Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1841-1853, 1843-09-19
The spotI>men and the Spojis.

In last number made an exirac, from tho State
sentinel. announcing y b. Palmer. Esq OF Iudanspo-
IL candidate or the office Of Stale Treasurer and
the fact Of his having ben beaten by Whig wien
candidate stated good reason why he should be
now elected
I'VE made the oxrac. without reflection. OF know ing
what the views Of political friends here might be
Since then however hear much dissatisfaction
Cd there t. be determination To cut loose from
all Old influences, old Prejudces, old Paraies, and old
policy. The people have performed their duty IN purify
Ing this State from he and they doubt expect that
tie next Legislature will select 20 f the offices Il State
of ample qualifications from amongst the thou
sands be found out # the cry IF Hiiaaatohs. who
viii AL vigorously and iearcssy IN restoring the state
her won'el energies, and who least we'll quail
"a ~ iil the Offices Of State any o the favored few
living within the precincts Of that uoed CITY
The fruits Of this political revolution should not
he svishei upon those whose al Is seldom heard Of
al the victory i won and the sloils be divided
Look al The result of the election Marion
ty and If her citizens should have SUI eor claims 10
office while almost every other county in the shows
an increase II her democratic strength Marion has
heen suffered 10 FIR the wings al by default the
democracy losing Senator and Representatives
worse even than Dearborn Montgomery. Let such
counties be redeemed from vhigeey before they ask
much from the democracy of the State
There seems To be willingness among friends
here 10 have Nr. Palmer elected President If the
Bank. while all whom have hearl express themselves
oppose his election the Office Of Treasurer II cannot
he denied that there Is set Of oi DO political par
tes al Indianapolis. who any thing else than popular
with the people aud prudence should suggest the
proprely Of being little modest in their aspirations at
present..
We hope these remarks may elicit expression of the
feelings Of the democracy through the press in different
parts Of the State the leg stature can then act under
slandngiy in the mattel"
q The spirit of the above attack is I'M
fair, ungcncrous and unjust in the extreme.
and being 50. should nolp pass, we think. with
out some notice from us.
The first point that will strike the attention
of the careful reader Is, that the objections
TO Mr.. Palmer. did not originally exist with
the Eifor of the Sentinel, but were prompt
cd or suggested BY others. But whether the
objections to him had come W UNFAIRLY from
The Editor. or from others, aspiranis for the
office of Treasurer or not, we should not have
Il word to ol.r. if they had been stated in a
tone of frankncss and fairness. instead of the
reverse. The apparent purpose of thc arti
Gle, that Is, the selection of ncsc mn. out Of
indianapolis, to fill the important Offices of
State. so far Is they shall become vacant. is
what we have always been in favor Of per-
>onally, and have freely so expressed our
selves to our friends in various parts of the
state. We were, however, not indispo,cd to
make an exception in favor Of Mr.. Palmer,
who, since his expulsion from the Treasury
by the Wings, has always declared that he
would be candidate this year even il there
should be a Wing majority in the Lcgi,la-
turc. As general rule. have very little
respect for the common plea of individual
'.claims' 10 Office. Nevertheless. when man
Is turned out for no other reason than be-
cause he faithfully discharged his duties. we
believe it to be both cxpcdicnt aud proper to
nuke him the rcparation of reinstatement.
This Is the claim advanced by Mr.. Palmer.
and it is advanced in no mrrccnary spirit.
IS President of the Rail Road Company.
Mr.. Palmer receives Il larger salary than he
would obtain as Trcasurc~ OF State, and II is
IN office which the company are very dcsir-
Gus he should retain. But if appointed Trea-
surcr OF STATE. he OF course would give up
the Presidency OF the Rail Road Company
and its cmolumcnts.
The Inconsistency Of the Scntincl's article
is not little ludicrou,. Il is opposed TO the
..lavishing of the spois" upon men who have
lived at Indianapolis. and therefore opposes
Mr.. Palmcr's appointment rs Treasurer
but nevertheless IS very willing to sec him
elected President NJ he STATE Bank. an o lice
far more profitable and certainly by far the
most powerful in the State 1t strikes US
forcibly that the real purpose of the article is
here as bunglingly covered up as was the cat
in the meal dub. At least. it Is sufficiently
evident that its apparent purpose Is not the
re Il one. Now ii II Is the fact. that the po-
sition of Mr.. Palmer inicrfercS with the as
pratons of any person in Fort Wayne. in re-
gard to the Treasury, or any ohvptace. why
not come out with it maniully. bring OUT his
name and urge his claims in the customary
manner This would certainly be much
more honorable than covcrtly aud unjustly TO
assail Mr.. Palmer. aud TO such course no
one would object.
so much FOR The destinations in relation to
Mr.. Palmer. In Justice to him we should
state tiat what we have said i, without his
knowledge. IL is not at indianapolis. being
continually engaged at Madison, or on the
line of the rail rold. Is has been the case cv-
or since he assumed the duties of President
of the Company.
There is another part OF the article which
seem, to be >tudiou>ly insulting to .Hr,oa
Coua5. which is charged with doing. in the
a