Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1841-1853, 1843-12-19
MONDAY. DECEMBER II, 1913.
The Jonrnars AssauIis CD .I.e GovernOr.

The Journals a en- the Governor.
More than two columns of Thursdayis Indiana Jour-
nal are filed with what purporis TO be a review or critic
ism Of Gov. Whitcombs Inaugural address, and we sup
pose the combined talent of the opposition was put
in requisition to produce that article. The writeror writ
ers set out with an effort to convince the people that Gov.
Whitcomb, during the late canvass had promised the peo-
pie some great and effective plan of relief that would i'm
mediateIy raise our prostraie State from her present de-
graded condition, free us from embarrassment and restore
Us again to that prosperity which twelve years ago exist
ed in the State, when the late ''dynasiy came into Office.
Wouid TO God that the new Governor did possess the
magic power to do away the evils which nnwIse counsels
have brought upon us. But unluck'ly for The Journal
they are comp,sinins Of the Governor because he has dar-
ed to be honest, and has given the people no false and
deIusive promises which lie knows cannot be realized.
How unlike his predecessor in his inaugural. There we
beheId a UtopIan scheme Of policy, which was to trans
mute every thing ns il we're into gold. Not satisfied with
the resources of Indiana, her terrible SOL, hr INDUSTRIOUS
yeomanry, and the native honor OF her citizehS 10 Irn'
all honorable engagements, the " eaith OF the wh1le Onl-
ON is brought into requIsItion. A ni.ne u d
discovered in the snow covered peaks oftle Soeky NOUN
lains and the fertile wales of the Oregon wien "ouiu
discharge our Indebtedness - Governor WhiiCOn;h Is
too old fashioned i'm his notions of domestic economy
lie lacks the power to call up spirits from the deep TO do
his bidding. lie no doubt believes that the spirits that
have heretofore animated the counsels of our rulers have
been spirits of evil and he therefore rejects them.
He is first Tidiculed because he expects the aid Of other
pubic functionnries in guiding the helm of State. This
would be a good cause Of ridicule, perhaps, under a dit
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wrong but will not hold good in this land of free 'om.
They next find fault with him, because, previous TO en-
tering upon his duties he has not visited the public OH
ces and institutions and compelled their officers to uufold
to him all abuses of power and place, and because he has
reserved these subjects for future consideration.
They next think it 4 grievous crime i'm the Governor
because he to the people that every effort
should be made TO restore the balance of trade in our fav-
or. IN order to secure a safe and permanent return to pros
perity; and the remark of the Governor that Labor aohich
is derotcd to agriculture IS our chief reliance for lasting
arealth and returning prosperity" is peculiarly odious to
their olfactories.
They next notice the Governors remarks in relation to
rcfrenchment and reform but without comment.
They next affect great surprise that the Governor has
not uRfolded some magnificent scbeme-sOme air built
castle of relief, similar TO the one referred to of his prede-
cessor, and the '~confding and expecting ear of thousands
will be disappointed We should suppose from the re-
nv of the inaugural, he must have swooned away in con-
sequence of the failure Of his great expectations. The
intelligent citizens of the State, however, who were pre-
sent, saw that they were not disappointed in the man they
had chosen for their chief magistrate. They saw, as
they before believed. that they had elected no visionary
dreamer. That he dared to be honest. Honest not only
with our own citizens but honest TO the public creditors.
If fortune should favor us, and something hereafter be de-
! vised for the public good. we have the assurance that il
will be founded upon the immutable basis of truth and
reason for its support, and with the cautious helmsman
that now guides the vessel Of State, though dangers and
difficulties press thick around us, we have the pleasing
hope 10 urge us TO action, that we may yet reach the de-
sired haven Of rest-the lasting prosperity of the State.
We have not the time nor do we think it necessary TO
notice the illiberal remarks in reference to the Lieutenant
Governor. He belongs TO the forlorn hope of the State
tie greater the danger, the more can his services be de-
pended upon. Young in years and gifted IN intellect, he
NAV vet rule the destinies of Indiana. when many of our
statesmen, who have figured largely in the history of In
diana in days gone by, have passed The boundaries OF
earth, without erecting in the hearts of the people any
LISTING and enduring monuments to their memories.