The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1880-06-09
THE PAPER FOB The PEOPLE
PROSPECTUS FOR 1850.

The coming presidential year promises TO be
the most eventful and thrilling in politioa
determine questions of the most vital import
ance to every citizen of the State and nation,
1t Is not tmprobable-indeed, IL is almost Ger
tain that, upon the determination of these
questions, viii depend the perpetuity of our
present system of free government.
These questions viii be thoroughly discussed
during the present session of Congress.
The Sentinel has arranged for frst-class,
experienced special CORRESPONDENT at WASH
ington, and, in addition 10 giving true ac-
count of all the general proceedings In that
body, will give the leading speeches of our
most prominent statesmen, and without de-
priving our patrons OF the usual amount OF
reading matter. The Sentinel viii hereafter
contain O supplement, making in all sixty
Columns of composition.
Ina a word, it is the purpose OF the Sentinel
as steadfaSt Waterman OF public intelligence
t0 do its whole duty In atfording information
to its subscribers upon al these topics OF such
As in rs Sc in so Indiana viii be called upon
10 take first position IN the front Of the great
contest, and upon the success or failure of the
great and gallant Democracy OF our State viii
depend the fate Of issues the most portentouE
ever submitted to the arbitrsment OF free
We shall also specially call attention, from
day to day, as occasion may require, to an en-
tirely New Phase In the politics OF our State
we mean the forced emigration for temporary
partisan purposes OF pauper negroes from the
South into Indiana. The managers and lead .
ers of the Republican party, in our State and
at Washington, are now engaged in this nefar-
iOus work, and are attempting by every
ment. They have failed, utterly failed, TO con.
vince our people OF the correctness of their po-
litical principles by reason or argument ;
their appeals TO hatred and prejudice nave
allen harmless: their lavish and corrupt ex-
penditures OF public and private moneys have
proved wholly futile. They propose now Dy
Ra African invasion OF worse than a vandaI
uorde OF beggars and mendicants TO override
me voice Of the people of the State, and TO
drown the Democratic majority. The last
resort. the fOrlOrn hone. the ASSEMBLING marty.
the picket assainng CORPS of Republicanism In
Indiana, is thus maze up-not from the
Hunters, Harr1sons, Heilmans or Shacklefords
of the State; not from the intelligence or
ability Of that party, but is composed of
motley, Part-colored gang OF wretched field
of this worthless importation are made use OF
to destroy the free franchise of resident citi-
zens, and to tax our means Of home labor and
domestic subsistence for the support Of the
political tenets of q defeated faction.
The sleepless Sentinel, upon the heights OF
popular rights and popular liberty, predicts
that this movement will also be a failure
With respect to this before unheard of
method OF man ufactnring party majorities In
State, we shall at all times give the latest and
most reliable intelligence.
The American Democracy, the Federal
Union, the rights of the people and the States.
one and 1nseparable-now and forever.
The merits Of the Sentinel as a general news.
paper are so well known among the farmers
cratic peTsnasiohs that Standardization Of r.
Is deemed super1uous. We will add, however,
that the management has arranged and fully
determined that no paper shall furnish so
great practical value TO its patrons for the
money.
In It's news, its editorials, its literary and
1t shall not be surpassed by any paper circu-
lated In the State.
1t win be particularly adapted to the family
thinking man In the State can AFFORD to do
without the Weekly Sentinel at the small cost
at which 1t Is furnished.