Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1845-1851, 1846-01-13
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conduct in ccniradisinction to tho.c, whose every
act has been force themselves upon party who do
not need their services. alude to the course pur-
sued by one of your firm Jacob Page Chapman, when
he had received the unanimous sanction Of the Dem
ocratc State Convention, a member of the State
Central Committee, and when tie name of Alexander
F. Morrison rejected, by large majority of the
Convention, in stepping forward and Withdrawing his
name a member of sid committee How differ
ent would have been the of Mr.. Morrison had
he stood In your position He would have surren-
dered nothing for the harmony of tie party, his
course for the last few months sufficiently indicates.
What has been that course! Knowing that General
Cass had many and devoted friends in Indiana,
he took advantage of this feeling, by endeavoring TO
array the friends of that distinguished Statesman
against the Indiana State Sentinel, by, in the first
place, urging, that It's editors opposed to his
election to the Presidency; and, in the next, issu-
ing proposals for paper pledged, under all circum-
stances, to his support agaiust the known wishes
and feelings of many of the earliest friends of Gen.
Coss in Indiana, who opposed to agitation of
the question, to the successor of Mr. Polk, at
early period His first partner, who is good Cass
man. seeing the injury that would be done to his ia
early period, before the paper published and left
Mr. Morrison to seek other associa tions. Mr.. Cham
berain, Wing, has book establishment in this
place. where the public printing was executed, pre-
yious to your election as State Printer. This estab
lishment brought into requistion, and paper
was at length published by Morrison, under the firm
of Morrison & Spann, the latter partner of Cham
berlan; and what has been his course since the es-
adjustment of that paper! knowing that large
majority of the Democrats of Indiana, and of Marion
county in PARTICULAR opposed to the establish
ment of another Democratic paper IN your city, the
effort Of Morrison has been to take advantage of the
popularity of your paper TO result to his advan-
tage, by having his paper placed on an equality with
yours He endeavored in the county Convention Of
Marion county, without success, TO have his
placed as one of the Delegates to the State Conyen-
tion when your love OF the harmony of the party IN
duced you to withdraw the name of George A. Chap
man, who had been reported by committee
of the Delegates to that Convention, that he could
have no excuse for his complaints. And what has
been his course since that period BY the dint of
bold and hardened effronery he wormed himself into
the deliberations of the Democratic State Convention,
and got his name placed upon committee to write
an address to the people; and, watching the current
of affairs, permitted to write portion of that
document, and threw fre-brand into the Conven-
ton, that ending in the destruction of the
peace and harmony of that body, by effort to
init the Convention, III advance on a great question,
now pending before the two Branches of the Legi~a-
ture the details of which the great majority of the
Delegates knew nothing about. And what has been
his reference to this great question When
Mr. Butler made his first proposition to the Legisa-
ture, through the Governor, 1t was no sooner laid be-
fore the Senate, than Morrison was found acting with
those who opposed compromise. He took the ear
lest occasion to publish the speeches of Ellis, Hoo-
way, Murphy and others, who opposed an arrange
ment. and endeavored to throw contempt on the agent
of the bondholders. His paper was quoted by them
the only in the city that had the independence
tooppose Mr. Butler But he is called and is, in some
respects crafty politician and seeing that the COM
promise bill had many very Jealous friends, as any
proper arrangement should have, which had in view
restoration Of the public credit of the State he
turns complete somerset, and gets himself on the
TO prepare address, for the sole purpose
of bolserng up his waning popularity and his press,
by holding himself forth the champion of the bill
now pending before the Legislature, and the fate of
which he nmated would be determined in a few
short weeks - endeavoring, in covert manner, to
commit the Convention in favor of BILL details and
ALL that nine out of ten of the Delegates knew moth
ing about and which the Convention under the cir
cumsances, very properly refused to adopt.
Now, Mcssrs. Editors, l consider Alexander F.
Morrison unsafe pilot to guard the interests of the
great Democratic family. You will not contend that
your course has always been just it would have
been had you known the end from the beginning of
every event. But this much know and believe, that
the organ of the great Democratic party of Ind-
ana, you Will ever be found willing TO pursue that
course which the majority will approve. You have
been unfortunately situated in several respects, dur
ing the past two years The State Central Commit
tee perfect blank, far effective operations
were concerned. Morrison was a member of that
committee, we'll of your firm, and there
was no concert of action. Indeed the meetings were
scarcely ever attended, except by two or three
members, and consequently you compelled TO
look to divided counsels for advice and support You
believed that your paper should not hoist the name of
any Presidential aspant, at this early PERIOD and in
this, believe, decided majority of the friends of
Gen. Case In Indiana have concurred You have ia
ken the ground, that the organ Of the party at Indi-
annapolis should not act in this particular, except un-
der the advice of Convention of the State, or It's
State Central Committee, and you have always been
willing to comply with their request at once aban-
don your position the organ of the Democratic
party.
Messrs. Editors, happen to know more of the cir
cumstances attending your efforts in tie of De-
mocracy in this State, than many others, and you
must me for detailing some of them. The
member of your firm who has been elected Printer to
the State, commenced the publication Of Democrat