The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1874-06-09
WHOLE NUMBER 1854
A BUNCH OF INACCURACIES

hk- coAsTocK PINS THE IMAGTSATrvE "a
ZsrTE MAN-How MIssrArEMESrs NAV
CREEP oUr-A HOLE PLUGGED
10 the Editor of The Sentinel.
This mornings Sentinel and Journal eon-
tam esrbied and misrepresented aecount
VI conversation in relation to the indie
pendent movement, held by me with n :
Alexander, correspondent of the cincir.
natl Gazette. This is the second ,;,,,a -.
no mas nhsrepresented me in connection
with this movement. In his anxiety 10 re-
tard and break the force of the reforma.or-,
inovenent, growing out of the awaken,p,,
OF me people, he has given misstatemants
and raise coloring TO opinions exnressaS -,
me. Inere is an evident desire on his To-t
10 disparage the men who are enosoed !,
TINS movement, as witness the folloNEino-
language; But when this uno-van9
lzed' undisciplined and unwieldy mas
going to do? This reminds one of tho Iaoy
gusge nseo py one on the southsrn cbivalrv
sills ofthe north. -0A 'he oiuu
ln reference to the questions as published
IN the Journal-"What fault have Won 70
md with your county oficers?, ~
No such question was asked I'm, in s,,oal
my OF county officers my langnaoe STaS
many counties In this state have been nm
by rings for years and the people are ora,,iv-. -,
tireu OF 1t. In this connection am Md -
say that we will join the republicans. Such
suousnt mas never been entertained for a
nouaens pE myself or any one CONNECTED
WITH the movement, TO my KNOWLEDGE A.
,0staue oihcers, he urged the claims of Mr.
Whuhlan, as man worthy of our s,,D,o-t
NY rePiy was, believe. our people favor
lne one term principle. Now. whv do Won
propose holding convention 10 ,,o,oS,, : 'u
r-nrr
character OF the republican or denccratic
state ticket will be? i''i0
it was best. "' tue line
k.-There is not the least doubt but what
@ sne present republican state officers will De
IohOinihaeed on the 18th of June and
you have already admitted that Won Lro,,,
nothing against them, and never heard anv
one say anything derogatory 20 their oficial
OF private characters. Then. whv shonId
you or the farmers convention. opnose them
5y...,ts-h p5 q SShes OF your own making, and thus
p7Ny ,eouce tnelr vote sufficiently TO
elect the democratic ticket ticket which
may be intensely edious to Won and vonr
convention. anu Vui
Mr.. C.-Well, we may have made a mis-
take. Perhaps we ought to have waited
Until = u aIeer the other conventions were held.
n@so never; lor moment, falterei or been
'n douot as TO the necessity or success oftha
movement, nor have / ever Thought tbat
the time for the convention was nremature
Let me advise him, in the future, not 20
trust too much to his memory and imarin-
atlon. The correspondent saws aosin.
but ne impresses one Constantly
Will me ieeing that he is not acting, in all
respects, as his own sense of duty wor,Id
prompt him to act. And that there : a
power bs hind the throne, which is Planning
mucn OF the work that Brother Comstock Il
executing, cannot be denied" There are men
concealed who are after 1.-THE spoils." Mr..
Somstock may not be aware of il. II
this is true, must be either a knava or =
I0oi, either In this case would be a crime.
1here are so many contradictions i'm The
communication referred to, it seems a waste
9i nme 10 correct the misrepresentation.
.. 1e. niih possess bis soul in patience. and
unerganized. undisciplined and unwieldv
insss OF men Will do. JAMES CoMsTocK
iGREENFIELD, June 5. 1874