Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1865-05-05
From The n. Y. Albany Journal (Rspablcan)
NECESSITY sOR FEDERATION.
The violent Spi rit of the Hour SIN ouid
ne Stcrniy DIscountenanced.

THERE'S a feverish excitement in the public
mind The swift succeeding events in the
closing drama OF war, hcve disturbed its balance
Great victories and enthusiastic rejoicngs, fol
lowed Immediately by hOTrid crime and universal
in6ign ton, have combined to make people for
get the ordinary rules of judgment and reason.
We leap from state to state of feeling We
form conclusions hastily, impetuously, and
without reflection. We suffer ourselves to be
swayed by motives which in calmer periods
would hardly affect US.
Such periods are always dangerous When
passion rules supreme. men are ready To respond
TO its suggestions with little regard for conse
Quences We have abundant proof OF this in al
most daily occurrences. Odous parties sub
jected TO lynch law at the hands of MODS; print
ing Offices destroyed; suspected individuals hunt
ed from their homes; tho widest and most i'm
possible rumors eagerly accepted a. facts; con
fusion and disorder dominant IL il only Deces
sary TO tchisper that a man is traitor. and he
will be hooted at from every corner, while upon
the merest rumor that person endorses the as
ssssination of Dir Lincoln preparations made
for noosing halter.
Such ebullitions are iafalIible signs of febrile
and diseased condition They should be sternl,
discountenanced by every order loving citizen
Now, if ever. we need TO have respect for the
law. Now, if ever, we should preserve those
bulwarks which are the protection of individual
liberty and virtue. A mob TO hang a secession
LAWYER in Philadelphis is a Offspring of the
demagogue that inctes a mob TO resist the draft
in New York If General Butler can advise
the treatment by lynchng process of northern
dis;oyalsts to day, there may be somebody pow
erful enough TO suggest the same application for
General Butler morrow. Our regard for the
cause of the republic will be best shown by our
fidelity to the principles upon which its nstitu
tions are founded There is no offeDse against
the government that could furnish preteIt for
a mob. which does not come within the scope Of
legal statutes, and cannot be dealt with by the
courts 1t is quite as effective discipline aud far
more credtabe to send treason talker 10
prison under sentence OF proper judge as to
have him pelted with mud aud rolled in the gut
ter by hooting crowd
Let US keep cool, and try TO reason our way to
conc usions The president WAS murdered; but
neither the democratic party of the north, nor
any considerable number of people in the south
we're parties TO the crime. Possibly there is =
conspiracy TO continue the unholy work OF
slaughter: but il is bv no means probable thatit
is participated in by many persons--,here is noI
"a ghoul at every table" good many mel
have said foolish things in tie past. which they
heartily regret now. Ii does not follow that ev-
cry one who has suffered party bigotry to lead
him long rav in opposition TO the government.
is traitor. On the contrary, ninety nine out oi
every hundred men in the free states are patriot
ic at heart and desire the union 20 be maintain
ed. A good many Ihink those measures would
preserve the republic which really would destroy
Ii. Their mistake is deporablc and often con.
dennsble; but il does not follow that is iusti6es
mobbng and hanging them
There is no statue which makes the promul
CATION o. false reports, calculated to iniame ex
element, mlsdemsanor. And an army OF sen
satioE mongers labor assiduously 10 add fuel 20
the passions of the hour. by inventions of such
absurdity that in a cAlmer time they would be
subjects of ridicule. In the absence of gov
eminent censorship. il becomes the duty of every
editor TO exercise careful scrutiny over his own
columns. and exclude from them nylhing of
morbid and unwholesome character The plain
est and most unvsrnished statement of facts a.
they occur, is exciting enough. Until there l.
greater paucity of material. let journalists con
fine themselves within the limits of legitimate
statement of truths, and proper comment upon
them-reserving inhamatory specustions and
alarming hints tor some future period. when the
public mind. less alert. shall require such stimu-
lus with It's pabulsm.