Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1841-1853, 1845-09-11
Political Mysteries of indianapolis.

rare treat to its readers Their outrageous miscon-
duct must be very glaring when the Sentinel's
eyes opened to it. Why every body knows that
there are men in the wing ranks and men in the de-
mocratic ranks at indianapolis, who seem to think
that all the Offices, State and National were design
ed for their express benefit and who hold their hats
ready to catch all the plums which the people shake
off about the first Monday in August From such
junto the Scarborough always to have kept aoof,
instead Of pandering to 1T, fear 1T has already
done. We repeat what said last week, there is
corruption at the capital and that corruption will be
displayed in the election of u. S. Senator the
ing winter. We shall wash our hands of it, and as
far as our columns 90, handle the larks without
gloves.-GoShen Democrat, Aug. -.
Nothing could more appropriately follow the arti-
Gle of the Fort Wayne Sentinel, and our comments
thereon, which constituted our preceding chapter,
than the above paragraph from the Goshen Demo-
crat. To be sure, we might, considering the long
time that the Goshen Democrat has known us, have
had slight claims to its generous confidence y
but, all men less selfish, and even
''the honest will bear watching, do not feel dis
posed to complain very bitterly at Its unounded fears
We recolect, too the words of the great poet, that
''trifes light air, to the jealous confirmation
strong as proof of holy writ"
1t is triAes productive of such effect, which
Low impels the Democrat, in speaking of the schem-
the Capitol say that ''ther outrageous con-
duct must be very glazing when eren the Sentiners
eyes are open to it - and that "from such junto
the Sentinel ought aouys to have kept aloof instead
of pGndering to it, as we fear Aas already done.'
Expressions like these will be sufficient to satisfy
those of friends in this quarter who have hereto
fore been doubtful on this point, of the necessity
which exists part, of .'defning position"
in relation to these personal matters, explicitly,
that it be no longer misunderstood, even at dis
lance, by those personally unacquainted with it.
If the Democrat, after having read our statements
in part reply to the Fort Wayne Sentinel is still in
doubt relative to the position we have acays held
towards the junto let him enquire directly Of them
They can tell him whether we have erer winked at or
Pdndered to their corrupt or selfish purposes and
are quite willing let their testimony be received
upon this point
These unfounded suspicious of our trucking to sim
lister influences here, on the part of our Northern
friends, grew out of circumstances Immediately fol-
lowing the Democratic triumph of 1913. We will
relate few of those circumstances as much for the
information of the people, to try and set north
ern friends right, if it be possible to do so.
In that year, it will be remembered the Democrat
ic party had elected Gov. Whitcomb and democrat
ic majority in the Legislature. There were to be
elected by the Legislature President of the State
Bank, and an Auditor and Treasurer of State, State
Printer, and other officers of less Importance. The
''MORRIsON family were very particularly wrathy at
us, because, as they alleged we had the audacity to
prefer VIM. ]. Brown candidate for Congress, to
either James A. F. Morrison, who had both aspir-
ed to the nomination. Though they could in truth
make no charges of undue intermeddling or unfair
fb,t,
peced that preferred Brown to either of the Nor
risons, and that was enough to prompt them to
avenge the injury ON the first occasion that offered
itself Consequently defeat for the State Printing
was determined upon and we were told, that the de-
claration repeatedly made around the 9Th judi
cial circuit by Judge Morrison, that man named
EcKLEs who for several years had been strong per-
sonal and political friend of ours had been pitched
upon to aid In the scheme, and that it would and
should be accomplished let the consequences be what
they might. We mention these facts to show the re-
latiOn which personally existed between US and the
most active members of the Junto, at that period,
when the Goshen Democrat thinks we were 'pander-
ing" to them.
But notwithstanding this was the true state of af-
fairs at that time, it perhaps about month
after the result of the election was known, that A F
Morrison, with another gentleman, thinking perhaps
it would facilitate their plans to make fair weather
on all sides, called at our Office. After talking
over the result of the election in general and
the officers to be elected A. F. Morrison wound up
with a remark like this, if not in the very words:
Snow III tell you what it is, gentlemen; if we
only just play cards right, we can keep all these
Offices in our hands just as well not!'
Mark how easily we could have reconciled all diff
culties with these men about the State Printing
we embrace it! Ask A. F. Morrison, if his memory
is long enough recollect it, if did not at once
protest against the proposition ask him if did not
remark him, that to say nothing about honor and
lberality, it bad policy that it was the policy
which had always kept the State Dhig that, if he
tried to carry it out, when the Legislature met, he
would find himself in the condition of the boy to
whom Franklin gave two apples, and on Offering a
third the child, in his eagerness to grasp it, dropped
them ali ! Ask him if we did not assert that We had
deserving men at the South, and at the North, who
had done as much for our party men in the centre
and were much entitled to the offices, if they de-
sired them that fair dirison was the true policy
and that anything else was unfair and UNJUST ant
that if we attempted to grasp all we should be justly
denounced as a set of greedy cormorants, and be de-
MED amy thing
This was what we said and felt, and 1t may b
readily supposed that the friendly feelings of the
Morrisons were not very much increased towards VI
in consequence