Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1841-1853, 1847-09-02
Published every Thursday.


his force at Encarnaclon in the severest terms and rep
resens the old General using the most Proiane Ian
guage IN speaking Of the matter. We regard the publ
cation OF the language attributed to General Iayor o
the Sentinel very wrong If be true that he used
such language he Justly censurable for his profanity
IL Is certainly necessary, however, IN order To eie
out that censure put the curses from his Ups INTO tue
mouth OF every both old and young who reads the
public journals of the country If he did not use The Tau
guage attributed him by the Sentinel It's certainly the
greatest injustice publish such things TO the prejudice
of the old General. And the conductor of public jour
nal who would publish such, knowing them 10 be un-
founded and with view 10 poison public opinion against
man so worthy as Cen Taylor, who is in foreign
country, fighting like hero, is cursed with infinite
of SouL We have high opinion of the candor
and fairness OF the editors OF the Sentinel TO believe they
would act thus We think, however, in either event,
whether false (and have doubt OF its alla
cyl newspaper is not the place for detailing
tons VIGOROUSLY proiane.-Wayne Co. Record
0%rWe kept the paragraph alluded to table
for several weeks before published it, in order to
see if it should be contradicted by any one. The
Warsaw Herald kept the paragraph standing in its
columns during the congressional canvass in Ken
lucky, and it was copied by many other papers as
authentic. Under such circumstances we thought it
right TO copy it for various reasons, particularly
because it professed to give Gen. Tayors opinion Of
the surrender of the Americans at Encarnacion We
thought it more than matter of propriety to give
that opinion reputed to be expressed in his own
words, only that he might not be misunderstood, aud
zee misrepresented. If his language is improper
that is not fault and if he is be censured for
the of 1t, the public only justly apporton
sure, after knowing the precise nature of it. Our
wing friends do not think it at all improper to impute
certain Objectionable speculative opinions their OPP
ponents and to obtain their defeat by such means if
they can; and we do not see why they should be SO
very SenSue when others speak of the practices of
certain personages whom, for the time being, the
wings may think it expedent represent immacu-
late in all respects.
This Is the second time we have been censured for
publishing language attributed 10 Gen. Taylor by his
own friends The first grew out of an anecdote which
fabricated by the Pcayune, Immediately after the
battle of Buena VISTA for the benefit of Taylor and
the Kentuckians. 1t was copied by the Indiana Jour
nal and many other whig papers, with appreciation
We afterwards copied it for the purpose Of showing
our readers what kind of clap-trap Toyors friends
relied UPON to create for him political popularity
among the people. We at the same time exonerated
Gen. Taylor by saying that doubted the authenticity
of the anecdote and the language imputed to him.
Not 4 word of censure had been expressed by the
wing press up to that time; but then, the Cincinnati
Chronicle, in the abusive and scurrilous style
thought it proper and expedent to impute us base
designs in copying what the wings themselves had
thought to be first rate joke from first rate man.
The Evansville Journal and others of the small fry,
50 followed suit" after the Chronicle They all
charged with sanderng the General, and as being
insligated by the wickedest designs. Our purpose
was accomplished, = the anecdote was killed dead.
We therefore said nothing, though We could after
wards have shown, the authority of the Picayune,
that Gen. T. did use the language originally as
crbed to him. That paper in answer to the obec-
tOns of the Chronicle, positively asserted that the
language pdS that of Gen. Taylor, and that it could
substantate assertion by direct proof 1t further
more justified Its uFon the occasion, and rdculed
the Chronicle for its apparent fastdousness in regard
to the use of profane language by 'great man.
Our wing friend of the Record iSrigh in supposing
that we have much candor and fairness TO publish
such things "with a view to poison public opinion
against so worthy a man as Gen. Taylor" Our re-
marks on both occasions were sufficient to show that
we mad no such purpose in view. 1t is true that we
do not by any means, consider Gen. Taylor superior
to all other officers in the field though he has been
very fortunate and successful in battle, if we Judge
of success by victory alone We quite willing to
give him ALL and more than all the credit which is his
due in these respects: But that does blind US to the
fact that he is still human, and may as other men
sometimes do His treatment of the Indiana voun-
teers especially we think exceedingly unjust and
generous, and not only proves that he can err but
that he adhere after it has been manifest
ed to him.