Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1865-08-10
WHAT ABOUT rHE LAWS,

Laws
II there we're arguments needed TO prove the
co-srdly and ubprincplsd conduct Of the Re-
publican leaders. and hcw thoroughly they dis-
trust their own cause. il would be found 10 the
employment OF military force TO carry elections
10 their favor. They fear to trust the people.
They know that. this very day, they would be
beaten in nine tenth. Of the States outside OF
New EugIsnd And the reason IL. these leaders
have DO faith in the soundness Of their own doc
uise. Of negro emancipation, negro suffrage. aud
other equally nasty heresies. They knQr that
four out Of every Eve of the voters OF this coun-
try have an homes, contemp, for these measures.
aud, for that reason. dare not let the people
hare an unrsmmeled election. Even in the
free State the corrupt leaders Of the Republican
organization are constantly on the watch to find
some opening to introduce the military. 10 order
to reduce the people to a condition Of dread.
and to keep the old and iafrm away
from the polls For this purpose. pretended
eonspraeies are gotten up by the tools. agents
and hired spies of the Abolition leaders. as was
the case in this State in 1864, through the in
Tigues OF paper Major General. and at the
instance of the dirty consprators who had a
direct interest in securing the defeat Of their
opponents. The conduct Of like contemplate
uretchss IN Tennessee, Maryland and Kentucky,
has made the names Of these conspirators against
the power of the ballot box Infamous They
have lost all sense OF shame Some OF them
never had the slightest idea Of what was due to
themselves or others Two stars was the price
of their principles and manhood. and they sunk
from the lofty eminence OF soldiers and citizens
to do the low work of party oppression. They
filled their mind to serve men even lower than
themselves, disgracing an honorable profession
to pander to the groveling ambition OF sham
patriots and malignant demagogues. II there be
lower depth than that the world has not faith
omed H.
fol things Of it, members. /, claims the entire
devotion Of those who profess to act with 1t and
for H. There must be no exercise OF conscience
on the part of any of its members. Coming into
power, iD lc60, by a cheat and fraud upon
the country. ths. party seeks to maintain It's as
tendency in tho same way Under pretence OF
war for the Union. il has overturned and de
stroyed that Union-it has violated and assailed
every constitutional right both Of the States and
OF indiyidals. IL has openly confessed and
gloried in that shime-it has spent four thous
and million Of dollars in emancipating and max
ing miserable aud wretched three millions Of ne
gro slaves, many of whom these men now
feeding in camps and tents. and paying for their
rations out OF the hard taxes paid by the white
labor OF the country. They have got in their
possession the abolition elephant for which they
have tugged and toiIed so long, aud, like all ig
norant managers. do NO: now know what TO do
with him. Such party. or the leaders OF such
party rather. will stop at no outrage They
are self-condemned They know that thew de
serve political death, and to proven. tho right
eous judgment Of the people from being passed
upon them. prepared to hold on to the
government BY force if needs be Like all trail
tors to public liberty. these towards call in the
military to uphold their grasp upon the throat of
the Nation This has been the practice of ty-
rant. and usurpers in all ages and IN all lands
Our traitors have learned the lesson Of despotism
from those who have gone before them. A rebel
against constitutions and laws-snd he the pre-
tended defender OF both-is a meaner traitor
than the man who openly brandishes his sword
In the face OF authority. But Why be sstonished
at the conduct Of these menf When have they
ever shown manhood magnanimityf wha,
q Puritan Abolitionist does not know in the way
Of raeanness. annoying his neighbors and dis
regarding the personal rights of others, il ia un-
necessary that the world should learn. His his
tory Is before the country. The fathers OF these
outlaws and prosecutors we're adopts in
this business of usurpaton They killed
and ered the Baptsts. refused Catho.
lics an asylum, and burned the tongues
of the Quakers with red hot irons in or
der to make them conform TO their own lambliks
dogmss about theology and civil government.
In the nineteenth century OF the Christian era.
these descendants Of theirs are engaged in this
vile work again. Too co~ardly themselves to
enforce their malignant measures, or to become
usurpers per o., they have the accidental power
TO call upon military officers (if such fellows can
be so called. without. disgrscing the honorable
private soldier.) to do for them what they dare
not undertake themselves The conduc, Of these
military sstraps has fled the land With disgust
aod shame. Their history in Missouri. Mary
land. Tennessee aud Kentucky presents a eslen-
dar 40 disgrsceful as the career of the low aud
base born UPSTAIRS OF British. Russian aud Aus
trisn tyranny 10 Ireland. Poland aud Hungary
Well did the true soldier. patriot, ana statesman.
SEAMAN. reprove this class Of military preten-
dsrs, when he told the country. in 4 recent
speech. that his soldiers could never be hang
men." police officers or turnkeys-lhst their bust
meas wss TO fight armed rebels IL was noble
boast, and deserved compliment to the great
army which he led 10 victory Such soldiers as
SarKN.S dignity human nature and makes the
citizen feel proud OF his country The other kind
who illuminate their orders, from these headquar
tiers against non combatsnt., old men and wo-
men. 'copperhesds. - and voters at the polls. are
a. entirely dfereut class. IL any one feels throb
or a sent imsnt toward them. il IS that OF disgust
and cont empt Even those who use these crea-
lures sheer al their weakness and wink at their
fouv. In after times the wonder will be. how
men wearing the honored uniform OF an Amer
car soldier could thus dishonor IT, and for the