Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1841-1853, 1846-03-05
The Bank Clique or The Old Junto, and
the state Printing.

newed ana pTOtraced controversy Win lne organ Ol
the dishonest and heartess faction named above. In
deed we should not again, in the most distant
manner have alluded to them, had we not had the
strongest reason TO believe that, according to their
character and custom, they intriguing and wire
working, in order to candidates for the
next general assembly, who would be weak enough
10 yield TO their control. Having given the people
hint of these intrgues, and called upon them TO take
the business of nominating candidates into their
hands, we should have quietly awaited the issue, had
we not been assaied by the organ of the Royal Fami
ly in such a way as to make response absolutely
necessary. Having made this response, in sefusti-
fcatlon, shall resume the quiet course which cir
cunstances ssem imperatiyely to impose upon US.
We have already noticed one grossly false imputa-
ton made in relation 10 our action in regard to the Sc
lection of candidates for the next Assembly, and
shall await calmly the production of the pretended
proof alleged to be in the possession of the Mouth
piece of the Royal Family. There
other mputatons necessary to notice briefly.
Msrceaary uotirss are imputed to US in these
terms
"Now, we ask the Democrats OF Marion county, and
of the Sate look the patriotic OF these men,
and to what they would place the cleo
lions Of members Of the Legislature See far their
sel6shness and desires TO get and hold office, would
prompt them jeOpardize the of the Democratic
party in the county of Marion county which sends
three Representatives aud Senator TO the General
Assembly, session. The election OF four Dem
ocrats, the election of four Wings, makes diff
ference in the strength of the Legislature; full differ
Of eight votes Yet all this nothing in the sight
of these men, If they succeed in oslng into the
Legislature who be their tools, and for
them for State Printer Are these Democratic principles?
are these the lofty feelings which should inspire
do their duty their party aud their country Will such
produce unity and harmony IN the votes which
to be given in August, will u serve TO defeat any
candidate ho may be considered devoted to the pr
rate interests Of the SentInel or Democrat?
Now all this IS very adroitly PIT, we will confess
Al men are more less selfish, and consequently all
men are more or less suspicious of selfish motives in
others. And though in the above extract there is
large development of hypocrisy and deceit, yet
thsess, nee do not DOUBT that the writer is partially
impressed with TIE idea that what he says is partly
true. He himself is so utterly selfsh,-not having
one single drop of generous or Honest blood in his
whole body,-that his very nature irresstiby impels
him to regard al other men as equally selfish and I'M
principed as himself
But, Notwithstanding the fact that may safely
conclude that all or less selfish, we
might confidently rely far our motives are i'm
pugned, upon whole editorial career, in disproof
of the imputations here made. To say nothing of
the straits TO which reduced ourselves in the publ
cotion of democratic papers elsewhere take view Of
whole for the past eight years in
Indiana.
We Zone of u.s. originally to the State deter
mined never more to have any thing to do with pub
fishing newspapers. We thought we had to;led and
suffered our full share, and quite enough claim ex-
emption in future even the score of duty TO our
party and principles Fate however, or more proba-
bly,, the force of habit, ordained otherwise; and at
the solicitation of the democracy of Terre Haute one
of the darkest places for party in the State, we
commenced the I" Wabash Enquirer" This was a
desperate experiment, and one that would never
try again. In the first place we pitted ourselves
against the talented and vigorous Wing Editors
which this Stale has ever known-men as adroit as
they were talented and energetic-T. g. ]. BOWLING.
They not only had vast majority of the mass of the
people on their side but in the town of Terre Haute
alone, almost without exception every merchant, ira
der and mechanic, in business a master, was
Wing, and of course all gave their patronage to our
opponents. By temporising and time-serving, we
might have shared the business patronage Of the place
but our files VIII prove that We neither did the one
got the other the establishment of democratic
paper, at such point was there regarded as such a
desperate scheme, that report started and many
en- intelligent wing relgously beered it, that we had
been furnished funds by the officers of the General
Government to sustain US. John Ewing, in the con-
gressional campaign which broke him down. repeated
the same story, and having good to know the
corruption Of politicians, suppose half believed il
also. But unpromisng and desperate as the enter
prise undoubtedly was, they were mistaken as to the
means by which we were sustained. No man erer
dolL1r eSf0bli M
Of tia; press ercspt IN The uoay Of ordinary sub
scriPt'0a. Our own industry sole reliance
we made virtue of necessity, and did our own work
with our own hands. That was the only mystery
there was about it. Does it appear that "selfshness
our ruling motive in all this Let him who thinks
so, try the experiment,
In this way we succeeded, even beyond our Original
hopes. We printed paper which the people ap.
proved, and ultimately had larger list than any
paper in the State, before since. ever had 1t was
published, however, the credit system" which in
the end ruined u.s. and caused us to suspend its publ
cation.
Previous to this suspension, however, at the strong
solicitation of politicians in the Southwestern part
the State one of US Evansville and commenced
the publication OF the " South Western Sentinel y
lie did this against what be conceived to be
terest 1t broke in upon our economical arrangement:
at Terre Haute, which otherwise might have turned
out less unfortunate. TIE as w. Sentinel" was
commenced during the canvass of 1910, year in
which democratic editors will bear witness was not
the most eligible ever known for such business. YET
we did A. well as could have been expected. We la.
bored under many extraordinary disadvantages
under protraced sickness, contracted by working night
"a u-eIi az dav during weeks and weeks of which