Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1841-1853, 1843-07-25
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ED"r!mert of Hon. James Whitcornb.
" IL shameful violation Of pIghied honor, TO
hur from office s,ch James Uiiteor5. withou,
even charge Of delinquency, said prominent,
Der Of The Wing party learning that the Triumphant;
banner under which he had fought had been stained By
decd 50 blaekly infamous.
y whose voice has been heard IN the
iumuli Of politics, ask for few minutes the Of
that and respectable my fellow citizens who
rallied, IN 10 under the flag Of the departed Harrison
But to charge them with the crimes Of those who
be their leaders for many occasions have
they rebukcd these vampires FOR their total bankruptcy
political faith
They will doubtless remember that during the
Of $40 candidates for all offices, from the Pres
deucy down-iai orators Of every species pledged the
honor Of The party with the clemnitc~ % oath,
calling God 10 their sincerity that should they
be elected, should be turned of office for
opinQg sake With ihs solemn pledge before them,
they rcioiccd when they the triumph of their
But when, by unparalleled effort, they had placed
these men IA power aud looked for the iuliilment Of
the thus solefnnly given, how their son>i
blie shocked, when, instead thereof the changed,
and while the oath still quveng their lips, aud
IN sight of that God and that Nation whom they had
called 10 witness tia, If elected man should be
turned Of office for opinion sake. they the smile
Of triumph that plays upon The victorious brow Of the
sea robber they raised the great knife the guotue
and closed tc official OF of the officers Of
tins Government than had fallen by the pro~crpiiye
hand, of all preceding Cabinets from It's csab >hmcnt
down the present including Gen Jacksou's Reign Of
Terror and that hundreds Of instances, without
even ptcfcrung single charge
Aud now, fellow citizens, from the many instances,
permit me To call your attention TO base, to
shock all M Of an partes.
81 the head of tie land Office that complicated depart
1.
had placed it,, long neglected affairs in better condition
than they had been and who when there, procured
for Indiana that valuable tract Of Canal Land This
man. who came ainongs, orphan boy with nothing
to sustain him but the great mind which Heaven had
gwen hm-;hc profound selftaught scholar, whose
voice for twenty wears has been heard either our lcgs-
layc halls before the tribunals of iusce-the PLAIN.
,varin-h hearted JAmrs WmrooNB, whom stamped
with the impress of intellectual greatness. and upon whose
political cscucheon "A single stain had fallen.
But he even he with his ability and integrity conf ssed
was doomed to be hurled from Office though guilty OF
so;ne enormous felony aud that too, make room for
his compensate linn for the loss of time and
dieni he had sustained by leaving, the Bench and adj
ournng Court 10 the deirmcnt of community, while ht
might make r1bblerou~ing speeches ia 10
Aud be ii ever remembered, that with his eiectmen
came the public confession that he had been very
faithful public servant
Tins then the who IL before io
the first Office in the State--a whom have rec
IN stations of the highest Importance, and through tho
duties ich i- giant mind has borne him wit
honor 10 himself and glory to Indiana.
have spoken SIR Whiicomb. because hiS char
accr now becoming part Of the history Of the State
because his indomabie energy Of character has within
the last months given almost every M the Stat
, am opportunity 20 tina, he the plain
cosen all and all parlics declared hin
to be- mp TO his nomination or the Gubcrnaoria chair
But in the nhlin, OF eye. without any act Of hi
=. own Oh how changed Those exalted virtues that la
: been tlc theme OF cuogs by o either flown forever
or transformed into the most hdcous reasons that eve
: darkened the annals Of crime
who that learns las character from Of Tie paper
g of the dav would think that he should be permitted
o mngle ia the society Of men
e \ Juxro OF Orricr lIoLDrRs and their crouchin
sgcoptqnts had concoctcd aud collected vast
: the most nciarouS and abominabc lies conceive
ii They either hrcd periniuod mercenary or to ho-
It the oolgaic of defamation, with the hope Of pour
= ing upon tins innocent such flood Of calumny an
" alschood should oecrwhem him that he could ne
rise above sieucy surface until the election shoul
IL pass away and he be overwhelmed with defeat But wit
re the power of his he has rolled back the Of tai
II flood until they have buried the wretches out Of who's
re mouths they first spewcd
a. OF Mr. Whiicomb's honorable competitor, have NJ
e. thing hard say lie l. doubtless clever inolenSv
r man. and would not kroringly do the State any harm
IN But from the fact that he has done it gOod-ihat L
Proclaimed the people IN 10 the ''one term system
IL The danger the influence of the office during the fir
u would bc used Ia reccc't0n-trom the Ia
. that for hls Governor IA l-i3 lac receive
IN sj00 bcsides fees and contingencies amounting 10
much larger sum- aud has spent 500 worth of TIA
he time travcrsius the State Ito secure reelection
~ from the fact that he fa of promises ard empty of pc
p ,rnance>-I say, from the foregoing considerations,
IN ask the candid portion of the Wing party If 1t not m
M time To place M the helm OF Government another po
ed One whose great skill has been tried the most storm
scas aud has aed-one who viii not leave her
ali three long months together, that he may go all arou
or. and Der the people re-eec HIM knor there a
w many and | hope there thousands who are wili
" 10 vote for that man, of whom SAID " II Is shame
IN, violation of pghed honor 10 url from office such
cct man aS JANIS WHrooNB, without charge of
iss hnquency
to lxp,,x,rerIs. july ~. lis PLEBS.
- 'Ehc EuniO--fr1fs:'C Il, View OF rs Esi'
an. TIN. Jrxro i. from all appearances, conscious OF
cir approaching dissolution. Like the guilty criminal BET