The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1880-01-14
1880. THE 1880.
INDIANA WEEKLY
STATE SENTINEL
ENLARGED AND IMPROVED.
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THE PAPER FOR The PEOPLE,
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THE PAPER FOR The PEOPLE
PROSPECTUS FOR 1850.

The coming presidential year promises to be
the most eventful and thrilling in political
sense that we have ever witnessed, and will
determine questions of the most vital import
ance to every citizen of the State and nation.
II is not lmprooable-indeed, 1t is almost GER
questions. will depend the perpetuity of our
present system OF free government.
These questions will be thoroughly discussed
during the present session of Congress-
The Sentinel has arranged for first-claSs,
experienced special correspondent at Wash
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 win hereafter
contain a supplement, making in all sixty
Columns of composition.
In word, 1t is the purpose OF the Sentinel.
as a steadfaSt Waterman of public intelligence
to do its whole duty in affording Information
to its subscribers upon all these topics of such
vast moment.
As in rs so in 80 Indiana will be called upon
TO take first position In the front OF the great
contest, and npon the success or failure of the
great and gallant Democracy of our State will
depend the fate of issues the most portentOns
ever submitted to the arsitrament of a 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-
means In their power 10 promote its advance
ment. They have failed, utterly failed, TO con-
vince our people of the correctness of their POI
their appeals to hatred and prejudice nave
fallen harmless: their lavish and corrupt ex-
penditures of public and private moneys have
an African invasion Of worse than a vandal
horde OF beggars and mendicants TO override
the voice OF the people of the State, and to
drown the Democratic Majority. The last
resort, the forlorn hope. the assaulting party,
the picket assailing corps of Republicanism IN
Indiana, is thus mace up-not from the
of the State; not from the intelligence or
ability of that party, but is composed OF
motley. Parti,eolored gang of wretched field
of this worthless Importation are made use of
10 destroy the free franchise OF resident citi-
zens, and to tax our means of home labor and
political tenets of a defeated faction.
The sleepless Sentinel, upon the heights OF
that this movement viii also be a failure.
With respect to this before unheard OF
method OF manufacturing 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 insepara ble-now and forever.
The merits of the Sentinel as ageneral news
paper are so well known among the farmers
OF TINS state, especially tnose OF sne De en- 2,
as deemed superfiuous. 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
In its news, its editorials, its literary and
mlscellany-in'a word, in its general reading
1t shall net be surpassed by any paper circu-
lated in the State.
1t will be particularly adapted to the family
circle. We do not believe that any reading,
thinking man in the State can afford to do
without the Weekly Sentinel at the small cost
at which 1t is furnished.