Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1841-1853, 1849-07-19
Dragging Women iutO fhe Contest.
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the journal, made a great ado, because n whlg cor
respondent of our paper. in giving Maison's biogra-
ply, incidentally mentioned, that he got his wealth
by marrying the daughter Of a rich Dutch butcher.
Their feelings appeared to be very much shocked in
deed; and they could not restrain the expression Of
their indignant reprobation, until they found out that
they were CONCERNING q wing instead of a Democrat.
They had entirely forgotten the assaults upon the
wife of General Jackson, until they had driven her to
her grave and really seemed 10 think that it was
not a habit Of whig politicians to assail women as
well as men. for base political ends.
A little while before this. the Vincennes Gazette
deprecated very strongly. and with seeming sincerity.
the efforts which had been made to lug religious mat
tiers into political controversies. We intimatcd Mt
the time, that the Gazette was insincere; aud we
have now evidence of its insincerity, in both the mat
tiers to which we have thus alluded.
In the last Vincennes Gazette, we have the follow
ing brutal assaults upon Col. German. the democratic
candidate for Congress in the 9th district. These
follow another article headed "Col. w. A. German
and Temperance ,''-charging hin with protesting
temperance principles at one time. and with treating
his friends ut another. But we have room only for
the following disgraceful articles:
Coz. W. a. GoRMAN AND THE CLERGY-CoI. ". A. Cor
man processes TO be a great lover and admirer of morality,
religion u M DlDle-at least he makes this profession
amongst moral and religious persons Let us tear the mask
from the Colonel, expose his dupiieify upon this subject, and
exhibit him in his true colofs. To do SO, it is only necessary
10 state the facts and authorities:
Col. German made the following remarks. lin substance: J
"IthOHght / once had a clerer. good tc1e. but the PRIESTS
HAVE GOTTEN HOLD OF HER AND RUNE HER"
A minister of this place. having charged Col. Coz an with
INFIDELITY, be (Col G. during his late visit, called upon
that minister 10 know the grounds of that change. The
above shameful remarks were assigned, as one of the res-
sons why he had been thus charged, and he (CoI. G ac-
knowledged, in The presence Of John r Jones, Of the Vest
prD MN Ia N - hAd n fho .onarbu .d unua he I'll
lowing shallow reason as a sufficient cause for slsndeTing
bis wife and the clergy-that, " DR.. Foster had troubled
him ior money, lime after time, for the support of The Bap-
fist ministry" Dr.. Foster. Of Bloomington, who is a Demo-
cIat, can testify as to the truth of the ColoDeIis excuse.
Su,b is Col. GOIman's love for morality aud religion, that
he ISLANDERS his wife, and her ministers, in the most vile
terms. Upon such language comm Mt Is unnecesssIy-it
speaks for itself-and shows to every reasonable man that
be who can thu. treat a wife is unworthy the confidence or
gentlemsnly regard of good men.
Cor. w. A. GoRMAN AND THE METHODIST CHURcH-Iis
seldom that we fnd a mans antipathy to religion aud NOR
ality, carrying him so far as to cause him to insult and abuse
that one whom he has sworn TO protect but such is the
case in reference to Col. w. A. German. Let facts answer.
A few years since, MIS-. German wished to attach herself TO
the Methodist Church. She made her desire known TO her
husband, wheIeupon he sand, lin substance)
" liz you ATTACH YOURSELF TO THE METHODIST CHURCH,
/ WILL LEAVE YOU"
This Mrs. German told to two ministers now living, whose
names will be given, if Gormsn dare deny the truth of the
above statement.
And now. this man, German, asks the votes Of The men
OF this diStriet-asxs the members of the M. Z. Chuich,
which he SO despises that he would consider member
ship in it, on the part Of his wife, a sufficient cause for
se~paTatiOn-asks, we say, the MeIhodists TO vote for him.
This man who would bind the conscience Of his wife and
refuse 10 let her worship God as she would, now calls upon
freemen to vote for him. Let the feemen of this district
show The petty tyraDt, that he who lords it over a wife's
Congress.
These facts we boldly assert, and challenge a refulatiOn.
We are armed with proof positive.
The infamous object of these Infamous assaults
cannot be mistaken. It is PROFESSIONALLY an effort to
array against Mr.. German the whole influence of
those powerful religious organizations, the MethO-
dists and Baptists. The time wAen these pretended
declarations of Col. German were made, is not stated.
No time at all is fixed for the first; we are left to
guess whether it was in the past or at present. The
other is fixed "a few years SINCE" This is done to
operate upon the two sects ut the same time, and in
order to make the ISLANDERS appear consistent with
each other.
Now we do not believe a word Of either. The
rascal who would publish such stuff, would not hesi-
tate a moment to manufacture them out of the whole
cloth. tie would, we have no doubt, commit any
crime, but for fear of the penitentiary or gallows.
He is an unmitigated villain in every fibre of his foul
carcass, and reeks with moral if not physical rotten
ness.
But even were the ISLANDERS ever so true, nothing
could justify their publication, nothing. And if
"two minister" have betrayed family secrets, in the
manner stated, for electioneering purposes, they are
nothing better than wolves in sleeps clothing, to
whom the finger of scorn should never cease to point.
Such an attempt to make a wife involuntarily assume
a position Of hostility against her misunderstanding
domestic differences matter of partizan arbitration
and penalty. is abominable beyond all precedent.
Beelzebub himself could conceive of nothing more so.
Any man, preacher or layman, so far ~forgetful of de-
cency, should be cowhided until every inch of hide
were fayed from his body.
We should have been as well pleased if some other
man had been nominated instead of Col. German,
under all the circumstances which have operated in
the 9th district these three years past. But if Cor
man were the worst enemy we had in the world, we
would support him with all our might, after so devil
ish an attempt TO destroy him.
INDIANA PosT OFFIcEs-ABUsEs ExPosED--A gentleman
lately appointed postmaster IN M important town Of Indiana
writes to a friend IN this city as follows:
And here let me inform you Of some facts which none
OF Us would have thought could be. When l came into Office
l found not less than five hundred documents, sent by oul
late M. c. all laid carefully aside. Some one bundled copies