Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1841-1853, 1844-07-11

MrssEs. EDIToRs Il cannot refrain expressiny tho
pleasure | experienced on last Saturday night. at the IN
isinng Of a tall young Hickory at Nj. Jackson, two miles
west Of Indianapolis. Ny most sanguine hopes were
more than realized, IN the number present. and in the
spifit that prevailed. Al feel resolved on victory. The
spirit Of apathy Is barished from ever bosom, aud al
HAT now remains j., TO march on To- certain success. To
tie sisters that were present, | will say, continue to cheer
the brethren 10y your presence. Hold up their hands IN
tins orr GLORIOUS contes, for our liberty, our sacred rights.
hallowed by The blood Of our fathers, and selLdeniai and
prsaiion Of our mothers. To those who have not as vet
come up 10 ard and cheer Us IN this our glorious cause of
liberty. Liberty to entail to our dear children, | will say
rome come and help u. And whlc I would'enloin the
sirictost rules Of propriciy and decprum, I viii say let
every one take part IN the struggle. Let every one dis
charge their duty in tn coming contest. Let u say to
the enemy, we will meet you on your own ground and
should they seem disposed 10 censure, tell them sconsis-
iency Is a Jewel, but they do not possess it. The truth
J., they are alarmed, and well they may be. They have
deceived the people once, they can hoax them no longer
with log cabins, hard cider aud coon skins. The people
have followed Jack with his lantern until he has dlsap.
pcaTed and left them in the swamp. They make very
strange and ask who * James X Polk | can tell them
who be Is, and hat lac i, and what he Is not. lie is a
gentleman, Il statesman, a patriot. One that will die if
necessary for his country and his brethren. One who
considers his country men his brethren, and not hs vas
sails one that does not make sord.d gold has polar star
aud the greedy cravings Of unwarantable ambition his
Paradise. lie is not one that has been for the last sixteen
years forcing himself upon the people Of this republic for
the highest office within lis gift. But he is one that has
faithfully discharged those duties that have arisen in those
stations, where a people who know his worth have
frankly placed him. ] do not speak from hearsay, but
from personal kno,oiodge. l know the estimate that the
good aud vIrtuou> of Tennessee place on James II. Polk
aud if he j. only a "hfth rae man, we shall have TO
make a new enumeration table before we can class some
men in our communiiy 1t is true he has no, been deilied,
nor Is it probable he ever Will be, for it is not in accord
ancc with the gospel, nor in the spirit of democracy.
To s.orcigners, let me say, be true to yourselves
You have felt, and fled from the oppression Of tyranny
To YOU, liberty must be sweet. Do you claim nativity
with Lafayette, with Emmett, with Wallace Then do
not disgrace their memory. Defend the sacred altar oil
liberty. Use the means while in your power before III,
rudely snaichod from YOU, and in November let the bal
lot box speak, am and eiH be free.
] must express the delight | feel on b~cholding the bro
therly love existing with the democracy. The rich and
the poor, ifthey are virtuous, stand on equal ground. All
are treated with that respect due to real worth. The far
mer and mechanic are not looked upon as below the
speculator who has succeeded in bringing a few goods
from the East, or the Attorney who has read the half OF
Blackstone, and by the aid of friends gains admittance to
the bar. No! But the yeomanry are considered, as they
really are, the bone and sinew OF the nation. Take the
farmer and mechanic away, aud what would be left
Not any thing And yet Won Will sometimes hear far
mer aud mechanic used as eptheis OF contempt. Thi.
no republican, no true democrat, will be guilty of
Every son aud daughter of Columbia lf,hey arc what they
Victoria rich bequest. MIRIAM.
July :. 1874.