Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1841-1853, 1850-10-10

There is no American citizen whose ird is rnclouded
by prejudice and whose heart is not poisoned by selfish
abiticn but has felt the keenext satisfaction e the hap
py issue to the abors OF the late session of Congress
All over the land from extreme OF its wide expanse
TO the otEer the electric thrill which carried the of
the passage Of the Compromise bills JOY into thou
sands Of hearts, Cold indeed have been the heart
which did that occasion offer its silent tribute OF
thanksgiving that Providence which carried safely
through this last crisis the least fearful Of those
which its in.erposton has been manifest
We have been deeply panied at the tone which some
OF the public prints have arsumed since the passage OF
the Compromise bills Fanaticism, struck down and
apparently parayzed has again reared her hateful front
andis plying her malignant create further dscord
and alienation among the members Of this noble Union.
One paper cries that the north again betrayed and
that the rights OF the south have been outraged
The abolition aconsts busy ever, laying plans
for future agitation They are. il possible, active
and vndctive than ever for their crai is dan
ger;" the material upon which they at work has
failed Them and they dread The downfall of their petty
platform. The entire system Of measures inclrded in
the report of the committee Of thirteen with slight mod
ihcaton have received the sanction of large majority
/ in Congress.
These measures were intended TO heal the unhappy
sectional discussions which agatng the country
and they wisely adapted accomplish that purpose
II the result shall not be to aay all the previously
isng dissatisfaction and luminosity, it will be for the
want OF intrinsic merit and Justice the them
selves but because of perversty which will be
peascd by the most wholesome measures There is q
class of men whose mental aliment is excitement and
VINO die oil quiet as quickly as oil arsenic. There are
those who constitutional grumbers and whose quer
ulous humor is be pacied any BY concession
than by opposition. And then, there the regular "a
natics-the lanky haired salow-visaged, hard-eyed
and rgd-featured saints in whose estimation human
institutions worth preserving. and who OUTAGE
both earth and heaven, and tax the wisdom of the
moral Governor of the Universe. To hope that such
men will cease their agitation that they will fail &c
find cause for complaint, would be presumptuous q.
/ to command the and moon stand still.
But against these agtators society is on its guard
and the danger to be apprehended from their machna
lions is comparatively trhing. There is, however an
other of agators be dreaded than all 9th
These the political demagogues, who mel
ther stimulated bysympathy deferred by conscience
They will embroil the country in intestine commotior
and peril the union Of the States without the slight
est vistngs of conjunction, if they Judge such he the
readest means for accomplishing the objects of nor
dinae ambition. They the who love party bet
ter than country and self better thar party These
they who by ncessant ebowing. crinGng and swagger
inc thrust themselves into the places Of political leader
ship and ESSAY give direction public opinion Thou
sands of them have been left stranded by the ebhns
waves of public opinion vet thousands are read
to supply their places nnd risk everything for n tt
temporary popularity personal ACKNOWLEDGMENT
"Lct no such man be trustedr The argns ewes of
whole people upon them They may for tim
abuse that confidence which of the mobiles
attributes of our nature but later their dnplc
ity will be discovered and indignant people will visi
them with the inamy they richly mcrt.-Trre Haut
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