Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1841-1853, 1846-03-05

that owed others. We trusted too much to his
supposed integrity, and lave paid, and yet to pay,
the two hundred for which we had given the twelve.
Again would ask, does all this look like selfish
ness fit does then we do not know in what self
sacrifice consists.
We need not particuarze the circumstances under
which commenced the State Sentinel here. They
familiar to most of the people of Marion county,
at least They know that the old Democrat had utter
y out, and that during the last year of its exis
tence it kept up by loans and contributions. That
it finally died outright and that not soul of those
men who had got thousands upon thousands from the
Democratic party, and WHO noT profess so much gen.
erosity and liberality,-not soul of them, much
the party then needed the aid of newspaper, would
give dime TO resuscitate il. The man who now has
the brazen impudence to talk about sclishness'
who bad been once, if not tIcice set up in edito
rial business here by the Democratic party,-who had
honestly or dishonesty got thousands Of dollars by
the same means-who had not only held the Office of
State Printer for years. but for the past sixteen years
has been eech, drone, and stigma 10 the Demo-
cratic party.-this man, we say, with whose name
we will not defle this article, would have been the
very last. at that uniorard time, to risk dime in
" forwarding the Of Democracy, - by the esab-
We commenced the State Sentinel then, under the
most discouraging circumstances, and without the
hottest prospect of extraordinary assistance from any
man or set Of men. Our own condition, well
that Of our party in this State, admonshed that
had hope of success except through the most UNI
firing and ceaseless industry and the rigid econ
omy. These were our sole capital our only reliance.
With these went ahead, and the result proved that
our confidence in them not misplaced. Still the
losses we had met with on the Wabash Enquirer to
the amount of about 1000 dollars hung over our heads
like sword suspended by hair, ready TO fall any
moment. We were at the mercy of our creditors,
who were chiefly Wigs. Though our paper from
the beginning received support enough to sustain
ITSELF its income not sufficient pay former loss
es Immediately. The BANKRUPT la,o pointed out
summary remedy; many Of our debtors PAID as in
that way; but we could not bring ourselves nor our
party through US, TO such disgrace as that Though
but of legally responsible for these debts
both became voluntarily bound and our creditors
gave US time to earn the money to pay them. For
tunately, though much against the wishes of the Old
Junto here, we obtained the contract for the State
Printing in 1913 for the of three years Every
means, honorable and dishonorabe, fair and FOUL
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not the debts which had contracted in the service
of the Democratic party, eight hundred dollars Of
which were on account of the old Democrat" es-
tablshment, voluntarily assumed by us for the sake
of " harmony. had not these responsibilities i'm
PEELED TO stand our ground on that occasion, we
would at once and instantly have withdrawn from the
contest. After much trbulaton however, we got the
contract, and with it, and the profits Of our other
( business shall than pay our debts. With this
we are satisfied, fully satisfied. 1t has placed us on
independent ground. And though we might have had,
and did have while in debit the etaery to refuse to
succumb TO and obey the mandates of the exclusive
and dishonest Old Junto at the capital, who had al
ways traded off the democratic party to the whigs-
now, when out Of debt we can better afford to be
equally honest and equally independent if not more
so. And here we take occasion to pledge ourselves,
if such pledge be necessary, 10 the honest Of
the Democratic party, that so long 1t may be their
pleasure to read honest, independent and plain
speaking newspaper, from the Capitol. such one
they shall have from US, whether it suits the sinister
purposes of dishonest time-serving and corrupt poll
tcians, not. We owe this much to the Democratic
masses debt of gratitude no less than as debt
of honor and duty.
quoted paragraph from the Bank organ Con it over
again, and mark not only its jesuitical hypocrisy but
Its gross inconsistency. If our objects were purely
selfish if We looked alone TO the State Printing as
the reward of successful exeriion; how could our
chances be increased by the election of Wings from
this county! We should be the last men whom the
Wings would support for that purpose. The idea is
too ridiculous to be dwelt upon. lis absurdty must
strike the mind of even the most obuse. If our mo-
tives mercenary and selfish here represen-
ted, we should have pursued course very different
from that we have chosen. We should long ago have
become the wretched tools Of the dishonest unto who
now attempt to impeach our motives Had we done
that; had intrigued and prostuted our influence
for the nomination of members Of the Royal Fami-
y" to the last and present Congress, any of the
dozen Offices to which they have aspired during the
past four years, all would have been fair weather
between them and u.s. and should have had no CON-
petition from them in " furterng the public prosperi-
ty and the cause Of democracy" in the newspaper
line, and perhaps little in the State Printing Such
however not the course which we could with
either honesty or self-respect pursue Failing to do
so. and acknowledging allegiance TO no power but
that of the People, we barely escaped defeat as can
ddates for the Printing in 1914. Our chances have
not improved by time-serving trucking to self
constituted leaders, since that time OF this we are
well assured. We are fully aware of the malign In
fuences against us latent well as active. Conse-
queny, under any circumstances hich zee can reason
ably anticipate at present. should ace again become
candidates for The Public Printing, ace should erpect
defeat. This has been our opinion for more than a
year. 1t is the penalty for independence which we
bava daliheratelv and volunfo ril ;pcrrroJ ond III;