Weekly Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1853-1861, 1856-01-10
lFrOm the Daily Sentinel, Of Thursday, January a.
The Convention and it's Responsible
ties.


The day-the glorious Eighth Of January
to which the Democracy of Indiana have
looked forward with so much interest, has at
length arrived, and with it have come up to
the Capital, the people and their delegates
from the most remote counties OF the State.
The fact that so large a representation Of the
Democracy Of the State is present at this sc
we're anil inclement season of the year, is a
sufficient indication Of the interest felt in the
deliberations Of the Convention and the i'm
p~ortance attached to its results.
So far as We are enabled to judge from con
versations with the delegates and candidates
in the city. We believe a general if not uni
versal determination exists to allay all those
angry feelings and jealousies which are ne
c~essarily engendered on such occasions, and to
give a general and enthusiastic support to
the nominees.
Upon the deliberations Of this Convention,
depends, in a great measure, the success or the
defeat of the Democratic party of Indiana at
the next State and Presidential elections
The motto of every delegate should be,
Every thing for the cause: nothing for
men," In the eye of every true Democrat,
men are but the embodiment of principles,
and where no principle is at issue, the m
Of men should not be permitted to be used
to produce distraction in our Ranks or to en-
danger the success Of our car,e.
We appeal 10 the members OF the conyen-
ton by every consideration of duty and of
patriotism, to throw aside, on this occasion,
every feeling Of local jealousy, and to unite
upon the men who viii most likely repre-
sent the true sentiments of the Democratic
party upon the great issues of the day. Men
OF tried integrity should be put forth for the
offices; men who nave never filtered as
Democrats, either in sunshine or in storm.
None other can command that fervent and
enthusiastic support which gives the prestige
Of success.
II, unfortunately, matters of personal ri
valry between distinguished members Of our
party should be introduced into the conven-
ton by over jealous friends, we hope the
great body of the delegates will act with
that calmness and discretion which is neces-
sary to preserve intact our organization.
Let equal and exact justice be dealt out to
all, but let not mere personal r~ivalries, if such
there be, interfere with the harmony Of the
Conventions deliberations.
The responsibilities which rest upon the
mocratic party at large, are of the most i'm
portant character. Indiana stands, as it were,
on the dividing line between the North and
the South. Her northern border is connect
ed by bands of iron with the great States of
the Northeast, while the southern half has
intimate social and business relations, by
means of the glorious river which flows along
its borders to the Mississippi, with the South
and Southwest She has greater interests at
stake in the perpctuity of the Union than any
other State. How shall she WELD her influ-
ence in the State and National Councils ?
Shall it be in favor of the National Demo-
cratic or the Black Republican Know Moth
ing Abolition party-for these three latter
terms are synonymous?
The Democratic party being the only Ma
tional party now in existence, the RESPONSE
bilities which rest upon its members are great
and important. They have no moral right to
pursue a course which shall ieopardize the
success of the party in the great struggle
which is to come off next FALL 1t is tseir
duty-a high and imperative duty-of which
they cannot divcst themselves, to adopt that
policy which shall most certainly concen-
trate on its candidates the conservative and
Union-loving portion of our people. II, by
any injudicious course, they shall drive from
the support Of the Democratic ticket a sufi-
cient number Of votes to defeat it, let them
not hold themselves g~uiltless in the sight Of
the country, for they will be held to a fear-
full responsibility.
But it does not become MS to lecture or
advise the members of the convention. They
know their duty to their country, to their
party, and to themselves too we'll to permit
any extraneous matters TO disturb their har-
mony or jeopardize the success of those prin-
ciples which they in common with evely
true Democrat hold dear. The delegates
have come up with a determination to dis
charge faithfully the trust reposed in them
by their constituents, the rank and file Of the
Democracy. We are confident that the re-
suit of to-day's deliberations will be the
giving to the people of Indiana a ticket
which, as it will be conveyed tonight on the
wings of the lightning to the extreme bold
ersof the State, will awaken an echo in every
Democrats bosom, and urge us on to e tri-
umphant victory, the shouts of which shall
reverberate like the thunders among the hills
and valleys of the South, and spread with
the velocity of the fires which sometimes
sweep over the noble prairies of the North.