could not meet the in
ierest oil her enormous debt-coud not maintain
her present position among the nations and that
have been the subject Of outrage and OF wrong,
compared with which tina: which so exctes
the Times absolutely pales into utter insignii-
canoe.
IL - fresh 10 the memory Of our readers that.
within the last three days. two hundred mechan-
les in Tennessee, who. at certain stipulated
price had agreed TO work for the Government, at
the end of the time they had concluded To serve,
found themselves seized by military force, i'm
prisoned. and finally sent Under a military guard.
hundreds Of miles away, and banshed beyond the
Ohio to remain during the war, because they did
not feel willing to remain longer than their con-
tract time. This done At the instance Of
Major General Thomas who holds n military
command In Tennessee.
About the same time. General james B Steed-
man. of Ohio. Major General. of about one
months standing. sent from Chattanooga to
Louisville. distance OF three hundred mites
under a military guard. 10 be exiled in like
manner. and for like offense, near three
hund ed mechanics and Railroad employees
Why slept the indignation of the Times over
these wantOn outrages. not only the rights
Of operatives. but upon the rights of mani The
refusal of an English official Ia allow working
men to pass in procession iuto park or To plant
"A tree in honor of Shakespeare. calls forth most
scafhng rebuke but not one word has that AbO-
tion sheet for the greater outrages on the free
white American mechanics imprisoned without
crime. without trial, sent into exile by Govern
ment official. torn from their families and treated
worse thln Russian lord dare use Russian serf
All the sympathy il shares for the tong mil
lions is reserved for those Of another land, where
II they are by an upstart. dressed in u little brief
authority" refused permission TO walk in process
sion in public park. vet still they are protected
by law. and where the highest in the land dare
no more mprisOn a man. even though the mean
est ia the State. without due process. or to send
him into exile without sentence Of law by a com
petent tribunal. than he dare fire his neighbor'S
building or cOmm; An outrage on the person oil
the ruler of the reaim.-lN Y News