Weekly Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1853-1861, 1855-12-27
believe it possible, and so believing we dis
miss the thought from our minds and the sub
iect from our columns.

lect from our columns.
To the Editors OF the State Sentinel:
A publication in this mornings Indiana
Journal. giving an article attributed to
the Sentinel of the 18th ultimo, with an at
dendsna from a late number of the Cincinnati
Enquirer, rejecting upon the character OF
the Governor of Indiana, demands a few
words of explanation at my hands-for
which | respectfully beg the use of your col
unins.
1t is unnecessary for mo to say to those ac-
quainted with the paper which, during the
past nine months, was under my editorial
control, that their surprise, on perusins the az
ticle in reference, was only equalled by my
own unutterable astonishment. The article
which the Journal copies from the Enquirer
neUer appeared in any regular edition OF the
Sentinel. Until Friday evening last l was
in utter ignorance of its existence past or pre-
sent.
On inquiry | am informed by Mr.. Cotton,
who wrote for the local columns of the pa
per, and by Mr.. Warner, Foreman of the Of
fee at the time, that the production in qucs-
ton was written by Mr.. e. who, after the
form was at press, ordered the withdrawal oil
his hastily written paragraph and the de-
s%truction of the papers printed-an order
arising. doubtless, from the conviction that
such an article would meet with my unquali-
fed disapproval. 1t seems that some OF Tho
half dozen papers, previously printed, es
capped destruction.
| am driven to this explanation, MesSrs
Editors, as u matter of justice to myself; and
in conclusion, may be pardoned, perhaps, |
. I alIude briefly to the policy by which
Sought to be governed in conducting the Cen
trail Paper of the Democratic Party in India
ma. The propriety of this is the more appa
rent, since | perceive that the course yO
have thus far indicated, in many respects,
similar to that pursued by your predecesso
In taking charge of the Sentinel, in Marc
last, | announced, through a prospectus, thu
n the paper | controlled should be, not the Of
e gan of any class of men, but the exponent
those great principles upon which the d.
mocrary of the nation based their hopes ft
the success of their party and the rrosperit
of the country. Except when absent, j
sickness, from my post of duty, the pursu
ance of this design resulted, | believe, in sati,
faction to my p%artizan friends. 1t must /
A l-ll-ol bo,- al mona ca rono
as editors can appreciate this statement, thi
the exercise of no amount of discriminate
in giving place to those notices OF publ
,e men, who are the supposed embodiment
eur principles, and, as such, deserve consid'
= ration, can serve to prevent, if not the appea
= ance, ut least, the imputation of p~artialit
The patrons of a paper should reflect upc
and consider maturely the peculiar relation
it which an editor bears to all the men Of h
~ party, before they yield to an inclination
%censure a supposed omission or comm;ssio
:" where the interest of a prominent favorite
involved.
Z" AS Il retired editor, escaped from the cat
no dron of criticism, advice, and dictation, whi'
=. he never needed, | would crave the indr
! gence of an er%aeting public, for my arde
and deserving successors, who have throw
III themselves, in this capital Of turmoil up
the altar Of their party, to be inundated wi
" us all to the ~demon Of dissension, if pet
10 jealousies are permitted 70 divide our ran
or give a tangible form to a spirit of disco
!" among the masses Of our friends.
y" JNO. G. WALKER.
:" INDIANAPOLIS, Dec. Oath, 1856.