The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1875-08-19
sarkce wit. a CoIored Pencil.


One OF the most irritating sights that an
editor can see is an article in an
exchange marked with red or blue
pencil strokes to attract attention.
He knows at once that it is an adver-
tisement for some hippodrome or patent
medicine, or some catering, notice of a
travelling nobody, or the production of some
dull fool who seeks to giyevicsrious inn
portance to his views by means of colored
chalk. Such method of advertising to the
reader the presence of what is supposed to
be noteworthy matter is sn insult to his in
telligence, but it is generally successful in
securing attention. To be sure, perusal
merely leads to condemnation, but the de-
sign OF the artist in colored crayons, which is
to win perussl, has been gained.
Yesterday the Sentinel was deluded
into reading an article in the
Cincinnati Times by series of mastery
blue pencil strokes with which it was
adorned. AS it has been a long time since
we read an article in the Times before, and
as it will be long time ere we read an
other, it would be pity to pass over this
remarkable exception without comment.
the revelation OF the dark and damnable
conspiracy that has been laid for the
disorgsnization of the republican party.
Certain well-known journalists are charged
with the organization OF the scheme, and
their chief tool is no less parsonage than
Secretary Bristow. This gentleman aims
at the republican nomination for the presi-
dency, and in order to carry out his purpose
he is doing what he can, with the as
sistance of Jewell, to secure
reconstruction of the cabinet
IN his own interest. The first innocent
victim of his Vaccinations was the immacul-
ate William, and when that spotless
lamb was sacrificed to his am
bition he attacked Delano, 'an old
and sturdy republican of the strictest sect"
and after Dslano is cast out, the Mortified
correspondent declares with bated breath
that an onslaught upon that brace of dsunt.
less heroes, Robson and Belknap, may
he expected, and they will go down together
amid the lamentations OF the nation, lying
side by side, like their prototypes in the
poem:
The greatest sailor since the world began,
To thee the greatest soldier comes s"
Bat the scneme of these Washington Jour-
naIists extends still further. After they have
used Bristow to cast out his comrades into ex-
rior darkness, they intend to turn upon the
reformer himself, and rend him, thus pro-
ducing anarchy and confusion in republican
ranks on the eve of the election of 1876.
According to the Times, Professor Marsh,
himself, notwithstanding his cunning dis
guise as teacher in Yale College, and his
pretense of devotion 10 science, is merely an
aItiul fellow employed by these mysterious
newspaper men. sin furtherance OF this
scheme to break down the administration,
says this important article, decorated with
blue pencil marks, professor Marsh was
engaged, long time ago by these journal
istc jacSals, to visit the Sioux country,
ostensibly on hunt for fossils, but really
for the purpose of preparing the way to
open the contemplated attack upon the sec
rotary of the interior. Where arc the fossils
that the professor obtained on his trip?"
Could anything more intensely foolish than
all this stuff be conceived of, even by the
Cincinnati Times? And yet the story of the
scheme OF lew newspaper men to ruin i'm
maculs,e statesmen by their inventions is
told with the gravest sobriety.
The dishonesty of Williams was brought
home to him long ago, and his course in
fomenting disturbances in the South last
summer, rendered the department OF justice
the headquarters of every species of parti
san villany-when his fragrant violation OF
every rule or official conduct demanded his
dismissal, there is no need of setting up fine
spun theories about Bristow's ambition. AS
for Delano, he was accused of incompetency
and corruption before Bristow became
prominent, and if he is put out of the public
service It will be because he is neither honest
enough nor capable enough to remain
in it. 1t is curious that these
ournals that are so anxious TO pre-
vent the harmony of the administration
party from being broken up can only sppreci-
ate one method of preserving its unity,
namely: The submission OF the honest men
to the rogues. Can they not see, setting
aside the broader and higher considerations
OF the public interest, that even party sue
cess depends upon the exposure and dis
grace of such men as Williams and Delsno?
Certainly, if the Times bias nothing more
important, 10 solicit the attention OF its ex-
changes to than this trash from Washing
ton, let il spare It's colored pencils.
The Doom OF DeianO.
The full text of William welsh's open let
ter TO the president has come to hand and