The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1878-07-03
THE JOURNALS SAINTS.

The Journal continues true in its devotion
to the worst elements of republicanIsm and
in It's defense of its greatest villainies. 1t
south, under disadvantageous circum
stances, opened the doors to great and bene-
fetal reforms" 1t laid the foundation
of the common school SYSTEM" etc., etc.
Admitting that it did lay the foundation of
a common school system, we would like to
priated for the benefit of this system has
ever been applied for that object We would
like 10 know in what state south the
money appropriated for common schools
was not stolen either directly or indirectly
by carpet-baggers. We would like to know
IN what state the foundation laid by the
carpet baggers has ever been built on in the
interest of common schools. We would like
to know in what state the system they built
up or the foundation they laid has not
been utterly overthrown and dug up because
of its utter corruption and lmpracti-
cability. Instead of "existing under disad-
'vantageous circumstances it had all the
elements of power. 1t controlled the legls-
lation 1t filled all the Offices, from the
highest to the lowest. 1t laid the taxes, col
lected the money, and appropriated it as
they saw fit. 1t, in one word, had
the control of as fair a portion of this earth
and as productive a part OF it as exists.
Every opportunity was theirs to control its
destiny. Unfortunately, they chose to de-
stroy its prosperity by every vile appliance
of corruption. They elected to combine the
people against them as a unit by rob-
bling them of their subsistence
and Expressing them as vasssals.
that of the democracy, the only criterion we
can go by is the result under each system of
government. The whole world knows it.
Why discuss it, "By their fruits We shall
know them"-and by their fruits are the
democracy willing to be judged. AS for
the carpet baggers opening the door
to the admission of northern ideas and
civilization" if these latter were to be
judged by the character and conduct of the
former, the world would cry out upon them
"Oh, shame! where is thy blush" The
Journal discredits the views OF carpet-bag-
gers, because they are drawn from southern
sources. What people could better describe
then, than those who were under their yokel
What people could better know than those
who were robbed of their substance by them
and suffered in their liberties at their hands,
What people have better reason to hate
them than those who bore their insults and
indignities for so many weary years, waiting
for the justice of the northern people to af
ford them relief The time will never come
IN the historyof this country when they will
occupy any place in the minds of the peo-
pie except one of contempt, unless public
sentiment also justifes the cruelties and bar
barities of the "Bashi Bazouks." An en-
lightened public sentiment will not sustain
the Journals views of the carpet-baggers.
There are some good qualities and better
elements in its party that the Journal could
defend Let 1t turn its attention to Mrs.
jerks kellogg, Eliza PInkston and John
Sherman Its leading lights need defense.
1t is a waste of ammunition to defend car
pet-baggery.