Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1841-1853, 1852-09-30
INDIANAPOLIS, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 80, 1852.
Whig Contradictions.

II would keep man employed to itemixe all the
contradictions Of the Wing managers and the Wing
press At Washington they have franking committee,
with Truman Smith the head that sends pamphlets
certain neghborhoOds in the North prove that Gen.
Pierce is friend to the South and the committee
sends phets the South prove that Gen. Pierce
is Aboltonist. The Wings charged first that Gen.
Pierce tainted on the battlefield and coupled that
charge with insinuation that he acted cowardly
They next asserted that General Pierce never was in
battle and encouraged certain in going around
end saying that Gen. Pierce's father tory when
t is well known that old Ben Pierce fought bravey
Bunker Hill. They charged that the last Democratic
Legislature in session long time, and did nothing
comparatively but at the very next breath they say
that the Legislature revised the laws and that il
will cost $4,000 to publish the Revised Statutes.
They must be very good in figures il they can show
that the Revised Statutes of '43 cost SIS OOO and
the Legislature Of 1872 did nothing and that when
the price Of printing is the same it then,
that il will $50 900 publish the Revised Statutes
Of that session. This disease which sprung up in Ger.
tain quarters, appears TO be Contagious and we see
that neighbor of the Journal has caught the com.
plant. When it suits him, he says that Pierce has
been In Office "about year, while at other times he
admits that he has been in Office ten years will be
by the two paragraphs placed in opposite columns:
' There is difficulty inf 50 IL turns out that Gen
answering it, far Gen. Scott, for forty -four years
Scolts coneerned but d service has been paid S251
has Frankiiu Pierce ever 2S6 20; Gen. Pierce has re-
doneP Will any Of his sup ceved $50 373 and there.
porters tell3 'Why-why-ore they say that Pierce
amt he DemocratP Is sought to be President, be.
about all the answer that cause he has mad so
can be given. Very true ;much money ont Of the
but there not hundreds treasury Pierce on.
OF thousands OF Democrats LIZ OFFICE ABOUT ONE
that don't deserve TO belYEAR. R.n-IndanaJo "a Journal,
President7 Where is thelSytem5sr l6
evidence of his ablity2 He
SERVED TEN YEARS in
Congress, and voted against
the Improvement of Rivers
and Harbors, and against al.
lowing the Widow of Gen
Harrison the first years sal.
ary other deceased husbandd
but dnes that enttle him to
the suffrages Of the people,
the highest Office within
their gift2'-Iad;aRa Jour.
September 7.
An editor that could write such par could
just easily say that General Pierce was never ia Office
in his life 1t General Pierce received $50 373
40of which sum So 1872 81 was for bis military SER
vice. and the balance for his civil services bat he has
never received any extra allowance. II IS true that
General Scott received 1881 2Ss 10 as his regular pay
bat the Journal very cautiously omits the facts that in
addition TO this amount Scott received in the shape o
extra allowances SIS, ,632 26 and that he 1withheld'
1856 49, and unaccounted for" S12 873 o. according
the of the Acting Secretary of the Tressu
ry, who is Whg.