Indiana American. [volume] (Brookville, Ind.) 1833-1861, 1856-10-03
VOL =: ::XXIV.-s:N0.. AZ.

ardent suppouer. On each occasion
II ~ss IA the National Convention ss on'
4 Of hf- delegates. ,it ssee,e
These ties are exceedingly strong ans
land hard TO sever. especially with ono
who'll. n sfnrsily Of q conservative esss
and slow 10 change old habits OF lhough|
and action; and hsve- resisted for
months the convictions that were urging
me TO my present declaration. ] have
diligently sought reasons and arguments
10 save myssli the pain Of breaking ~
lmy old .sssoeiations and alternating my
self from my old friends, but all IN vain
Ny love of country and hatred OF OPP
presslou would not allow my feelings
sud inclinations either 10 dslude my
Judgment OF sillI my conscience, and
am compellud TO forfeit my self.respec'
/ by committing what believe 70 be pal
lpably wrong, or else enroll myself In op
position to the Dsmocratic party.
4 I see no tcasonabIe hope Justice ans
sympathy for the people OF Kansas Ia
the success Of the Democracy. Init
ranks, and with the power TO control III
action, are found the Border Ruilans o
Missouri and their accomplices Of ths
South. who have ,rampled upon th'
/ lconstitution and all the essential prnci
lpIes OF our Government. robbed KaosaI
Of its civil liberty and right OF suffrage
laid waste It's territory with hre sn'
sword, and repudiated even civilization
litseif. ttA f1sf fa' fti't
! In its platform 4 find fhe enunciatIor
OF ,prluciples which would put tho rope
about the necks OF men for exercising
| the. constitutional right OF petitioninl
/ Congress for State Government, or
redress Of grievances for worse thar
| those which led ia the war Of the Rev
oIution. and a declaration sugmazlnl
90 EARNED resistance 10 law" the moder
ate and jurtidsbIe1 self-desence OF met
4 1shamefuily snd infsmously opposed b,
rufiisn violence aud outrage, beyond al
human endurance -, .r...,
4 J find the whole party OF the nstior
sssembie6 In National Convention. witi
/ but one individual dissent. expressing IN
l"uuquslifed admiration" OF IN Admin
istrstion which has lent itsell as the too
| and sccompIice a. ali the wrongs Innict
ed upon Ksnsas. and by Its venality an,
j imbeeility brooght the country to an In
testino war. f8td hIfiL 3Vh
I find all its Representatives In Con
Rress, with three Individual exceptions
/, laboring IN earnest zeal. by speech an
vote. 10 cover up the iniquities of thi
Administration and the Border Rutiian
Of Missouri. and to suppose fair inves
iigstion of outrsges which shock bot
huns nifty and cpublicsnism. and DEF
the Constitution aud The lavs. ,iiiIi.l
4 !. find these same Representatives., al
4 ter The, truth was e,icited in spite, 0
\ their Efforts, still refusing 10 relieve thu
! people from a, code o! laws imposed upoI
them by foreign, army nd still refns-
ing 20 admit them into the u MON. onI,
for veasons which. In the cases Of mia
existing States, had been declared uu
tensble and ol no account. --l
4 6pd them disregarding Free Con
stitution adopted in a legal, constitu
4 tional and aforementioned manner
4 land which no man can doubt 10 hav
reflected the will of The people,) an
supporting law to produce substitute
whichif is easy 10 show would have per
pstusted In the State Government, In
usurpafion which had by force nlrrad
seized upon the Covernmen Mt OF the Ter
4 rltory. =,
] End them refusing to make appro
priations for the a, my, unless that arm
Is TO be used TO enforce code Of law
yi,laiigs on the face OF the Constitution
enacted BY a Legislature IN violation, {
the laws of the United States. and In
posed By foreign force upon conqucre
and snbjugsted American citizeus.s1
find them, In a word, steadily sidin
by oil their Congressional action I
make a Slave State In northern latitude,
. nnd that, too, against the will of i,s Ia
\, hsbitsnts. priv 1fH sWoea9A bra CSC
!, % find that one Member, who nor
than any other stood out seainst the 'er
slavement Of his white fellow -citizenl
10 refused a accumulation by the Den
{ ocfatsc party OF his district. sifibitf'
4 11'dna In the ca nvars now going o
thatlthe whole tone Of their psrty pres
is. IN the came directi when th
4 irst sterling intelligence Of the ou
RACES in Kansas reached the State
their editors denounced the foul wron
in terms Of fitting Indignation. II W,
but tspasmodic effort. how ever, and
deierencc to the South and the prevail
'ng sentiment Of the party, they hav
dropped of. ore after the other. unit
now. so far as Ihave been able TO ascel
tain, there 10 not Democratic pap,
II ~hich dares boldly TO justiiy and defer
B, thef Free State party, and denounce the
invaders and bIovdy' oppfessors.
A place OF encouragement aud sym path
Tor thrir outraged fellow-citizens fro
the North, there is little else than jee
aod ridscuIe Tor their oppressed and St
fering condieion-misreprese ntation
I their motives and conduct, and pfete,
ded ineredulity OF the statement and a,
pesls which they send their brethren
the States. ear 4 t7ll'aft tao "a
Il fnd their speakers exhibiting n
same spirit-- SONS Of them igroring n
question entirely ;othets treating II vii
: perversions. MISREPRESENTATION and fal
L issuess and others taking openly a
o side OF the oppressors; bot none OF the
,. advocating the cause Of Kansas. or r
: voring her admission under the Ere
= State Constitution adopted by her pc
y pie. @a1C f1r / lsl7eta 1it1s la4 -1t
y In the public demonstrations and pr
II cessions Of the party, I find banners Al
VI devices containing brutal insults, In r
{. spone Il, the appeals Of that people 4
J. protection sgainst unaaralled wrong
y calculated. as no doubt they must be I
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