Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1865-05-11

Messrs. Bowles. MiIligan and Ho.sey. SEN
fenced TO death by a military commission, which
sat at indianapolis during last summer and fall
upon a charge OF conspiracy against the govern
ment. have. II is reported, received notice to pre-
pare themselves for execution. Whether they
sre to be hanged or shot. is not yet upderst ,od
but their death. by one mode or the other, il,
probably. irrevocsbly determined upon by the
president of the United States. We do not sup
pose that sught which we could offer would have
any effect, either way. upon the fate of these I'm
fortunate gentlemen. Whether they are guilty
or innocent of fragrant crime against the politi
cal state. we do not know and have no means of
Information. In the eye Of The Law, they have
been tried. They have been before no court
known TO our system of government; and have.
in leeal manner aud form, been charged with no
ofense defined by the laws of the land. There
has been no time since their arrest, nor before,
when they might not have been brought before a
constitutional tribunal and fairly tried, with ev-
cry desirable guaranty of impsruality in the re
suit.
There was the form-if we do not make a
fragrant misuse of terms in calling it even the
form of a trial. The parties were brought befGre
that which called itself a court, and something
which received the title of evidence was offered
against them. Upon the nature OF that evidence
We have commented before. and have nothing TO
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this: that before no legal court or impartial iury,
upon such testimony. would these men have been
found guilty OF any crime TO which the death
penalty is by law attached.
Now that the foundation for even a pretence
of national danger is broken up, there should be
an end 20 party vindic;iveness Let these men
be brought 20 trial; let them enjoy the advantage
Of that benign presumption upon which civilizi-
ton ius sts. that they are innocent until they are
proven guilty; lie, them have the assistance of
unhsmpered counsel. and Of those rules which
the experience of ages has devised TO eliminate
the false witness from the true. and
the illegitmste from the legitimate; and fthen
by 81 Unbiased panel Of their fellow citizens.
they are found guilty. let them be punished
Ihisis what humanity LaS . right 10 demand IL
Is what governments we're made 10 secure, and
vhatth party in pOser will gain nothing by re-
fnslng, The blood of those done to death un-
Justly will cry OFT from the grave against the
marderers- There IS DO need OF haste IN sending
these men TO eternity. The country can well
AFFORD TO wait age rather than witness A deed
OF injustice comm TIED 10 is name.
Wesppeal 10 our contemporaries of the repub.
lican party We present IL a. a matter of party
interest Do they want this thing done! Do
they wantthe blood of these men in the skirts Of
their partyf Do they want the memory of a
great act OF iIjustce. 10 hang over them ard oil
with whom Ihey are. il party bonds, connectedi
They have some influence in this matter: We
have HOss. IL is more .heir interest than il is
ours
The execution viii make more enemies 10
power than i, will eItinguish: il will excite more
than terror. Bat are either hatred or ter
ror things ~hich the welfare Of the country nov
requiresl We are aware that there il . cry for
blood abroad in the land The spirit of revenge
u awake. aud gras2iDg everything which can
AFFORD the means of additional excitement. Bur
IL it honest, SIS even safe, bliDdly to fall into