Weekly Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1853-1861, 1856-09-11
The Prospect-the Duty of the De-
mocracy.

The Prospective Duty OF the De-
mocracy.
In no previous political contest have the
Democracy been more thoroughly aroused
than in the present. In our own State, from
the hills and valleys of the South, the wood
lands of the CENTER and the genial prairies OF
the North and West we hear but one senti-
ment expressed: 1--WE can and will sue
ceed," and as the result, common enthu-
siasm, a common energy. and common pur-
pose animate our friends. But the Democ-
racy in their confidence of success should not
forget that they have not only an untiring,
but an INSCRIPTIONS enemy to contend with;
an enemy who, in their relentless hatred of
Democracy will leave no foul means unat-
tempted to accomplish their overthrow. I'm
less it is seen and felt, it is almost impossible
to conceive the intense dislike of Democratic
men, policy and principles which animasss
our enemies. No terms too bitter anu fiend-
ish can be found by them to denounce the
Democracy and reveal the maleyolepce of
the Black Republican party. Shall any Ell
forts on our part be lacking to give thorough
disappointment to this foul spirit? No, it
must not have even the qualification that
hope of success would give it.
We never desire to impress upon our friends
the danger Of lukewarmness in future EFFORT,
from the certainty which all feel in the til
umph of our cause. That feeling Of security
may, by producing inaction, be the cause of
our defeat No matter what has been at
tempted or whatever high degree of success
has attended those efforts, let more vigorous
action succeed what has been done; for a
willy foe is to be fought and conquered. If
the prospect is bright and is Frightening, let
US, by continued and increasing labor, make
it more luminous, hopeful, and encouraging.
In every county. township, and district there
should be thorough organization In every
nsighborhood we should know orr friends;
documents should be given, and personal Of
forts be made to convert those who differ
with US, to fix the wagering. and to encour-
age and strengthen the weak. And more
than all, arrangements should be made to
ring out every man to the polls who sympa-
thizes with Us. In word, let no honorable
effort be wanting to insure the triumph of
Democratic principles and those who repre-
sent them, in the October and November
elections. It is, also, of the highest import
ace, that our State ticket should be elected
by decided vote, for il we succeed in that,
the majority in the Presidential election will
be overwhelming
1t may seem to our friends work of SUI
perrogation for US to exhort them to not only
renewed, but continuous effort in cause
which every good man should have at heart
In the history of our government no more i'm
portant crisis has ever occurred than the one
which now hangs as a dark and evil cloud
over the land, almost excluding the day star
of hope for the future. And at time when
these fearful forebodings should possess an
absorbing interest in the public mind, a large
portion of our fellow citizens walk oyer the
burning fires beneath them, ready to break
cat with consuming violence upon the slight
est provocation, as though they were tread
ing upon a sure and safe foundation. They
seem forgetful, too, that our government was
formed by mutual concessions and compro-
nises-that while we present to the world
,c rr;faI oon fad aracr ,ua ara IN, faot n N at;or
Of independent soyeregnties which. while
comforting upon the Federal Government a
few general powers to secure the protection
and defense Of all from outside nations, eacl
has reserved to itself the regulation of it
internal and local policy, the recognition ant
development Of which principle the Demo
cratic party nov seek to confirm. 1t is!
fact, written with sunbeam of light upol
the history of the past, that the tendency @
power is to steal from the many to the few
instead of diffusing to concentrate; and it
against this anti-republican principle, whic
Is but the old Federal party notion of
strong central government revived, that th
Democratic party now, as it did in the day
of JEFFERSON, have arrayed themselves.
Is the object of the Democracy to return t
the early and sound policy which has All
should control the nation, if we desire il
continuance as a republic; and that It shout
,ethe duty of every Democrat 10 the effol
Low bsi>g made to re-affirm and re-establis
il, to overlook, as Of minor importance, a
acts OF real or apparent injustice. Our o.
ponents if not knowingly, they are none Il
less surely, seeking to establish polio
which, by removing powers and privileg
that Of right should bslOng TO and be exc
eised by the people in their incipisnt or a
knowledged State sovereignties to centr
and overshadowing government, musl end
the establishment of monarchical or despot
power. And it is the duty Of the Democrs
ic party first to re-affirm the capacity of m.
for self-government and of the people of
territory or State to establish their own loo
policy. laws and domestic institutions regsr
less of all clamor, whether it be in the sha
of Kansas disturbances or otherwise, and tn
do all that can be, which comes within
province of rghtfuI legislation, to rene
the evils which may arise therefrom. |
not the even tenor of our way, in the Pc