Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1841-1853, 1850-02-28
Circular of the Indiana Democratic
state Central Committee.

Circular Oh Inc An0iana DensOCrhhC
state Central Committee.
In the present crisis Of our affairs party and
State, it becomes duty. the regularly const
tuted committee Of the Democracy Of Indiana, to cast
about us, and see where we stand. and what the
dangers, if any, that beset our path. At the last an
nual election Of State and National officers we were
most signally successful. resulting in triumphant
majority in favor of our candidates for Governor and
Lieutenant Governor, and in the election of MAORI
ties in both branches of State Legislature, and
nearly our entire ticket of members of Congress.
This very success, brilliant and dazzling in its
character. may prove an evil in the coming elections,
if fold under the delusive idea, that
are inyincible and therefore, it is useless fur
ther efforts. Eternal vigilance is the price of lib
srty - this should be motto, and should
forget it. Power is ever stealing from the many to
the few, and opponents determined to act on
this principle, at the coming elections The Wing
members Of the Indiana Legislature, at the recent
session, they left the capital held session,
together with some others of the party in which
doubt fully and freely discussed the means of
gaining party triumph either in the next Legisa-
tnre State Convention to assemble in October to
alter and amend the Constitution of our State if
In BOTH This meeting resulted in the adoption of
unusually long string of resolutions. which have been
thrown out Wing principles for the coming can
vass.
In relation to the great subject of Constitutional
reform there appears TO be studied effort deceive
1t Is well known that nearly all the Constitutions
that have been lately adopted have been the work of
Democratic Conventions. In the acts of those Con-
venions the capacity Of the people to elect all their
officers judicial well legislative has been fully
indicated. The power of Legislative bodies to
tract debts, by combination Of local interests,
disastrous to State, has been curtailed in
these Democratic Constitutions and this feature of
reform is very popular in Indiana Many other qucs-
tons under the controlling influence Of the spirit of
the age, have become selfeyident propositions. A
number of these have been seized upon by the secret
above alluded TO, and appropriated the
elusive property of the Wing party of Indiana. We
glad to opponents coming to these
measures, but demur to the claim they set up But
the question here arises, these seevident propo-
sitions the only reforms be made in State Con-
stitution! If so. why all this expense of one hun
bred and fifty delegates to attend the Convention 7
Why was so much interest manifested, that every
portion of the State should be represented No. fell
low-cizens, the object in the adoption of these
self sometimes assumes the appearance of an angel
Of light, and we know that our first parents were
thus deceived. We should profit by the lesson The
whole Constitution of State will be thrown open
for alteration and amendment Democratic Conven.
tons have made Constitutions accordance with the
spirit Of the age and therefore to be trusted anC
we believe there very many persons. still acting
with the whig party, that would much rather trus
ourC ho uds n
venton, than with their own party friends.
There is another election, almost equally importan
that of Delegates State Convention-the cleo
ton of members of the next Legislature of State
This election not only aPpertains to our interests
home in Indiana; but the Legislature having cleo
Senator in the Congress of the United States III,
political character Of State in the National LIE
gislature is involyed-aDd when we look at the ef
forts that made, at the last election by Truman
Smith and others. from Washington, to bride Indians
into the support of Wing Congressman. BY promise
of Office, we may read lesson in wing tactics tina
will again be put in requistiOn. The favorte of tn
whig party the last senatorial election in Indian
was Caleb B. Smith, holding one of the mos
lucrative Offices at Washington but whose preseu
term Of service will expire, just in time take hi
seat in the United States Senate, if elected 1t
well known that be has controlled most of the az
pontments for Indiana under the present adminstrs
tion and, under the plan laid down by his ma mesa
Truman, last summer, promise many others,
the event Of wing majority in the next Legislature
aud the consequent election Of a WING Senator to III
Congress Of the United States. The fear of this il
reference from Washington would not have been o
uded to- were the fact not staring in the face tn
Circular letters from that city. signed by Trums
Smith. now a Senator in the Congress Of the Unite
States. and the acknowledged mouth-piece of Il
President in that body. were extensively circulai,
throughout the Stale, previous to our last anDu
election, justifying all we lave said 1t is true tn
these efforts at political bribery met with signal
buke, but we have reason to believe that they wi
not sgain be made in some shape, having great