Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1841-1853, 1851-06-12
SATURDAY MORNING, JUNE I, 1851.
The Fourth District.


of old and tried friends, who bated with Tor An
drew Jackson the fierce andvoent Of 1923 and
1892 We have always regarded the Democrats of that
District true to their cherished principles. They sup
ported Gen. McCarty for Congress- with zeal and suc
cess, until he abandoned his principles when they aban
doned him.
Believing that the election Of Mr. Julian this crisis
would be most unfortunate, his views and opinions
would be regarded abroad as h sentiments of Indiana
feel impelled by sense df duty make this appeal
Those who desire his reelection will charge with
tempting to dictse but those who desire to preserve
their political consistency will least pause before they
take this last and fatal step,
Our political friends in that District have always been
in hopeless minority. The Offices have been held by
wings Democrats have literally been crushed
der the of whggery In this condition of things
admit the temptation is strong to unite with any party
to accomplish least their partial redemption. To be
in the majority and to triumph their ancient oppo
nents, object very desirable that there danger
of their looking the end without regarding the
Under this kind of feeling many honest Democrats have
been led into the free soil ranks who intended
during the war, but from feeling Of sympa
thy find themselves enrolled and enlisted for life in this
party organizations who making the fl-
gtve glave law the fugitive slave clause in the Const
tuition, and the Union itself They retreat
without being advertised as deserters There are many
of friends who yet baptized into this new faith
but who hanging round the portals the church. and
breaking bread with George w Julian. Will they come
back will they go ona This is animportant question
Some have already gone far that it will be much eas
90 entirely than These lost to
party. Their future home will be with the
mics Of the Constitution and the Union Others and much
the larger portion who intended separate from
their friends or their party connexions, will yet
retrace their steps. They will that one-dead Julian
ism is not democracy. They two masters
and take hire from BOTH The time is approaching to
this question In the Presidential election Ma
tonality will absorb all other questions and the Demo-
who intends to plant himself among the Buaoes
the sectional platform of opposition to the South,
cannot support the nominee of National Convention
In this crisis do duty. Whatever may be
the end we are resolved hold fast the old faith.
We mean as a faithful sentinel TO Others and in
doing this ask every wavering doubling dem bcrat
to read the warning language Of that great patriot and
statesman Sas Wright, given a similar occg Sion:
"If," said he, there be those among wig, msled
by a mistaken sympathy by sudden excitement upon
any subject forgetting their obligations the sroLe
n,
every effort of persuasion and example to awaken them
a of their dangerous error If those who, for the
sake oil private interest," personal AMBITION or omenfdTy
political success willing to experiment upon the
public passions, to treat lightly their constitutional ob
cations foment sectional eaousies and raise up
graphical distinctions within the Union, let the absence
of couaenance and support such that the
personal atiication public services of living
man are not objects of sufficient magnitude be gained
at the expense of the harmony of the country the peace
of the Union, single letter in the list Of cOnstitu
onal duties If among there be any (Which heaven
orbdD who prepared for any earthly object TO dis
member our conlederacy and destroy that Constitution
which binds together let the fate Of arnold be
theirs and let the deteS0ton and scOrn Of erery .fnerican
be their constant companions. until, like him. they shall
abandon country Ose rich blessings they longer
corthy to enjoy"
Let every Democrat ponder in his mind these
burning and patriotic words.
Mr.. Julian elected to Congress by Democratic
votes He was free soilor and that question the
Democrats had nothing expect from him. He was, to
use their language the choice of evils, but they had
right to expect that their Representative, he would
have more ideas than one and that he would be
tnually thrustng his abolition views the House, in
season and out of season. He first made speech the
Presidents message. 1t commenced with slavery and
ended with slavery His choice vocabulary of epthets
were exhausted on the slave holders Having done this
we were in hopes that he might have considered his
pledge to agtae end but at the very close of the
session. after the compromise had passed. he
obtained the floor and of time and place, made the
most denuncatory speech against the compromise
ures ever uttered on that floor. He denounced the
North as we'll as the South He charged his colleagues
with misrepresenng the State He perverted and mis-
represened the fugitive slave aw and declared in favor
of open and revolutionary resistance the law But
-
Mr. Chairman, l tell those Southern gentlemen, and
their Northern brethren who have passed tins bill that
for one would resist the execution OF this latter pro-
vision If need be- at the peril OF my lille. i am sure
that nv constituents will resist 1T. repeat what said
on former occasion that there earthly power that
can induce us to take side with the oppressor III be-
eved the people represent were base enough to be-
come the miserable unkes oil God iorsaken southern
slave hunter by joining him or his consabes In the blood
hound chase of painting slave, would scorn to hold
seat on this floor by their suffrage and would dcnounce
them as fit subjects themselves for the lash OF the slave
driver Sir, they will do such thing; and give no.
tice now, to Southern brethren, that their newly
yamped fugitive bill cannot be executed IN that portion
of Indiana which have the honor to represent. The
NOR of people will revolt its provisions,
and set them at dehance while the man who shall at
tempt to enforce them will cover himself with nlamy
which belongs to the trade of pirate. This is my
Judgment, and if Southern gentlemen think am mis-
taken the question between as may easily be tested
Slaves sometimes among US from the South, and
they will continue to do and should like to aseer-
tain the strength Of the law when opposed by public
sentiment inevitably hostile to its provisions"
On the adjournment Of Congress, in company with his
abolition brethren, he visited Boston and the Eastern
cities addressing abolition conventions, and recommend
ing resistance to the law just passed by Congress In
Boston he made speech on the fugitive slave law, in
which he said: 60 In the of God and humanity
am determined to trdmpse this law und1toot"