The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1878-06-12
THE CAMPAIGN.

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cans of Indiana should fnlly appreciate the
importance of the political campaign on which
we are about entering, and of the results which
state and nation. First among them we class
the election for members of congress. Ii the
democrats succeed in holding a majority In the
congress, and ii Is impossible TO foTesee what
evils may flow from lhis.-JOurnal.
The campaign on which the democratic
party and the radical party are ''about en-
'tering" will result, if the democrats app-e-
ciate fully the magnitude of the crimes COM
mitted by radical conspirators and the
great trusts committed to their hands,
in the overwhelming defeat of the
radical party. Infamous in all regards,
venimous as hooded cobra, without prin-
ciple, destitute of honesty, bankrupt in vir-
tue, rotten to the core, crime stained from
its feet to its head, the radical party can not
survive. The Potter investigating commit
tee has already knocked the last prop from
under it. and the world looks on Mortified at
the matchless turpitude of its vlllainies
It's leaders, self-conyicted conspirators, bar
gaining with monsters of depravity and
offering official positions as rewards for per-
juries that make heaven, earth and
hell stand agbast, Is not the party
he American people will indorse,
aud the result of the Indiana campaign will
demonstrate the fact-a party that has
profted by frauds which it planned and
perfected, by forgeries which it suggested,
by perjuries which in the plentitude OF its
satanic deprsvity it vitalized and rewarded.
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discovered and set in order before the peo-
pie, and the party in Indiana, as in
all other states is doomed to
eternal ignominy. At every coming to
gether of the Potter committee reasons for
the death warrant of raiicalism are made
more cogent-untiI there is no escape
from the penalty. We do not suppose that
Indiana radicalism will die without kicks
and grosns but die it must. The Journals
reasons for its existence are as usual exceed
ingly thin. The radical districting infamy
is of itself enough to kill the radical party
to say nothing of the crimes elsewhere COM
mit.ed which it Endorses. To undo this
act of radical scoundrelism the
democratic party stands pledged,
and we are confident will be one of the re-
suits of the campaign. To carry the legisla-
ture in spite of the radical districtIng swim
dies will demand good work on the part OF
the democracy, and this will be done. The
Journal, in its efforts to arouse the RAIDS, re-
fers to the importance OF electing a United
States senator, and as if to inspire them
with fresh courage and a more intense zeal,
refers to Hon. ID. w. Voorhees, as fol-
lows:
Mr. Voorhees, is the pronounced candidate OF
the democrats. He a rebel sympathiZer
during the war, and has bad record on every
public question. He is demagogue of the
worst kind. and falls very far short OF repre-
senting the true interests or the best intelli-
gence of the state. During his short service in
the senate he has given the state a bad pre-
eminence among honest and sensible men OF
both parties by his wild and reckless speeches
on the financial question, and by his open
panderiDg to the spirit OF communism.
Senator Voorhees, will forever keep lead
ing RAIDS in Indiana in hot water. They can
not forgive him for his mastery speech upon
finances, that awakened the whole country
like successive thunder peals. 1t far ex-
ceeded anything Morton had ever done, and
secured to him the applause of millions
including vast number of honest republic
cans in all portions of the country. The
Journal will continue to fight Indiana
favorite son, but the damage is not likely 10
be serious. Democrats have at last got rad
icalism on the hip, and where returning
boards will avail nothing.