Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1841-1853, 1844-08-22
COMMUNICATIONS.
TO q. II. Smith. E~u.

SU-h you should, gwen TO be vain - YOU arc. zap
pose this article aud c:hers | may see 1T to iudle, written
IN view OF your Prominence rs a politician, you mistake
the wufer's views. Ills purpose Is moi Ia Halter where
hoihIng is found worthy Of praise but in your example
to reprose a gross contempt If principle, md a grow ing
incapaeny IN our own nature 10 be more signal as n re-
cusani, than Conscientious as IN adheren, 10 prof ss;on.
precePi, or practice. In 1896 Won dedicated yourself
seemingly TO the Democrats; shortly aiierward YOU were
the most violent IN your dcnunciaiions II rhen and their
measures: IN lcii YOU are found again in the outskirts Of
the democratic camp, THUS by your action, DENYING re-
sponsibiliiies, betrayIng trusts, and praciicing a shifting.
shufling, Statecrat OF xpedienis. ! rejoice that vour
reward - before you. The very men whose alliance
You court, will benefit themselves by your deGciencres.
and mete you a share Of praise, more than measured by
the coniemp, Of tie wise and the good
Your late bulletin whrch appeared IN The Indiana Jour
nal Of the 10th inst. over your signature as chairman Of
the Wing Cenirnl Committee, EXHIBITS, rs do most of
your public efforts, n groa, aud disrespectful want Of sin
cere purpose, as well as a common knowledge Of common
subjects. IL was due the station you haro occupied IL
was due the party of which you are : prornineh t mem
Der and II was due 10 truth and to high honorable Lear
ing, that the facts as they are, not 'the other side .
should have been told, instead OF " hat il there stated and
sent abroad with your endorsement upon it; "the stale
bait for popularity" ] nm not a man who resolves In
discriminatory the purposes II others into interested or
hbbtiipus VIEWS merely because Heir situations subject
them To suspicion nor am ! one given to fears occurring
in the ~preludlces Of the heart or the reaction Of al i'm
pulsive mind. inducing capricious conduct. live remote
from suei, Influences. and ! am Of such a temper and stu
alton, asnever To allow such pahry notions to dlstemper
my mind or influence my conduct. You may infer then,
that ] am IN a position to think deliberately and dispas-
sionaiely. l hope | have done So in say ing, TINT because
you have made a wrong statement of the facts, aud a
wrong election OF the part you are TO act, ii will not be
considered the general misfortune Of mankind or that on
account of your conduct rs the mouth piece Of the Wing
party, an enlightened zeal for the common country will
be considered a stigma OF a JcaIonsy of danger to III,
rights of the people be considered "A prctencc but thai
the world will have Ms patriots and traitors lis seed tim,
and harvest revol,e on lis axis and contain lis dead -
and the monuments Of human glory and infamy crumbI,
into runs and mix with the dust they are intended IL
commemorate, as heretofore, before YOU viii be eitlc
King of England, or have discovered the perpetual mo
ton. IL l. said that "Iaree bodies move slow, . therefore
please to consider yourself in that class, for nothing
more certain, than that y0u will move slow up the politi
ca. ladder for the future.
Veraciiy should have Influenced you sufficient, 10 have
kept YOU within H. pale, and not have permitted you l.
make the incorrect statements above alluded 10. II wa
well known To you, as well Is many others If that Gen
trail Commitice,' that the popular rote Of Ladiona wa
largely democratic, and over the large vote obtained b
them IN LIB. Honesty is the best policy, and 20
will, when too late, find IT out. If you are governed by
proper respect for the opinions Of the people, and woul
wi-L, to correct any and all incorrect statements, it b,
comes YOU rs Chairman of the committee over wlic
you preside, to take The earliest opportunity of correctin
yourself as well Us the material statements in your la
bulletin.
SIR, here | must take my leave Of you for the presen
assuring YOU that a haiti OF close thinking-a comprc
sion Of your thoughis-a greater consideration Of vo,
subject aud a less estimate of yourself-and n caref
reading Of a chapter IN DIR. CampbclPs Philosophy
Rhetoric, the title Of which is 10 the effect: GLOW ca.
II is to speak nonsense without knowing it," will vel
much improve the sum total Of your intellectually, an
make rapid inroads on d mind more controlled by sci
suffcicrcy, than improved by enlightened thought.
JUNIUS, Jr.