Indiana State Sentinel

Who is the Office Seeker?

Morrison charges that we have been applicants for some four or five offices. This, in part, is true. After sixteen years service in the Democratic cause, we did not know that it was a crime to do so. But to the facts.

One of us was an applicant for the State Printing, and got it, after he, Morrison, tried every game to chisel us out of it. The other has been a candidate for the Post Office, and he was so boldly and fairly. In one of our little corporation elections, also, he suffered his name to be used as a candidate for Councilman. Awful office-seeking, that! Some talk was also made once about our running for the Senate; but we should like to know if a solitary soul in the district ever heard us announce ourselves as a candidate for that office.

We may have also often remarked that we intended one of these days to run as a candidate for President of the United States; and we are only waiting now to see whether the good people of the U. S. would like the Old Cock to be thus honored. Were we once there, we would make sad havoc among some politicians, sure.

But with what grace comes such a charge from one who has held office always when he could get it, and has been a standing applicant for sometimes half a dozen at a time? Let us look back a moment.

Morrison first came here a Representative from Clark county: and a certain set of bastard politicians took such a fancy to him, that he never went back. Since then he has held, or been an applicant for, the following offices. We don't set them down in regular order, nor do we remember whether we have got the whole. We just state them from memory. He was elected Senator; appointed by Gov. Wallace; Whig a member of the Board of Internal Improvements, where he spent upwards of $90,000 more than he was allowed to do by law; and it is said, he employed men to get him contracts in their names which he was not allowed to do by law;—then Representative;—then State Printer; candidate for Congress against the lamented Kinnard;—candidate for Congress against W. J. Brown; at which time he kicked up a very pretty fuss and cursed all hands;—candidate for State Senate;—candidate for Auditor of State, Treasurer of State, and for State Printer again, all at once!—candidate for Congress again; [see his letter to the committee;—candidate for the Post Office;—was Assistant Secretary of the Senate; candidate for Principal Secretary of the same body; candidate for Register of Land Office, which Mr. Van Buren refused to give him, and for which Morrison has not forgiven him;—had previously been a candidate for Post Office against Capt. Cain;—Commissioner of an Indian Treaty; Commissioner among the Indians, commonly known as the Blanket Treaty;—and we don't know how many others. Is not Mr. Morrison a very modest man!

Lord help the poor people, if he is longer to ride them with boot and spur!