Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1841-1853, 1849-09-27
No Sin to oppose The Country and to
aid the Country's Foe, but n Great
Crime TO oppose Gen. Taylor.

Crime 10 oppose Gen. Taylor.
The removal of General Lane by the present ultra
Wing administration, which came into p'wer with
the fattering falSeo"d upon its lips, of being hostile
To party, has at last found npoogist and u defend
or. The Infamous Louisville Journal, which de
nounced the war with Mexico as accused If God,
has fifty undertaken the task of jusifying the pro-
scripiiOn of one of those gallant men who aided in
turning the fortunes of the fearful day of Angostura.
zen. Lane, according TO the Journal, has been appro
prIaely>punished for daring 10 speak against Gen.
Taytor! The head and front of his offending. hath
this extent, more.
In the feudal times, when the monarch almost
despot ii no uncommon thing for bold baron
to beard the monarch TO his teeth, and even the proud
est head that wore a crown. did not deem it I'M
knely to permit the brave knight to proclaim his dis
appreciation of some royal decree In England, at
the present day, that public is regarded
coward who will not proclaim his opinions, no mat
ter how hostile to the ministry. In France the revo-
luton which deposed Louis Philippe began at the
Banquets which he tried to SUPPRESS because those
who attended them dared to speak against the abuses
of his administration. similar fate threatens
Austria, because of an attempt to control the free
speech Of the Magyars. In Russia it is said that
even among the confdanes of the Car, the bierest
hostility is avowed, with impunity, to the policy that
has led him into Hungary. Even in Rome, the
citadel of an armed absousm, Mazzini's proclama-
tious circulated and read by the people. in def
ance of the papa soldiery. The British Queen
passes through ireland, while the British press de-
nounces her government, and defes her Indignation.
But in this FREE COUNTRY, weather beaten, bat
tle-scarred soldier who has fought through nearly
the entire with Mexico. ending his in the
last gallant adventure of in the valley of
Mexco-now distant in the inhospitabe wds OF
Oregon, whittier he was sent by former Executive
is sought out by the bloodhound of Federalism,
and offered up as sacrifice to party vengeance, be-
cause he has dared differ with Gen. Taylor in re-
gard to the report of batte-and because he was
bold aud brave enough to proclaim his objections to a
candidate who published and proved his own ncom-
potency as a civilian. The worst despotism of the
present day has rarely dared to go farther than this
and when it has gone farther, just retribuOn has
been prompt to punish and avenge.
While General Taylor proscribes General Lane for
daring to say that he is neither a Napoleon in war
Washington in peace, while he applies the
scourge of Indignation to who will fall down
and worship himSef-how does he treat the foes and
the reviers of the coutryl General Lane, who stood
the iron hail of the Mexicans at Buena Vista, and in
the engagements with Jarauta and his fierce bandit
IT, is branded with ignominy for daring to differ from
General Taylor while General Taylor crowds into
the high places of the government the violent and
audacous revilers Of the nations honor. General
Lane is decapitated because he will not dolize Tay-
lor; while Hudson, Collamer, MGaughey, Oils,
Davis, Penrose, and other enemies of the country,
and aiders and comforters of the country's foe,
ceve the supreme approval of the Regency and the
President To differ from General Taylor is a crime.
punishable with the severest mark Of displeasure,
while TO defame the country's war, and to aid the
countrys enemy, is new title to the confidence and
preference of the present illustrous administration!
We need not elaborate argument which pow
erfully illustrates the utter reckessness and incom-
potency of our present rulerS.--PennSylrdnia