The Indiana State sentinel., 1874-05-19
A PLEA FOR AzaRIAH.


Some time ago we endorsed the mention o
the name of Colonel-A. 7. 'whittIesey, pri-
vate secretary to Governor Hendricks,S in
connection with the nomination for secre.
tary of state, on the, democratic ticket
Firmly believing that Southern Indiana,
and more especially the b"pocketi counties,
ticket, we again urge the name of Colonel
Whittlesey for that position. He. Is well
qualified for the Office to which he has con-
sented to become a-candidete, and eninently
worthy, of unquestioned integrity, and who,
if chosen to fill the Office, win do so with
credit to himself and his constituency, and
the interests of the whole state would be i'm
partially and faithfully attended to at the
state capital. We haveknoU n him since our
boyhood, and can bear testimony to his hon.
esty and integrity as man; his lifelong de-
votion to the cause Of democracy, and as a
man who has devoted his life to the services
of the state, and who mas hosts of friends
who will eudeavor, at the polls or elsewhere,
to make good all that we have said or may
say OF him. In justice to this section of In
diana, we commend him to the eonsidera-
ton of the democracy of otherpertieasofthe
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ROUSING THEPARTISANM N MIND. ..7ni
HOW THE CONVENTION rs STIRRING THE o
10 a{iy3 ad PARrY'sI DRY BONES. basss1bbs.
t.d~,ra 81 From the Evening News. s.e4aomeari
The impression that the farmers or, inde.
pendent state convention on tho 10th of June
may amount to something, is beginningto
find lodgment in the partisan mind. This
mind is unable to conceive why men should
become dissatisfied with existing relations
and should seek to accomplish ends by new
methods or organizations while the old
parties will stand ready to be used. 1t raises
hof mo- la drr,Q inn
except through the medium of parties; al
though granting this to be true, it does not
follow that present parties are always to be
the ones and that new ones are never to
be created. Whatever strength the new
movement may attain, it will serve in that
degree as disorganizer in politics, and win
aid to produce a condition of affairs from
which must rise party with settled princi-
piles and definite aims The rumblings and
tossings in the political world, the vafiety
of opinions and the general unsettled con-
dition OF mind presages the formation of
new parties and is only a repetition of his
tory The darkness is yet too deep, the
lowering fog too thick TO enable even the
clearest eye to discern the landscape. What
the definite issues will be no man can tell
yet. But the signs all point to a movement
that will attempt to relieve the people from
the burdens imposed by ignorant legislation
in tariff and finance, and by the special leg
islation and corruption naturally produced
by hong war and the uninterrupted sway
of one political partly rsr ,-fr
tr CITIZENS, NOT PARTIsANs. -ri
From the Leavenworih Independent.
Again we say, to farmers of the West and
South, organize for the political campaign!
Keep your society out of the hands of politi,
cal demagogues or religious fanatics. Or
ganiZe as citizens, and not as partisans
Let your platform be based upon the SOW
ereignty of the individual in all matters ol
conscience and morals, subject to the sole
restriction, that no person shall be allowed
| to interfere with the peace and comfort oi
| mis- neighbor. You may array the lawyers
| against you, for their livelihood depends
upon the dissensions among the people
| You may antagonize the ministry, Because
each sect usually measures others by its own
code of ethics. You are certain to have the
party organs to fight, for they live, and
move and have their being. by squirting at
the corruption In party officials, rafher than
| epdanger the party discipline. But the peo-
pie, the honest masses who are sick and
tired of the corruption in high places-who
loath christian craftsmanship as exens plified
in the public life OF such men as Colfax
who abhor the practices of such "time hon
ored" democratic partisans as Tweed; the
men of the shops and the forge, those who
labor for an honest living, will respond,
with enthusiasm, to any honorable, nom
partisan call made upon them by the pro-
ducers of the country. ag.s.-r -sf5f4s