Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1841-1853, 1849-06-28
Errors OF tl,e state JournaI.


Democratic party assumed the position that Congress
had no right at al to gislate the subject Of slarery
and that the Wings maintained the doctrine,
and were fully committed against slavery extension.
The article abounds in errors and misstaiemenis
Almost every sentence of it states or assumes
thing, which every intelligent and impartial ran
must concede to be untrue or erroneous. We will
copy the whole article. and comment upon it
proceed. 1t opens thus:
During the last for the Proficiency nothing
better understood than the position Of the great polii
cal parties IN relation to the action Of Congress the SUBJ
ject Of slavery in the territories"
The truth is, that nothing was less understood.
The fact that the democratic party was divided and
consequently, that Taylor elected by minority
of the popular VOTE establishes our position and in
vadntes that of the Journal. beyond doubt. The
Journal proceeds:
The democratic party, adopting the Baltimore platform,
and the doctrines of Lewis Cass forth ia his Michel
letter. boldly for non-intererence conending
that its regulation in the territories not subject for
Congressional action but that the whole should be
lett TO the people settle for themselves whenever they
should undertake 10 form State governments. This ground
was taken account Of its alleged expcdency and proprie
mpeaiiom those who uppor,ed him d.eed tSe 1i~St Of
Congress TO legisldts at all on The subject"
All this is grossly erroneous. The Baltimore Con-
vention positively refused to the positions here
denoted. Repeated attempts were made by Mr.. YAM
cey of Alabama and others, to induce it to do and
they repeatedly defeated and rejected by the
Convention. Finally when the committee on resolu-
tions reported the minority ofthe committee, Yancey
of Alabama, Mciehee of Florida, and Commander
Of South Carolina took ground against the report of
the majority because it did not sanction the doctrines
indicated by the State Journal. We know this to be
true, because there, and saw with our own
eyes and heard with own ears. For confirma-
tion see paper of June, 1913. in which we copied
the reports of the convention proceedings, from the
Baltimore Sun, neutral paper. The minority report
concluded with the following resolution:
Resolued, That the doctrine of the non-interfer-
of the rights Of property of any portion of the
people of this confederation, be it in the States in
the territories, by any other than the parties interest
ed in them, is the true republican doctrine recognized
by this body"
After long debate. this resolution was rejected,
by vote of 2l6 against, to SO in favor of it!
The report of the majority only re-afirmed the old
doctrine Of non-interference in the States where
slavery already existed, and it finally adopted by
a vote of ayes 249, nays none, No doctrine was
distinctly ayowed the territories, and the fail
ure in this respect, failure endorse the doc
trne of the Nicholson letter. Thus do facts dsprove
IN toto. the assertions of the State Journals
The Journal continues:
On the other hand the Wings everywhere north and
SOUTH commended that Congress po,cer pass
Wilmo Proviso any other provision which majority
might deem conducive TO the public welfare The Wings
Of the north without exception boldly advocated only
the of Congress to restrict slavery but the policy and
necessity Of exercising the power They commended that
General Tsylors Allison letter fully committed him to the
course OF leaving the whole SUBJECT IN the HANDS OF the peo
Plies representatives, where il rghfully belong. They
urged with much proprey that whatever might be the in
divdua opinions Of Gen. Taylor. he would not thwa the
legislative will by the incorporation Of the whilst
Gen. Cass having taken The position that any legislative
ton unconstitutional, would of any act Of
Congress prohibiting slavery in the newly acquired terrific
es Nothing else but this secured the democratic
ddate the vote Of South Carolina, Of Virginia. Of Alabama
and OF Mississippi The slave question out of the it
is believed that Gen. Taylor would have carried every south
State. The universal belief ia the SOUTH that the whig
candidate would permit and that the democratic candidate
would Prerenf legislative action unquesionaby contributed
largely swell the democratic that region. The
probably, would also have prevented many OF
the northwestern States from voting for Cas notwhsand
ing continued denuncaons OF his friends Taylor
was STAKEHOLDER owned 800 negroes, &c. &c. had il
for the fact that just this juncture Of ime
party pang up, based the single idea Of establishing free
territory The Of those no constituted this party
being taken from the Wing ranks several States Ohio and
Indiana especially thrown to Gen. Csss by minority
Notwithstanding all these apparently adverse
stances Gen. defeated snd the Wing admuis.ra-
tion came into power on the 4th OF March"
All this is only true in part; very important
part, that which relates to the South, is
Almost universally, the Wing papers South, advo-
Gated Taylors election because the Allison letter did
not commit him against slavery extension, and be-
cause he known to be Southern man by birth,
education location, sympathies, social habits, and
pecuniary interest.
The Wing National Convention intentionally left
the slavery question: as well as all Others open ones
They refused absolutely and positively to commit the
whig party to any thing. Their orators here, espe-
cinllyS W. Parker, now the Wing nominee for Con-
gress in the Wayne district declared this non-com-
mttasm to be right in ITSELF and that to publish
prog ramme of principles or sentiments, act
of tyranny over the minds of men, which the Wing
Convention had done well to avoid! Jus, SO it was
all over the country; the Wing orators end editors,
with the unmeaning and elastic Allison letter for
binder advocated any and all sorts of sentiments to
suit different localities and variant opinions and
tastes!
After all this hypocrisy, dishonesty and humbug,
Taylor only able to get minority of the popu-
lar votes. Aud this disproves the assertion Of the
Journal that the free sellers were nearly all wings
If this true Taylor would certainly have been
beaten and the democrats would have held their own
in such States Illinois, where their ID 600 ma iority
was reduced to 3,000
The Journal concludes as follows:
Such is a very bIef and hastily drawn sketch Of ihs
last Presidential far the question of the
sion aud restriction Of slavery il concerned Nothing
occurred since shake the confidence Of any honest
partial man in the integrity of the Wing party Of General
Taylor this subject The entire Wing party OF the
they have BEEN opposed to the further
Of slavery. No doubts that they will
in favor OF The application OF the Ordinance OF l7S7 any
territory that shall be formed California New Mexico
does any dosbt that such pass
ed by Congfes will receive The sanction of the Pesident
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