Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1841-1853, 1842-02-01
To THE prBrrC

room as they sly, banded the editors Of the STATE
Sentinel" Yours Sc. !. D. RAY.
To THE EDr7oRs OF THE IvDiAvA J5rRNaL.-D5 cir
eunstances make It the duty OF one once political actor
beo people OF Indiana. but retired from the tcv
maze' Of public life T. notice the mysiegu, production
the lO2lst number OF tie Indiana Journal headed old
Facts AMI porting 10 be edo ill,"as the f. II question
10 De- settled with me, reading H. affirmative ybeloe
the mind could 80 piov humble pen On sub
Jet, thrilling IN interest ie decline twenty
yeas ago. wien embraced N the more daring and erng Pc
mods q youth
N her socket, that ambition had been overwhelmed by de
par and that pa1Sm had fallen beneath the electric shck
ingratt1de still! still the e2hots, loco foco. Vanoeat
mo- lem democrat, &c, ~ your Bll OF Relief identified
with nv name your editorial, with other personal au-
son about the HandyLetter and my pledges for Jackson
as str the Andes word arouse all my siumlefnz
though uncX'nzuShet energies % Appropriate ac'iJn-al
time when rv convictions are rs strong a. those of ,A
Ap site Paul when the light Jared around h.m. tat
tlis glorious ana happy couny viii again enjoy
permanent prosperity un tie spTit OF parry buried be-
Meath the proud C0rnlian pillar q patriotism. AID. dt
my mind has consented TO employ tie pen 0n this occasion.
fnn pcIss nal paftizsr selfish motive.
uncsri'aby e>ume. regut i'I eternal truth, mm.Ial
Jusic" ami the publ honor and interest stimulate ans
duce re manly, 10 .eve record nay testimony and
and Tecollecoa regalto the subj CT Of your oa.oas
ant structures.
That it tie alct f TIC writer Of your cdio al olr-
Fhs insinuae prove, Gemousah, that TIE DEM
ocac parry, rs Ia.tY, We - much of moe 50 than The
wing party. nstumcusl IN building up the system o
iei.'l mpo, enents a. I'D ana, as vel as pulling do'Tn-
that ey both made and DESTROYED IN ii The aCl
IS e o.
Then I'm, IS msalei but, TIE opinions ard actions o
nd dual members of party, he tie cgit ra then
ne pstIn becomes p.ausatlc. The wings from thc seas
$50 % Indiana. hive Lcraly with some exceptions had
~ J3uc' iu Oh ranches Of The Legislature aud the
tolii y lower who have mostly Re favor OF ut,iaa
improvement a. fsr a, faai'e. could Indicate: whit TIC
democrats mos ly divided ON The subject IS or NY
self. however # the menhess OF Tie Democracy. Il
was always the pride Of my heart know, that internal
proVcneus received ever unqualified approved rdaei
10 the rants AID resources Of the people All my soul I'D
my life. CONSTANTLY ped with the conviction thar
WopeN arr happiness An on many things, have opinions
Teen changed ard growing WISER reformed m1nN errors,
hi' one sin crs u t the shirt Of Ne>sus
nE'r there. until Oh" Sp rs 10 God More t'an thou
sand times have spake written, officially Individuality
IN favor OF tins magnIhccn cause Anil De- 1t remembered
nat ro,hr- las ,,,,ireI since Tho > ,e,irrct is reo
m,Ge, 20 shake Oil opinions m their oug found tons
Whether they favored ly the popa1ri> uo-
there they were The time was when they uuu'rulir.
and fell with the fundamentally of Tho Indian Journal,
with crashing p3n siy upn my POOR fame; blt te L.
cutus lchouniei and yoa rose with H.
