The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1881-03-23
THE STATE PRESS.
The Greencastle Press SAYS:


One CT the saddest sights imaginable wSR the re
turn few days ago. through Dallas Tex TO Rob
ertSOn County in that State, of party Os blacks
who had been seduced to Kansas by a, party OF
political rascals. Their dlapidated wagons erawn
by worn out and nearly starved horses were filed
with those poor. deluded creatures, who in pow
erty and rags were going back to their old homes
and an old employers. There were five families,
averaging nine persons EACH most of them being
children. Journeying tOilfully yet gladly, to the
OLD folks at home. Along was sick dog in
the horse trough OF the rear wagon, and an old
negro said that he was sorry il had been born in
Kansas.
The Press being located in the center of
the Indiana Exodus infamy could doubtless
give incidents similar to the above as having
transpired in Putnam and other Counties of
Indiana
The North Vernon Sun goes for the. new
Secretary of the Treasury after this, lively
manner:
We are patiently waiting for something from
the Republican press on the subject of repEdi-
alton party that places at the head OF the
most responsible department a repudiRtiOn;st
and that holds It's power at an important point by
the vote of another of the same faith, will be
forced TO do considerable talking to convince
most people that 1t favors the honest payment Of
debts.
| The Upton Times is a lively sheet. 1t
keeps its eyes on all points. 1t has. this to
say about Brother Burgess, late President Of
Butler University:
/ Elder Butler has been bounced from the Presi,
dency OF Butler University. Elder Burgess is a
Christi<n preacher, of the school of Alexander
ton in the Church for political purposes. Elder
Burgess wrote TO members and pastorsOf his de-
nomination. asking them to vote for Garfield. be-
cause Garfield was member of the same Church.
Elder Burgess has lost his place as-head of the
College over which he was called by co-neligiOn-
lists to preside, and he has got nothing from Gar
field Elder Burgess being man of literary pre-
tensions may slightly change the words OF an
other priest VINO also forgot his holy orders in
political strife, and say:
Had but served my God with half the-zeal
/ served James Garfield he would not now have
left me-"
1t Is great pity that Professor Benton
could not see his way clear to accept the DO
sition vacated by Burgess. Butler Cniver-
sity is noble institution and should have a
man of superior scholarship ana attain
ments at its head Professor Benton is
much superior to Mr.. Burgess in every way
"a man of deeper and profounden culture
and One who would have given his~entine at
tentiOn to his profession and position. He
would have steered clear of party politics
offended none of the friends and patrons of
the College.
The Upton Times has this TO say of a Ger.
tain well-known Indiana Congressman
Congressman Orth is paying his election bills in
garden seeds Furnished by the Agricultural De-
partnent at Washington. 1t Will take very many
packages of sweet corn and DrummOnd oabbages
TO repay certain individuals in Tipton County
who furnished Armantrout the money TO run a
Greenbaek campaign in the interest of a hard
money Republican Mr.. Ortiz had better draw on
his banker and send stamps instead of seeds
There Is moral attached to this story. GOdlDge,
hear my gentle voice!
| The Lafayette Journal says:
Whewl How the average DemOorutic sheet
does lampoon Senator Malone. Funny. isn't Il ?
And yet they haven't anything, TO. say about
David Davis.
Nothing funny about 1t. Senator Davis
never was a Democrat Malone was Dem
ocrat. The apostasy is as if General Harri-
son, as soon as he took his seat in the SEN
ate would have proclaimed himself Demo
GRAFT That would have been very funny,
now, would it not? There is no excuse
for Mahones conduct, any more tiIan for
that of Benedict Arnold or Judas