Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1841-1853, 1844-07-11
Volume II %%a%N Number }.

oppressed II al nations. = where the defeated patriot
of ali lands and clme-, whether ne bore tlse cross IT
Christ. or the crescent Of Mahomet. should .nd a
home and a r. TING place.
Or DO you want N r recent evidence IF the di~po-
sltioa of those u foreign birth to ,usla. Il ana 4 feud
the starspanglsd banner - 60 10 the plan Il
Chippewa,-tO tue batte-g Ound, vt brld ge',stcr md
tor Erie; There YOU VII find tnat tie bl od 4 far-
cigncrs was freely poured out n dof nee of tic Amer
lean flag and American institutions. and there you
viii find the bleached and Wondering hone, q FIR
eignerS mingled and c%ominglcd VITA those Of native
born citizens.
| cannot, therefore. without becoming rocr-an' 10
the principles and purposes Of eur fer,atl.r-. ION
with you III prescribing men teoaus. 4 tler BRIT
place, or in d~erriviuy t.cm If any of those ln'aluaile
rights, that it was The design Ct those sagc, they
should ENJOY.
But there Is another equally powerful reason why
| cannot JON your ASSOCIATION. Recent even have
shown that the party Of which it I rms "A part, aoald
De- a very dangerous one to entruSt - IN power. In.
ours. above all other countries. should TIE law, and
the law only, reign supreme. No outrage. however
great, whether committed on a single individual. or
Il body OF them, can, unGer any {. rcum stances. lu>tlfy
or excuse "A resort 10 mob or violence on the part Of
those injured, to redress Their grievances or aycnge
their wrongs; and tie party that resorts to such
means, - unfit to have power IN republican country.
and IN MY humble Judgment. no peace-log.ng. orderly
citizen, can consistently become attached u At.
cannot belong to a party that would wTcst a man
from the control and custody Of an officer IL til law.
mangle and bruisc him. beat his head with PAVING
stones, and when in the apparent agorios Of death.
hang HIM by tie neck IN the public lmrkot-Aousc.
Christianity shuddcrs and humanity weops at the
recent outrages OF your party and God grant That
we may have no more evidences Of it. a~cendancy.
And there is another reason why Icannot JOIN your
Assoc, ton. The whole energies Of the iartv IF
which it tor.,sa part, are almost exclusively devoted
to the prescription an Remuneration Of one set Of
Christians. With the Roma. Catholics asa religions
sect, | have no part or lot, having icen born I'D rais-
ed in the protestant faith but | know uia. - Con-
stitution of my country declares that .'all men lave n
natural and indcfeaslble right to worship Their Crea-
tor according to the dictates If their own conScicnces.
and / hope that a long "a God gives me breath, |
may hold in sacred remembrance this wise provision.
When | saw from the roof of my dwelling on the
night of tie 9Th of May. the bright flame that en-
sliroudcd tie lofty dome Of St Augustine. / thought
of the Constitution Of my country. | thought Of tl,o-c
departed sageS who declared that in TIM land there
should be liberty of conscience FIR all men, ]
thought of that ancient bell whose tone, first re
claimed the Glad tdingS # American Independence.
| turned and saw tie redeemed spirc and rO,f Of that
sacred Hall If Independence. and the whole high
vault ofhcaven. bluShinr in deep crimson At the Gene.
| turned ASIDE and wcPt-not for tie cdiice or is con
tcnt>-for they were but dro>> but wcpt oyer a
bleeding Constitutions the - soon forgotten aGpo-
ntion> and prcccpt> of our flthcr>-at the inir0dnc-
tion OF religious Intolerance and religious big"try IN
TO our favored land-at the bright and -llring cgIdcn-
ces of the existence IN orr midst of a spirit cf rcr>c-
cution for opinions sake. am glad. three clad,
that did not hear the ficnd-lihc shout that IS said 10
have been "ivcn at the fall Of the cross that eutppTed
the dome of st. Augustine. for II would have @INcn
me pain. Those who could exult at the fan # the
emblem Of that system If religion gwen t. ~ hy
HIN 'who was meek and loWly of heart" must for
get that God will ..lave mor-y rather than s~acr.s,c>.
and n knowledge Of himself rather than burnt ufcr-
lEgs'-mu>tt forget that wc are commanded - - $50