Weekly Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1853-1861, 1855-07-12
Meekly gtate gentinel,
WEDNESDAY MORNING, JULY IL, 1855.
For the Daily State Sentinel.

Hooho' EDlTORs.-furSuant 10 cali
through the Abolition paper published here,
ana naning posters sent out in every direc-
t'on' Tor Mass Peoples Conventions" there
'cas gathering of some two dozen of those
enemies of Democracy, who, last year. as
sumed the name of "Peoples Party" at the
court House in Columbus, on last Saturday
evening.
Inere was considerable effort made to bring
apclit large meeting of those incongruous
elements, but it resulted, as we earnestly
nope their efforts to unite Church and State,
and to dissolve this Union may end, in a
grand fzzle! A friend who took the trouble
to count noses tells me that there were just
zoofthem present-five of whom were preach
ers, and three of foreign birth. Two of their
speakers were foreign born members of the
Know Nothing Order. They did appoint
delegates to the 18th of July Convention, but
in all things else it was a miserable failure.
In their Resolutions they took ground in favor
of the restoration of the Missouri restriction,
but voted down resolution declaring that
mo more Slave States should ever be admit
ted into the Union, but that slavery should
forever be confined to its present limits"
To this last position the party in this county
can never be brought, though l have no
doubt there will be an effort made, and per
haps successful one, to force it upon the
people on the 18th, as one of the planks of
the platform of the Abolition wing of the
Know Nothing party.
The Rev. Mr. Crawford, a somewhat con-
spicuous Know Nothing political preacher,
called by some the "Blue Man." took part
In the Convention above referred to, and al
though he declined making a speech in Con-
vention, as there were so few to hear, he an
that he would deliver Political
Sermon at the Methodist Church on the
morrow. Curiosity led me to go to the Meth
odist Church on Sunday morning to hear
what the Reverend gentleman had to say,
and in all candor, Messrs Editors, must say
that l never, in the most exciting canvass
from the most reckless politician-heard
more INSCRIPTIONS, dishonest or abusive po-
Iitical speech, than was then made from the
sacred desk. He set out with the assump-
ton that it was as much the mission of the
called and sent " ministry of Jesus Christ to
correct political error, as moral and religious
thus assuming the direction of governmental
policy, and making practical union of
Church and State, if not in name. He /
seemed determined to force upon the De-
mocratic party, notwithstanding they have
all the time deprecated and sought to avoid it,
A war with the clergy-but in this he will be |
the Democratic party, here and !
elsewhere, have no war upon clergymen as
such. He cannot drive us into defence of
Catholicism, or any other ism. Freedom of
right to worship God as they
may see proper, is all that the Democratic
party claim in such matters for this they
will fight, and if few would-b political
preachers array themselves in opposition to
these great principles of right, they must
lake the consequences, and they need not
seek the sympathy of the people by raising
the howl of persecution of preachers" and |
War on the Clergy"
Mr. Crawford's whole political sermon"
was based upon false assumptions. He as
serted that the American Congress had passed |
4 bill declaring that slavery Was a righteous
hing, good thing, and extending it into terri
tory free before; and because a few of the
New England Clergy have ventured humJly
% petition Congress. and ask them not to ex-
tend slavery further, they were met with
abuse, denied the right Of petition, and perse-
cuted by the Democratic party generally
And further, the Rev. gentleman went on to
say, because the preachers had dared to raise
their voice in opposition to intemperance,
and tell the people that it was wrong to get
drunk, the Democratic party had prosecuted
them, &C. And finally, that because they had
preached against Romanism, they we've per-
secuted, &C. &C. In this last connection he
beched forth all the ad-captandum slang, and
pent up Know-Nothing gas which has been
SO long accumulating in their midnight holes,
as to become fnted and sinking in the nos
trils of all honest men.
The Democracy are in healthy condition
in old Bartholomew Were an election had |
we could beat them 500 votes.
The tremendous outpouring of the people at
our meeting on the 4th inst, has disheartened |
our enemies greatly; more than 1000 were
out on that occasion, and listened with great
patience and delight to four speeches in sue
cession, from Hon John L. Robinson, Hon. |
A. P. Willard, Hon. It. A. Hendricks, and
NJ. M. Ray, Esq Mr.. Ray again addressed
a crowd at night. A DEMOCRAT