The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1875-10-21
Assumption.

The Sentinel thought that the newspaper
over the way under the new management
was to be simply journal of the ordinary
fashion, but it appears that a terrible blum
der has been made, and that the Journal has
about it some mysterious quality, by
which it has been suddenly transformed into
an impersonstion the of vast body of citizen
soldiery, the joyous reunion of which has
just taken place. and the doings of which
during the last few days have been so elab-
orstely chronicled in the Sentinel.
While the Journal, when the reunion
was first proposed, sccffed at the suggestion
of their assembling here, the Sentinel ex-
tended to them through its columns the in
vitations and promised greetings of the
citizens of Indianapolis, and welcomed
them upon their arrival and gave so COM
plete a report of all that was said and done
that the editions of the paper were exhausted
early in the day, while the newsboys
hawked the unsaleable Journal through
the streets, "stuck," as they term 1t,
with their scanty purchases. 1t was, there
fore, a great surprise to wake up and find
that we had insulted the gallant veterans
by giving clear and unquestioned state
ment of the animus and spirit of the new
management of the Journal. And 1t was
no greater surprise to US than it was to the
soldiers. who are theoretically made to say:
'If you kick my dog, you kick me-" But we
do not mean by this that that relation even
exists between the soldiers and the Journal
There is no relation existing OF
hat
unwarranted assumption, and the brave
soldiers here would spit upon the paper that
would impute to them such principles as
the Journal advocates. Soldiers never in
suit fallen Zoe, they never carry wrath and
epmity toward the conquered. Such spirit
is only found in the breasts of skulking
towards that rant and rage about
true loyalty in the rear of the
army, safe from danger and harm.
Soldiers will scorn to associate the cause for
which they fought, and their accomplish
ments in gallant deeds, with the irate twad-
die of the demagogue who has stripped
from the back of some thieving csrpet-bsgger
OF the South his tattered shirt, stained with
the Negotiations Justly received for felonies
committed to wave it through the North to
give point to his speeches and awaken enmity
in breasts tnat have long been peaceful in
the exercise of forgiving spirits.
Soldiers, the Journal will find, are not to
be driven about like cattle and used forever
as the convenient tools of politicians. They
do not wish the memory of past deeds to
be associated with mere political wrang-
ling. They fought for the integrity of the
Union, not for tho perpetuation of the rule
of mere party, and much less to bolster
up the political aspirations of any man.
! Mr.. MOrton's organ has commenced re-
hearsing peans to his praise quite early, but
vet too late to catch the ear of soldiers.
When the soldiers yesterday selected a
mouth piece to utter their sentiments on
this subject the gallant. Gen. Gresham was
called to the stand, and his words
reached their feelings when he said OF
those for whom he spoke:
"They cherish no feelings of hatred
against their late enemies. On the con-
trary, they entertain toward them senti-
ments of sincere regard. The soldiers de-
{ sire that all unirlendly feelings engendered