Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1841-1853, 1842-02-08

the system rl.bouf oppression and that instead Of i'm
poyersaius the state, will ENRICH and those who
take leading part throw ing obstacles IN the way OF the
progress Of public works will IA after times be regard
Ell as IeH4Ors or obD0sers Of ndianas true policy
In July %, 1887, speaking of the classIlers,
the Journal SAYS
Their o Jet has been and still is, erciie aud 9elae
tie people iu order that they may be politically led With
this view the tousts saunders nave been promulgated from
time % tine. viii The people be thus cojsed 6Enged
aad deiudrdP VIII corruption be permitted 10 spread
- coutatailaiHg influence among us As citizen OF
Indiana trust noti'
July IL 1855 the Journal heads an article,
|. ). SENATOR AND internal IMPROVEMENTS,
IN large capitals, from which the following are
extracts
The coming August election is ore Of much impor-
lance to the people Of Indiana. In addition the cleo
ton of a L. ). Senator. the (iiGAN re and GLORI-
Gus SYSTEM of INTERNAL IMPROVEMENTS.
which Indiana has embarked, viii engross much the
attention Of the peoples representatives. In relation to
the eecon Of Senator, 1t seems hardly necessary say
thing"
This article closes by urging upon the peo-
pie the importance of electlng WINGS TO the
Legislature, that wing Senator may be elect
ed, and the system OF internal Improvement sus-
tanned according TO wing notions
August p, 1888, the Indiana Journal said
"Ihe last Legislature consisted of SO wings aud CT Van
Buren, men. la the there Will be 50 wings aud So
opposition embracing opposition. Van Buren,. couseya
tive, and unknown. Wing gain G.
This extract IS given 10 show by wing author
ny, how the parties stood, IN those two years,
iraught with such important events to the peo-
people of Indiana.
Fromthe Journal account of a celebration of
the system at Madison we take the following
ALTER the removal Of the coth the ocular were
read complimentary the system, work IN detail
and speeches made IN reply 10 some of them by
Ncssrs. Mason and Macy If Fsyette, W T. r. Jones OF
Nand,rur.h, H. r Thornton, Esq. OF New Albany and
MessrS. Robinson, oapp and MARSHALL Of this city"
Then follows description Of the Ball and
the dancing which closed the celebration
May 20, 1888, the Indiana Journal said
1t matters not 10 which tie .tators assume
whether IL be classification mod ,aton. or au6 fcaao
the ohltct Is the same; q sb cte 4tf.fbf 10 keen
az tle oscead"ee Sinking f@rfy Many had supposed
uat Tie al success u Ie ~He~orScrs the miserable
free of last would have aGnoushed them that
tte pso5ie nor IL De- tins luDed
June p, 1888, the Indiana Journal said
There is iH this place a Jacobn club organized and
which is aided doubtless by I,ty clubs throul bout the
State and ride into power ruins The passions
aud prIudIces OF the people appealed in
approved style OF demasoguism. Every unfair aud con-
tempube TesOrted ALLEVIATE support of
people from tle Sue bank aad ne system IF Internal
improvements; Institutions hat should tie los
tcug Of the Stle Government and the ad OF every
cz d. lecause they closely interviewer with the pros
peuty character and destiny oi the state. As Vet they
have oAly succeeded d.ss citing two portions Of Soce
a. and only small p,it 81 those. The very rich whose
taxes under e ad ~ Of high and
the very poor who under the system pay only poll
lax ID they succeed tLcr uteuon, winch Don for
bid! We mourn for the ID. {, g}aoH and aiselp 10 which
oar hor Pr,aa and prs ,rou. STATE Viii De lou-h
In order to induce the Wings 10 rally at the
approaching election. 10 sustain all the great
wing measures the Bank, the Improvement Sys-
tenn and eject United States Senator. The
saue paper says
"Ine. l'le o,nocIa's) must De thrown INTO ho5. less
mio4'J or We viii ,e every annual e,teiou uet with
determined olposon anl viii he with difficulty that
We shall DC a.e Co ul-intain Gus a>c,nccncy "a that
bra ch ot DIE State g.Nelha,l''
The INDIANA DENocBAT, which from its cen
uaI position. occupied prominent place as an
organ oil the Democratic party, has been held
up, recently, as the great advocate of the Nam
moth ~ stem OF 1886, and garbled extracts have
been copied from that print, with view of di-
Vldng responsibility with the Democratic party
IN reference TO the msmanagement OF our al
fans aud the evils cntaiIed upon the State
But the following extracts, will show that
that was one OF the first papers IN the State to
advocate classification OF the public works, at
a time too, when that policy wouid have saved
The state. And 1t Joined in that course by
most OF the democratic papers in the State.
But little was SAID By the press of Indiana,
after the passage OF the internal Improvement
bill, until the spring Of l337-tAat winters le-
gslation had set the classification ball IN notion
a classification convention was called, TO be
held that spring IN indianapolis, aud the Indiana
Democrat commenced series OF numbers, de-
taxing the eNtravagance Of the system, the vast
amount paid 10 engineers and other officers &C.
In that paper, dated March %, 1851 We find
the following
Let the WORKS gc on by The present mode and when
about s5ootOOO are pended. without one work being
cenpect aud a-50OeO yearly interest paid D., tax
Hton em grafton wa, stop, capital Hii no, in but on
te contrary farmers who are doing well .u be
Obliged 10 sacrificed Their farms and OF the
avoid an oppressive tax. TINS viii &c tsat caam-
liy 80 dreaiiu eau be avoided by classification"
he editor who could have predicted such a
state OF things, under the reckless expenditure
of FIVE millions, would have been surprised in
deed, could he then have anticipated that more
than fifteen millions would have been almost
entirely lost This paper from that time on
ward, was almost exclusively devoted to the
cause 81 classification and the support of classi6-
cation candidates for G-veTn0r-gIyIng coyIous
extracts irom all classification papers IN the
state In the number dated 9TH Of April, 1887,
We md the following extract published from the
s. Louisville Public Advertiser, which viii
show better than any extract taken from the De-
mOcrat, how matters stood at that time IN Indi-
ana. The Public Advertiser remarks
The Indiana Democrat s night Ia advocating classf-
cation OF the works 90 improvement projected the
SAFE eke hold 81 feic .e0rkg az q tmc-inlsh them
lei fhem be yietlHg ara increase DO few yeaisthcc
commence and complete others. Ihs The ty.e u vlicA
honest practical men - 10 wo-6. TREY would not have
TO many iro4s n the f-e. ara would not Iernt any
ih. Improvements would .srafidy con-. r-i, aIl oua
lay interest on Tie cost O.. construction sol 10 as ST.
Vie most speedy ard economical manrr. BIT certain o-
es may be accomplished, u general scattfraiiou of h