Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1841-1853, 1845-08-21

Mr. Morrison, fear to come out boldly and say so
Are they AFRAID tell the truth to the people because
they never hare told it beforei Now the Sentinel
has done its duty faithfully, 81 it ks NIT If it has,
il should be supported if It has not, it should be
openly called 10 account and hohOrdby put down, or
repueiated as one of the organs of the party.
The more papers are circulated among the people,
the will the people become enlightened continues
Morrison. That depends in some degree to phat
kind Of pore,s they are. We have heard of and seen
papers which failed to produce that effect and tended
rather to ddrken than to enlghten the minds of the
people, and we have often thought how fortunate it
was, that the People collectively had quite ss much
and a little more, sense, and greater degree of
discrimination and sound Judgment than many self
important, cunning and cute Editors gave them credit
for The old Democrat, under Morrison's manage
ment no doubt, had great deal of cuteness, but 1t
seemed to be rather unfortunate to the eghiening
part. Rip Van Wrinkle nap Of five or six years
may awake it to more vigorous and more successful
usefulness
Something is said about demagogues, and subserv-
ency to the sinister designs of clques and managers
The GOODNESS of this is almost equal to the promise of
confirmed Backlog to give has aid and cOu'tenance
to religion and morals -! Not Morrison himself
will charge that have degraded ourselves
betrayed the of the people in this manner. He
knows that his own dissatisfaction. and that of his
CONDUCTORS, towards us grows out of the fact, that
we have had TOD much self-respect if not too much
integrity, to submit to the dictaton of few men in
in this city, to yield support to them in aid of
their purely selfish ends and aims. He knows equally
WELL that the revived democrat" under his editorial
management, is to be the organ Of clique or jlnto
and nothing else He knows right well s.hat be alone,
of his own accord, and in the present state Of the
money market would not undertake the task of putting
down the State Sentinel but he knows also, and this
was too strong temptation to resist, that ne will
be well backed up for year or two at least. Very
we'll this is fair business transaction between
him and his cabal, perhaps, with which we have no
special right to interfere. Be it But it would be
quite as well for the notorious instrument Of clques
and managers to be too free in speaking of the
possible subsection of others to similar thraldom.
Morrison concludes his second paragraph by asset
ing that the Humber Of Democratic papers in the State
is too limited, and their circulation too small.
He is right in regard to the circulation. but wrong
to the number OF papers. There are twice as many
already are proftaby supported We advertise
to-day one the Oldest and most Efficient for sale ant
three quarters of the whole number could doubtless BE-
bought for less than the first cost of press and types
1t is not the number of papers that makes them pro-
6tabe either to the publishers the public; tc
both, the reverse is the fact The same or les,
amount of capital. and the same greater amount
of talent and labor, could be proably invested
in half the number of papers now existng-mort
pro6taby to the pockets of the publishers and printers
and more pro6tably to the public, depending OF
them for information. These are facts which every
enlightened and rejecting editor is taught by expert
ence if by nothing else. Besides, the number il
multiplied while their circulation and means ar,
comparatively circumscribed and reduced to the sam
extent they shorn of all spirit of independence
and integrity, and brought by necessity under tn
+ crfdptng and selfish influence Of cliques and mana
gers, who, to attain their own ends club together
contribute to their support and prostitute their nfu
, encc Norris N well knows these facts and hi
knowledge Of thetfi sufficiently explains why, befor
his attempted resurrection Of the old Democrat,
has secured the pledges of clique unto to aid hi
purposes by their promises and pledges Of large sum
, of money.
/, We have thus, as briefly as we could, noticed som
of the false pretences of the two first paragraphs on
of this inrHnerabe and cunningy contrved prospectus
We have something to say of several others but fc
fear may tfespass too much on the patience of on
readers, we defer further comments till our next
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