Marshall County Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1855-1859, 1858-01-14

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so-called Republican party of Indiana, as a
natural and inevitable consequence oftheir
opposition to the decision of the Supreme
Court above named.
8. ReSolUed, That the unanimous action
of the Democratic members of the Indiana
Legislature in the election of Senators in
Congress is. by the Democratic party Of
Indiana, cordially approved, fully endorsed
and firmly sustained and that Jesse D..
Bright and Graham N. Fitch, the Senators
elect are worthy the high position in which
they were unanimously placed by their
party. .i' s.
/ 9. Resol0ed, That we arraign the Black
Republican party of Indiana before the peo-
pie for sustaining the members of that par
/ ty in the last Legislature of this State in the
commission of the following enormous out
RACES upon public and private rights:
lst. Creating revolution in the first
step towards the organization of the Senate
and violating the constitution and the law
by attempting to supplant the legal presi-
ding officer of that body with one of their
own number.
Cd. Refusing in open defiance of the
constitution and liz fragrant violation OF
their oaths to meet in joint convention and
be present at the canvass of votes for Gov
ernor and Lieutenant Governor when coun-
ted by the Speaker of the House of Rep
resentatives.
Sd. Meeting without quorum and with
out presiding officer. and exp ling the
Senator from Clark county, thereby max
ing mockery of the constitution, breaking
their oaths as Senators, and in all their
councils calling to their aid the evil spirit
of anarchy which hasin every age involved
nations in bloodshed and overthrow.
4th. Voting more than one hundred
times by strict party vote against appro-
priating money to defray the expenses of
the Benevolent Institutions of the State,
thereby closing the doors of charity and
sending the deaf, the dumb, the blind, and
the insane abroad in the world without that
protection which humanity dictates and In
diana gives to them.
9Th. Voting more than one hundred
times by strict party voie againsta Rev
enuc Bill and an Assessment Bill, thereby
attempting to PROSTATE the State Govern
ment, to bring her into dishonor at home
and abroad by failing to pay the interest on
the State debt, as provided for and made
obligatory by the Constitution, and infict-
ing other and most grieyious injustice upon
her citizens. g'Sn 4s r.f4
9Th. Refusing to join and assist in the
election of Senator's in Congress, thereby
setting at naught the viii of the majority
of the voters of Indiana, as expressed at
the ballot-box. October 18th 1856.
It'll. Attempting, as far as in their pow
er lay, to legalize gross, palpable, and
wicked frauds upon the elective franchise;
recognizing and receiving from .lha eoun
ties OF Rush, Fountain, and Marion, per-
sons as Senator'S conclusiyely proven in le-
gal investigations to have been elected by
illegal, hired. and perjured voters; sitting
the voice Of inquiry into their pretended
and usurped right to their seats as Senators
in the face of legally Instituted contests in
each instance. Thus alone enabling the
party to which the said spurious and ille-
gally elected Senators belonged, to infllct
their spirit of misrule upon the State; and
| finally sending forth to the world forgery
upon the Journals of The Senate by which to
cover up their high-handed villainy, and
avert from themselves if possible the just
indignation Of all honest men. $500
For the foregoing and other crimes
against the Constitution, the laws, public
virtue, the popular will and good govern
ment, we ask the trial of the so called Re-
publican party before jury of the people
of Indiana in the coming canvass, and for
| Judgment against them at the polls in DC.
tober, 1858.
10. Resolced, That James Buchanan
was the first choice of the Democracy OF
Indiana for the Chief Magistracy of this
Republic at the nominating Convention in
June, 1856, and of the people OF the State
at the ballot box in the ensuing November,
and nothing which he has done since his
elevation to the high position which he
now occupies has abated Or diminished oul
confidence in his ability, integrity, patriot
ism and statesmanlike qualities, and we
cordially approve and endorse his admins
tration '63I hiHah
II. ResolUed, That we endorse and ap.
prove the administration of our State gov.
Eernment as conducted oy Ashbel p. Will
lard, the hero of the fierce fought contest o.
1856. ~ s's 1890 aika
12. Resolved, That harmony being es-
sential to the strength and support of the
Democratic party. we take for our motto:
1.-The union Of the Democratic party fol
the sake of the Union Of the States
The question on the adoption of the re-
port and resolutions was taken by counties
The result was as follows: Whole number
Of votes, $50. For resolutions, 374
against, 1876. nea s..a5
The President declared the report and
! resolutions adopted. iea - @ 3mas 3.
i Convention adjourned until y r. M.
i f EVENING. SESSION.