The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1875-09-23
Grant and Ames.

Ine correspondence OF the government
with Governor Ames of. Mississippi is
summsrily presented in the telegraph COL
umns OF the Sentinel this morning. A
perusal of the same will explain why
! it was that Mr.. Grant and his
friends have desired to suppress it. A more
cool and determined purpose TO carry fire
and sword with bloody, revengeful spirit
into the heart of a country is scarcely found
upon the pages OF history. With that
sort of skulkiDg cowsrdice that
ia ever manifested by tyrants Mr..
Grant desires to evsde the odium
ofpublic opinion, and shuns the duty OF issu-
ing q proclamation of martial law, but
directs Gov. Ames to precipitate the con-
fiict himself and then the government will
step in, and promises that there shall be no
child's play when the troops are let loose.
Stripped Of all verbisge, and coming down
to the very pith of the matter, it aaks
Governor Ames to give the government
some sort of plausible excuse so that public
odium may not utterly condemn the act as
lswless, and the government will step in
with all the power il posses and crush in a
summary manner those who have been
driven into the fight by the gathering
black hordes that Governor Ames is directed
to assemble. Everything was in readiness.
1t only needed hesignsture of the presi-
dent to commence the slaughter, and he
seemed anxious to sign it. He felt that
there had been some child's play down
South before-there had not been
enough killed in the skirmishes
ct New Orleans. The army troops
had hardly had breakfast spell in smashing
up legislatures. There must now be some
fields of battle red and CORY. The president,
as if arising out of long stupor of indiffer-
ence and sloth, now rises with the war spirit.
Supporting the wretched misgovernment OF
Amss, the president calls crushing law
less traitors to human rights. This
impending desolstion would come
swiftly" on a word from the Mississippi
governor.
The private archives of the first Napoleon,
whose cruel barbarity is therein revealed,
does not afford example of a more devilish
purpose to carry terror and dismay,
death and ruin to the objects of wrath than
Mr.. Grant has manifested in bis purposes to
precipitate a bloody civil war in Missis-
sippi.
This policy OF Mr.. Grant appears the more
destardiy when we apprehend the
reason which urged him to pursue
it. TIE pending elections CO. OF the
North looked dark for bis party. There
was danger even in Maine, there was dis
cord in New York. Pennsylvania was on
the eve of rebelling, and Ohio almost GER
tain to desert the Republican standard.
Something must be done, and what so easy
as the shedding of blood in the South. The
roaring of guns and the shrieks of dying
"trsitors to human rights" would enthuse
the rank and file again, and cover the for
lorn hope that is ready to die out.
Mr.. Grant is misspprehending the pres
ent temper of the American people. He has
sense enough to remember that next win
ter there will assemble a Democratic
house at Washington that will have
power to impeach, and he does not
wish to 60 outside of the strict letter of the
law. But he can not tamper with the
American people either. The time has past
when things of this kind can be done arb-
trarily. There is aspirit that will rise, and re-
sist with all the dignity Of freemen. any such
mad and reckless deed as Mr.. Grant threat
ems against the South. His third term pro-
iect is ended, and to save his reputation now
he had better go slow, else his name will go
down to posterity despised by the whole
country that has twice honored him.