Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1865-02-06

The honest proptietors Of The Journal we're
elected State Printers A few days ago gave
oue instance Of tbe'honesty Of the Republican
State Printer. We showed that in two f,tle
Jobs. regardless Of the obligation Of an oath. be
overch arged The State s697 30 To further IL
Iustrate the honesty Of the men sho are sssAil
rng as. the purity Of the organ OF the Republican
party We give another item:
In bill sworn to by the republican state prin-
ter. dared June IL, 1861. in the charge for print;
ing 10 900 copies Of the laws Of Indiana. the fol
loving item can be found:
400. 900 sheets folded, at 81 %, 80. S500 90
In the bill dated July. 1861. for printing 10.
900 laws Of Indiana Of eItrs session. the follow
ing item can be found:
Folding. ...................$ 2'o w
Here is $775 90 charged for folding the laws,
at The regular and extra sessions. The laws Of
both sessions are bound 10 one volume-they can
be found in the library. and il will be seen that
there are $50 pages. or l6 signatures in he laws
of the regular session. and ll2 pages. or sigma
lures 10 the extra session. mading % signatures
in all
Now multiply 10 COO copies by % signatures
ard il gives $40 900 sheets TO be folded. aud as
the law allows 10 cents q hundred sheets for fold
ing each signature, the correct charge would be
$3.50 90. Deduct this from $775 90 paid, and il
shows an overcharge On the single item OF fold
ing the laws Of $545 90. This added to the
oyercharee before mentioned will make the sum
i 90 of
paper. at the price paid in 1861.
| We have plenty more of the same sort of
items, but enough for today
Nov comes the application. and The Jour
nal men cannot fail to fee the force of their own
| criticisms. which give in full:
But while on the question of christian forgive
ness we beg to remind the critic of The Senti-
mel. that while Christ inculcated the duty of for
giving private Injuries, he set notable example
of the treatment public transgressors and public
/ plunderers should receive when he scourged the
money changers and tra1icers from the portals OF
the temple which they. TO use his language. had
| made "a den of thieves"
The wit OF The Journal is as much ut fault as
lite logic Ii applies to US the term of JUDAS .
JuDAs betrayed the Son OF God CATALISE
| NEwcoNB & Co say that the order of the Sons
OF Liberty was an "order OF assassins" In what
the comparison? Will they place organiza
ton which they characterize as traitorous on Al
equality with the Son of Godf Is there no diff
ference between exposing IAN order of sssassins'
and the betrayal Of CHRIsrf
We thank The Journal for its allusion. We
accept il as most whitening condemna
ton OF MosroS, CARRIsGroN. NEwcoMi
and their associates The Sons of Liberty
were band of assassins." says th'
Journal. yet the government witness
testifies that he was hired by the men in author
ty 20 nveigle unsuspecting men into the or
gsniz alton, a tratorous association. for the pur
pose OF exposing and Furnishing them, Do th'
annals of crime, from the murder of ABEL to tn,
present day, exhibit greater degree of mora
turpitude and depravty than this? Think of IT
The Governor of the State, a conservator OF thu
! peace. or who should be such, and whose duty !
is to prevent crime. employing men to tempt tn
unwary into the paths Of error to advance part,
: schemes!
! Our accusers charge us at one time with be
traying the 'order of assassins," and at snothe
as being criminal for not informing the authcrl
E ties as soon as We were informed of the conspir
acy We only state this to show the stupidity
{. nav more the scoundresm Of the men who viii
fully Islander US for malicious purposes. Mari
the difference between US and our accusers. Tn
moment that we were informed of the revolution
AIRY scheme we did all 10 our power to stop il
we were guilty Of any error in that regard W
stand Just in the position Of such men as JosrrI
MCDONALD. MICHAEL c. kERR, AoVILL
Joyss. JOSEPH X. EpGERroS, the members o
the Democratic State Central Committee. an
D many others who lsbored diligently TO stop il
MoRroS. CARRINeroS and NKwcoMB knew o
T the conspiracy before we did, OF any of the par
ties named. and they did not raise finger 4
stop it The conspirators walked the streets o
the city for two weeks after the whole schem
became known to the authorities. and even per
: mitted TO leave without arrest Why was this
What explanation can they offer for thus trfn
with the lives and property of our citizensf Wit
the whole power of the government at their cor
troll. the plot, so far as they we're concerned
: would have been allowed to eliminate an
D the plotters we're permitted to GO free Wer
MORON Co. in collision with the consprator
to break down the Democratic partyf 1t nc
what apology can they offer for thus tsmperin
With crime and With the ctiminalsi This is
damning record. 1t is spot of infamy whic
can never be washed out.
But have not space now to reply in detail {
the low and lying assaults Of the Journal "
will say briefly:
Ii is = lie that We were a voluntary witnes:
We were subpenaed by the government an
forced upon the stand The statement We mad
We should, however. have voluntarily pubishe
as a vindicstion of ourselves and Of our polit
cal friends. if il had not been so given.
1t is lie that We "badgered. coaIed and i'm
portuned the governor" to appoint us to the Pre-:
depcy Of the sinking fund II the matter wa
ever mentioned to him it was not by our sugges
ton But the governor bought up CsraLISE n
body and soul by giving him the place
1t is lie that We printed The Democrat
Platform in 1856, mainly on paper belonging (
the state" We had nothing TO do with the pub
lie printing until 1857.
The Journal has something to say about rebs
symp.thyzing What IS the record Of that pru
in this regardy In January. 1861. it said: