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

Pence.
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sfteI me New loTk Tribune.
Our ecantsy is again at peace-ve trust for 8
century We shall begin at once to repair and
reconstruct, to reopen dismantled railroads N
rebuild burned cities, and to replace the fences
which have been swept from many thousands OF
square miles by the passage Of con.ending arm
les From this hour forth. each day will witness
az increase OF our national wealth and the cepsus
! oil 1917 viii show decided gain, both in popu-
laton and property, over that Of 1860. though
! halt million lives and four thousand millions
worth OF property have been devoured by our
civil war
! But TO this end il is essential that there he no
looking backward-no nursing of fsuds-no
cherisbing Of hatreds born Of our great contes,
Let the law and its ministers do their proper
Work but let no man be popularity prescribed
stgmatlzed or osIracised. in any section for the
part be has borne in our bygone struggle If
Onionists are TO be mobbed or otherwise hunted
out 10 strongholds Of rebel feeling. or those
who have been rebels to be thus buffeted by
Union neighborhoods, We shall have no true
peace, no revival of prosperity, but general
bitterness and social anarchy. All good men
must unite in frowning down every attempt to
perpetuate in peace the antipathies inseparable
from war.
AT best. We shall have season of embarrass
ment. Many. in defiance of all warnings. have
contracted debts under the inflated currency
which the great reduction Of nominal values rem
ders them unable to pay, 80 their property must
be sold and they left bankrupt for life MANY
who would gladly labor and produce, find them
selves destitute of seed, OF animals, of the
means of paving for labor. and so unable to
make crop this year, or do more in any way
than just keep soul and body together Our
pubic burdens are large. and must in such
times press heavily on the sources of production
! Our people, while penniess, are ragged also and
IN want OF nearly every comfort: hence, goods
sell faster than they can be paid for, and i'm
portstions are excessive, draining us of coin at
the rate OK millions per week. when we
ought not to spare a dollar Labor has
been receiving high nominal wages, and does
not readily accept lower, even when they buy
more than did those of last year. Ii is quite
probable that many furnaces, FORCES aud factor
les, must stop for a season, because they cannot
be run at current rates without ruinous loss.
On the whole we shall do well if we close this
year without famine or general collapse prepared
10 open Icoo with such arrangements and ad
lJustments as will insure decided efficiency in
every department OF our national industry. To
this end must all eyes be directed so soor, as il
is settled that we are no. 20 supplement- regular
warfare by neighborbood feuds with rightly as
] sassinations and rObberies
Peace being officially declared we look 10 opr
new President for the earliest possible restoration
OF the privilege of Habeas Corpus and for the
a6rogation OF military rule wherever the danger
OF iorclbe resistance TO civil authority has ceased
Let the military be still amenable to military Fri
eunaIs, but LEI civilians be civilly treated and
enabled to face their accusers before an impartial
Jury Let no excuse be given disafection to
suspect or faction 10 assert tina. public danger
was but pretext and arbitrary power the real
Object The danger was real; the assumption of
power was essential to the Nations life: but from
that moment wherein the necessity ceases the
exercise OF power becomes usurpstion and tends
TO create public perils instead Of averting them
Let Us have the reign OF law restored At the ear
hest m0ment; ii there be but one State wherein
1t IS now safe 10 return to the good old ways
give US back the privilege of Hsbeas Corpus in
that State, and in each of the residue so soon az
may be thereafter.
We enireat the President and his official coun
seioss not to let one day pass without consider,
ing the question-"May we not safely extend
| further the natural predominance of civil over
military Law and ruler'-until the last souare
mile OF our country reposes again secSrely under
the protection of the time honored "a fesnards of
individual and National FreedoE..