Indiana State sentinel., 1847-07-01

could give no answer There was time when he had
an opinions The President approved hat opinion; it was
founded upon combined movement ef aud Of policy
two amies-2000 600 under Taylor, 000 under Scott
with mission uf comp1ny-and the sword be
effective if The olive branch failed Policy and arms were
be combined policy relied upon than and
II that plan had been adopted he fully believed that peace
would have restored the month Of April past this
month Of Mays and peace not the cessation OF fight
ing but restoration of friendship commerce.
course and all the sympahies Of republican brotherhood
Cougess refused the appointment indispensable to the
Of that plan and he without any Of
forming any opinion upon the probable duration Of the
Other ques IONS and OF vital interest, demand aitcn
iisn. The mode Of eeciing President or selecting Pesi
Dental candidate beginning attract the attention Of
thinking He could speak freely the SUI jeci, for he
had disconnected his from IT, as 10 enabe him 10
take his place in the dnieescd ranks Of the voters he
had long since made opinion-a Of
people, and Intervention Of intermediate bodies nOm
befOIehand to decide altenavey afterwards, was
his plan. by districts, and second election between
the two highest, If the first failed, the plain and
obvious remedy. second election between the two high
would dispense both with nominating convention and
contingent resort TO the House Of Reprs No matter how
many candidates in the first election; il any OBJ
ained maiiy Of the whole, then the elective principle
satishedhe majority 10 gOvenand the election was
finished: if obtained such maJoriiy, then the first
election be held nomination Of the highest by the
people, and the election 10 be Immediately held over again
between those This would bring the election to
speedy concluOn and without resort t. intermediate bod
ies-s National Convention House Of Representatives.
each daily becoming less acceptable to the people. de
wished the necessary reforms be made in me-ihe con-
sttun to be consttuIonay amended foresight aud
reason before violent shock should do mischief to the
instrument ITSELF to the House OF Representatives, or to The
nominating convention But he architect Of
he did not pull down until ne ready TO build he did
quit SHELTER though detective until ready to enteI
another The intermediate bodies which stand between
the people and the object of their choce-the nominating
convention, and the House of stand
as they are though The great risk of frustrating the popu
lar choice and bringing crSisuniil the hard lessons
Of experience shall induce the people to supeTede them BY
safer and better institutions.
new slavery question had sprung up-one which dis
pIOagandsm, in its unqualified form, and to the mos
emUte and northern Territories OF the Union. 1t Is ties
which northern Iends-sl the citizens Of the noTt
who are willing 10 let things remain as they are-canno
stand. Those citizens have done well. They have greatly
quieted and soflcned down the abolition agitation. Thel
question was pushed at them by the Tyler cabinet in
way to revolt them, purely and simply slavery exten
sion question: give the slave States mastery the e
ones They have just assisted in admitting FLORIDA into IN
UnlOn without struggle, and without the agitation oil
Missouri question: and they assisting with men
money TO carry successful conclusion the Mexican
although auntcd with questions repugnant to their feel
ings they unnecessary, grauItous, and premature
Under these circumstances it douby wrong start
slave test which northern of any party stand
which, il adopted the SOUTH must lead Immediately 10
lca dvlsIon similar to that which has taken place IN one
the uchesthe Methodist EpscOpal-and which prevent
christians OF the country wofshppng the same Goo
fIom communng at the tables test which, ii adOpe
in the slave States put end to the present organZa
ton OF political parties founded principle, and intro
duce bounded by geographical nes and resting
the sole principle OF slavery propagandism-such as tn
father of his country in his last parting voice. warned
aganstand such would eventually lead TO the Gestuc
ton Of the UniOn In the Senate in his Oregon letter.
his speech at St Louis and his letter TO Howard county,
had taken decided ground against all this movement
and he had yet heard of the first of his constituent
who disappoved his course. Never, in the whole
his public e any great question whatever had he m,
such unapimy; and himself authorized say thi
Missouri for slavehoding Saie will not follow the lea
Of the slavery propsgsndst resolutions which he sgmaze
as fire brands on the day of their first introduction into Ii
Senate.