The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1876-08-30
The KI1p.Irick-Hayes Letter.

their instincts, deny the authenticity Of
| Kilpatrick's letter, and affect TO believe
that the Sentinel has palmed of bogus
letter upon the public. In answer to this
sort of comment we have only to say that
the friends of Gen. Fitzpatrick in this cit
can hear from him in half en- hour
by telegraph, and none OF them dare
to state that the letter is not genuine.
Other papers pretend to believe
that it is of little Significance
and scarcely worth noticing. The Journal
of this city, though 1t had direct inform
stion that the letter was an hentic, speaks
OF it as "purporting to be letter from
General Fitzpatrick to Governor Hayes"
and sit genuine" etc, merits no notice
from the TACT that it fell into the Sentinel's
hands and was published. This is curious
logic. The press of the country take a
very different view ofthe case. Here is the
opinion OF one of the leading orators OF
the Republican party, in direct and ia
milisr communication with the Republic
can presidential nominee, and he tells him
that the state is lost, and that money will
save it, that the Inds psndents ere poor,
needy, and in debt, and that they will
beat Harrison. II the letter means anything
il is that those poor, needy debtors, can in
their poverty. be purchased with money
II he meant that they were only to be
changed by giving them documents and
lecturiug them, why speak of them as poor
and needy and in debt. The plain Ian
guage of the letter to Mr.. Hayes can not
be- mistaken. 1t is corrupt and dishonor-
able, and if Gov. Hayes were the spotless
man that his party claim him to
be, be would at once, and indignantly
demand of the National Committee that
such corruption, proposed in his behalf,
should not be tolerated.
But it is unnecessary to enter into par
ticulsrs. The whole spirit OF the letter is
rank with corruption and dishonesty.
T0is man has been bowling over this state,
echoing the desthwsil of slaughtered negroes
tnat never died. Hs has been stirring ur
sectional strife, uttering the most inia-
NOUS islsehoods against the Democracy
north and south, and has, to certain
worst elements of the Republican party
He believes the bloody shirt will succeed
ia carrying tho election for Harrison If the
Green back men can be won over. He
tells Mr. Hayes that this Is the ultimstum.
La other words, that the Indepen-
dents are poor and needy and In debt
and are therefore purchasable. II the
letter means anything it means just that
The Journal cannot escape the effects of
such letter by simply saying that 1t is
simply the view of one man. How did
Mr., Fitzpatrick OBJ ain this view but from
mmunion with the party? He was here
10 mingle with people. He heard their
utteranees, He knew the state OF feeling
In the party, that they felt themselves
beaten, and as friend of Hayes
he communicated the facts to him.
The Journal fully endorses Gen. Kill
patrick as worthy to instruct the people.
It's columns yet TEEN with praises of his
canvass. 1t can not 90 back on him now
with dash of the pen. Nor does the party
seem inclined to hus le him out of the
state as they did O'Conner. His
contract still stands, and he goes
about over the state teaching the people
political wisdom, sud telling them to vote
for Harrison while he writes private let
tiers to Governor Hayes that Harrison is
beaten.
The Significance of this letter Is In no
way impaired by the method in which the
Sentinel came into possession OF 1t.
Gen. Fitzpatrick himself will not dare
to deny that IL was thrown
away and became waste paper
I'm which he had no more right than the
scsvenger who gathers fragments upon
the streets. It is poor excuse for the
facts that the letter reveale. so damaging
to the Republican party, to charge tbs Sen
tinel With dishonor in publishing It.. We
obtained it legitimstely, and deemed 1t a
duty to the people of this state, an stpe-
cislIy to the Independents, to publish
Lie to the world. 1t shows the
the character of the man whom the Repub-
licans import to teach the people OF In
diana how to vote; that Hayes may be sp-
pesled TO fsmiliarly by his friends with
corrupt propositions; that the Republicans
of this state know IL there is fair deal.
ing that Harrison will be defeated; that
the Independents are deemed prrchssa
O.; that the bloody shirt cry 10 arranl
hypocrisy; that the Republicans can MOI
make financial canvass without defeat
. and finally that an effort il being made II