Weekly Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1853-1861, 1855-10-04
Anpeal TO the Voters.


,oters of Shelby County is extracted from
ne National Holniee, It is much 10 the
point, and will apply with appropriateness to
ne yotere Of every county il tho State, and
Mould be read by everybody.
OxE MORE APPEAL TO THE VOTERS OF
SHELBY CoUNTY.-rhe time IS row very
lose at hand When you Will be called upon
gain to deposit your votes in favor of the
candidates of your choice for the different
offices Of the county, and also 70 express,
.hrouh your ballots on that day, your senti-
ments upon the various and conflicting 20
itical questions now agitating the whole
country.
The contest in which we have beeu en-
aged, has been 4 contest for PRINCIPLES. 1t
las been wagcd felrlessly, and the various
questions involved have been discussed freely
md fully, 50 that none can now be ignorant
II the real issues which place in aniagOniSm
ne Democratic and the so-called Repubi
an parties.
Within the last eighteen months you have
.itnessed the decay and dissolution Of the
nee proud and powerful Wing party. in
nose stead YOU have wi:uCssed alsn the
nth and startling growth Of a mysterious
-ganigstion, under cover of night. held TO
ether by oaths, secret signs, passwords aud
rips, aud promulgating principles at war
lth TIE most cherished ideas Of trle Ameri-
misunderstanding at once tbs strongest pill
as Of our Constitutional Freedom, and
reading abroad the reckless spirit of pOliti-
Il prescription and religious intolerance
rs the first bitter fruits of this organization,
mich stole upon the country with all the
Establishments OF practiced art and consum-
,ate skill, and wcll.nigh swept. the whole
I'D by the magic power Of its mysterious
.,ell. you have sseu not aud rapine, blood
ned and murder taking possession OF the
Ouutry, gnd q powerful order, making large
rctensiouS % decency and moral reform,
uartyrizing aud canOniZug professed pugl-
lists and DULLES, who lost their lives in pot
Jusc brawls aud III wicked riots, aud dis
Aclng the escutcheon of our country by
rapping la its folds the polluted bodies Of
elr-dead rioters.
You have seen this Order seductive il
ystery, potent IL machinery, and terrible
: al army with banners" ia rs numerical
-rengtb, crouching down TO coalition with
,olluonlsm, till how the fell spirit Of this
nee contemplate faction has become head
al trout oi the order itself, and boldly mar
nails the way of the present opposition 20
40 Democratic party. You have seen this
action poising itself upon the waves Of po-
ltical strife, like the kissing destroyer of
LAGOON, coiling itself around the body Do.
tic, aud endeayuripg to crush out the life
,lood Of our Constitutional Liberties. You
AVE witnessed the bold mancuyering Of this
'olitical hydra, which at your State Capital
scently declared that, come what may, be il
Ar. famine or dissolution, they will rot
tolerate, under any circumstances, the ex.
.nsion OF slavery" Before they would
ield the right 10 their Southern brethren OF
voice u the formation of governments Tor
dr common Territories. il tue acquisition
which their blood aud Treasure flowed
reely, in common with the people OF the
Sortn, tuey would unite under the banner OF
,nLSe aud GlI.iiugs aud Wade, and bring
pom our country all the horrors Of civil War,
lss0lution aud anarchy. and then gtoat oven
40 fallen fortunes CT once proud and hIp-
country, winch now extends ~ TWEEN y
lIllIUI.s CT tree whites al the blessings end
nmunities fer which the free horn heart
Guild crave, Aud yet, while they ~ forth
- the world, holding IL their hands this FIRE.
brand Of destruction, they court the votes OF
q patriotic people with tine iair aud tatteTiug
, rctcuse OF maintaining 'pligh,ed faith,'
aud cbserviug sacred cumpacts." They
strike the dagger Of fanaticisIn at the heart of
he Union itseli--the most sacred compact
yer formed for the protection Of free peo-
pie - aud then, with the brazeu impudence
1f the devil himself tall. to the honest vo-
IS of this country about the "plighted
dith" &c Congressional enactment in 1920.
They howl through tn, land for the yestora-
ion of the Missouri Compromise, which
would legislate slavery into terri
Orv south of that line, and in the next decep-
i've breath resolve "not 70 tolerate. under
any circumstances the extension Of slayervM
They maintain an organization which, in the
language Of q contemporary, SIS national III
he South aud sectional in the North; is Sc
rot in New York and open in Georgia; Cath /
bic in Louisiana and Protestant in Now
England; black in Maine and white IN Viz (
sinia; which swears the son 10 prescribe the
foreigner, even ifthat foreigner should be that
sous father; opposes the causes, and settles !
Is candidates in packed cabalS; elevates the !
negro ard degrades the adopted citizen; cur
ses all monarchs. and adopts the creed OF
George the Third against emigration; abuses
he Pope, and declares itself infalliblc as
sails the Spanish iuquisition. and initiates
Is clandestino prosecutions and processes
Christianity and proscnbes its neighbor
ldores the Bible and shoots down unofend-
ng citizens adores tho Constitution. aud
sts up test by that Constitution prohibit !
Vi; pays . premium for treason TO friend
hip, and afxes the brand Of rs1ury to all
Who refuse 70 obey its obligations; asks for