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

The editor of the Toledo Blade, writing
from Washington, attributes the failure OF
his party to organize the House to the fact
that nearly all its members are new men
who have never before been in Congress, and
are entirely inexperienced, while the Demo-
Gratis in the House are mostly men of expert
enee aud of talent. Had the Democrats, he
says, a majority of but single vote, they
would be able to effect an organization with
. bat tfEle og D. .delay. What the editor Of
the Democrats is nc doubt true, but it is not
because the fusiOnists are mostly new men
that they cannot organize, with such an i'm
mense majority on their side; nor is it be-
cause the Democratic members are expert
enced tsctic1ans that they couldorgauize with
but meagre majority at command. The
causes lie deeper than this and are evident to
all who give moments thought to the sub
ject.
The opposition to the Democratic party
lsstyear, when most Of the members of the
present Congress were elected, was composed
of heterogeneous mass-the odds and ends
of all fsctions-who were actuated by no
common principle, and united only for a sim
gle ooject-to accomplish the defeat of the
Democrats The man who could call the
hardest names, who could coin the most false
hoods, who could most excel in venomous
TRADES, was set mp the champion of the
Fusionists and rushed into Congress, without
regard to his views those great questions
which have from time immemoral divided
the great parties of the country Inyone dis
trict the question was the intensity Of the
candidates hatred of the Dutch, the Irish,
and the Catholics; in another the depth of
his love for the negro; and in still another
temperance was made the leading issue.-
Thus men were elected not only without re-
gard 10 their antecedents, but without regard
to their present views on questions which
would come up for their aclion; and now we
see the hall of the House filed with men
nOminally belonging to the same party, but
who hold no principle in common unless a
hatred of the Democratic party can be called
a principle. Having themselves acted the
demagogue and the hypocrite to obtain their
places, each one is afraid TO trNst his neigh
Dor, lest his professions may be as hollow as
his own. They are mere adventurers-po-
htical traders who have determined to in
vest their small capital in such way as will
yield them the largest per centage, without
paying much attention to the honor or moral
ity of the scheme in which they have en-
barfesE THAT niea unitel by such ties as
these should have no confidence in and be
afraid to trust each other is not at all singu-
lar. Each one is for himself and for no one
else.
The position of the Democratic members
of Congress, as contrasted with that of their
opponents, is proud one Though a small
minority, they are conscious that those who
sent them there are one in sentiment and in
principle. To secure their places they made
no effort to conceal any principle or blink any
question. Whether they come from the
their position is the same. They are for the
Union and for those measures which will
best cement the Union and bind it together
Their nominee for Speaker is man who
justly commands not only the united vote of
his own party, but even some of those elected
as opponents Of the Democratic party can
vote for him. In this state Of things it is
easy to distinguish between the policy of the
Democratic party AMI that of its opponents.
The one is open, manly, straightforward,
stedfast 10 principle, no matter which way
the current may run; while the other shifts
its course with every breeze, and, as the wind
sometimes blows in opposite directions, so
they also come in contact with each other,
like the counter blasts which sled them to
power.