The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1855-09-04
North and the South had declared should for

North and the South had declared should for
ever be free territory-the man who envied
Douglas the authorship of this bill And the
ruffians who acted under his influence, were in
the main, his own tools, who had only to know
what act of infamy Atchison desired at their
han1e, to yield delightfully."- harmonious ac-
quiescence This disapproval in connection
with the hired abolition fanatics from Massa-
chusetts,' and placing men from free States on
a par in their condemnation, with the Missou-
ri bullies, is a most contemplate sulterfuge.
Whether these men were abolitionists or not,
and but few of them really were, what acts of
outrage did they commit ? What else did they
ask but the bare privilege of Uoting9 They
were pushed from the polls, denied the privi-
lege of voting, and have since been by the At
Gibson Legislature, denied even the privilege
of expressing an opinion on the subject of slave
~ in Kansas, under the penalty Of imprison-
ment in the penitentiary! The Democratic
Administration has lent quiet acquiescence
to the outrages of the Missouri DULLES con-
demned by this Convention, and has even re-
moved Gov. Reeder for daring to partial
ly assert the rights of the citizens of Kansas.
This resolution is an insult to the intelligence
Of the people of Indiana and a most contempt
ible attempt to shift responsibility from where
it really belongs.
Res0l1eI, That we cordially invite all men
of a national sentiment and faith to cooperate
with us in maintaining the sanctity of the
American Constitution, the principles of the
Declaration of independence, and the integrity
of the Union, against TIE attempts of fanatical
demagogues, who are aiming to array one sec
ton of the Confederacy against the other, and
whose ambition to possess political power,
would induce them to sacrifice the dearest in
terests of the country, and to entail the dread
full consequences of civil war, bloodshed, disu-
Mon and anarchy on the ruins Of our now hap
Ipy, prosperous and mighty nation.
If there are any more fanatical demagogues
in the State of Indiana, than the leaders of the
: so-called Democracy, we would like to see
them pointed out. They to invite citizens
who wish to preserve the sancity of the Amer
lean Constitution and the principles of the
Declaration of Independence, to join hem!-
Why, there is not scamp in the whole crowd
Of these leaders, but would sell every principle
he even processes, for an office Office is their
only object. Point us out single prominent
leader IN this party here, who is not either an
Office holder or seeking office! They, to talk
about demagogues seeking office, the knaves
The Constitution is not worth fig, in their
sight, by the side of fat Office. These are
the men who are making gods Of foreigners
end scoundrels of Americans, to secure votes
Their gas about the Constitution and the
e Union, is an old, worn out stale, flat and un-
: profitable party trick. They are base hypo-
4 critics whenever chey say anything else than
y the spoils of office is their great and leading
e principle. The people are net to be deceived
any longer by their Constitution and Union
twaddle And here is the last
; ResolUed, That we will most strenuously
: maintain the fundamental principles of the
: rights of civil and religious liberty; the right Of
the citizen to worship according to the dictates
of his own conscience, the freedom of speech
and of the press, the offering of the benefits Of
i our laws and institutions to every nation and
7 every cline, and the protection of Government
e to every man who legally claims to be an
. American cit zen.
There is not one thing in the above which
needed to be specified as part of the Demo
cratic platform. The whole resolution is equal
# ly applicable to any other party. So far as
n we know, there is nothing advocated in the
: American party, which interferes with any
! thing claimed for the anti-American party in
the above resolution. The whole batch of res
e olutions is mere exhibition of clap-trap gas;
and if anything more can be made of them, we
| should like to see the experiment tried.