Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1862-08-15

We copy the following interesting items from
the Tcrre Haute Journal. They are admirably
calculated to point a moral if they do not adoIr
the tale:
We understand that Ex-Governor Joseph a
Wight, in his late speech at Indianapolis took
occasion to alIude 10 the fact that Voorhees, was
delinquent in the payment of his taxes, and
thereby sought to bring him into disre. uie. Let
Us see how the Ex-Governor stands IN the ec) d.
He, the SAID Ex-Governor, borrowed i 1871 Oi
the School Fund in Parke county tw o ..dred
dollars, the interest upon which ~ to the present
time has not been paid-not one cent of it. he
Il, therefore, delinquent TO the School Fund III
the sum of TWO hundred and eighiy-seven dol
lars, and owes Just Is much 10 the children OF
the Sac. 1t should be rccolected, also, thai
duTing that time he has been four years Minister
to Berlin at q salary of twelve thousand dol
lars year Had he not better pay up this
amount before he undertakes to make political
capital out of the delinquency of VOORHEES, OF
anybody else! Mr.. VOORHEES, has paid every
cent of his taxes; why does not c Wight pay
his School Fund debt
-.'DELINQuExr TAxEs."-The Republicans
aud opposition to the conscrva i've ID IN )cracy
cry out mo party! ~ vet, at the same time, they
hunt down every Democrat that viii not affiliate
poll ically, with them. No effort l. spared on
their part to malyn and bring into disrepute the
character of the Democratic candidate for Con.
gress in this District. Not con ent with finding
fault with and misrpresenling his poli;i al
record they must hunt up the tax list and Pub
lish to the world, in their newspapers and in
hand-blls, that he is delinquent in the sum OF
about forty-one dollars Now. we have never
regarded pccuniary inability t. discharge ones
Indebtedness as a crime, nor have we much re.
spcct for this mode of electioncering against an
opponent In fact, we have never Tcsortcd 10
ANYTHING Of the kind; but. inasmuch a. the op-
position have Iesorted to this kind of warfre, il
is both right and proper, however much we may
dislike the duty, TO look into the tax list, as an
act of selfdefense, and see whether some of the
leaders of the party who are now pursuing Mr..
Voorhees, with mali ynity unparalleled, are not
also delinqu mt.
Upon an examinat on we find that the Hon.
John L. Usher, Assistant Secretary of the In
terror under the Administration, an office, "a we
understand, created expressly for him, is de-
linquent upon our tax book here in the sum of
one hundred and thity-five dollars and nine
cents! IL should be boine in mind that Mr..
Usher i wealthy man. We also find that
Col. II. w. Thompson, gentleman for whom
we entertain the highest respect is delinquent in
the large sum Of six hundred and fif y-nine dol
Lars AMI thirty cents! There are Others that we
mi ,hi m ntion a largely dclinqu nt, but as the
two gentlemen we have named are prominent in
IN ir opposition to Mr.. Voorhees, we will content
ourselves for the present with them.
Mr.. VOORHEES,. since his return from Wash
ington. has paid all of his dclinqu Mt taxes, and
does NOT therefore owe the Stale anything. Not
So with Messrs. Usher and Thompson.
We had hoped that this canvass would he car
ried on in the spirit of candor, fairness and good
humor, but we have. thus far been disappointed
We suggest TO our Republican friends that it
would he much better TO keep cool in this time
of excitement. Let Us discuss such political
questions a divide Us in the proper spirit and
not resort TO personal allusiOn or detraction.
This is what we desire TO and will do so far
possible 1t j. with great reluctance that VIC
have felt called upon to refer in this article, to
tie two gentlemen mentioned. especially Colonel
Thomson. They can not blame u but rather
the organ of their party in this county. Time
after time il Las referred to tic delinquency ofMr
VOORHEES,, and they have stood by and per-
nirrQd IL