Brookville American. [volume] (Brookville, Ind.) 1858-1861, 1858-03-26
The Republican state Ticket

The Republican state Ticket
lit 10 a matter Of no little astonsh
ment that the Jacksonville Rcpubii
can, or any other Republi an paper il
the State should complain Of the pro
ceedings Of The Convention mt Indian
apolis on the sth inst, or refuse q cor
dial support to the ticket nominated b,
that convention. How apy sane mar
scould have expected a re adoption of the
Philadelphia platform amer Publishing
the call Tor the convention, aud sane
tioning the same, is moro than we arc
able TO define. The call was pub,
lished by every Republican paper in
the State aud The policy precisely as
adopted by the Convention should have
been anticipated, Here is the call:
= AT a meeting OF the undersigned,
Republieans from different portions OF
the State. called together by the Chair
man. of the Republican State Central
Committee ut indianapolis, on this day,
81 was unanimously. agreed TO call n
Mass Convention to be held at Indiana
polls on the the 4th day Of March next.
ut 10 O'Clock, A, NJ, and TO extend to all
persons, wifhom regard 10 past party des-
iaaafions, opposed 10 the Lecomptoa policy
OF the present Administration, cordial
invitation TO attend and to participate in
ITS deliberations for the purpose OF form
ing State ticket il opposition to the
one nominated on the sth inst, by n
packed rsnvcnhon OF Federal Office
holders and expcctants, who, while pro
Tossing an adherence to popular sovereign.
~ cordially approved aad epdorsed he
Administration in its efforts TO force
Kansas into the Union ms a slave State
contrary TO the wishes Of vast major
ity Of her citizens,' &c.
To have rc-adopted the Philadelphia
platform would have been acting in bad
faith toward those who, from the nature
of the call, were induced to participate
in the deliberations Of the Convention
persons who have never acted or voted
with the Republican party, but who are
willing to join in the struggle TO defeat
the nefari0us policy Of the Administra.
,ion to palm the Lecompton fraud upon
tho eeantry. We affirm that there are
thousands who will now support the
tickets nominated, who could never
have been induced to identify them
selves with tho party with platform
against which they had successfully
fought, and against which they would
fight again.
1t is very true tina. there is nothing
in the Platform, adopted ut indianapolis,
which 10 the smallest degree conflicts
with the doctrines promulgated in the
Philadelphia Platform, but there are
Some things in the latter which to many
would have proved Objectionable. We
have no hcsitcncy in declaring that the
ticket would never have cccivcd our
support with the Philadelphia Platform,
for we never could have had any hope of
success. There il only ono inducement by
which VIC arc led to identify ourself with
any party, and that is, the duty we feel in
joining in a common wrrfarc against
tho perpetration of n national wrong
which threatens the pcrpctuity of our
free government. rms VIC arc wrifIrg
TO fight for with all the energy we pos
scss, having faith in. the ultimate tri-
umph Of tho cause.
We then ask every voter in the State
TO read the Platform adopted by tho Re.
publican State Convention. There are
principles which must not only meet
the hearty approval Of every Rcpubi-
can in the State, but wc ask every anti.
Leeompton Democrat TO ponder over
them and contrast them with those
adopted by the 9Th Of January Conycn.
ton. There is no evasion. They are
so plain MS not to require "Philadcl.
phia lawyer" to define whether they
arc Lecompton or anti-Lecompton, and
tho candidates arc known to be right
upon the only question at issue, between
the advocates of freedom aud slavery,
while on the other hand, most if not all
the candidates on the Democratic ticket
are known to favor the policy of the
administration in regard 10 the admis.
sicn Of kpusas 49,