Clarksville chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1857-1865, 1858-04-16
From tho Louisyills Jodrhai.i
AMERTcANIsM IN INDIANA.


ing efthe American party was iheiidi attTi'erre
Haute, Indiana, which is said to have SUR
passed in numbers and enthusiasm any
political assemblage that has been witness
ed in that section of the country since the
memorable meetings Of the campaign of
1910. The meeting was ably and elo-
quertly addressed by Hon R. w. Thomp-
son. The Terre Hautc Union, abiding
to this speech, says: "Never did man
speak with more universal appreciation
of an audience. All, to whatsoever party
they may have belonged, were filed with
enthusiasm, and seemed to forget, for the
time, that there was any party other than
the American. Would to God that this
were true, for then our country would
be safe-sectional issues, aboltionism, and
fanaticism would be buried in one common
grave" We most cordially reecho the
sentiments ofthe Terre Haute Union. Dick
Thompson is emphaticallya national man.
His speeches are dictated by heart that
beats only in unison to true patriotism and
nationality. He is an American from the
soul to the surface, and we wish his voice
could be heard and his counsels Needed in
every precinct in our neighboring State.
We cannot avoid publishing the resolu-
tions adopted by this meeting ofthe Amer
lean party in Indiana. They will show to
the people of the South the position, the
nationality, the pure patriotism Of the
american party in the free States. There
lis no sectionalism about them. They are
national to the core. We are assured that
they are the "heartfelt sentiments" of the
American party of Indiana and they will
surely command the admiration and ap-
proval of every conservative man South or
North, whatever may be his present politi-
cal affiliations. They discard equally
Northern sectionalism under the lead of
the bogus Democracy. They are based
upon broad national sentiments and love
for the American Union. They are such
as every American and every Wing and
even every conservative Democrat in the
South as we'll as in the North must cordial
ly endorse and approve. They are ma
tional. They are just. They are true
They are american. The party in the
freesoil States by which such resolutions
are endorsed is the only national party.
The South must see this and acknowledge
it and act upon it, or it will be deafto the
voice of conscience pleading for the right
and it will be utterly blind to its own best
interest. The resolutions are as follows !:
WHEREAS, We, speaking only for our
selves, not only see no reason why we should
abandon the conservatism ofthe American
party, and cease TO maintain its principles,
but every possible reason why we should
adhere to them more tenaciously than ever
that true national spirit may be preserv-
ed to counteract the dangers which may
well be apprehended from Southern section.
alism under the lead Of the Democratic
party, and Northern sectionalism under
the lead ofthe Republican party there
fore,
Resolved. That We will not unite with
either the Republican or Democratic party
in any party movement so long as they
maintain the principles now professed by
them.
Resolued, That, whatever we may do in
} the future, in reference to national affairs,
! there is one thing to which we solemniy
1 pledge ourselves-that is, that we will
maintain our nationality and never unite
with sectional party, whether Northern
or Southern. tt $780, 3, go. F.
ReSOlued, That the Government of the
} United States was, in our opinion, organ
lied for other purposes than merely decid-
ing who shall and who shall not hold Office
that it is duty to 'foster commerce, en-
courage enterprise, and protect, as far as
practicable, the lives and property Of its
! citizens, to "afford substantial aid in the
prosecution of great works of internal i'm
provement ofa truly national character
to extend all such proper protection to
American labor and industry as shall be
necessary to render it Independent of the
pauper labor of Europe-and SO to conduct
its affairs, with view to integrity and
economy, as to advance the public welfare
and augment the public happiness
, Resolued, That we owe our highest al
legance to the American Union and that
its preservation, at every hazard and un.
der all emergencies, should be the first
object as it is the chief duty of every at.
tempt to weaken its bonds, from whatso-
ever quarter it may come, whether from
tho North or South We adopt the senti-
ments conveyed by the Wings Off this coun.
i ty, in 1913, to their brother Wings through
out the nation, which the most Of us then
endorsed and which were expressed in these
words; "Resolved, That as Wings and
: citizens of VigO county--as Indianians---
we love and cherish the confederation oI
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