The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1856-01-25
The state Sentinel. &c.

ana, the State Sentinel, appears to be undergo
ing good many changes. 1t has been but
short time since we noticed the retiring of
John c. Walker and @. W. Cotton, from the
Sentinel They were superseded by Messrs
] ohm S. Spann and ]. B. Norman. We have
now to notice the withdrawal of these gentle
men, who will be superseded by the Rev. VIM.
G. Larrabee, candidate for the Office of Super
intendent of Public Instruction, and Mr.. G.
w. Cotton, the. gentlemen who recently kick
ed upa political muss on his own hook, by
writing that item for the Sentinel charging
Gov. Wright with being ., selfpuffer and an
s'arrant demagogue." We presume under the
new change there will be a strict proviso
that Mr.. Cotton is not to have word to say
about Gov. Wright--that he may think him
self puffer and an arrant demagogue as much
and as hard as he please, but but he is not
to say word expressive of his honest views
or that subject. 1t will no doubt be gratifying
to all Old Line honest haters of political
preachers, to know that the Reverend Mr..
Larrabee now stands at the head Of their lead
ing organ! This is a delightful commentary
upon Old Line consistency, as wellas charm
ing piece Of delicacy on the part Of the Rev.
Mr. Larrabee, in view of the fact that he is a
candidate on the Ticket which the Sentinel is
bound to warmly support during the coming
canvass.
Messrs. Spann and Norman retire in neat
yaledictories, paying high testimonials to each
other. We certainly wish both great prosper
ity. But we desire calling attention to one
portion of Mr.. Norman's valedictory remarks,
and we extract that to which we allude:
Whatever a a ications l may possess as an
editor am satisfied that this is not the point
at which | can exercise them most success
fully and advantageously to the Democratic
party. 1t is expected that an editor at Indi-
annapolis shall be extremely circumspect in the
expression of his opinions as to men and
things. The timid are fearful that he will
become too radical and commit the party to
measures Of doubtful propiety or popularity;
while the ardent and enthusiastic are impa-
tent if their party "organ," as the Sentinel is
styled, is not at least a decade ahead of the
/ times Accustomed to write from the i'm
pulse of the moment and to express my own
sidering the immediate bearing they may have
on the position of this or that politician, or
how each prominent member of our party
may be affected by the expression of my own
views this restraint is to me peculiarly annoy
ing By these remarks no personal allusion
is intended. am not aware that any serious
exceptions have been taken to the manner of
conducting the paper since it has been under
my charge as principal editor But the tenden-
cy is as | have stated.
There is at least honesty in the above, and
an open confession. No man can give salts
faction as editor of this organ or come up to
the requirements Of the leaders of the party,
who writes from the honest impulses Of the
moment, and who expresses his own 'conyic-
tons Of right and wrong" unless those i'm
each leading politician. So Mr.. Norman says
in substance after fair trial. Unless the editor
of the State Sentinel can make himself tool
and pimpe Of such men as lead the party oil
which the Sentinel is the organ in this State, he
need not expect popularity. If he permit
himself to be governed by honest impulses and
convictions, he is unfit to stand at the head Of
the leading organ by which Democratic opin-
ion in the State of Indiana is to be moulded
Mr. Norman has been much annoyed by the
restraint thrown around him in this particular
We think he has been more annoyed than he
now confesses. 1t appears to us the restraint
was so severe, that he has 5een almost pre-
vented from writing at all while at the head Of
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to start a campaign paper, was an open decla-
ration of the leaders, that they would not
trust the leading editorial labors of this cam
paign to him. He was not the dirty, unprin-
cipled, soulless tool, Democracy" demands at
this particular time to control its leading State
paper We have no doubt but the Rev. Mr.
Larrabee will prove just such tool. He is
himself one of the leaders, and an office seeker
and therefore is admirably fitted for pleasing
his brother leaders and office-seekers. Mr.,
Norman was one o the people, and has been ac-
customed to writing for the people instead Of
for clique of Office grasping leaders.
By postscript to the valedictories, we learn
that Maj. A. F. Morrison will be one of the
editors of the Sentinel till after the election.
Time will show whether he can succeed any
better than his successors.
OrThe Illinois game law went into force
on Tuesday. 1t fines every person in whose
possession any wild game, except duck, geese,
snipes and plover, is found during the next
seven months, five dollars for each o6ense.-
This accounts for the large quantities Of game
which are now constantly arriving from lii
nois by the Indiana railroads. The remedy