The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1874-10-13

It is clear from the stress laid upon the
Southern outrages by the republican poll
ticians, that they expect to gain great psrti-
reduced large portion of the country to a
state of anarchy. The Sentinel has been
inclined to allow them the discredit of every
crime committed in the South. In the inter-
ests oftruth, however, it is just as we'll that
no fictitious outrages should be invented
and palmed off upon the Northern people.
The condition of things in the reconstructed
states is bad enough, aud there is no use in
making it out worse than the sad reality.
There are confusion and murder enough
within the states of the late confederacy To
cause every true American to blush for his
government. but iS is great folly to exag-
gerate misfOrtuues. Lying is sure to
bring pernieious results, and where it is
| used to give one part of a nation distorted
opinions of the people of another section it
is apt to be doubly Injurious. Therefore
the manufacture of Southern outrages ought
to be discountenanced, as we'll for the honor
of the ninth commandment as for the sake
of sound political information.
In this view the Sentinel has taken very
decided ground in condemnation of that
malicious liar, the Hon. Charles Hays, con-
gresham from Alabama. The exposure OF
the fellows villsiny will have no effect upon
the re ult of the present campaign, as bis lies
have ere this penetrated through every part
of the state, aud the contradiction of them
will not be apt to follow the ISLANDERS in the
IT,
through which they ran so rapidly. But
the fact that one is acting in the cause of alb
stract justice and for the sake of warning
the public against future imposters, gives
peculiar zest to the denunciation of this
model Southern statesman.
The refutstion of tbs different statements
in his letter are coming in from all quarters
In recent editorial the Sentinel called the
attention of lis readers to the criticisms of
the correspondent of the Cincinnati CONNER
cial upon Hays version OF several alleged
outrsges. Some Of his stories, not alluded
to by II. V. r., have been since sif5ed
to the few sands Of truth which they
contain by other ha DIS. In regard to
the assault sad to have been committed
upon Joseph ii. Speed, superintendent OF
public ms ruction. by a mob at Marion, the
mayor Of tina, town. the probate Judge and
number of influential citizens, have written
TO the New York Sun. They denounce the
whole thing as downright falsehood
Speed has lived in Marion for fifteen years
and has always been a republican and
prominent politician, but be has never been
stacked or beaten by a mob. The only
difficulty In which he ever figured was one
.iowIDg out OF a private quarrel, and the
irate individual, who sought satisfac- J
ton for an imaginary wrong by
Sticking Speed was promptly fined for hi. |
,ffense against peace ami order. Moreover,
he Stoke, clse, the Bliss case and the |
Greensboro outrags are positively denied by |
,iidavits published in the Montgomery |
Advertiser and Mail The accommodating |
Or ofs OF deliberate lying by Hays are 80
overwhelming that even the Hartford |
Courant, upon which paper rests the awful |
responsibility OF calling out and circulating |
dis malignant inventions for political effect, |
eau net maintain the credibility of its wit |
ness. Ia an editorial article it re- !
marks Of the Speed outrage: "There
is no reason to doubt the &C
curacy of the mayors statement, and it
seems evident that Mr.. Hays was misin-
formed 50 far the case of Mr.. Speed is
c)ncerned" AS to rebutting testimony,
publis aed i'm number of the Advertiser and
Mail of earlier date than that alluded to
above, the Courant says, after referring TO
the i'll temper displayed by its contem-
pora-y: "rhere is also, it must be admit
ted, sufficient evidences to prove that in OF
or tw o instances Mr.. Hays account OF out
RACES conveyed wrong Impressions" These
admissions are halt concealed i'm a mass OF
utterly contemp;ible special plead
ing about the murder of b lings
aud Ivy and the published
statement Of Allen. Indeed, the lone OF the