The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1888-10-17
Harrison Insults TO Democrats.

BEN HARRISON and his organ are begging
count of Estate pride" Yet Ben HARRI-
son is to-day the same narrow, bigoted,
intolerant, proscriptive, vicious democrat
hater that he always has been. Witness
these extracts from Saturdays issue of his
inspired organ:
"The democratic party has a most I'M
patriotic record. The demo-
cratic party became infamous by its dis
loyalty during the war; As a party it has
done nothing to contribute 10 the honor
Of the flag or the glory and prosperity OF
the country"
What do you think of this, democrats Of
Indiana? What do you think ofit, young
men, whose fathers, who perhaps have
gone to their final reward, voted with and
worked for and loved the democratic
party? What do you who honor and
cherish the memories of THOMAS JEFFER-
son and JAMES MADISON, of ANDREW JACK
son and STEPHEN A. DOUGLAS, OF SAMUEL
]. TILDEN and THOMAS A. HENDRICKS and
HoRATIo SEYMoUR-of the long line of IL
lustrious patriots and statesmen who have
led the democratic party from its birth to
the present moment-what do you think
of it?
The democratic party is the party of the
constitution. It's founder wrote the dec
laration OF independence. His great con-
temporary, JAMES MADISON, was the princi-
pal Trainer of the constitution. It's grand
est military hero, ANDREW JACKSON,
served the Union by his courage and
patriotism in the days of notification, and
crushed the greatest monopoly that the
country had then ever seen. The demo-
cratic party gave the United States every
foot of territory that it has acquired since
it attained independence. 1t wrested vast
empires from Mexico and Great Britain,
from France and Spain, which are
to-day the seats of populous, power
full and prosperous states. 1t carried
American commerce to the uttermost
parts of the earth and made the Ameri-
can flag respected and honored of all ma
tons. From the moment of its birth it
has stood for the dignity and rights of
American citizenship.
1t is a lie that the democratic party was
disloyal during the late war. The bones
of democratic soldiers, which are bleach
ing on every southern battlefield, pro-
claim it a lie. Manned and SCARED DEM
ocratic veterans in every city, town and
hamlet in the North are living witnesses
that it is lie. The names OF HANCOCK
and MCCLELLAN, OF Thomas and MEADE,
of RosEcRANs and BLAIR, of SLocUM and
FRANKLIN, and scores and hundreds and
thousands of gallant democratic soldiers
of the Union, living and dead, proclaim it
a lie. 1t is the coinage of a depraved
partisan imagination, the bastard child of
malice and mendacity, the base invention
of slanderers, towards and poltroons.
Democrats who glory in the grand ira
ditions of their splendid party; sons of
democrats who honor their fathers living,
or cherish their memories if dead, will be
quick to resent the wanton and deliberate
insult conveyed by BEN HARRIsoYs per-
sonal organ in this brutal TRADE against
the democratic party. If there is a demo-
crat, or the son OF democrat in all In
diana who has ever for one moment
thought of voting tor Ben HARRISON on
account of Estate pride" or for any other
reason, he cannot do so in the face of this
insult except at the sacrifice of his self re-
spect, and of the respect of all others
whose respect is worth having.