The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1875-01-19
The Presidents special Message.

Il regard to the presidents annual mes-
sage, sent in to congress on the 18th of last
December, the Sentinel said: st may be
remarked, in a general way, that the mes
sage reflects credit upon its author whose
ever be may be, and upon the president for
adopting such series ofsensible views upon
pu5lio policy" In regard to the message
sent in to the senate yesterday, it may be
remarked that it reflects discredit upon its
author, whatsoever he may be, and upon the
president for adopting sach villainous views
on a great question of public interest.
in commenting upon that portion
Of the annual message which treated
Of the Southern states, the Sentinel de-
scribed the president as vacillating and
cowardly in his course, playing between the
two sides of the question like ferry-bost.
In the present messageit must be acknowl-
edged that his vacillation is over, and he
comes forward frankly, as the champion of
fraud and tyranny, in one of the weakest
and meanest state papers ever submitted to
b legislative sssemblags. The authority Of
Hamilton Fish and Bristow, which re-
strained the president within the limits of
decency and common sense a month
ago, has evidently paled before the
bsleful influence OF such advisors as Will
liarns and Morton. The resolution, in re-
ply TO which the president addressed his mes
sage Of yesterday to the Senate was one
4ssstSiug for information as to any interior
ence by any military officer or any part of
the army OF the United States with the or
'ganization or proceedings of the general IS
'sembly Of the state of Louisiana, or either
branch thereof and also inqulrlng In re-
card to the existence of an armed organ
'izstjop in the section hostile TO the govern
ment thereof an6 intent on overturning
such government by force" In reply
the president begins with an In
eomplete. clumsily written and lying his
tory of Louisiana politics during the last
seven or eight years. The document reads like
an abstract OF Morton's speech at Masonic
Hall in September last and lacks muck of the
fire and yigor Of the original. The design o.
1t is merely 70 appeal to the passions of che
Northern people by recital Of a series
of murders and outrsges, and thus becloud
their Judgment In regard to the rea
question at issue. II Is not easy to see what
-SQS SZccLlDn OF 1905, the OiocIlOh Vi Aof-s VIZ
csoIfax and Constants massacres and the WOES
OF "two widows and nine desolste orphans
tava to do with answering the plain reques
of the Senate. The principles of liberty anS
self government, involved in this Louisian
business. are not to be set aside with tragi
talk about the shedding of blood. The.
asve csst'more blood for their pFeserys
ton. than would I'LL one of Grant
trans-continental canals, and they are gener
ALLY esteemed worth every drop that the
nave cost. II anarchy. with all OF its horrioi
xttendsnts-ciyil discoFd, military tyranny
poIiticsl dishonesty-has had sway IN LOUIS
eus Tor ne pas. lsn years, who IL responsible
-,rbe republican party has reconstructed ca
state and governed it, and its emissari'
have received the support OF the federal 90
ADMINISTRATION at all times. II louisiana h'
been plundered. if its citizens have DEC
.slsugh.ered, if the levees Of its gre ~