Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1864-08-01
DAILY SENTINEL.
MONDAY MORNING. AUGUST !
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! For months IL has been given out by Monrox. b,
his anouth piece the Journal. and by all the li,l,
fish that follow In their wake. that there was .
reasonable secfe, organization IN Indiana Of q
most formidable character and that they wer,
fully advised Of its purposes and numbers
through the agency Of employed spies and scar
engers. OF whom one HrSsY %. CARRlSeros i
Brigadier General. Ii il most fitting that thi,
great military genius should occups such an un
enviable position. lie Is Colonel in the regu.
lar army. a Bsgshes6eno In tho voluntser
service. aud Tor over three years he has been
very zealonsly employed In urging Others to 60
to war, bet he has never faced the .epemy him
self. aud never will. unless the enem, catches him
uuawares
| During !he MORGAN raid last year. General
CAN'T oroN WAS busy organizing the forces which
Mere gathered In this city TO pursue the raider:
lie placed in ccrmapd Of the brigade by
General WILCOX lie went rs far rs the depot
and such was his utter incapacity to command
arising ia part from drunkenness. that he was re-
lieved and General HAscALl put In his place In
proof whereof. ii any evidence be necessary, we
quote the following paragraph from the Journal
OF July IL. 1869:
I'VE learn that General Darlington WAS relicv.
Cd of the brigade going To OHIO. by General vii
cox aud placed under arrest, and the command
turned over to General Hascall. who LEI, las,
niaht with the troops"
Aud he would have been cour.martalcd and
cashiered no doubt, for dsgraocIul conduct, II IL
had not been Tor the intorcession of Governor
MostoS A military man, Imported from Ohio,
lneompclcnt ior 'eervice. /. kept here for three
,rafs Ia position OF ease. while hundreds of
gallant ludans ofecre. Who have been In active
service aud wounded Ia every way hucj for the
position. are oyr,ridcn by hi. pet of HE Exec.
euey. Such IA the man Who IA cmplo, ell to i'm
peach he integrity oi " gosj and true men ne
there are in Indiana.
But, to the "cxporure We slvo 1t 10 iull
nat our re,lcrs. th, ID smorts,s sho 10 not 80
Republican journals. ma, judge ior ,hem,.l,e-
the character Of the eh rye. brough, by MoRroS
,ud hi- u-soei,tes against large number oi the
people ol ludiana H. charge. thop with treas
on. with being a.uoci,ed together la secret or
ganx iiens Tor l,nasonablc purposc- What II
ueesohy We quote. Ia octltilou. See J. q: Att
3. of the Constitution:
Treason against ,he United States shall con-
ais, only la levying var sgsins, them. or Ia adj
herring 10 their enemies, giving them aid and
comoft, No person ~h ~ be convicted ni treason
unless testimony Of two Witnesses 10 the same
overt act, or on confession IN opsn court"
We ask the reader 10 carefully this ple-
tended exposure OF secret organization called
'he Sons Of Liberty prepared under the auspices
of Governor MORO = aud point out the treason
We are no apploeists tor secret political societies.
nor do we propose to defend them. The State
authorities. however, present grave chaiees
agains, citizens of certain political faith aud Il
l. rIgh' they should be examined.
Les "a inquire, first. who bring these charges2
! They are bitter pulSans. whose future depends
upon their reunng the power now IN their
htuds VIII amy candid nan believe that Nor
ros. CARRiNoToN. HuomIs aud Company. are
purer men. better citizens. or more anxious to
main'Aiu just and good government than the
men whom they arraign as traitorsf Not one
la what. then. consists their tressonf For 10
other reason than they sincerely believe that the
men in power are both incompetent and corrupt.
and ;hat The free government established by the
founders If the Republic will bc ovcrlhFown aud
DESTROYED il they aro continued In power This
is what MoRroy aud Company term ,re'son!.
What Is the political faith. and what are the
objects OF the so called Sons OF Liberty. Ms de-
veloped 10y the "exposure?" They believe that
q Republican form Of government can DO main.
tanned In no other way than by strictly adherng
to tie political doctrines taught AMI maintained
with them These doctrines the Sons OF Liberty
desire to be applied in the administration OF the
Government. L. that treason
Judging by the ritual, the IL nd the IN
structons given in the exposure" the object
of the organization appears to be TO maintain
the political doctrines upon which it Is based. and
to protect the political. personal aud civil rights
of it, members L. there treason in thisg | 80
then very large portion of The founders Of the
Republic we're traitors And after careful
reading of the exposure this i all the treason
that can be found ia the SO called order of the
Sons OF Liberty.
The deductions. Institutions aud charges in
| CaRRINsroS's report amount to nothing. His
proof doe, not sustain them, Otherwise II refuies
them All the affiir amounts TO from The proof
presented j. iha, certain persons have banded 10
g.fhcs I'd mantin certain political doctrines
subordinate 70 the CONSTITUTION. This. we say,
they have rieht 20 do white doubt the All
ON AMI p,licy oil secret political organic ltion:
for even riehtful purposes.
This l. all our limits will Kermit us to saw to da,
upnn this nu.he of Moron Co For month.
they have been ihre .teuine this exposure" anc
uo~ it h,- come. zine teuih- "f the people ~ii
irouonrre It future. ,nd = miser biz Que j. il
We NV c.H up.u H. Excellenry. ~ he pro-
ie-ses - have such horror of secret poIitica
organiz .liuls 10 give u a similar exposure o
the Lpyai League. it, ritual. objects. sgns
grips. passwords. &c, 50 that the people ma,
Judge fsr Themselves the character AMI purpose
OF the two organizations II an honest pubi
servant, he will 30 50. ba, il only partisan, b.
will not Let al acts Judge him
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