Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1841-1853, 1847-06-03

NDAANAFoLAS, MAY -, 1S47.
1.-THE Saddle placed ON the right Horse.o
Hardly ever have seen more infamous article
than that which appeared in the Indiana Journal of
April 30, under the above head. There is hardly
sentence in it that is not the offspring of alsehood
and toryism of the worst kind. The person who
penned it, whoever he is would not hesitate to betray
country BY overt acts of treason fhe had chance
In any other country but this he would already have
earned and enjoyed halter. In this, he should suffer
the penalty Of a 4" moral gibbet at least
The main object of the writer is to convey to igno
rant wings the idea that our generals in the field are
all wings, none democrats; and upon this barcfaced
Inc to find apparent justification for the utterance of
atrocious ISLANDERS against our own government, and
the democratic party. We give specimen of his
lying assertions to wit:
Upon what rugged mountain side CORY plain did your
eipes Of system Of aggression and plumber Yes speak
it, though the words blister your lying tongues instead
Of finding them unfolding the taered Iiddled flag
pandered TO the base designs Of Executive
too selfish to recognize reward honest WORTH and
Of coward TO disclose to the light Of day his peTdous pu
poses in commencing Of Conquest"
The whig 5-ty, which opposed the war; represented
there IN the persons Of the leaders of victorious
The loco party not 20
.The w. sent ~ American volunteers their Generals
and leaders, A.
Thous-ey opy5sed and from their souls abhorred the
policy which ledo the war, in spirit Of patriotism and
devOsn to their country "rght wrong they rallied to
her standard"
The inconsistency ofshis writer is almost equal to
his mendacity. He denounces the war cas- war of
conquest" and infamous in its origin and aims; and
yet claims the erefSef prosecuting it belonging
to wing geners who for once have adopted the
motto of their country right wrong" or rather
have lent their aid in carrying war " knowing it
to be wrong and which from ,her souls 4" they
"opfs asE1abhor." 1t is unnecessary dwell up
on this be0e' exhibition of whig justice and pOt-
cal honor and morality! OF itself it fully exhibits
the conscientiousneSs as well as the consistency of
Mexican whiggery.
As the main fasehood of thsJ 0urnal, in relation
to the politics of our generals and leaders in the field
th.ollowing article from the New Lisbon, Ohio, Pat.
riot, is sufficient reply.
srAe news Of the great battle at cenO GOrdO the 18th
II, Aafil, is fully cOniImed by official dispatches
- " aSbingtou. In the detailed results Of this
hct, the wings will find relief TO the anguish which
Of them have heretofore experienced At Cerro GOrdo
will be by the published statements the ball
ed e vetcTs ard heroic TwGGs. the only General
fh stuck TO the democratic psEiy after becoming life
command, ois sod Gen Pillow Of TsnOe..ee
among the heroic who wounded whilst CALAMITY
sOming the enemys Notifications These in whig
member Of the Baltimore convention in ls44 and the former
resigned Office worth $780, encounter the perls Of
the battle field At Buena Vista, too Gen. LANE, OF lnd
among the wounded, and M3aeTey, the heroic
WILLIAM o. BUTLER covered with oood, carried from
the ground They loco-fOco Generals yet in the
face Of facts like these there those who talk il the
only meTOTous officers the hed Of the wing school
Of politics
Z" The democracy of the Union noHlly fully repre-
sented among the Generals Out also posts where
danger threatens duty calls The lamented Col YELL,
who poured his es blood at Buena Vista, loco
fOcO is the chvarous DAVIS Of Mississippi also is
COL PRICE, the gallant OF murdered countrymen
Santa Fe and also the heroic DoNPHAN whose 900 VOL
and defeated enemy 1000 strong Butt is
less The truth apparent and ncontrover
be In the regular service the officers Of every grade-ke
nearly all other life office hod-l generally wings Their
Of e-their separaUf from the people-their mill
masses-al these and still other circumstances calcu
lated make them wings in sentiment well feeling
Among the volunteer ocersthose who enter the army
only because their country involved in war-with them
the case is vastly different 10 thirds, and perhaps three
fourths Of them democrats Among both classes there
all respects their country,
and to ascTibe merit exclusively TO either cr not only
unfair but in direct conflict with the facts whc impartial
record of this important portion Of
its history
We might conclude by asking, what wing General
had been either killed wounded during the war,
but such a question would ,Since too much of the
spirit eshis =. s1, y We will let it pass,
ofthe Journa Ole well know how to do justice
to democratic Uwell as wing valor.