Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1855-07-24
vopVAI, UNION OF THE KNow-NoTHINGs

4 FORMAL UNION Or lflI NM
AND ABOLITIONlSTS OF INDIANA.
The proceedings of the Convention oil the .No"'
tiouists and Know. Notlings of Indiana, held in II
dianapulis, on the day that withesseu tno i"t
tiuls between tho same combinations III ooi''i'Du
Ohio. are more emphatic and significant than I'LL
| event we have been called upon to nutice ior SON
r,optbs. In order to show the completeness OF III
c;op we give the following from the Cincinnati q
Iumbnn. The resolutions which we have not yet RI
cnivcd, are of the most ultra abolition stamp:
| From the Cincinnati Columbian
The onc-heradcd lndana STATE Convention Assem-
| bled Yesterday morning, az Indianapolis. Not cor
tent with sending their delegates, tie people SCENE
Ia have turned out The greatest enthusiast
prevailed ana banners with stirring mottocs and dc
vices were apparent III every hand.
FOREEOOS SESSION.
| The Convention assembled in the grove i'll front q
| the Statc-housc where the speeches were made an
| the resolutions rcal and adopted
The seats were intended 10 accommodate tire
thousand persons but, though they were filled Il
| their utmost capacity, scarcely respectable moct.
| of the crnwd was accommodated. Two tine bands u
music were in attendance, and their stirring strain
were ncrspcrscd through the proceedings with tin
| effect
| \ tremendous delegation, numbering no less than
seventeen hundred, present from Shelby county
The Indics lleaven bless their sou>) around il
prnusiun, and by their sw. at smiles and snowy call
| ca added much cmlivcnncnt 10 the scene.
Among the more promImcn. m"it"e. displayed were
the following: There is Il North; ltncrnnt NaSa
! bonds, Beware; Down with the Pope; and Amcrlc'
for Americans. One, borne by German, was IL"
mal-uprupos: / have Come 10 Live, but not Il
Rule.
The committee then retired TO prepare the resolu
tions. .-,.
bo tl. SIR
uc,t manner Ia express his sentiments touching th'
nature of the questions which Ind cnIed the" '"I"
thrr. lie remarked that the enemies OF the Sreh
Anglican movement had prOphfsicd that the excite
ment would all die away in short time. lie waT
clad il was not 81, and Thought lint the presence o
su cnthi iastic host proved the prophecy Il ia',
one. No. il was 10 temporary cAc!;einrhi, "hicH
prompted the movement, but love al liberty ana
desire to have j: pcrpctuncrl into p"Stcr!y LOOK ~
Kansas Have not her ninions, backed hy Missouri
ruiliais trampIed ont what little Of popular s0ver-
eighty there was in the Nebraska blu
Can it be said that there is 10 excuse tor Inc cS-
;s'cncr Of the American party III Indiana !--h"rc
where. n foreigner 10 matter how degraded or ~
nrrant, can ruc and participate i'll all the rights
Of citizenship after .iX-lnontsis residence, on;
having declared his intention 10 become IL citizen
No, We Of Indiana nav" greater cause "i compliant
than the people OF either States. where hFr-year-
residence is the shortest probation.
General Wilson, oi Massachusetts, then took the
stand amidst enthusiastic applause. Adrcrtlmg 1"
The n,.tlsnn as one Uf great Interest alId JOYOUS
HISS, he spoke 81 tho bcaniy OF the dag, the sun
pnurm. down his ntcmsrsl rays iG!! III orr iarr, Vs.,
couldn't appreciate it, and SAID Mature herself
seemed ,osympathzc with the occasion. He nd
vcrcd 10 the slavery question, treating It III pre-
ci.r!y the same u.anncr AMI Language nearly hic
caI ~ in his recent lecture M the Mechanics Inst
tutc Hall. Abiding To II ruiDor thu; southern sen
ators intend going to the Capitol ~ the next a.
sion of Congress armed IN the teeth" he SAID
northern senators would not shrink from any issHc
personal "r political. His speech throughout wa|
we'll received.
At one clock the convention took n recess until
two A speech from George L. Dunn, Esq, was
70 follow, after which tn. resolutions were 10 be
submitted 10 the consideration OF the convention.
Since the above written We have Obtained the
solutions Of the abotOn!sts and Know. Enhngs
of Indiana. They adopted without n dissent
inr voice by the great crowd assembled at the Meet
ing. We copy the most Important of the series:
.Resolvcd That We cordially rcatiirn nil the prin-
cipcs SET forth in the preamble and resolutions adopt
I'll by the republican ur peoples convention held III
this city one year ago this day and, ~ appropriate
this occasion, rendopt the following par; there
OF:
"Whcrcas We, the irecmen of Indiana, without re-
snrct TO pariv and aciuaci by common devotion
Il, our republic and common reverence for IL uun
,lcrs. have assembled! oars.ves together i!c"nmcn"-
ration of the pas sa.c o! the Ordinance ut july Is,
".
DOM and whereas, the unanimous adoption ot said
ordnance hy the representatives. OF all The States III
TN. Union nj that Gae clearly evnccs that opposition
To the extension OF slavery 10 the extern; OF c"n,tl-
!uonal power was the fixed policy of our fathers:
and whereas regard the recent rcpea! o! the eight!
section Of the Missouri Compromise III gross and
wa.tun violation of the faith nj the Union pllSilc!
- II solemn compact restricting the extension oil
slavery: therefore,
"Rrsrvc,, That We are uncompromisiEgly opposed
To the extension Of slavery an! further, that We ~
ery repud;ac TIE platform of principles adopted bY
the scii-stYlrd Democratic convention, Oh the 9th
dar Of May LAST, endorsing and approving the Kan
.;s-% cbriskn !miqu!ty.
"Rr-Oivcd. That W. will waive ali :":mi.: party
prc:lcc,o.,s, AMI, in BY all lawful! means.
in the hands at men who will the rights OF irrc-
dom, restore the Missouri Compromise, and refuse.
under all circumstances, 10 tolerate the extension OF
slavery.
"Rcsovci. That or revolutionary ancestors re-
,ar,lcL freedom ~ national. Ghl slavery sectional;
that We will stendfEs;Iy adhere 10 their policy, and
firmly resist every attempt 10 reverse it.
.tcsuvci, That both Experience aud the nnnisak'-
BILE manifestations Of just public sentiment demand
rhnn.a of the Constitution mud laws ri this State,
81 ~ 10 limit the cer;iy: franchise to such persons
ONLY rs are uc.ua ctzals Of the 'niraI States, either
bv birth or by full and final conformity with the
law, OH the subject of naturalization"