Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1841-1853, 1851-09-11
TUESDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER ., 1851.
ratio State Central Committee.


the statesman. lnere is not single reader OF tbdt
paper but will he struck with the great change which
has been going in the mind of the very discreet editor
for the last twelve months The Statesman commenced
its career by violent opposition OF the Compromise
measures Number after number teemed with ridicule
and abuse Of those measures and the members of Con-
gress who by their an1 speeches sustained them
The editor particularly the Fugitive Slave
Law, which he denounced the % bloody BILL" He
called " the advocates of the infamous Inv defend
it If they dare. He declared that it offered " bounty
for perjury, and that the religious sentiment of the
country had been " outraged" by the passage of the
act and that humanity bushes at the Decd and the
slumbering vengeance of just and righteous God
awaits its projectors" He said the cry of repeal ais
hardly necessary for the bill will be dead letter on the
statute books" He reoiced in the defeat of long tried
and faithful Democrats. =" The Compromises" says
he at the North catching Jesse wherever the peo
pie can get chance at them Phelps, of Vermont, is
thrown overheard, Ike another Jonah; Dickinson, of
New York, is repudiated and Gen. Cass is aunkcd in
Michigan. Who goes next7"
He attempted to make an issue with us on this mea
sure. Among the many articles to that effect, which
appeared in his paper, copy the following:
Let individuals do and say what they please but the
moment the policy of the bloody bill is fastened upon the
Democracy of Indiana, that moment we 90 into a mi
nory This is the policy of the Sentnel-ow policy is
TO repudiats it"
These were his declarations twelvemonth ago. He
now comes platform, and the platform the De-
mocracy in this State, with the following confession:
" But while claim for all men these sacred ina
ienabe rights, free to express opinion,
The North will never repeal modify the Fugitive Slave
Bill until the South themselves demand il; and our ad
AIoNEmAND NEITHER a ASK i1f FOR GRIT IFS REPEAL
OR NOTIFICATIONS fully believing that when quiet
shall he restored to the country-when the strife
and sober reflection resumes her seat the South will her.
self prefer enactment in accordance with the
dictates of humanity and justice.
Such are positions on the Compromise measures,
and hope they clear enough not to be msunder.
stood"
They certainly clear enough, but wonderfully
inconsistent with the former positions Of this very dis
Greet editor, who sets his sails catch the tanning
breeze and who changes like the weathercock with the
tickle and varying gale He is in favor Of the
" let alone" policy-opposed to the repeal modea
ton of this law, which he thought outraged human.
ity and called down the slumberng vengeance Of Just
and righteous God; that it infamous that it
could not be enforced. We have to complain
Of this change of opinion DIR. Ellis is not alone in his
change The law misconstrued and misrepresented
and hundreds of honest minds were mised. This was
the with Ellis, however. He understood all the
details Of that measures and deceived and had
public opinion followed him in his hue and cry against
the law. and against and paper, different tune
would this day he heard from his organ His only
plant to be that the Sentinel insists the
application of what he ga straightjacket rule"
Now, what is that ruIea 'ADHERENcE THE Com
PROMISE MEASURES AND OPPOSITION TO THE REPEAL or
THE FUGITIVE SLAVE Law" No is required to
believe that this law perfect There many defects
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Compromise whole, they the only
measures which majority Of Congress, representing
the various sections and The various hues and and sha
dows of opinion could agree. We supported them.
We breasted the storm of opposition, when they
weak feeble, and needed support. We endeavored to
to show that in the Fugitive Slave Law there moth
ing inconsistent with Constitutional obligations and
whilst provided for the delivery of the fugitive his
MASTER protected the rights of the free of color
and in the present excited of the public mind we
opposed any attempt either repeal the law
modify its provisions. This is all have contend
ed for. As party iss-e it cannot be avoided in the
next Presidential election. No candidate opposed TO
this law, will be nominated by the Democratic party
or, if nominated he would be defeated. Those who
make Repeal a cardinal doctrine in their creed,
and will support the Democratic candidate in the
coming contest and the these people know and
understand position the better. Their union with
Us will but tend to weaken our influence, and hold
to them hopes of the of their sectional doctrines
which never can be realised. union of the Democratic
and Frecso parties the North the sectional issues
proposed would not only destroy the Democratic party
but endanger the peace and perpeuity Of the Union.
For these reasons we have recommended Democratic
brethren everywhere to endorse the Compromise mea-
sures, and let the line of separation between the Ma
tional Democracy and the sectional Freeso party be
Instantly drawn. Temporary unions for temporary pur
poses. result in good. Hence. oppose them But
the Doctor tells that 'when the strife is over the
South will herself prefer enactment, in accord
with the dictates Of humanity and Justice" Per-
haps Durkee, the Abolition member of Congress,
left the of Gddngs Julian, Tuck Co., and went
to board with the South Carolina delegation, for the
purpose of preaching them the doctrines Of human
freedoms" saying g that great work was now going
on which would revoutionise the world" When this
millennium of freedom which Durkee in his vision, saw,
pervades the South perhaps they may to change
the law But so long Slavery exists in any part of
this Union so long must that Constitutional provision,
which was great compromise feature in that instru-
ment, be soemnly regarded If DIR. Ellis is willing to
wait that period for the agitation of Repeal! he is salts
fed with a long credit. Before that day comes, the
Statesman will be numbered with the things that were,
and its portIy editor viii have returned the dust from
whence he came.
From Utah.
Dates from Utah Territory up the Goth OF July,
have been received.
Gov Young has ordered an election for members Of
Tarr;tor;al Councl on the first Monday in August