Weekly Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1853-1861, 1855-11-01
Truth Well and Porcibly Expressed.

We copy the following article from the /
louisiana Couries, published at New Orleans:
"From Indiana, the young giantness of the
Wes', the news is also of the most cheering
character. She, too, had for while been be-
guilcd by the soft sawder' of Known thing-
ism, and had strayed from those political
paths which were Illuminated by her presence.
But in the midst Of the allurements and nov
elites which of late surrounded her, she in
fortunate moment, turned her eyes towards
that majestic dome beneath which she had so
long tired with stately steps and repentance
cam over her, and fastened to retraee her
course to her only cherished home. She has
discarded the dwarfish STRIPPING Know Noth
ingism, and her flowing locks now rest upon
the broad shoulders of the genius OF Democ-
racy.
What. it may be asked, does this sudden
reaction among the people oil three oil Tue
leading States Of the Union mean! ohe III
tie wear AGO, and EACH them was complete
ly Unidentified with the know-NothlnSlsm,
ready seemingly to embrace all Its heresies'
and. to carry out all its narrow-mnded pros
criptons. To-day, two at least OF them, and
almost half of the inhabitants OF the other,
spurn from them the new gospel, and resume
their accustomed places in national politics.
The simple truth is that they were, for the
moment, struck with madness, and now they
are happily restored to reason and health
They see in their true light the specious
pretences and the tiimsy pretexts of the po-
litical charatans who invented and preached
acknowledgement. They find already that
loud professions does not make true patriots,
nor does the advocacy of irresponsible power
IN individuals, tend to secure the integrity and
the blessing of Constitution, framed with n
view to protect all men alike who came uu-
der its shadow, irrespective of birth or reli-
giOus faith They find that, after all, the
wise and liberal Governmental theories of
the founders of the Republic are more wor-
thy of adoption by people proud of its pre-
greSs, than the crude ideas OF demagogues OF
fanatics. They recognize the dangers of en-
couraging the existence of secret oath bound
political societies, which, under the pretence
uf protecting the liberties of the many, stea
away those Of the individual and make him
the slave of the cunning managers who lul
him into security by their honied phrases
They proclaim to the world that Ameicanism
IN iti real and only worthy sense, is an at
tachment, thorough and sincere, TO the grea
: principles upon which our institutions ar,
based; and that it must result, not from acci
dental circumstances, such as birth or mer
= residence in the land, but from the convic
, tons of matured AMI investigating minds
And in fine, they affirm that, whatever ma,
/ be the occasional errors or indiscretions of it
: members, the Democratic party, whose persis
tent and enlightened policy has almost Who'll
ly contributed to the present unexampled glo
ry, strength and prosperity of the country
! should not be cast aside and every new theo
nv of political novices or demagagues adopte
n i'm its stead.