Indiana State sentinel., 1844-01-23
AN ADDRESS,
y ALTON AL POLICY
ADOPTED BY THE DEMOCRATIC STATE CONVEN-
TION, HELD AT INDIANAPOLIS, ON THE EIGHTH
OF JANUARY, IS41.
IN RELATION TC
To THE PEOPLE OF INDIANA:

nominating electors for
respectfully address their fellow citizens of Indiana, upon the
subject of to held during ensuing year.
1t evident that those momcntou struggles between the
great opposing parties and interests in this country which
ourselves, all time
approaching Being Democrats ourselves and be
eving principles of the the only
cpcs which maintain and the ncmabe blessings OF
republican which have rendered country the
asylum of the oppressed and the admiration OF the ends OF human
the world anxousy dcslrous that those
principles thoroughly understood and carefully considered
by individual who to participate in the approaching canvass
We dcsirou Of this that those who believe with be du
" impressed Importance and necessity of their strenuous
xcrion and that those who rayed against at least that or
whose and ympacs naturally identified
great OF the people, may consider wcl wheh
they have not wandered into the ranks Their enemies as well rs
whether by continuing their opposition they are not Puu
ing suicidal and consciouy aiding the gradual de-
ructon of their own most important nights ana most uaoe P
ilegcs.
The Democratic party of resistance, of
aggression 1t satisfied with the amount OF republican Ioer guar
by the letter. and spirit of the Constitutions and the run
its organization ITS continuance and its acon to be found
resisting of those who dscontcncd
equality of rights and privileges, in the pursuits and bu-
constantly aborng to extend and alter
simple meaning of its provisions in such to suit their
Our position differs from of the friends of liberty in other
this; that while hy struggling TO wrcst from proud
and grinding aristocray, the natural inacnabc rights of the
who fortunate have those rights by IN
of the revolution only striving to
pure and unctcrcd. they transmitted to us
Do people. place sufficient estimate on hc possession o
popular rights and privileges any other nation we
fear not The greater in the every day
cares pursuits c do give that attention to the public m
which the nature and genius of institutions require They
disposed satisfied with. and TO approve any
measure affords them temporary facilities in their private al
fairs, without looking to Its ultimate consequences hS should not
be. In nation where the people themselves are the sovereign u
cr portion OF the responsibility OF government rests upon
individual The possessed by the people sacred trust ana
be carefully wen proudly exercised not for themselves
alone their children and their cIdn Children who are to
succeed thcmin n their rich inheritance of freedom.
argument prove that the leading
of rights and the protection of the interests great the
people? thousand self evident proofs must meet the eye OF every
point detail but desire fellow citizens to reflect
investigate the of all the great contests be
H. to
and of difference has not always been an attempt by
overthrow ovcrcap the barriers of the Constitution
and by the other defend that rampant which ancestors erected
around liberties.
For this purpose Thomas Jefferson. great apostle of De
mocracy, founder of the party For this purpose the mass
people rallied around him. the commencement OF ou
present government And why what necessity there for Sc
doing although freedom had been acquired
the threatening but less dangerous effort
foreign by the undermining influence of ProesSct
friends There community. which real
equal distribution of political power and whc
openly aspire to- The nominal paaphcrnaa European
tocacy titles rank and gcng badges had been swept away b.
unsuccessful effort establish order of nobility under tn
1.-The society of Cincinnati, they reluctantly abandoned tn
outward forms exclusive order only the more cecua 10 con
their efforts the substance of that power OF wn
denied them For this purpose they mmcdatcl
sought to ensa uTon our government IN dehahce c @
on those two well known engines OF British desPosm high
the collection of beyond the requirements
government the spccous prcext protecting domes
bank These inventions had prove
the most powerful levers in the old world uphold the privilege
few and to They the favorite obec
Hamilton and his adhcren and their proposition the sign
From that day hsfom the time of the elder Adas down
the with Great Britain when the res OF
smoerod in the universal and cxu attic
which succeeded the triumphant conclusion of the warand fro
that second period the history of parties when the same r
bazcd with redoublcd the time of the younger
and continued burn with increasing fury during the admin
tatons of jackson and Van Buren, the issues either openly
covcy have been the subject OF contention
the two opposing parties
Our limits forbid do than merely glance at the org
and history OF and have done this chiefly because
public attention Is often distracted by the multiplicity OF sube
which daily for consideration in the national even
them cxped and hou
frequently back first principles that be the
position. and thorough knowledge of the grou
upon which we stand
objects. has secret
cps intended for the public eve. On the it rel
for strength upon the universal diffusion of knowledge. 1t
should be broadly inscribed with
principles rallied beneath its folds should h9
full and perfect understanding of the objects for which they
tending. Indeed. it undeniabe TRUTH that
good worthy support ch relies deception for the
Of We desire felowtizen
this with that of
1t will be remembered. that during the last presidential cont
possible subject of political discussion raised by
that which they have avowcd have been tn
true object. Not only the question of Nato
Bank carefully kept the back ground but when charged
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