Weekly Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1853-1861, 1855-12-27
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Underthis monosyllabic caption the Jour
nal publishes couple Of extracts, one al
legged to be an article copied from the local I
of the State Sentinel of the 29th Of
November, changing Gov. Wright with sclec-
ting aud sending to the Sentinel office sun
dry "puHs" Of his agricultural speech in
New York, and %denOuneing him as can ar
rant demagoeusi" &c. &c. The other OK
tract is an article copied from the Cincinnati
Enquirer, in which Gov. Wright is held up
as a 'trickster'' and a "charlatan," and
charged with having remarked that the
Fugitive Slave Law should never be exc
euted in Indiana while he was Governor"
etc.
We leave to Col. Walker, our predecessor,
to explain how this paragraph, without the
knowledge or consent Of the responsible ed
itor, got into a few copies of the Sentinel
We Me in no wise responsible for it, and it
would be equally unjust to hold Col. w. to
account for an article couched in such bad
taste and evidently written in an unguarded
moment.
As far as the charge that Gov. Wright de
clAred that the Fugitive Slave Law should
not be executed in Indiana while he was
Governor, Is concerned, we arc authorized
and requested to state that he never made
any such remark as that imputed to him
that he always approved that measure, and
so avowed himself before the bill was passed.
So far as regards the "puffs' alluded to, we
are informed they we've cut out by the Gov
ernor's private Secretary and handed into
the Office By that Individual. This, howev-
er. is a small matter, and one with which we
have nothing 10 do. This concluding Iara-
graph Of the journals article is what most
concerns US. 1t is as follows:
The plain reading Of this emphatic utter
ance Of the Sentinel is 1--WE are the Bright
organ-we owe no allegiance Ia Governor
Wright, and henceforth we mean to be the
representative, not Of the WHOLE party, but
the Bright half Of it," The studions efforts
which, we are assured by good Democrats,
the Sentinel makes to keep out of its columns
every appearance Of popular disapproval Of
Mr.. Bright, strengthens the probability of
this Interpretation. The parts of reports of
county conventions which show that Mr.. b.
was refused the endorsement Of the people
for President, are sedulously suppressed, and
every one in which he received that sanction
are paraded at full length. This we are as
sured is the fact by those who knot0. We
know nothing about the matter ourselves
But whether it be true or false, there can be
no sort Of doubt, after the above explicit
avowal Of its opinion of Governor Wright,
that the Sentinel holds itself no longer the
organ Of the Democratic party in Indiana
but Of Mr.. Senator Bright and his satellites.
The Democracy may probably be interested
in knowing this fact, and we contribute it
to their rather limited stock Of information,
gratis.
TOthis paragraph and the statements it con-
tAins we have a few words to say, because
we consider it due to ourselves, to our rea-
ders, and to the Democratic party, and mol
on account of Bright" or of "W right, eth
ct as individuals or Democrats. Personally
they are nothing more to us than thousand
of other Democrats in Indiana, further Than
their talents and the positions they occupy
lehich both hold, not as the gift of a section or a
|aetion, bit By the united sHgnages Of the Demo.
cratic prty-confer upon them prominence
Whatever Others may do, noe can never be.
come the 'orgmf" Of any individual member
Of the party, OF of any faction OF ii, fthe par
ty, forgetting principle, should madly deter
mine to quarrel and divide about men. W.
can never recognize any misunderstanding
among individuals as a cause for producing
h~eartburnings and divisions in our party
The Sentinel does not claim to be the organ
of the Democratic party, but, believing tho
measures of that party to he those most con.
ducive to the welfare Of the whole country
we have, here and elsewhere, devoted what
ever talents we may possess to their advocacy
Between Us and those measures we can nevei
permit the personal differences of any set o.
men to enter.
The editor ofthe Journal says good Demo
crats'' have complained to him that we have
made "studious Efforts to keep out of on
columns "every appearance OF Unpopular disap
prevail ofMr. Bright" This charge we deny
an toto. These "good Democrats" may con
slider it part of their duty as Democrats t.
make the Black Republican Know Nothins
Journal the 'Organ" of their complaints. II
as it seems that it would have been NOR,
manly and generous for these "good Demo
eratsv TO make theft grievances known to IL
in person. We scorn TO defend o~urselve
against any charges which Democrats ma
make against us through the columns Of tn,
Journal. We will only say, therefore, tina
we have published every resolution which
has been sent to MS endorsing or approvin!
the course either Of Gov. Wright or Of Sena,
tor Bright This course we shall c%ontinne tC
pursue. We have endeayored in our brie.
career as conductors Of the Sentinel to dea'
out evenhanded justice TO every prominent
Democrat in the State, in Office or seekin.
Office. Gov. Bright has been extensively
spoken Of as a probable nominee Of the
Democratic National Convention. knowing
him to have always been a sterling Democrat
we have said we believed Indiana preferred
him over any Of the distinguished gentlemen
of other State spoken Of for President, and
have copied what some Of our contemporaries
have said on the subject. Ia like manner
we have endeavored to do Justice to Gov.
Wright, by copying notices highly and justly
commendatory Of his agricultural speech in
New York, and speaking favorably of his
management of our State affairs. We have
copied, or at least endeayored TO copy, every
notice e~xtolling the claims Of gentlemen
whose names have BEEN mentioned in con.
nection with the Stfe offices. These article.
have been . heavy tax on our columns and
many of oHr readers have complained of tn,
large space they have occupied to the exclu
sion ofthe general news Of the day.
But enough of this. What we have sal,
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