Indiana State sentinel., 1845-04-03
From the Globe.
President POilk,S Administration

President Folks Administration.
have been forciby struck with the Just and irrefu-
table remarks Of the Globe the subject of appoint
ing persons to Office at this advanced age Of the goy-
ernment- The people have recently passed through
one OF the most important and hardought struggles
that ever agiated the country. The two great par
ties have been icrcely and powerfully arrayed against
each other, in fearful and tremendous contest for
the masiery and the democracy have seen their no.
BE efforts most happily crowned with success And
yet, it seems to be gravey contended and expected by
the federal leaders and papers every where that the
result should enure much 10 the benefit of our
sworn political adyersaries Of friends and sup
poTters.
! When The wings were flushed and frantic with VIC
tory in 1Sll they forgot their defeated opponents
any just claim to the favorable consideration Of the
dominant party. But they perceive clearly how
odous it is to remove wings from Office to make
/ for democrats and that James K. Polk" about
whom they pretended to know nothing. and cared less
is too ''magnanmous' President to disturb one sol
itary whg although that whig should have denounced
him without measure throughout the whole campaign
The Globe, with vigilance that never sleeps, and
courage that cannot be shaken terrified has thrown
INTO the teeth of the Intelligencer its own well
sldered and approved advice to President Harrison,
when he had Just assumed the reinS of power; and
thus 'the poisoned chace has been duly returned to
the lips Of that double-reined federal print. An
tire change" (says that standing organ of British
views and interests) n the policy of the government
must be made; and Gen. Harrison, we Lceve has
the -mness, ability, and virtue to do it." Now, could
language be palmer Could motives be more undis-
guised and palpabe The democratic party had been
defeated, and the wings were in power; and there
fore, ian entire change must be made, 10 secure and
perpetuate that power And who doubts, for one mo-
ment, that such would again have been the iron rule
Of action, if Mr.. Clay had been elected Did he not
openly proclaim, IN his Lexington Speech that the
of rovarpu,ant holonrad IN
who elected the President - Who viii deny this
And would he not have made general, nay, uni
versal sweep! Just certain the sun shines in
the armament. And can 1t be supposed by any dem
ocratc President, that the generous, confding, and
patriotic party, who have placed him on the summit
of human elevation do not expect to with more
favor at his hands, than the opposite party who in
the mass, are his enemies and defamers There is a
golden rule which teaches that those who work in the
seed-time, have right TO gather the harvest; and
there is justice than patriotism in this divine
maxim, which may be beautifully applied to our re-
publican system of government.
When General Harrison was elected, "an entire
change must be made - but when Mr.. Polk comes in,
behold, no change whatever is necessary Thus, by
not disturbing the large majority of federal Office
holders the interest and welfare of the country will
be highly promoted, and President Polk, the peoples
President will immortalizc his name TTaso Da-
naos, &c. What have struggled for? Why were
we called upon TO rally under the glorious star-span-
gled banner of democracy from one end of the Union
TO the other to resist ''the most dangerous man In
America" at the head of his federal legions Why
did the greyhaired patriots and sages of the republic
step forward in the mighty conflict to save the demo-
cratic party from overthrow and run by securing the
election of distinguished citizen, who would fully
appreciate the great triumph, and not suffer its rich
fruits to fall to bitter ashes in his hands Shal the
earth quake its CENTRE" before our rulers will heed
the portentous signs as they gather in the heavens
folou-fpr md oft
Globe are emphaticay true, and VIII carry conyic-
ton TO the public mind:
'The government, to be well administered, must be
administered to give general contentment to the
people, and this cannot be done while the majority
of the nation sensible that almost all the public
trusts confded to men hostile to the political prin-
clples of that majority-of the government itself"
True to the letter and the spirit and the wings,
know, laugh in their sleeves the rank iJiify of
the democratic party, and then spurn them when they
get the power, unworthy of confidence. We are
enabled to judge of the future only by the past And
is the past forgotten Have the principles of whg-
cry been reformed! ''The people of this country are
deeply impressed with the fact that the federal party
have, some how or other, contrved in spite of the
popular will, to work its way into the subordinate ex
ecutive Offices, State and national throughout the
Union. The democracy viii never be satisfied until
some equality IN the apportionment is restored be-
tween parties in this respect True, o King The
enlightened masses-the farmers and mechanics who
inhabt the mountains and the plains-who are ''the
bone and sinew' of the land, are not sscontented
Will be ''contented while their wishes are ut
tery disregarded, after they have bornc the heat and
burden Of the day" They neither Office holders
Office seekers; they ''s under their own vine and
fig tree, and ''there is none TO make them afraid"
They are the massy pillars which firmly rests this
beautiful republic; and they must not be despised for
their republican simplicity, while they are content to
bestow, and not to wear the highest public honors
A DEMOCRAT