Weekly Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1853-1861, 1855-12-27

1t is to be regretted that the court wGe mn
able to come to a moro united opinion as TO
the validity of the law, as theyarying views
will tend to confuse the matter and give rise
to disputes as to what may and what nay not
be lone under the opinions of the Judges
There can be no doubt, however, but Shat
the law, in its most essential parts, is nuii
fed.
The opinions Of Judges Stuart, Pcyti,es
and Dawson nave been handed us for III
cation, AMI they will appearin our neSf:
Traitors C~onsoling one Anoth or.
None of the readers of the Sentinel neel
be told of the treachery of Long John Went
worth, of the Chicago Democrat-how he
who had been raised by the Democratic party
from poverty and obsourity to wealth and OF
fetal station, gradually but surely wheeled
around till now he is as fully and completely
enrolled in the ranks of Black Republican
Abolitionism as Greeley himself;-or how his
paper is now regarded as one of the chief Or
gans of Sewsrdism in the Northwest. These
facts, we say, are patent, and need not be re-
ferred TO at any great length.
Traitors, like misery, love company. Its
soothing to them to know that a corparah
guard accompany them into the ranks of the
enemy, even though the companies, the bat
t%alions, the regiments, and the divisions TO
main true to their own standard. Asa mat
ter of course, then, John Wentworth is in an
ecstacy of Joy over the accession of Francis
p. Blair to the Black Republican party. The
last number of his Chicago Democrat is red
client with rejoicings over the letter of this
gentleman attacking the principles of the
Nebraska bill and the statesmen and party
who defend it. The great name of Andrew
Jackson is lugged in to give eclat to Blair's
(and of course Wentworth's) apostacy. Pre-
ceding Mr.. Blair's letter to the Black Repub-
lican committee at Washington, the Demo
crat introduces one from Gen. Jackson to Mr..
Blair, entrusting him with his private men,
oranda and correspondence. Unfortunately
for Mr.. Blair, Wentworth introduces at the
same time a letter from MIR. Clay to Blair,
full of kind expressions towards him. Be
fore Mr.. Blair became the editor of the Globe
-Jackson's organ-he had been the conf
Dental friend and correspondent of Mr..
CLAY. That Mr.. b.. was true to Jackson dur
ing the lifetime of the old hero cannot he de-
MED. That Gen. jackson had no cause to
complain OF Blair's course towards him is
evident. But Mr.. Clay did complain that
Blair had betrayed his confidence and acted
treacherously towards him. Does not Blairs
recent course towards the Democratic party
give too much reason to believe that Mr.
Clay's accusation was a just one Mr.. Blair
was the friend of Mr.. Clay in Kentucky, and
by his influence was kept in Office at Frank
fort. When Clay was Frustrated and the stai
of Jackson rose, Mr.. B.. FASTENED on to Wash,
ton, and fed and fattcned on the crumbs
which fell from the official table. On the
riches thus acquired he is now enabled to live
in elegant retirement, whence he directs his
shafts against the principles and the party Of
Jackson.
Rut it is vain to attempt to cover M
Like the ears Of the ass who put on the lions
skin, the treason will stick out and the at
tempted deception be easily discovered
5 Jackson's name cannot be used to cover NJ
such shameless abandonment of principle as
. Mr.. Blair exhibits in deserving all his old
associates exceptinga corporaPs guard of the
John Wentworth stripe. His letter to the
Black Republicans of Washington, written
with the evident design of encouraging that
faction to perscvere in the work of sectional
agitation, will not make one convert to the
, unholy cause. The Democratic party might
: have overlooked Mr.. Blais's abandonment OF
Gen. Cass in 1913, on the score of personal
attachment and gratitude to Mr.. Van Buren,.
But he has no such excuse now. At mn inn
I portant crisis he has chosen to throw himself
into the ranks. not only of the enemies Of
the Democratic party, but Of a faction which
is avowedly a sectional one. His name wa:
once a household word among the Democ-
racy. They remembered him for his glori-
Gus defence of the Old Hero from the cal
umnics Of his enemies. But as Arnold is re
membered for his treason and not for his ar.
duous campaigns against the enemy, so will
Blair be remembered, not for his devotion t.
jackson, but for his shameful abandonment
of Jackson's principles in the hour &c trial
and when Jackson was no longer able to put
forth his strong arm to uphold them.