Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1841-1853, 1852-04-22
TUESDAY MORNING, APRIL go, 1852.
Platforms.

Platforms.
''The people want no platforms, as politicians call
them" says the Indiana State Journal. On behalf Of
the Wing party of Indiana the organ declares that the
people 1--WE presume he means the Wing people, want
no platform, no declaration Of principles. As Bennett
of the Herald once said talk of principles principles
are things we despise" So with the Wing party, who
support Gen. Scott. Nicholas McCarty, the Wing
didate for Governor of Indiana, like candid and
honest man. travelling the State and avowing ms
principles. The Convention which nominated him laid
down their platform; have the Wing conventions in
most of the States but avowal Of principles for the
public eye seems to suit them best in Presidential elec
ton The for this dark aLl double policy is OBJ
vious. No Wing be elected Oh truly Wing plat
FORM Their object is then to cheat the people, and
then after they have succeeded asen the country
the policy Of the party
In the great contest between Jefferson and the elder
Adams the platforms Of the Republican and Federal
parties clearly defined. The distinguished leaders
that contest had filled high and important positions
in the government. Their opinions were on record.
Such was the character of all the political contests down.
to IS4O when the committee Cincinnati announced
that the Wings take Gen. Harrison with gener
Gus confidence and require declarations for the public
eve Harrison AMI Tyler were elected and the sequel
proved that the Wing party who attempted to cheat the
Democrats, were themselves cheated. Gen. Harrison
died and Tyler made bad Wing President. His his
tory and the history of his administration will not
be forgotten Tired of this system the Wings, IN 1874,
nominated Henry Clay and made their platform clear
and distinct Il was a contest principles and resulted
in the triumph of Mr. Polk and Democracy and the de-
feat of Mr. Clay and Whiggery. In ls4s, Gen. Tay-
hal IN
people, and on all Sides nominated for President
and Willard Fillmore, known and an avowed Wing,
for Vice President Taylor mad 300 negroes and lived
in the SOUTH and Fillmore who had repeatedly express
ed slavery views put the ticket TO honey
the pill for the north They elected and both
wings Of the party have been cheated Taylor, unde.
the lead of his Secretary Ewing, adopted the northern
or slavery policy and pursued it until he brought
the country the verge of civil war; and at the very
crisis when this bomb about bursting in the Wing
camp and scattering it to Fragments the fuse died out
by the death OF President Taylor.
Then followed Mr.. Fillmore, who adopted line Of
policy dismissed the old cabinet and attempted cleanse
the Augean stable Of Aboonsm; IN doing this he dsap-
pointed and enraged the northern wing the Wing party
and they now stand united Roman legion opposition
him. So that during the last four years both wings
of Whiggery have been cheated and disappointed The
south by Taylor and the north by Fillmore So much
no platform. Now there effort with the north
ern Wings backed by the Office seekers and bote-hod-
ers elect Gen. Scott without any expression for the
public eye. He has military fame but civil reputa-
tion Has never held civil office. Never gave vote
in legislative body. His letters have all been military
except which in favor and another against
Native Americanism. Where has he uttered one
word on the Tariff or Currency questions the
subject of the COMPROMISED question which has
overrode everything else for two years past He is per-
iectly silent and his friends refuse TO construct
platform for him to stand on. Had he been a civilian
like Mr. Clay, Mr. Fillmore, and Mr.. Webster, there
might be show of fer this silence. Their
political and opinions part Of the written history
of the country Their record is made. They stand
the national Wing platform and standing there have
chance of Hence the necessity of selecting
candidate who has political record whose opinions
may be construed to suit circumstances and whose po.
ltical thermometer will rise and fall with the latitude
and the degrees of heat and cold For this reason the
Wings oppose platform. They want the offices,
and to obtain boon desirable, they willing to
throw and principles to the dogs. They have
been in power four years and effort has been made to
change the democratic policy adopted under the admin
istraton Of Mr.. Polk. The schemng and WIRE working
Wings have got the Offices and the honest Wing voters
who desired a change Of MEASURES have got nothing.