Weekly Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1853-1861, 1856-11-13
More Comfort.

The Madison Courier chimes in with the |
general cry against Defrees, Ellis and Co., for
the bungling manner with which they con-
Quoted the Republican campaign in this
State. We give below few choice extracts |
from that paper, for the especial benefit of
those gentlemen. After reading them, we
fancy that we can see the poor devils who are
receiving these unmerciful kicks, with uplift- |
ed hands, agonizingly exclaim, "save us
from our friendsm
In contests waged with the sterner weap-
ons, in which life and limbs, blood and treas
ure are expended-when blows are freely
given and received, when men meet men at
the point of the bayonet and at the lannon's
mouth-after defeat the cause Of the defeat
is carefully looked for. If the generals who
commanded the beaten army have been an
skillful, if they prove to be imbeciles, want
ing in any of the great requisites of good lead
ers, they are simply unfortunate !; they must
retire. This is rule without an exception,
and is inexorably applied to every unsuccsss-
full general-why shouldn't it be applied to
the leaders of political parties The gentle
men who engineered the Republican party in
Indiana are clever, estimable men, every one
of them; but as political leaders they are i'm
beetles. With superior numbers, the best
cause, and the major part of the enthusiasm
throughout the canvass. their party is beaten.
They have been out-generaled in every par
ticular. They reversed the principles of hav-
ing the heaviest battalions concentrated at
the point of attack. The enemy amused
them while they undermined their entrench-
ments The whole canvass was a mass of
blundefs and egregious mistakes from first to
last"
This is rather severe. "Clever estimable
men," says the Courier, "but as political
leaders they are imbecile." This is all the
thanks that Defrees, Ellis & Co. get for the
wear and tear ofconscience they have suffer-
ed during the campaign. To be thus kicked
and cuffed for the free use of all the ability
with which they have been blessed, is rather
too bad, in factit is quite inSufferable. And
to be unceremoniously drummed out of camp,
as the Courier advises should be done, is
rather adding insult to injury, or injury to in
suit, we do not know exactly which. But
such is the fortune of war or want of brains
(the latter the Courier says is the diff culty)
and in either case it must be sub mitted to-.
In this sweeping denunciation of the Repub-
lican leaders we hope no allusion is intended
by the Courier to our neighbor of the Jour-
nal. we believe that print ha, boon eon1r-
: what INSCRIPTIONS, has never failed to lie
when necessary, and sometimes when there
was scarcely justification for it, and gave
up its columns to the free use of Defrees, e.
lis & Co., not forgetting Coburn, Gordon and
Others of the lesser Republican lights, for the
/ wholesale abuse and SANDER Of Democratic
men and principles, and if that is not
the way to conduct Republican campaign,
the leaders here do not know how to do it.
In these particulars the Journal has done its
/ whole duty. And now after the Journal,
} Defrees, Ellis & Co. have done all this dirty
work with hearty good will, read the ad.
wise of the Courier for their disposal.
In conclusion we present our sympathies to
the Republican le aders" and hope they will
; have "better luck next time" at all events
not fall into the hands of friends like the
Madison Courier
: "But what we to do-what can be done
without leaders? In answer TO that question
r we have only to say: You see what has been
done with the present leaders; it could not
have been worse done without leaders. II
more fortunate men cannot be found. in the
: Republican ranks, better to be without lead
, ers, or hire some from the Republicans of some
, of the other States.