Indiana State sentinel. (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1864-05-09
From the New Albany Ledger.1 -u
Another Text for Gov. Morton-The
New western Levy

Telegram from HARRISBURG yesterday even
ing informed our readers that the militia of
PENNSYLVANIA would not be called out at present,
if at all. Gov. Curtin, it will be remembered,
was one of the Executives who recently assem-
bled in caucus ut Washington. but refused to
sanction the policy adopted by Messrs Morton,
Yates and company, Of making heavy call upon
the laboring population Of their respective States
for hundred day troops. Gov. Curtin's "loy-
alty," we presume, ia as undoubted as that of
Gov. Morton, the administration having made
almost superhuman exertions TO secure bis elec
ton last fall. Although his State largely
delinquent on former calls. Gov. G. saw that to
take away from the farms atthe present season
of the year thirty or forty thousand la5orers,
would be a most serious curtaiment of the pro-
ducts of the State, to be followed, ii not by
actual distress. certainly by great inconveni-
ence. eng 5'f
Ii must be borne in mind too, that Pennsyl-
vania borders more closely upon the insurrec-
tionary districts than either Of the other States,
her territory having been invaded by immense
rebel armies, and one of the bloodiest battles of
the war having been fought upon her soil. Un-
like Ohio, Indiana and Illinois, she has no great
and swollen river along her southern border to
protect her fiom rebel invasion Indeed, it is
rumored that at this very moment a force is
moving down the Shenandoah Valley to invade
her territory. But Gov. Curtin doubtless regards
il the duty of the civil and military authorities
at Washington and its vicinity to protect the
North from invasion. and that such burden
should not be imposed upon one a half dozen
States, but, az the interest is common one, the
burden should be borne by all the loyal States in
common. i
IL Gov Morton had shown the same zeal in
behalf of the interests of his constituents as did
Gov Curtin, he would have been very far from
sanctioning the withdrawal of twenty thousand
men from the active Industry of his State at
time like this, much less of "offering" the ser
vices OF this number. He knew, and had so
stated in pompous address "to the people Of
Indiana" ;" that the State bad filled its quota un--
der alt the calls that had been made upon her,
while il was notorious that other States had not.
He knew there would be very general failure
OF the wheat crop throughout the State, while the
stock OF last years corn aud hay almost
tiiely exhausted He knew that the season was
exceedingly back ward, and that farmers were at
least a mouth behind with their work He knew
there was not county, township or neighbor-
hood ia the State but was short Of hands for
putting iu and working the crops and that there
| never was time in the history of the country
4 when good crop was so necessary as at present
necessary feed the army in the field. and
keep down discomfort at hume, which is sure TO
follow a scarcity and consequent high price OF
| foodar a- tso-r i -a -flr
Governor Morton must have known these facts
and vet, in the ace OF them, he goes 10 Washing
ton and LENDERS" the seviceS OF twenty Thousand
OF his fellDw-citizens Ht the very moment when
they had begun to break up the ground for corn
| planting. Ii is idle to say that the cities and
towns ought to furnish these troops. and the
country TO be sp,red any further depletion OF its
/ almost exhausted labor The cities will not
| furnish them Men will not abandon places
where they are earning from two to four dollars
a day 10 go 10 war tor thirteen dollars month
] unless they have reason TO believe there is an
actual and urgent necessity for them IL su-h a
necessity exists why is not the call msde general
instead of being confined to few Western States
which have already more than 4lied their quot u
| Whv are Massachusetts aud the other New
England States New York, Pennsylvania. and
Michigan exempted from this callf Que would
think that ii any States ought to be exempted
from further drafts ON it's producing population.
il ought To be those which have always done their
duty hitherto. and il iii necessary to impose new
burdens on any. il should be upon those who have
been backward. and. whose population being
principally engaged in misunderstanding. at least
at this particular season OF the ,ear better ford
to furnish the men nov asked for by the Cover
nors of Indiana, Illinois. &c. But the people of
| Indiana ask such exemption All they s>k is
that they shall notbear burdens from which Others
are exempt. ia.
Let no one sa that in speaking as we do of this
call Of Governor Morton upon the people of lndi
ana for a new and enormous levy, we are actu-
] ated by partisan motives. All our readers will
bear US witness that We have done all in our power
as conductors of public Journal 10 advance the
| cause OF recruiting We have lent our columns
and contributed Of our limited means 10 accom-
plish that object, aud are ready TO do so again
| wien proper occasion presents itself. There Is
norhini- Il this matter of partisan or political
characsSs. " Q have reason 70 believe that Re-
pubcans, equally with Democrats. feel that in
this call great wrong has been done by one
whose position as Governor should have induced
him to act ,ls the champion of his peoples rights.
| instead of seeking to impose upon them fresh
burdens. How different the course Of Governor
Seymour, of New York Believing that his
Stale called upon for more than herjuTt pro
portion Of trooi 8. lie set inquiry an foOt which
resulted in reducing the States quota some thir-
! teen thousand. For this act. instead of being
denounced as a . Cepperhead" and .'rebel sym
4 pathzer." trying 10 prevent the Government
getting soldiers to aid in suppressng the rebellion,
| he has just received unanimous vote OF thanks
| IRON the Legislature. body composed two thirds
of his political opponents. The Republicans of
/ New York are so far believers in "Sthte's rights
| as 10 thank Democratic Governor for inserposing
| TO save them from undue impositions. But the
Governor of Indiana is not Seymour. nor ereD
a Curtin. Hence this new exaciion uron the
81 The Maryland Election.
tFrom tue Frederick Md Cisiz'n, of April al