Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1865-05-19


vretcbed Booth and his associated The great
criminal. OF whom be and they were but paliry
instruments. sill stalks abroad in the pine woods
of Jersey, where the state has thrown around
him her legislative sanction and protection. he
is In Pennsy vania thrusting the black man from
public conveyances. Wherever God children
are despised, insuted and abused on account OF
their color there is the real assassin Of the presi
dent still at large. | DO not wonder q the 10
dignaton when has been awakened at the late
outrage. for | have painfully shared il. But let
TO II that il Is rightly directed The hang
ing OF score OF southern traitors will not restore
Abraham Lincoln nor etOne for the mighty loss.
In vreaking revenge upon these miserable men
we must see 10 II that we DO not degrade our
selves and d dishonor to the sacred memory Of
the dead. We do well to be angry; and. If need
be- let our wrath wax seveu times hotter. until
that vhich was amurder from the beginning" Is
consumed from the face Of the earth As the
people stand by the grave of Lincoln let them
lift their right hand to heaven and take sol
emn vow upon their souls. to give no sleep to
| their eyes nor slumber to their eyelids, until
slavery is hunted from its last shelter, and every
man. black and white. stands equal before the
law
| In dealing with the guilty leaders and iusti
gators of the rebellion, We should beware bow
we take counsel Of passion. Hatred has no place
beside the calm and awful dignity of justice
Human life is still a very sacred thing; christian
/ forbearance and patience are still virtues FOR
| nv own part | should be satisfied to see the
chiefs OF the great treason go out from among US
homeless, exiled forever, with the brand OF Gam
| on their foreheads, carrying with them, wherey-
er they go, the avenging nemesis OF conscience
We cannot take lessons, at this late day IN their
school of barbarism we cannot starve and tor
i ture them as they have starved and tormented
our soldiers Let them live. Perhaps that is
after all the most terrible penalty. For wher-
ever they hide themselves the story of their guilt
will pursue them-they can have no rest OF
peace save in that deep repentance, which,
through the mercy of God, is possible even FOL
them.
men and Justice If arrested they can have nc
claim to exemption from the liabilities OF crlmi
nails. But il is not simply question OF then
deserts that is to be considered: we are To take
into account our own reputation as christian
people, the wishes of best friends abroad and
the humane instincts of the age,w which forbid all
unnecessary severity. Happily we are not called
upon to take counsel of our foes. Rabbinica
writers tell US that evil spirits who are once
baffled in a contest with human beings lose from
thenceforth all power of further mischief. The
defeated rebels are in the precise condition oil
these Jewish demons. Deprived OF slavery, the,
are wasps who have lost their stngs.
! As respects the misguided masses of tht
SOUTH the shattered and crippled remnants ofth'
! armies of treason, the desolate wives, mothers
J and children mourning for dear ones who have
fallen in vain and hopeless struggle. it seem
TO me our duty is very plain We must forgive
their past treason and encourage their returning
loyalty None but towards will insult and taun
the defeated and the Gefelceless We must ieet
and clothe the destitute, instruct the ignorant
aud, bearing patiently with the bitterness ant
prejudice which will doubtless for time thwar
our efforts and msinterpret motives, aid then
in rebuilding their states on the foundation o
freedom
Our sole enemy was slavery, and slavery
dead. We have now no quarrel with the peopl
of the south. who have really more reason tina
we have to rejoice over the downfall of system
! which impeded their material progress, perverte
their religion. shut them out from the sympaihe
of the world, and ridged their land with the grave
Of its victims.
We iare victors-the cause of all this evil an
: suffering is removed forever-and we can affor
{ to be magnanimous How better can We evinc
, our gratitude to God for His great mercy than i
doing good TO those who have hated US, and i
n having compassion on those who have dispiteful
used US? The hour is Fastening for u all whe
our sole ground of dependence will be the mere
q and forgiveness of God. Let US endeavor so {
feel and act in relations to the people of tn
south that we can repeat in sincerity the praye
of our Lord: Forgive Us our trespasses as W
forgive those who trespass against u.s. reverend
acknowledging that He has indeed led csptivit
captive aud received gifts for men; yea, for th
re5ellous also, that the Lord God might dw e
: among them. j. q. W.