Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1865-06-21
WEDNESDAY, MORNING. JUNE 81
For the Sentinel
THEATRICAL PEaF ga nANCE AT
TIPPECANOE

DruErsmme ~ your Pc per TINS morning. tn<t IN |
the thestricsl performance ct Tippecanoe. Messrs
Bingham. Niblack and other Democrats are TO |
act the part Of supes and walters 20 the Repub- |
lican star and stock performersf
SEIy REsrKcT-
IspIas.roIs, June 20. 1865.
We pablished yesterday. Just as ia vas sent TO
70. the notice Of Fourth Of July celebration TO
take place at the Tippecsnoe Battle Ground, 10
which the names Of many Democrats appeared
In the sub committees Of arrangements for the va
rioss Congressional Districts. We presume not
one Of the Democrats named in the list had any
knowledge whatever in advances Of the distin
guisAed honor conferred upon him, but strange
10 s.y.s committee composed Of Republicans.
did not think it inconsistent 70 invite Democrats,
ssd some Of them Son. Of Liberty" to par
ticipsts with them in celebrating the coming an
niversary Of American Independence. This
feature In the affair "self Respect did not see
or comprehend. notwithstanding it, significance
IL appears. however. from the communication
claiming to be a Democrat. tho strictest of the
sect, and Who has been highly bonored by the
Democratic party. takes exception to tho invita-
ton, under the circumstances we have named.
and inquiries. Indignantly. IL the Democrats who
have been placed on the said committees ' are
10 act the part Of supes and walters to the Re
publican star and stock performers ami insists
upon the publication Of his communication,
which demands brief reply.
In the Sentinel OF November 10th, 1863, there
appeared q communication from the gentleman
who Cigns himself " Self Respect" IN which 90
CURED the following declaration:
81 am, then, gentlemen. as have been, most
earnestly opposed 10 NJ Lncolu's civil admins
tration. believing II To be controlled by radical
Republicans; but 4 am for continuing 10 gire q
fair and ,tfeient support 10 The rigorous proseeu-
f,on Of the uar, as prosecuted
We quote Il just as he wrote t. In the Sent
mel OF February. 1864. the same gentleman, Mr.
Self Respect" thus defines and condemns the
vigorous prosecution Of the war. as prose-
cuted .:
The var power Of the President. then, may
be stated thu: He has a right TO govern,
Though his military officers, by martial law,
shen and where the civil power OF the United
States Is suspended by force ln all other times
and pieces the civil excludes martial law-eI
cludes government by the war power Where
force prevails. martial law may be exercised
But In all parts Of the country where the courts
are open. and the civil power IL not expelled by
force the Constitution and the Law rules, the
President il but President. aud 10 citizen not con
nected with the army. can be punished by the
military power Of the United States, nor IL he
amenab.e To military orders IT, in such parts
OF the country. men have not perpetrated acts
constituting. 10 Law. crimes their arrest. trial
and punishment by military courts Is but a mode
Of applying Lynch Law; is, in short. mob VIC
lencs. This l. so, unless the old English tory
doctrine OF government il secretly included in
our constitution. Tha. doctrine. as expressed
bv Filmer. il that a man is bound "a obey the
kngs command against law; nay. in some casss,
against Divine laws"
Again. the same self Respect gentleman.
in discussing the issue of Republication and
Arbitrary Power. vs. Constitutional Liberty
see Sentinel March y, le65-remsrks:
The case is simply this: Deputy Provost
Marshal Skeen suspects that Monkeimer has
stolen horse, or something else belonging to
the Federal Government. and he, without any
charge being legally preferred. arrests Monkel
mer and confines him in ielons cell ull II suits
his convenience TO send him TO military head
quarters. Now, il he can do this in one case, no
can do il in ALL and arrest every human being IN
his county and serve them ia the same usy. IL
he can find Jail room enough: and II Deputy
Provost Marshal Skeen can do il in his county.
the Deputy Provost Marshsls Of all the counties
in the United States can do It, and thus every
citizen of the United States may be arrested, i'm
prisoned and cent to military headquarters st the
mere pleasure of these military policemen. and
oil the States laid a, once at the feet of military
power. We cannot assent to this doctrine. Ii
would establish the terrific desPotsm the
world has ever witnessed
n. n. fOth a. 81 I,i, 1894 ssCeif Resnsct"
accepted nomination for high Office, upon the
following platform:
That the suppression Of the right OF the writ
Of Aabeas corpus in States places not in actual
rebellion and the suppression Of the freedom of
speech and OF the press by the Administration,
alike crimes against civilization aud she
highest hopes and interests of mankind.
That the prohigate and reckless eIpendl-
sure OF the public treasure by the Administration,
and its criminal ineficisncy in the management
Of the general business and finances OF the coun
try. always either leading 10 or directly tolerat-
ing public immortality, or of the shameless dis
honest waste OF the peoples money. have brought
the nation 10 the verge of bankruptcy and gene
cal ruin.
THAT the suppression Of newspapers, the ar
rest Of citizens without warrants. and their con
fnement 10 prisons without examination or trial,
she der isl OF the right of asylum, and forciols
delivery 10 agents of such Governments, without
law or treaty, are criminal violations OF civil LID
erty and the rights and privileges secured 20 the
citizen and alien under the American Constltu
Con"
We have given self Respects" own
version Of the manner in which the war
Vas being conducted, yet he publicly an
souneed that be vas for continuing to
give fair aud eiseienf support to the Gag
orons prosecution Of The rdr. as prosecuted" la
conclusion. ~e ask IL the inquiry OF our CORES
pondent. the publication of which he insisted
upon, is satisfactorily answered: Who, more
than "Self Respect" BY bis own record. has
acted the part of supe and waiter TO the Republi-
can star and stock performersi' The Bsdouins
in Howes' Circus could not exhibit more agility
in ground and lofty tumbIing.