Weekly Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1853-1861, 1855-09-13
For theS tate Sentinel.
Political Traitors

dlcatl0n" OF the humbug American party
from the pen of the redoubted Jer Clemens
of faded memory! The Tribune considers
| it ''most mastery" document of course.
Well, we have no objection under the sun.
| 1t would seem, however, that the true Amer
leans of Jer.'s own county did not entertain
| a very fattering or tremendously high opin-
| ion of the demagogue ex-Senators princi-
Piles, or his "masterlv" vindication thereof
The proof of this We find in the little but
significant fact that the illustrious er. was a
one horse candidate for the legislature (what
a falling of was there, my countrymen-an
ex-United States Senator, descending To run
for the State assembly, and was completely
used up in his own home and county TO the
tune of three or four hundred majority against
him. That was not much for an x-Senator,
Was it Mr.. Gregg OIL no. not much, SO
let us have that mo~t -iaasteflsy- -findieA-.--.-
hv ALI naeass-.
While we are upon this subject, We cannot
refrain from indulgibg in little psrdonable
editorial chuckling over the recent sad fate
of certain prominent renegades, and traitors,
from the ranks Of the Democracy. These
unprincipled demagogues and political wealth
ercocks had by their trickery and unblushing
and brazen- faced hunt after the spoils of pub
lie plunder, brought upon the great party of
the nation, the Constitution and the Union,
all the odium that had ever been justly
chargesblo upop it by its enemies. Their
dishonesty and corruption their inHatiable
greediness for the emolumsnts Of Office, their
arbitrary spirit Of dctatorial insolence which
would never brook the least refusal to thei,
demands of power and plsce-sll these
l. II. ii IL N In,
comuptibie masses of our noble organization
with disaster and shame.
Tho reason is obvious. The miserable
Charlatans never belonged TO as in principle
and heart. They joined us in the sole hope
of licking the flesh pots of official patronage,
and the natural and inevitable consequence
was that the party was often driven by their
audacious threats Of factious disorganizatlcn,
| to confer upon these unde~srvinS worthless,
honors which rightfully belonged, and ought
| to have been given, 10 better and truer men.
| When, therefore, xe went into the conflict
| with such clogs upon the wheels OF our po-
| itical progress, and with such an absolute
| dead weight retarding our triumphant march
to the goal of victory, it was only what might
have been looked for, 20 witness, beyond the
power of keeping them in our ranks, and
however much we might indulge in vain re-
grets-numlcrs of the very best and truest OF
| the party going off to the ranks Of the enemy,
or if they did not actually desert us, yet
| folded their arms and remained idle, while
| their brethren in the faith were doing battle
for the principles of liberty and truth, OF
| the Constitution and the Union il is true
lbpf falso, let II be confessed. with modification
shsse. for the political exaltation and
agcrand issfnent of a set OF paltry demago2ues
and meats who would sell their very souls
dfiffhey ever had any,) to the d. for the
4 Spings of public plumber, and for the sake
ofplace and position-from the highest Office
4 in the nation down to that of cur pelter OF
fence viewer would unhesitatinge turn
round and basely barter away tha, honor, the
rights, and the principles ofrthosc who had
lifted them (reluctantly enough we must ad,
nit } from their natural obscurity and inherent
| littleness to the hight of positions, whose
l duties aud responsibilities they were no more
capable of discharging, nor ft 10 incur, than
so many idiots from an insane hospital, OF
.feons from the Pcnitentiarv.
r. Our language May be severe, but sabse-
auent events in the career OF fthese Office hunt
l5ng blood hounds clearly and fully justify
Ms S,iost unqualified expressions of condcm
= fnation and scorn which it 10 possible TO per
4 asiHff fthtn. Just look for ons moment a
.tthe record Of iufamy they have lef. benin.
Them, (snd we ought to thank God for syeT
this sole legacy of their bascness and politica
treachery, rs it will doubtless afford the De
mocracy food for reflection, and furnish then
wholesome lesson TO be carefully studied ant
not soon 10 be forgotten. Some Of these cor
morants and adventurers walked into on
conventions with an effrontery which wonl
have shained, and would not have been tol
Grated in men who had grown grey in TIA
, service of Democracy. Well. some of then
got to oe circuit judges, and some county jud
/ ges, and some shsriffs and criers. Som
again had their demands gratidcd in tn
shape of auditoBhips, treasurerships, and sec
rotary of-stateships Other some went
r Congress (would to Heaven they bad gone
, some place else we shall not name) and AZ
!, tually dsfrauded and lied good men and tru
out of nominations to these positions, on th
! false and hypocritical plea that they, forsootl
4 were more faithful than the latter TO the Con-
i promises of the Constitution, and sounder,
= our friend Dan Mace would say-upon 9TH
It infamous fugitive slave law :"
u Thus did the vampires and bats and ow
crawl into the seats of the eagles. What W
!. the sequel? When the foundations of Il
II old parties of the country were being torn ,
of by the roots, and scattered to the four win'
Is when new clements hitherto unknown
&c our country or its people were being form'
e and fashioned into a solid, compact ma
y dubbed f,ssionisn, by its framers-when pr
!. ciples of sectionalism, and disloyalty to {
is Constitution and laws Of the land (the sham
he less advocates of which. had they preach
isuoh doctrines in the days Of Andrew JAG