The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1875-11-24

that paper. 1t was copied In the Sentinel
of February 9, 1868. In the course of his
remarks Mr.. Hendricks made the following
appeal:
"Wfll you allow suggestion upon an
other subject bearing upon that upon which
have been spesking7 Some of our young
men. who have volunteered, have, without
sufficient thought, abandoned their COM
panions and returned home without proper
authority, and a sympathy In their behalf
has suggested a resistance to any efforts to
compel their return to the service. Now,
however, much you may feel for them, re-
sistance can not be justI6ed. 1t is opposi-
ton to Law and lawful authority. Although
made no appeals to men to volunteer, as 1
would not say 90 when was not going my
self, yet must say to those who have vol
UNFAIRLY enlisted, you can not relieve your
selves by breach oflaw, and you ought not
to involve your friends 10 acts of violence
which must bring trouble upon them. In
this state we have no occasion to complain
that the courts have been unable to relieve
from illegal enlistments. In almost every
case the writ of Eabeas corpus has
been respected. For that we are
much indebted to the accomplished
soldier, Col. Darlington, who is at the head
of military affairs in this state. He has re-
quired that the civil authority be respected
within his command
This was an earnest and honorable appeal
to soldiers who were at home without
authority, end to their friends, that they
should return TO the army at once. 1t was
widely published at that time, but the
Journal did not publish it. The sentiment
was so proper, however, that that paper
could then find no fault with it. But now
after the lapse of nearly thirteen years,
when the circumstances and the speech are
not so well remembered by the people, the
sentence Is both CARRIED and misquoted.
The false quotation is made to say: "I do
not intend to go into the army myself, nor
have 1 asked anybody else to do sou
The sentence as spoken and published
said: Although made no appeals to men
to volunteer, as would not say go when
YVES not going myself, yet L must say,
to those who have voluntarily enlisted, you
can not relieve yourselves by a breach of
law, and you ought not to involve your
friends by acts of violence which must bring
trouble upon them.'
Do the readers of the Journal wish to be
misled, or is it because the management
can not tell the plain and simple truth, that
this gross and palpable Misrepresentation
and Justification is resorted to? Let the pub
Iication be made as the words were spoken
ON lie bscl
friends will object to their frequent repeti-
ton.
The pretended quotation from a speech
recently made by Governor Hendricks at a
Centennial meeting in Philadelphia is about
equally false in letter and senti nent. The
Journal falsely quotes the governor as fol-
lows: 81 speak for that great state which
sent 200, 900 men into the army"
The sentiment, as uttered by Gov. Hen
bricks, is thus published in the Philadel-
phis papers: Indiana was a feeble common
wealth when admitted; her settlements were
sparsely scattered over her area; now she is
a strong state. 1 think she is not corpo-
ration. think she is a state. She will
have represented here next year, in her VS.
itors at this great exhibition, nearly two
millions of people. Although the nine
teenth when admitted, she is now the fourth,
fifth or sixth of the states Of the Union in
population, in wealth, and in every element
that makes up great community. She
sent out TO maintain the integrity OF the
country more than 2O0,0 900 soldiers [cheersl
and as her purpose then was the mainten-
ance of the integrity of the country,
upon the basis Of the constitution and
union of states indivisible forever, so she
will be happy, holding now the same senti-
ment, to meet all the states OF this union at
the great celebration next year. The same
spirit that animated her curing that strug.
gle will animate her in the glad days of
1876"
Correctly stated, the sentiment expressed
by Governor Hendricks, in 1868, hsrmonizes
with that expressed by him in 1875, and
would, we dare say, be cordially approved
by the great majority of the readers o: the
Journal But fair statement Is foreign TO
the purposes of that paper. Its object is best
subserved by persistent misrepresentation.
A false quotation by newspaper claiming
responsibility and asking the confidence of
the public is an offense against its readers as
well as a wrong to the person misrepre-
sented.
Desf Nffies.