Weekly Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1853-1861, 1856-10-30
The Philosonhr Of Polltios

The Philosophy of Politics
Straightway after the smoke Of the battle
had cleared away on the 18th inst, the ora
cles Of the Abolition party began TO account
for their defeat in Pennsylvania They saw
themselves fiat on their backs in a State
where they had boasted that they had moth
ing to do but present bold front and walk
over the course, almost without opposition.
Through force of mere shame, they were
bound to account for their uncouth and HUI
initiating posture. One look over the field
and the whole riddle was solved. 1t was
the treacherous Fillmore men who had play
ed hob with their ducks IN Pennsylvania
So most demurely philosophical Mr.. Phi
losopher GREELEY of the Tribune. So Chin
ed in the pOetical editor Of the Evening Post.
So echoed the mouth-piece of Gov. CHASE,
of Ohio, the Cincinnati Commercial The
key note being sounded, what could the In
diana State Journal, and other organs of
lesser note, do but catch up the refrain and
sound it in full chorus The Fillmore men
of Pennsylvania were denounced as a set OF
knaves who had played into the hands of the
Buchanan men, and euchered the whole Alb
clifton squad from Dan to Beersheba. But
now, thank Ged these pious political Jo-
sephs were out ofthe clutches of their wicked
brethren who had sold them into Egypt, and
they were ready again fer. battle. They had
kicked off the shackles Of fusion" and ike
young giant had stripped for tho encounter.
"Ths Republicans of Pennsylvania are now
relieved of all alliance with those treacher-
GUS FILLMORE men who last week betrayed
them for price"-shonts philosopher GREE
LY, in his Tribune Of Monday last. Poet
BRYANT seconds the shout in his musical
Post. CHAsE's organ, aud those who play
second fiddle to it, respond with hearty
"aye" GREEDY declares the "skIes bright"
@In all her born days" did the "Old Key
Stone" never look better or more promising.
The drill sergeants take look out through the
philosophers optics, and declare all to be
fne-very fas-nothing in the way now of
short race and merry one, since the dead
and sinking carcass Of Know Nothingism has
been kicked to Lapland.
But two days have passed. and what do
we see? Out steps philosopher GREELEY
again with the announcement that call the
anti Buchanan forces in Pennsylvania have
combined" to defeat the old "Fillibuster of
Wheatland." The philosopher brings his
weather-glass to bear upon the horizon, and
declares that "THE PROSPECT BRrGHTENs."-
The treacherous Fillmore men" of Mon
day, who had betrayed their Abolition allies
for price, in the State election, were, on
Wednesday, most comely and luscious set
of fellows-regular PLUYBs-whom philoso.
pher GREELEY thought it no disgrace to hug
with every mark Of fraternsl affection. To
be sure the modest and virtuous HORACE
"would have preferred CLEAN Fremont
ticket" but since his party have so besmear-
ed themselves with the many DIRTY jobs
they have had on hand, a DIRTY mongrel
ticket, half Abolition, half Know Nothing,
becomes their complexion best.
Philosopher GREELEY's profound opinion
now is, that ga UNION OF THE TWO GREAT d.
VISIONS OF THE OPPOSITION OFFERS BETTER
CHANCE OF SUCCESS THAN TO KEEP THEIR
VOTES TOTALLY APART"
GREELEY himself it was who started the
idea of there being two FREMoNTs.-
Whether right or wrong in that, he has
forced upon the world, and "the rest Of
mankind" the idea that there must be two
GREELEYs. And how unlike the GREELEY
of Monday, is the GREELEY Of Wednesday.
The first GREELEY throws up his old white
hat, in perfect phrenzy Of glee, because the
Fremonters were to be left to fly over the
course In Pennsylvania, freed of the dead
weight of Fillmore Knownothingis,n. Thus
untrammelled, they would lick all creation
and half of Ireland besides, just like book.
On Wednesday, tother GREELEY quite stamps
the heels off from his brogans, because the
Fillmore car has come along, and they have
all Jumped in and are going to take a ride
Monday the skies were bright" because
there was "no ednesday the
skies were still brighter because there soas
" fusion" Who will doubt efter this, that
the "two Greeleys'' have justly earned the
sobriques of Philosopher'-and who can
despise that philosophy which pictures "ths
skies all bright" though they may be studded
with lowering clouds of midnight blacknessF
We wait, with some anxiety and no little
curiosity, the effect of this change of music in
the chief organ grinder of the party, upon
those little instruments who pitch their tune
TO the Key note Of the Tribune. Will the
Journal step out and give US "shake" or
two? It will be 30 amusing Hunt