Indiana American. [volume] (Brookville, Ind.) 1833-1861, 1856-08-22

Mr.. EDITOR - Inero 70 an aoa8e tha
says: "Stravs tell which way the wind
blows"
Circumstances Of late impress fs
truth upon me. Read the following;
oFROM WARRINGTON
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!" "' 80.
- fev southerners held mee'.ne
!ast MANI 10 take INTO cons'oeFa''c" '"e
'oFmat'on Of Z rommeFclaI sssoc's''on'
with constitutions requiring the mem
oeFS 70 P'eoge themselves 70 give P'e''
erence IN besso"ins their business pat
ronsge TO those ~ the Noftn VINO re-
spect the sacred rights guaranteed TIE
ooutn py inc CONSTITUTION ana the laws
OF the on'ted states, ana 20 "i'nho'a
from soo'''ion'sts as enemies 70 the
pest interests OF our common country
as Jar as pfacticsbie the influence which
lucrative commerce always oestows'
itn proposed 70 establish business
once 70 new YORK before sno CONNER g
ment OF the iall trade, The agent v take
such measures as will effect that de-
sign. IL. 49, n ...-f.
Inc publication OF per'odicsi V IKE
wi<e contemplated Circulars WIN DC
seut tnf.u3nout the ooutn 'nF!'ne tue
co-operauon OF planters ana business
men. The subject VIII be bronxht. be-
'o'e the oau,ne'n vommefo'a' Son'en-
t'on ID De heiu IN savannah IN Decem-
Der newt
O. Inns programme mas oeen snomltteo
10 Northern as well as Southern Con-
sressme y Tor their consideration"
IL seems there In to be Convention
held IN Savannah, . Commercisl Office
Is to be establshed In New York. There
IL 10 bea big book, and every merchant
and business mans name 10 to be regis
tered In IL. Such as are not favourable
to the extension nj the peculiar instita.
ton are to be ostracixed, no dealings are
to be had with them. Three hundred
thousand shareholders, through their
legal representatives. are t. meet; the
death knell OF sixteen millions OF Tree
men 10 the N orth Is 10 be tolIed. II there
should be a refusal to fall down and
worship at Sonthe'n shrines
A series OF resolves are to be passed.
one OF which, end not the least, Is TO
bind every chivalrous son OF the Soulh
to have his unmentionabIes. patched at
home. Shou ID this fail to snbdue the
North. the Georgia costume is to be In
troduced, which consists Of palmetto
hat. shirt collar, snd pair Of spurs
oil ofwhich Is to be manufactured S,uth
Of Mason and Dixon's line. Men Of the
North, we know this policy Ia caIcula-
ted to make YOU feel melancholy. bat
chear u?; itis a dsrk night that brings no
day. Y their special advocates here
should adopt the same costume, I say
God speed. The sunny South will
claim is own, and the question of slave
ny extension IL settled. and purer De-
mocracy will spring up at the North. 3
But seriously, III the policy indicated
above is to be carried out; and that Il Is
seriously intended, cannot be doubted.
Is Il not limo for evesy lover OF free
thought and free speech to be up and do
ing. aud hurl from power such short
sighted mad-caps South and their allies
North
Would to God such doctrines werr
confined 10 the South alone, but not So.
That party with whom IL has been my
pleasure to act heretofore, haveun-
grated the same doctrine In the Dem
ocsatic address on the 18th OF May last,
aud. in sorrow be II said. without dis
sentirg voice. Composed ns the Con-
vention was or some of our best citi-
zeus, Charity says Il must have escaped
their notice, relying implicitly upon the
integrity Of tho committee that reported
or the individual who drafted il. The
time was when there was honesty Ia
man politically, but il behooves every
man who his the best interests Of his
country at hcnrtio wn,eh aud scru<in'z'
closely the actions and doctrines pro-
mulgated by those who wish to Lead
hs snat great a1ost'e OF American Lib
erty. Thomas Jefferson. has declared
Eternal vigilance Is the price OF Lib
erty."
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