Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1841-1853, 1847-07-08

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particular request We know nothing Of the true
merits Of the matter in controversy.
BsLLvILLE, July 3, ls47.
Mxssns EprroRs-fzou have doubtless observed. in
some communities, fool individuals known by the sP-
pellaon of mischief 6akes who fOment disturbances
in neighbOrhoOds frlssn sndeavorins to excite Sec
tional jealousy and strife
These persons generally destitute of extensive lite
rary capacity noble moral sentiments Departing OF
celebrity by honorable Of conduct they strive TO
rise by lowering others in public estimation. Some OF
them hove vein Of low humo in their composition and
often make fools Of ensetr IN endeavorng to exhibit
others in this light abolonist, renegade
whg through columns of the Advertiser has uDdera
ken division in the whg ranks, by his efi!is
sarcasm because the people of Beive and It's vcin-
y in public assembly stood up for their rights in oPPo-
sition to the Inhabitants Of Danve who, seems had
met to secure the passage of the Rail Road through their
town. We censured them not They would have been re-
to the noble Of bad they not attended TO
their interests by striving 10 promote the prosperity OF
their village.
Why then blame our community for pursuing the die
taies of a similar mpuIse We conceive the route by
Belville the direct for the Railway. And if brbe-
ry would take it to Danvie which idea utterly depre
cate, OHt6id her, But this is not the only source
Of irritation the arsocTatic concIave that has for
time secured themselves the Offices of honor and profit
in the gift of the sovereign people, to the exclusion Of
those residing in other sections. And should its members
with circumspecion in this respect we will
appear uioOHalS COufse 80
TO our republican Institutions.
The principal of umbrsge 10 the iunto originated
in attempt this summer, assert right to at least
one of the county olces-no because expect to con-
tnue the claim in defiance of the prerogatye of other
portions of the county Having adhered to our views
with some enacty, though we ultimately yielded, to pre-
serve harmony in the party, we have, in consequence
been the subj ct of most base attempt at lampOon.-
And our ire being somewhat excited warn the con-
ducors of the Wing Organ at Danve and the friends Of
the sDrncIples who have famed
fame of dscord, to pour oil upon the troubled waters
For attempt is being made start an Independent
candidate TO represent in tho next Legislature. The
writer of this communication has been requested to SUBJ
nit his the people with the promise of respecta
bic support from the wings and democrats of the county,
but declines that would the ranks of the
party The Free and independent Of the South,
however, resolved to insist their right to considera
ton and maintain ii at al hazards.
Not only have their claims been disregarded but insult
has been added injury. certain indivdual doubt
under the influence of those who would still rule the
people of Hendricks with mperous sway, wishing, like
the renowned John ID. Hopkins, his beautiful lucu-
braOns in print, has attempted to stigma upon
town and its inhabitants Had he been gifted with the
genius of Samson his vengeance might have proved
destructive the f.e brands the tails of his foxes.
ut in its effects rather led regard it tin
kettle lied 10 dogs tall For, having doubtless despaired
of acquiring honorable nOtorieiy be sought like Eros.
ratus who fred the Temple of Diana, damn himself 10
everlasting fame.
But alas he has failed in acquiring accursed
celebrity beyond the precincts of the county, His name
will be coupled with that of Ceramics Junus
Byron. Up John, try it again; do not be discouraged at
the failure of first attempt, though little misses laugh
your puerle attempt ridcue. There is but step
from the sublime TO the ridiculous and in your "ong neck
ed ffe ''rascay drum and "ange in dogs tall you
have unfortunately taken it.
Ii is thought by that this Don Quixoie who has
seized his grey goose quill with such ranscenden
age much better fitted form decociion of bod
and rue, WELD squirt than to expound the laws OF
language z1ade through the obsuse pages of meta
ply steal lore He the capacity nde-
pendehce and energy of a community by its numbers
Hence, according TO bis logical deductions the inhabitants
of village must not take step in civil, political mat
teI until they have ascertaned the which the
rent flows in populous owns-Bah, John Cut down
all the young oaks lest they become stately trees standing
erect amid the whirl winds and the storm.
Yet, this unnedged eagle in his attempt to the
height of literary excellence has not only set Murray
Blair, aud Campbell at Defiance but even common sense
For he does not unite in opinion with the idea that de-
scpton should be accurate-erms appropriate and figures
clear representatives, of their objects His percepve pow
er indeed be acute to discover "ong neck in
fife. His purity of style far exces that of the learned
critics who would condemn the application of "rascaly
to drum and who would prefer the semicirce
that of "angle, in a dogs tail"
We limited that this 0spirant after literary honors had
been set 10 work by those who would take the Rail Road
through Iadpoe swamp frog hollow and the high hills
Danvlle to the capitol Forming what would indeed be
equal to angle of forty five degrees in dogs tail.
He is certainly not remarkable for the scope
of his mental powers-but must have a soul like Shak
spears soldiers, no bigger than pins head he
could have been satisfied with the discovery that Ra
D should be spelled Rail.
John, it certainly beneath the dignity of person
of your ambition TO write elaborate essay on a fac
manifest every school boy that has advanced baker
Better seize of the sublime topics of the day
acquire Immortality. Dip your pen in the beams of lh
morning. and with soul fired by the wrongs inflicted
part of the great human family proclaim the principles
that should animate lis members in their intercourse viii
each other.
John, you have cast stigma upon the memory of you
cousin 10. who is slid buried ol of old type and dus
them up The voice of inspiration print the Colder
Book of Mormon. For, you have sought notorety by
attempt bespatter the people of BelIve with the
of the putrid pool in which you croaking' Some
whom far above you in moral courage and intellect
ua might as in local situation.
John, analyze-"Well, as was going to say" Yoi
cannot all the learned authors from Mattaire VIII
wrote in l7l2 to Wells the last writer the principle
, of the science of language. Beware sir You may b
fully unmasked-exhbited in all your moral and in
teectua deOrmily, before virluous and indignant pub
. lie by TOM CURRYCOMB.
This has reference to the respectable community
which the writer livesbut the intellectual element
which lac acts.
FATHER REy.-We learn that the return of th