Indiana State sentinel. (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1861-02-13
Tbe new York RESOLUTIONS.

We publish this morning the resolutions stopt-
ed by the New York Democratic State Conyen
ton, held on the LIST inst, which was largely at
tended, and was composed of the leading men of
the party in that State The leading features of
the resolutions are the endorsement of the propo-
sitions of Mr.. CRITTENDES, and an expression
against coercion, or, in other words opposition to
civil war. The sentiments avowed by the New
York Democracy in that regard, are those enter
tanned by the right thinking everywhere. The
spirit of the meeting forcibly exhibited in the
speech of the venerable Chancellor WALwoRrH,
and its reception by those present. A report of
the proceedings of the meeting has the following
reference 20 that scene in the Convention:
On the second resolution being read, Chancellor
Walworth appeared on the platform, and his ven
cradle looks claimed instant attention from the
convention, and he was received with an outburst
of enthusiastic applause. He said:
Gentlemen of the Conrentioa:
am far advanced in years, and not in the habit
of attending conventions of this character, but l
could not resist coming here to enter my protest
against civil war. i have seen the horrors OF
such conflict. In the war of 1872, my house
was sacked by the British. A battle was fought
opposite NJ; very door, ard the bullets that were
fired, fell like hail stones around my dwelling. In
the easement of my door remains to this day en-
bedded one of those bullets, a memento of the
fight In that struggle / saw my fellow citizens
shot down by my side. / know, then, the hor-
rors of foreign war; and they are nothing as
compared with the horrors of civil war. A
civil war is war among brethren. We are all
brethren in this confederacy of States-the people
of the South are our brethren-not only nomi-
nally, but actually our brethren. In Georgia
alone have the names of one thousand citizens
whose ancestors were near relatives of my own.
In the same State alone, are over one hundred
relatives of the family of Hillhouse, whose name
is known as that of of the patriots of the
Revolution, and whose descendant now occu-
pies a seat in our State Senate. And so, scat
tered all over the Southern States are the near
relatives Of the men of the North, and perhaps
there is scarcely member of this convention
who has not some such ties in the States of
the South 1t would be as brutal in my opin-
ion, to send men to butcher our own brothers of
the Southern States, as il would be to massacre
them in the Northern States. We are told, how
ever, that il is our duty to- and We must, enforce
the laws But why-and what laws are to be en-
forced? There were laws that were to be en-
forced in the time of the American Revolution,
and the British Parliament and Lord North sent
armies here to enforce them. But what did
Washington say in regard to the enforcement of
those lawsi That man-honored at home and
abroad more than any other man on earth ever
was honored-did he go for enforcing the lawsY
No; he went to resist laws that were oppressive
against free people, and against the injustice of
which they rebelled Did Lord Chatham go for
enforcing the lawsg No; he gloried in defense of
the liberties of America. He made that memoir
able declaration in the British Parliament: eff |
was an American citizen, instead of, as am, an
Englishman, never would submit to such laws
never, never, neverl" Such is the spirit that
animates our Southern brethren, and shall we
war upon them for it? No; we must avert civil
war, if possible, and | close by exhorting my
brethren to do all in their power TO avert civil
war. Concession, onciliation-anything but
| that-and no man amongst us, in his dying hour,
will regret that his conscience is clear, and that
he can lay his hand upon his heart and say: Il
did all in my power to turn from the bosom ofmy
country the horrible blow of civil war"
Immense sensation followed the remarks of the
venerable Chancellor, and the deep silence that
had attended his remarks was followed by an en-
thusiastic outburst of applause.