Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1841-1853, 1850-08-29

OETThe Goshen editor, speaking of the settlement
of the slavery question in Congress,-which he is
violently opposed tosays of the editor Of the State
Sentinel
ssWhen he can get a Democratic Legislature,
Democratic State Convention endorse the Doughace-
ism of the present Congress- 1t will answer to talk about
a new Democratic creed and not before. 1t won't do
Mfr Brown, indeed it won't"
Now, if this is not rich, then we are no judges of
crazy abolitionsts He is pretty bird to talk about
a new Democratic creed. He says:
awe have good authority for the stand occupy
the Free Soil platform"
Yes, you have good authority-the authority Of
Seward Giddings and Hale, whose doctrines you
fully endorsed previous TO late elections, and
which proved so disastrous to some Democrats in
Eikhart We will give the evidence: The whole
vials of your abolition wrath, doubly distilled,
bestowed upon Mr. Mercer, Democrat, and candi-
date for Representative, and the result was, that he
obtained the old Democratic majority in Elkhart of
400 votes a worthy competitor; but for your pa
per- and other influences akin to it, Mr.. Jackson the
Convention candidate, would scarcely have been de-
feated. 1t was you that aided more than any thing
else to defeat Mr.. Jackson. He has reason to say
most truly-'ssave me from such friends.'
To show that Ellis crazy abolitionst, it is only
necessary to copy the following extract from his pa
per, published just before the late election; and be-
cause will not endorse such nonsense, he is most
likely coming here HIMSELF to edit real free soil,
Garrison, Seward, Abby Kelly newspaper, to put the
Democratic party right the slave question, his
services we have no doubt, will soon be dispensed
with in old Democratic Elkhart. At least they
should be, if friends do not desire to make it
wing county, which we think would be hard to do.
Our Democratic friends in Elkhart opposed to
savery-they are opposed, like the rest Of the De-
mocrscy of Indiana to slavery being introduced into
territory free, and with the rest of the Democ
racy of the State, have instructed our delegation in
Congress to oppose any law introducing slavery into
the new territories; and this is precisely the ground
taken by the State Sentinel. But they with u:
In love for our glorious Union, and while they
would act firmly in defence of any positions they
have taken, we know they do not take the ultra
ground of the crazy fanatic of the Goshen Demo
crat who draws upon his imagination which is dis
eased-mady diSeased-for most of his arguments
Hear him in the following extract, and if read
don't set him down greater fanatic than Gar
riSon, then will give our old hat to the first perso
that may demand it. Speaking of members of tn
present Congress, he says:
sAnd vet not content with the existing compromise
of the Constitution all of which, far they relate
slavery made, not for the oppressed but for tn
oppressor-not to encourage freedom, but to grind tn
face of Gods poor the South mpudenty asks laws T.
be passed compelling every Postmaster and mail carrier
and every other petty officer under the General Govern
ment, kidnappers and barbarians,-hunt tn
bleeding slave from his secluded den of securtv-bran
his quvering flesh with the heated steel-rivet agar
upon his lacerated limbs the cankng chains of elon
deliver him to his oppressors drag him back to tn
rice swamps of Florida-and enslave him forever, in
bondage depressing than the laws OF the Auto
crat of Russia. And there Northern dough-faces
Congress-(for the reputation of Indiana. may Heave
forbid that Bill Brown should be of themD who
only favor but urge the adoption by Congress- of jus
such laws"
vious to the election Instead of using his efforts
reconcile Democrats with each other, he drove man
into the whig ranks, and the old war-horse
the North shared the common fate, because the d.
mocrat supported him and abused his Democrat
competitor. This is the man who would like
figure at the seat of government, knowing that HI
days. in old Democratic Elkhart, are numbered
There was scarcely number of his paper in whic
abuse not heaped upon the head of Senate
Whitcomb or some other distinguished democrat
our State. No paper can take such course witt
out a decidedly bad influence, and the more W
think of it the less are we surprised at the electo
results in EIkhart