The national era. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1847-1860, 1852-07-01
STATE POLITICAL ANII-sLAvERY CONVENTION
IN INDIANA

This Convention met at indianapolis on the
nth Of May and continued in session three
days The following are some of the rcsolu-
tons adopted
Rcsolred, That the Platform adopted by the
Buffalo Convention in 1913 is our Platform, 10
far as it is applicable Mt the present time and
sets forth in detail our principles and meas
ures.
| Resolved That the notorious 18th article Of
the recently adopted Constitution of this State
| il not only pal abe violation, but direct
contradiction, of the principles avowed in the
first article Of that instrument, and of the prin-
ciples avowed in the Federal Constitution,
which declare that all men are created equal ;;
that it is most daring assumption Of the pre-
rogative of God, and an acknowledged attempt
on the part of its trainers to subvert His laws
and regulations.
Resolved, That this is not less the natiue land
of the negro than the white man, and TINT Il
proposition to remove, by direct or constructive
force, the former, Ito any other country) is in
every way ~ un ust and impudent AZ would DO
proposition 10 remove the latter.
Resoiued, That the Fugitive Slave Act"
enacted by the last Congress, is in derogation
of the genius of our free institutions an un-
warrantablc encroachment upon the sovereign
ty of the States violation of the principles of
natural and revealed religion an assumption
Of Legislative power without constitutional au-
thority and monstrous exhibition OF tyranny,
injustice, cruelty, and oppression.
Resolved That the doctrine that any human
law is a I" finally" and as such, not subject to
the examination of the people, and, if they de-
sire il, TO amendment or repeal, is not in ac-
cordance with the faith and creed OF the
founders of our Government; and we. rs friends
of our country, denounce such doctrine as most
dangerous to the liberties of the people.
Resolved That the Wing and Democratic
organizations have outlived the questions
which called them into life and organized their
forces under their champions, and that they
have therefore no apology for their existence,
thus heightened out beyond its time, but the
traditionary reverence Of their votaries for
names under which they once battled
Resoiued, That these organizations, headed
by ambitious and merccnary leaders are ptted
against each other in n mere scramble for
place and power; and that IN unqualified and
barefaced submission to the behests of slavery,
in all things, is the Indispensable and openly
avowed condition upon which their existence
can be maintained r
Resolved, therefore, That those organizations
are not parties, but Iactions the great bane OF
republics; and that every lover of his country
should labor by all honorable endeavors for
their overthrow not only because they are fac
tons but because they necessarily involve their
supporters in the guilt of slaveholding and
thus become the strongholds Of slavery.
Resolved. That our sympathcs are with the
oppressed Of oil nations that the cause OF
Hungary il dear to us and that wherever man
is trodden down, and the tyrant is exalted, We
love the oppressed and loathe the tyrant; and
upon the same principle we plead the cause of
the enslavcd of our own land against their ty-
rannical holders.
RESOLVED, That the cause Of oppression, as
well as the cause Of freedom is one, the world
over, and that this truth has been amply Illus
trated by every step Of the progress OF Louis
Kossuth through the slave States.
Resolved, That the public lands Of right be.
long to the people, and should neither be sold
for revenue, nor in any way allowed to specu-
lators but should only be granted without
charge. in limited quantities. to actual settlers.
Resolved, That our party is the party OF the
Constitution and the tnion Of Freedom and
of Progress that il is opposed in principles and
aims 10 sectionalism secession, and disunior,
and knows no North, no South no East, no
West but embraces with equal patriotic love
the country, the whole country, one and indi-
visible.
The Committee on Nominations made the
following report; which was concurred in by
the Convention
STATE TICKET.
For Gousrnor-Andrew l.. Robinson, OF Van
derburgh county.