Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1864-09-07
The Inaiaaa Conspiracy ssery-The
Hum bug Exposed.
LETTER FROM HON. JAS. W. HALL

ii - 2'As BrRLIserox, N. j.. Aug. 81.
70 Me.rs. VIM M. Strain & Co, Proprietcrs
of the philadelphia Ledger. Philadelphia:
GESrLxxKx:-I noticed a communication in
your issue Of Saturday last from L. W. CARR
Esq., in reference to the proposed sale OF arms in
Indiana. should not have taken the trouble
to correc. the unjust insnuation embodied in
your editorial Of Thursday last in reference to
myse.f had not this letter appeared, making adj
rect appeal TO me 70 substantiate certain state
me,ts contained in IT, Those statements are
correct. with the exception that the call he refer
red to vas not made upon the Governor Of New
Jersey. but upon Quartermaster General Perrine,
although think had written to the Governor
upon the subject Of these arms previous to this
interview Il is also true that 10 a letter | re-
ceived from Mr.. Carr, now mislaid. he distinctly
states these arms scl be disposed Of 10 none but
those rAo are loyal" Shortly after our inter
view with General Perrine. who declined pur
chasing the arms upon the ground that he was
already supplied with the Springfield rifle. |
received letter from gentleman in Indiana.
stating that they were about organizing volun
teer companies under recent iap Of that State,
and inquiring of me il | knew where any arms
could be purchased rifles preferred, and If so, to
communicate with Hon. Daniel W. Voorhees, upon
the subject. Immediately addressed letter
TO that gentleman, and it was this letter that
formed part of the batch captured by that puts
SAINT hero, General Darlington. Of the Home
BRIGADE when he made his daring raid on the
Law Office OF Mr. Voorhees,. This Titus Oates
in epsulettes. had he lived in the days of James
H., could have surpassed that sensation monger
himself. and, have not the slightest doubt, would
have been as thoroughly and deservedly whipped
"from AIdgate to old Bailey" while his below
ings as the scourge was we'll laid on, would have
been louder and more fearful to hear than those
of the wretch whose example he SO closely imi
tates.
This. then, is the statement of the entire
transaction; and vet upon such fiimsy basis as
this you did not hesitate to insinuste in your ed
itorial columns that | was engaged in an lnsur
rectionary plot to overturn the Government
There seems to be an alarming proclvty in the
war journals to indulge in this kind of abuse
Tho character and good name of a citizen are
never allowed to stand in the way of the inser-
ton of a sensation paragraph provided that citi-
zen does not harmonic in his political views
with the present Administration. Now. permit
me to call your attention to the extreme ab
suroity Of such a charge, based upon the evi-
dence you presented TO support it. The mos,
ordinary sagacity, not distorted by the mad
fsnasicism of the hour. would have detected
it, The very arms that we're to be furnished to
the insurreefionary spirits Of Indiana, were
stated in Mr.. Carrs letter enclosed to Mr.
VOORHEES, Ito be IN bond" in the Gus
tody OF the officers of the Federal Government
Truly this would have been most formidable
conspiracy 10 incte civil Instruction against the
Government that referred co-conspirstor 10 the
Federal authorities themselves. to furnish the
means for its overthrow Ii would have been
about shrewd as if Guy Fswkes had sent Gates
BY 10 the keeper Of the Tower of London ior
barrels of gunpowder. with which to blow uE
Parliament House. The fact is, the uneasiness
and restlessness that seems to be felt by the AID
minissratiOn aud its supporters in regard TO plot:
ness of that guilt which aforetime has provoked
the just anger of an outraged and insultet
people Does despotism interpret the hanL
writing on the wall and hear the footsteps of the
avengerg The peculiar sensitiveness of the
Northern war journals in regard TO treason and
= ~fr ST J. s.Z
in Douglas Jertoldls farce of "Dorothey's For
tune 'snifs treason an a doll-nGker's inroic,
aud ponder IN an order for Scotch snuff" Now
il Is high time these journals throw of the in
duence Of the laughing gss of mock patriotism
What has induced them to cut so many antics and
make themselves 30 generally rdiculous7 Let
them return to the more sensible and sober way:
to which they were accustomed before they in
halsi this nitrous oxid of fanaticism. which ha.
compelled them to imagine that they were in pos
session OF superior patriotism and greater deyo
son than the rest OF the world about them
Blu. while giving VOC this explanation, wish
ron TO distinctly understand that | claim and as
sert the right TO sell dispose of arms to any
citizen or citizens resident in the States now in
the Union. who recognize the obligations of th,
Constit ution. In the second amendment ol
that Constitution read. ''7Ae right Of me peo
pie 10 keep and b,ar arms shall NOT be in
fringed"
Lincoln loyalty would interpret this to mean
sEeh people only as Lincoln pIeases 10 permit
do nos subscribe TO this Interpretation, never
having belonged 10 Loyal League or shared
the profits Of q war contract The right IN
teep and bear arms" take it, carrie. with il the
right TO sell and TO purchase.
Our fathers seem to have set great store by the
amendment. for they place il among the first OF
those not unaptiy called The Ten Command
meats of American Freemen." Itstands next &c
The RICH. Of al uamolesiei religion. free press
free speech. and the right to assemble to petition
for redress Of grievances. II these were moi