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ifctHUsft . . iiTlaKew YottfWol contain!* lengthy M-ter purporting to be written from Indianapolis, i uadpr date of October 3d, which for positive ly- I ing, and lying by indirection. is unsurpassed, save by the addtetecf the late Democratic StateCentral Committee. The drift of the letter, is (4a wail over theterriblo military despoum an- j AcCider which the writer imagines the people of In- ai diana to be living, and because of their oppression, he appeals to New Yorkers for sympathy, and puts his trust in Governor Seymour, hoping that somehow he will stand between them and wrong. His trust In Seymour, would lead one to think that the etiikor of th»- !ui?'BiBlt;Bi151CiC*ctCiO,was a member of our lasfr Hout^nf Bq fer'/o-tatives.IVIVDfnEYFFrF:(j(♦if8HHHHHJ iJ*J;J,JiJ«KKLLLLR!ftftftftftftftKOf Indianapolis he saye;Military despotism rules. This city is full of armed men, and the Capitol groundsare crowded. They swarm at the corners of ell the principal streets. They hold poeeetsicn of the do-pot. Armed men stand on the platform as you enter the cars at either door. You buy your tickets watched by soldiers, with bay one tt fixed They guard the entrance to tbepassenger rooms Thousands of them hayebeen sent home i:om the army. More of them are cUsiifd and expected.Had this scribbler added, that tho soldb.rs were placed in the depot to prevent desertions, asd to preserve peace among the multitudes of soldiers and Government employes daily pacing through it, and that no citizen was interfered with, coming or going, by the military, he would Lave told the simple truth, but might not in that way have arcased the sympathy of the reprobates who were engaged in the minders and bouse-burnings during the New York riots of July, 1863. It will be seen that he deems the return of the soldiers to vote at the election, as among the intolerable grievances to which the Democracy are subjected. Why did he not say that they came by the joint request of the candidates on both tickets? 8imply because it would have giren the lie to his complaint, farther along, of military into:foresee in the elections.The miserable libeitr proceeds to say, that:The people here are pushed to lie very verge of desperation. The draft is going on, and the coLecripts, instead of being allowed ten days, as is usual in other State*, are hurried away at once. A meeting was held in one of the tow as to petition Governor Morton to allow the drafted nion the ueual tea days. That night a train of cars filled with soldiers was sent oat from the capital. In the middle of the night they surrounded the house and arrested the Chairman of the meeting, a young rauu by the name of Wolf, and hutried him off to a military prison.The ftary that the drafted men were hurried away at ones, will be to tc*m, and to tt* people of the 8tate. The truth is, that not or e drafted man left the State until the 15th in:#* , twelve days aAer the letter was written, and that not one-third of them have yet been calk'd from their homes. The statement that Wolf was arrested and hurried off to a military prifon, we are assured by high authority, is a purefabrication.The arrest of Andrew Humphreys is spoken of, and the writer says, that he was arrested ‘for the crime of being a McChllan man. ’ Had be stated that Humphreys was a M*b * General of the ilk gal and traitorous Sons cf Liberty, and that he, with others cf that or- j £ gantxtioo, was taken in custody to save Ind:- j v, ana from tho outrages under which Kentucky js and Missouri groan, he w ould hare told 1-t*truth, but might not have appealed bo forcibly to tho tender sympathies of Governor Ssymour! t and hb friends. j tftoo0FPPFPPPEBFHaa8Sbft«1TC\\VVV X \ X X X X•\Ifaf:We have refered to this communication, that j t
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Indianapolis Daily Journal
Indianapolis, Indiana, US
Tue, Oct 18, 1864
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