Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1841-1853, 1846-01-15
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IN the position you occupy. Wiling 10 orego personal
promotion for the sake Of union and harmony in the
great Democratic family, always feel like thanking
them for the sacrifice, and feel like placing your
conduct in contradistinction to those whose every
act has been force themselves upon party who DO
not need their services. allude TO the course pur-
sued by one of your firm, Jacob Page Chapman when
he had received the unanimous sanction Of the Dem
ocratic State Convention, as member of the State
Central Committee, and when the name of Alexander
+. Morrison rejected, BY large majority of the
Convention in stepping forward and Withdrawing bis
name as a member Of said committee. How differ
ent would have been the course of Mr. Morrison had
he stood in your position He would have surren-
dered nothing for the harmony of the party, his
course for the last few months sufficiently indicates.
What has been that coursel Knowing that General
Cass had many warm 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 its editors were opposed to his
election to the Presidency; and, in the next, ssu
ing proposals for paper, pledged under all crcum
stances, to his support against the known wishes
and feelings of many of the earliest friends of Gen.
Cass in Indiana, who opposed to agitation of
the question, to the successor of Mr.. Polk at so
early period. His first partner, who is good Cass
man, seeing the injury that would be done to his IA
vorite candidate, withdrew from the concern at an
early period, before the paper published, and left
Mr.. Morrison to seek other associations. Mr.. Cham
berlain, 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
at length published by Morrison, under the firm
of Morrison g. Spann, the latter partner Of Cham
berlain; and what has been his 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, tie
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 equality with
yours He endeavored in the county Convention of
Marion county, without success to have his name
placed as one of the Delegates to the State Conven
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 as one
of the Delegates to that Convention, that he could
have excuse for his complaints. And what has
been his course since that period BY the dint of
bold and hardened effrontery, he wormed himself into
the deliberations of the Democratic State Convention,
and got his name placed upon committee to write
address to the people; and, watching the current
Of affairs, was permitted to write portion of that
document, and threw fire-brand into the Conven-
ton, that ending in the destruction of the
peace and harmony of that body, by an effort TO COM
NIT the Convention, in advance, on great question:
now pending before the two Branches of the Legisla-
ure, the details of which the great majority of the
Delegates knew nothing about And what has been
his course in reference to this great question! When
Mr.. Butler made his first proposition TO the Legsla-
ture, through the Governor, it laid be-
fore the Senate than Morrison found acting with
those who opposed compromise. He took the ear
lest occasion to publish the speeches Of Ellis Hollo-
way, Murphy and others, who opposed arrange
ment and cndeavoredt to throw contempt on the agent
of the bond-holders. His paper 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 at 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
committee to prepare address, for the sole purpose
of bosterng 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 intimated would be determined in a few
short weeks = endeavoring, in a 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
cumstances, very properly refused 10 adopt.
Now, Messrs. 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 as 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 Indi-
ana, you will ever be found willing to pursue that
course which the majority viii approve. You have
been unfortunately situated, in several respects, dur
ing the past two years. The State Central Commit
tee was perfect blank so far as effective operations
were concerned. Morrison a member of that
committee, as well as one of your firm, and there
was no concert of action Indeed the meetings were
scarcely attended, except by some two or three
members, and consequently you were compelled 10
look to divided counseS for advice and support You
believed that your paper should not hoist the name OF
any Presidential sspirant this early PERIOD and in
this, believe, decided majority of the friends Of
Gen. Cass 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 its
State Central Committee, and you have always been
willing to comply with their request, at aban
don your position as the organ Of the Democratic
party.
Il Messrs Editors, happen to know more of the cir