Nv faithful memory though slightly inquired lv times
yici.suies rrcuis tck TO the period when "Ihe Intaea
J0usra prluo9nce MI ny advocacy Of The Cause al internal
vrnent-Nhi-fn iosd and all. though that -
70 the Ste through my asrnCy-wh9ly premature and We
Sonary. 1he public were then deGd into that beicf
SELF and p,ral power ,ycrc DIVORCED ami y,,Ir f.r
changed with d, and your party inverted into mshty
engine Of s'esh 10 Uphold in power )r yclrS AMI Nor
ower because of y01r l. leaving yui ani Won
sfe casting otont md scape co 90 iastcl an youi SINS
90 hun, rr ihn an on o3r ne YOU uy @ throw 'he re-
Spqnsibity. Vow et vol. an cltr s.. vlat
%. O il q ID
a. eo"ie>set-neve denied hyme l. is tis: the over
81 my ic was spent 10 pfoplrng puhc opinion r. ami In
assisting build az? your splendid scheme OF internal i'm
poveuc under diiceHt auspices. auticp3 ions art
cnnstance then unsucccs I'M experiment
mrnt nDW 50 -u"ynuSv presents r. bIyf ~ orc
thing and 10 i dorm AMI dcst on and sin another ION
>y that my cooperation aided in creIng sy Since
1881. You have stuli'u>iy withheld from an poliucl
Fowe'--n'' having teen ,uee In oticeani the >ys
it, which laid
p'ncdot burdens uou the state. have all tanqcd since
W." opt any sgnoy 81 nine, or the dem caiic patty as
IaIy that Ptv however. has gc"eriy been opposed 10
the acknowledgement and exayaauc which has ended IN
Tie ltmonri catastrophe. Your ann, Therefore, TO fix the
odum 81 he present. disasters tie democracy. must
20 unavaug when little further detail, about
tho all-cngras>ing matter Follow me:
You conccde tia; the present not established
during my administration when al the Npenss Of tine St,te
government, Ordinary ard cXtajdn3y about wef "
hive thousand dollars year; while he ordinary expenses
ordinary about hundred thousand dollars Lei them
press the enquiry further What the extent of my offend
ing or error u j. that proved myself 70 &c the friend #
The 81 stem u So as 1t ny meaning that the system naur-
ally distributed ing dcra0n frSty
rs ocfhyi secondly ts rays and mans or tho money 10
make and thirdly the expenditure IT the mo- ey wien
raised HID these three things taken place under my Admin
istraon, upon my recommendation and the disasters which
now swell TIE public pulse had occurred, then, n-ee with
triumphant bearing, might attempt made, cc upon
nc, the whole divided pom >hility, Bot. WAS m
power % be ofcly responsible for The 5caon GOOD bad
might be- to advise contiol H1f tme2 No such
system had been previously mmend the one es'ao-
hShei. to IFS locton Had been, Tie MY had yet to
lendiuIe ma yet 10 lake place. 10 make m'm lod Mr.
Rlv any thing do with these things as an Office
citizen To hold Mr. Ray responsible for general
Ieconn'ndon o SYSTEM L The extent So1S t. o. must be
presumed that ne hal tho supr-human faculty fore k1o-
ing and oreca,tn an the blum crS AMI
tvlgancc that rlnspred under the present system The
more liberal presumption in Ia, favor, however that he
imagined an would &c welall well IN the location ana
com nenccment-s we'll the # raising s.
all we'll, rs T. their expenditure. Could any, the widest
>chemer ever have anticipated, that What has been done
these respects " uli hive taken place
Lot mo lfrn1t al
10 know. whether protesting the opinions
expedcncy Of internal facilities we shall not wcakcn cur
common cause sowing the seeds of discord o., is
iicn IS by the making party nal, other such qres
tons in HJH@y holding up 70 view, any party. OF NOM
be's 81 H. as The auth r OF the misiounes which environ
al time when public Indignation is ready TO H. IN tr-
tents, so0et1ye. Is but 70 metl phse the Lamb the
Lion u is no common lCdSce IL but annh ling
All d'tnc ms between rice a1o crtVc night and AMI
away frum the heads the gull the searching lava
20 fall upon those OF the innocent, Had Won nty quoted
men's placing me- m my tue attitude thei frena. an
oo-nsn- me rs such though for tie first trar, without
denocrlic piry the foundation Of an ln>inu oa against
lrhoie Plry that that di the foul ded impcltns
myself with it-ycur renaks must have pissed UNDECIDED.
Is II - must write. aad expect that YOU will print
what may he written. And, before shall have closed my
EpSCS, my reldcs will learn, what and who il was that
hunblci tie Young Giant Of the Ne>i' i'm the lt dis
Caced her ard put period her ward great
ness and prosperity. Al enquiry viii oe instituted. whether
she can, by any within the pc oi
pa'icao'y be aga'n e>uTaeceG; what scheme vii PC The
most plausible 10 elect Tic 7'eci and wat elect The
posed icincdy VIII have upon the co-nty AS friend %
the system and writing about a.. ant charged with ino
ducing ana the 2aDd a-haX Of evils resulting from it,
pesded Il trIc,
improvement gcneraly-thou-h thought the system
t5lIshed too boal-and thee hl, been mscata-e t
hooves to feret out the oaas. AMI TO ana much
possible 20 remove t.
Tour error is IN holding me up to view rs tie fiend Of
the system which innocent in tsel-and Also Of that
man ar Nh ali he r.f-.