Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1841-1853, 1842-06-28


Cav. SraPP-CurR b. SMITH Esa-CoI Fan
RINeToN. ef oi-SoAP FscroRIE-.-Cien. StapP has
published address. yindcatory of his character We
notice he Is also making speeches. and exerng himself
strongly otherwise, sustain himself al least
par with the other Fund Commissioners He SAYS he stole
ess and lost less by bad management than any Of his
predecessors. He SAYS the he did lose lost IN
consequence Of the previous bad management OF the 9TH
Commissioners. He sssaiis Eggeston with gseai
hemeace-says the warfare Is personal against him.
We make the following extracts
He charges with being concerned with sherwood
IN The ipois Bank. because handled great deal OF
Gaipois money while others who handled much
than did and lent IL 10 the State and circulated
here long before knew that such a bank existed
lie thinks must he dishonest for having any
thing TO do with Sherwood but saws nothing against Col
Harrington and Smith who sold him hundred thousand
dollars of Bonds before even ever saw him nor against
NJ. Scott who sold him hundred thousand dollars Of
Bonds before ever transacted any business with hun,
and thereby gave him the strongest kind Of ecommenda
ton TO
Re saws my claim for credit for Gallpols paper on
hands, which have taken Tor bonds ought te al
lowed. If ought net, thea the claims that other
mssiones have received for bonds which good for
thing, ought not 10 be allowed, aud they are many lie
thinks that man that would his debtor. boy
aiding him with loans in order to insure the payment
of old loans fool and for that reason ought be sued
for bonds which loaned for that purpose including sixty
bonds loaned Beers which have returned to the state
One set OF commissioners have lost the State 10y their
Is.
and forty dollars and sixty cents-They honest
Another has lost to the State one million hun
bred and fy-One thousand SIX hundred aud fifteen dollars
and lhrythree cents-ihey all honest Another set
has lost nine hundred and eleven thousand NINETY three
dollars and forty cents-ihey honest Another agent
has lost nine hundred and sixty thousand dOars-he
honest iBu because have lost hundred aud
y-eght thousand four hundred rnd thirty dollars and for
y-one cents am auant knave, according to this
port. WHY is this Why am made the scape goat to
the the whole of this of Internal I'm
proyemens Il Is because got at the head Of ths
committee who has ulterOr objects view and thinks
profit by this who hates because stood
the way of himself aud his associates aud resisted their
in reference the system because prevented
another system more odous than the first
No STANDING ARnY.-None beyond mere nu-
cleus around which an army can be formed in tine
of war
One good thing is likely to spring from the sup
port given by the National executive 10 the rebel
hon IN Rhode Island against the Government
of the people. Ii has awakened the country
more than a century of argument could do, the
dangers of standing army. Cut 1t down, the
general feeling, (at least of every true democrat
until 1t is no longer strong enough to IntIuidate
independent State. however small.
No small portion of danger Is to be found in the
m.terai OF which the army composed, aud the
manner IN which IL rs differed. young man en-
listing 90 serve private, has no chance of be
coming an officer. The consequence is, that with
few exceptions. the ranks filled, especially On
the Infantry, with Just such men Cesar would
pick out to accomplish any ambitious design And
the officers who are % command them made up
with few exceptions, OF young men selected from
the community, educated the public expense
made to ieel like a separate caste, having htte or
no sympathy with the grea. mass OF the people. and
naturally inclined, on every political question TO
adhere to power IN It's attacks the popular
rghts.
VIVA. the people to expect from an army thus
constituted and thus differed
GIVE us rather small band, constituted Of the
respectable sons q our farmers and mechanics, M
VIII ch every private shall have chance 10 become
an officer. Let the only military schools be a. the
military stations, and give every soldier an o2por
tunliy To qualify himself to become an officer. And
when loudly threatens, or actually comes, make
officers of the soldiers, thus enlarge the army, and
send forth armed thousands in fact and in feeling,
identihed with the great mass of the people.
H. M the mean time, the care OF Publications, or
other mperlous duties, render necessary larger
force de:uH the lifjq FIR such purposes, asd sics
Them tie 6eaeh Of discipline aad Pdy-hcadIH s
ErP.
The NAVY; REFoaN DrMlSDEo-A great deal
SAID IN the newspapers At the present time a5out
Navy and the course pursued ~ Congress 100
relation 10 the retrenchment Of It's expenses. We
are told that effort Is made TO cripple and en-
barra~s the Navy department, and that Congress
has refused to vote the necessary supplies. There
Is no truth in the charge for larger appropriations
by from go TO - per cent. have been made for mis-.
than any preceding year since lS34 The publ &c
moneys have been squandered and dss pated T.
such an extent by the present "re,renchment and
reform" administration, that the hundreds of work
; men employed for years in the Atlantic Navyyard;
haze been discharged, and at a time when la
possible or them 10 procure emp )yment. The sol,
cause of this the miserable INSTRUMENTATION @
he Navy department, which has been still m re
embarrassed by a great aud unnecessary increase o
commissioned officers, 70 reward partiGaus. Gu
whole naval system is wrong, and anti-repuA.can
f and is rapidly becoming the hotbed Of lazy, up
start ari-t0cracy. The time has arrived when th
D sickle Of reform should be applied, and gl1
to sec the country Is waking up TO Is necessity
b The present corrupt and corruptlng method of Of
icerng the Navy, should be abolished torthH ltn
aud one Of thoroughly republican character wb 81
S snail OFF, the highest promotion TO the poorest sa.
Tor or sold er of merit, without regard O family. ~
. AIcnce or friends, established 10 ITS stead. lhe
would young men Of character industry ard "a!
euts without any other capital select the naval ser
; vice their profession, and rely upon the r Owl
e merit i9r success. The public drones who nov
n swarm about the Navy, would then be- discarded
a class + officers from the farms and workshops q
the industrious and democratic. would supply the.
. place The highest officers ia tie Navy would B
flied by men o. true merit and republican feeling
and The branch OF our national dc.eaces %ouI $500
It oecone the glory and PRIDE Of our ccuatry.-Cu
:. Eng.
TtIt would seem from the following extract from o.
Charter Of Rhode Island granted y Charles II that thu
who hold the supremacy of the Charter ought % nave
Piled Queen Victoria settle the controversy, In-ie.
OF Mr. " 'er and Daniel Webster
And further. 'ciA and pleasure j. that 10 al ma
Of public controversies which fall wee