Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1841-1853, 1849-06-14
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C't OeFy e~ehStpSy, the In ttdnd American. lnelr
political character may be guessed at, without rou
bic, even by stranger, by their respective titles.
They happen both to be published on the same day Of
the week, Friday,-an ominous day, every hang
man knows,--very appropriate for wing Taylor pa
Per,-not quite so appropriate for Of democratic
tendencies
We thus particular because both Of these papers
Of the date of June the Sth instant contain matters Of
some little interest to the people made So not because
OF any special merit demerit in the matters in ques
ton,but rather in consequence Of the wreched dis
plays of folly on the part Of few wing editors and
others, who have very profound respect for Mr..
Matson's DOLLARS, and, of course of every thing
else concerning him.
The first paragraph which we think worthy of
attention is the following. from the "Oemocrat:''
THE AUTHOR OF MATsoN's BIoGRAPHY.-Below
will be found the card of Mr.. Tyner. His motives
for writing the letter the Sentinel, and his present
address, left to his explanation. He fully
exonerates all democrats from any participation in
the matter Will the wing press that has been
prolific in its abuse of the democrats. make The
amende honorable Mr.. Tyner says he is uchig,
and every body here knows such TO be the fact.
''To THE PUBLIc.-As the Indiana american, both
edtoriay and through the medium of communication,
has denied that the biographical sketch OF Matson,
which appeared in the State Sentinel week
since, written by whig deem bat justice TO say
that II written by wing, and that am the author.
the letter myself conceived the design without
any ones suggeston and executed it without any ones
assistance; and the responsibility rests on me alone.
The production had its origin in personal dislike. OF IFS
do think it advisable present to mako
elaborate defence. That nine-tenis of the state
mens however, contained therein iterated and
eraed in this district from end to the other in 1913,
every informed already knows, and every honest
man is ready to adult. But things that
toned calculated TO aid NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. which
would have been suppressed had the hurry of the
md the limited time that to eapse before
the closing Of The mall prevented a careful revision 1t
surprising that under these circumstances the
demOc ratio party should refuse 10 endorse the produc
on and the fact has encouraged wholesale expecora
ton of venom and viiuperation from the wing press,
contrasting beautifully with certain pious professions
Of horror the sanderOus communication to the Sent
mel These declamaiory outbursts well calculated to
bias the public mind, but shall reply TO them-be-
evng that when the heat Of political virulence has sub
sded Just people will examine their character, and
possibly appreciate the in which they had their
origin. VIM. Il. TYNER.
Brookve, June 5, 1s49.
Under all the circumstances, this card certainly
opens as rich a bay oyster in md-winter. At
least. il will be thought somewhat piquant by those
who have paid any attention the splurgings of the
State Journal and The Indiana American, ever since
the publication of the biographical sketch of the wing
gubernatorial candidate Really, we regret that
have not space to republish the whole of the very
wise and sensible lucubratons of those very profound
and sagacious directors of wing public sentiment,
touching this momentous matter We equally re-
greet that the same necessity comDes to forego the
pleasure of calling their attention to passages
of Hudibras which occur TO our memory, apropos to
the occasion but we must be content with general
reference to the volume.
Tn town no bigger than Brookve, of course
a State secret of this importance would leak out,
before its actual appearance in print. This will
account for the tone which is assumed in
lation tothis same matter by the Indiana Ameri-
can. Those who know the genius at the head of that
concern understand that he is very expansive hum
bug of very limited cplibre.-like empty barrel,
he makes good deal of noise as he goes off, but is
by no means dangerous. Probably his whole chnrac-
ter may be briefly summed up most correctly by say
ing that he is a very small and very compressed edi-
ton of Bennett of the New York Herald; fellow
who is ready to puff abuse friend foe, for pay ;
the only difference being, that where Bennett would
exact a dollar, the American would jump at n dime
We could relate funny incidents, illustrative of
all this, in which bldck-mdd has been levied upon
wing politicians. but have not room at present. In
anticipation of Mr. Tyner's card, the American had
the following:
"IHE MOUNTAIN IN LAB0R.-Snce The appearance
of the Infamous biography of Mr.. Matson in the State
Sentinel there has been considerable utter in the loco
foco camp in this place. escape from the responsibility
and authorship of that article Every effort has been
made by deep scheming, by artful and cunning pol-
clans, get wing boy 10 acknowledge II as his
They first attempted 10 create the impression that it
written by boy then in Burons store, but the Of
wing This they found To be too gross lie to be beev
ed by their party. They then privately circulated
that il was written by VIM. G. Terrell, young gentle
man of talents, a of the Rev. w. Terrell Of this
- al. A. M.e
sons Office, and that it written by him, at the in
of Mr.. Matson This gross falsehood coming to
Williams ears, with burning indgn ,tion he denounced
the slender in the words of the card in the last Amer
Then another scapegoat must be sought; and,
il is well known in community like ours, there al
ways be found abundance Of instruments who be
made tools OF by various sratagems and appliances that
be brought TO bear by shrewd politicians They
now charging it upon another boy, the son Of a dsn-
gused wing family and should not be astonished if
he has already signed the documents But this does
make It emanate from wing The boy is
known be a whig and whiggery is like every thing
else in this country, not Hereditary the very document
itself, proves that IL does not from wing. Ii is
content with dlstortng and mrePresenng act
of Mr. Matsons fe invading his sanctuary, abusing his
wife, and her deceased father, but il abuses the wing
party forever putting to rest that it comes from
wing. Had IL been intended as petty and contemplate
spite towards Mr. hason, growing out of personal
NATTER il would never have spoken dsparagiDgly
wing party absactv. But the author could conceal
his hatred of the wing party generally and particularly,
and il hat boy may be induced suffer the
infamy of its authorship, in the public estimation, who
know the dark and malignant hearts in this town. will
believe any such thing. Such things will do good
here, and intended only for foreign consumption"
The object of Clsrkson which is entirely clear is
make appear that the author of the Biography is
a mere boy Let bis age be what it may, no one who
reads his article viii doubt that his brain is quite
we'll matured and full as hard that of his assail-
ants. and that his learning and talents are great