Weekly Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1853-1861, 1855-03-15

selves, awkward as it is for the Organ TO be
left "in the suds" in this way.-Laliula
Journal
The animadyersions of the journal upon
our day-before- yesterdays reference to the
adjournment Of the Legislature, are made
with its Characteristic tact We most cheer
fully award to the gentlemanly editors of
that paper the mead of praise merited al
ways by skilful rhetoric and expert mysti-
fcatiOn,-yet in connection with this ac-
acknowledgement we are unable to express
admiration of the discretion, which permits
the hurting of stones from glass houses or
prompts the drawing Of contrast pictures,
which place the artist and his work in bold
but awkward relief
If our comments upon the Senatorial lques-
ton placed us in conflict with any considera-
bic portion of the democrac (which is not
the case-the element in which we would
still move would be clear and serene, as COM
pared with the turbulent s,t7s" into which the
journal has been plunged by its illegitimate
alliance with sbelitionism. 1t is difficult to
harmoDize the 0ld HENRY CLAY Wings, who
constituted the supporters of the Jounalinits
pristine purity, with thoss nsR efpnEslx seq
tionaf sentiment, who gave vitality and, in
deed, existence to the extinct but by them,
long to he lamented Free Democrat. The
union of these aniagonistic journals could
produce only, in al knce with the laws of
nature, hybrid offspring, short lived, and
whose deformity is even beyond the curative
powers of those unctious "suds'' so repeatedly
poured upon its devoted head by the admin
istering High Priest, GEORGE w. JULIAN.
According to MILTON GREGG,-and the
Journal, cannot, of course, repudiate such au-
thOrity the men sent to the Legislature in
opposition to the Democracy, were composed
of several elements, as distinctive in their
characteristics as are any two antagonistic
principles upon which political issue is ever
made. These men were composed of Old
Line Wings, Abolitionists, and Fusion Demo-
Gratis, each representing characteristic constit-
uent elements No man who is at all ac-
quainted with the feelings of the people of
the State, will attempt to cOntrovert the cor
rectness of this classification nor will any
one who has visited the Capital during the
session of the Legislature, deny that each of
the parties of the Fusion party, had its repre-
SentatiOn here, as distinctive as had the DEM
ocratic party itself. Of course, then, if a
Senator had been elected from any one of the
wings of the Fusion party, none of which has
over twenty or thirty thousand voters, a
smaller number of the people of Indiana
would have been represented in that man,
than would have been the case had a Senator
been chosen from the ranks of the Democracy,
who polled at the last election some eighty
six thousand votes.
BY wise provision Of the Constitution, the
Senate of our State is made coordinate
body with the House of Representatives, is
distinct and entirely independent of that body
was created with the very design that it
might be the conservative branch of our leg
islative department, that it might prove a
check upon the reckless or hasty action of the
more popular branch, where the term of Of
fee is shorter and the responsibility of mem
bers-not so great Had the Senate consent
ed to 90 into joint convention, the dis
tinctive power of that body would have been
entirely lost, and, in all probability, Senator
elected through the force of the lower branch,
from one of the wings Of the fusion party,
with sentiments upon the more important pO-
litical questions of the day repugnant to a
large majority of the people of Indiana.
The Democrats of the Senate had the
po,cer to prevent this evil-they used the
power placed in their hands, and in doing so,
showed themselves worthy of the trust with
which they were clothed by the people and
the Constitution. Many Democrats express
ed a willingness, were it necessary, to post
pone indefinitely the election of Senator
Had it been necessary they would have done
as they intmated. nd would have had cause
W Dc POou VI * iCnlohniu4il'H dHouiiOu
Such a course, however was not necessary
The interest of the people and the credit o
the State could be preserved by the indPendel
action of the higher branch of our Legislature
in the question of an election as well as in al
other matters of importance.
The steps were taken by the Senate, as W.
stated few DAYS since, to elect a Senator b,
concurrent vote of the two Houses. Thi
proposition was rejected by the lower brancl
and, of course, the responsibility of the fail
ure to elect rests with the fusion party. VII,
did they not at least try the plan proposed
Neither they nor the people know that ma
could not have been elected who would hav
been acceptable to the Legislature and OF
namental to our commonwealth, The fact il
the fusionists could not themselves agre
upon man-there were too many Richmond
in the field, each of whom preferred tha
there should be no election rather than ths
his individual claims should yield TO riv;
aspirant.
This sentiment was repeatedly expresse
during the winter by the jealous friends
sundry prominent aspirants, and is as We
known to have existed here, as any 9th,
fact which has come to our knowledge
, The matters connected with this subje
will justify investigation and will .probab
receive it before the next political canvass
over
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