The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1855-07-02
spirit of the Indiana Press.

Spirit OF the Indiana Press
We have been surprised, strong as we
knew the ant-Nebraska feeling of the State
20 be, at the unanimity and heartness of ap-
proval, which the recent action of our dele
cation in the K. N. National Council has
met With State Journal.
We are very much at loss where to place
our friends of the Journal, except it be with the
Tankest Free sellers and Abolitionists of the
State. Certainly no one can approve the
"recent action OF our delegation in the Ma
tional Council'' unless he belongs to one
wing or the o'her of these factions. The edit
or of the Journal seems to make anti NebrdS-
la the common name for all the factions that
oppose the National Platform. Now could
any one but an Abolitionist of the rankest
stripe, entertain for a moment the idea that
the National Council, or that even a conven-
ton Of the free States, would so far insult the
Nationality of the American party, as to con-
eoct National platform of which "anti-
Nebraska" was the only, or at least the par
amount feature-with the slightest hope of
general and harmonious concurrence there
inf Do our Deighbors of the Journal, and
their associates in the call for the "anti-Ne-
braska mass meeting" profess to belong to
the American party! IF SO, why then ignore
the name! The American party of the
State would doubtless like to be informed for
what purpose they are called to meet en-
rGsse. II a mass meeting is desired by the
proper authorities of the American State
Council, why not call it in their name and
BY the authority of that body! If the prom
inent question to be considered, is, as it
seems to be, the endorsement of the action
of the national delegates, by a convention of
the anti-Nebraska sentiment of the State,
let it be 80 distinctly understood.
We are led to. the conclusion from the ma
ture of the call for the s'mass meeting" as
well as from the political character and pee
uliar position of some of the signers of the
call, that the object is to ignore the national
platform. and secure the endorsement of the
Indiana delegates in filing an indefinite and
sectional protest against the action of the
Natio nal Convention. We trust the Amer.
lean party of Indiana will not be deIuded
into an uncertain or false position in theil
response to this indefinite call. We car
speak for that party in the "Pocket" with the
utmost assurance, that its members are pre-
pared to unite with their brethren of the
State, upon national grounds and nationa
principles, but IN the Language of the Phla
deiPhia platform, they "cannot he held il
any manner responsible for the obnoxious
acts or the violated pledges of either of the
old PARTIES" Let every American either
reflect before he sanctions the one-idea pro.
tests of the renegade delegates, who betray
cd their trusts at Philsdelphia, what the is
sue of such course will be. The inevita
BILE result OF such action will be to sink th
American party to the factious level of tn
old organizations.
We have before said and now repeat, tina
We are upon the national platform an
believe it to be the best one that coul
have been made, that would have receives
the sanction of a majority of the delegate
In convention, or OF the people at large
The platform may not be in every respec
to the liking of the people of the North O
Of the South, nevertheless we believe it
be the best one "owned and possessed
any political party in the country. If tn
anti-American party, with their Wing an
Free-son allies, can go into convention ar
make better one, they are at liberty to {
It, certainly, and we should be glad to sc
them try We of course are not speakr
of platform for the North alone, such
would be made at a mongrel convention
Buffalo; nor of platform which CONVEX
ton vf slave holders would have no difficult
in agreeing to at Nashville, bnt nation
platform for a aGtionaL party.