Indiana State sentinel. (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1861-08-28

Immortal nigSes when he made his speech which
now stands Of record against himi
Ny fellow citizens, | am addressing YOU in a
desultory way, occasionei in part by the frequent
interruptions of our Republican friends on the
outskirts of our crowd, but let me say to YOU
that am as devoted TO the flag of my country as
! any living. With what face can Republ-
cans claim 10 be par excellence friends of that
hag7 What was their flag? and what was their
motto 10 1867 Sixteen stars only were then
upon their banner, and mo Union with slave
holders" was inscribed upon it. We we're then
"Union-savers '-they, now. were the seces-
sionists. If wanted secession flag, would
go and buy it of Republican, who carried it in
Fellow citizens, the subjugation Of the South
is, in my opinion, a physical impossibility. How
long have you already been at il, and what have
you accomplished? Suppose you do it. you do
il through an ocean of blood. IL you slaughter
one-Eaf of them. will the rest like you any bet
teri The child would be taught upon its mother
knee to hate the murderer ofits kindred, and the
very same spirit would actuate our own people
here in the North. How long would the Govern
ment last, as free government, where one half
held the other half in subiugation by bayonets?
We had better look facts In the face. am against
coercion. jackson said the Constitution can not
be maintained and the Union preserved by the
coercive powers con6ded to the General Govern
ment.
We have not space to follow Mr. Davis further
in his mastery speech. He said in conclusion
that, for solution of cur difficulties he would
call convention at Louisville or Lexington, pro-
claiming Immediately an armistice. He would
exhaust every means for peace. Rather than the
war should go on, bankrupting the nation and de-
str0ying hundreds of thousands ofliyeS, he would
if there was no peaceabe way to Union be will
ing that peaceable separation might be agreed
I IN Ha Il al u I,lsl
that our difficulties could never be settled by war.
On the conclusion of Mr.. Davis's remarks the
Committee on Resolutions reported the following
which were unanimously adopted:
The Democracy of johnson county, in Mass
Convention assembled, resolve as follows:
l. That, retaining that veneratiOn for the Con-
stitution, the Union and the laws which has ever
characterized our party, we deprecate and de-
nounce all men, both North and South, who NAV
lend their aid and couutenance to destroy our
Government or any of its constitutional guaran-
tees.
=. That the Democratic party has ever advo-
Gated union and harmony between the conflicting
portions of our country, and peaceful solution
Of all our domestic difficulties. yielding to every
section its constitutional rights; and we. there
fore, declare that we are in no wise responsible
for the troubles which now afiict our beloved
country.
3. And whereas, the central organ of the Re-
publican party of Indiana. the indianapolis
Journal. expressed its willingness previous TO
the Inauguration of Ir. Lincoln TO permit the
Southern States to secede: and whereas, the
same paper still declares its willingness to let
those States 60 il they will throw down their
arms and ask for separation: Therefore, resolred
that we believe by honorable concessions and
compromise we can still retain the country undi-
vided; and, if possible, we are in favor of such
compromise that our glorious Union may be per
petuated under the Constitution as established by
our Fathers; and TO prevent the consummation of
the avowed designs of the Republican party we
deem the maintenance of our organization as
vital to the unity the prosperity and the glory of
| the country.
4. That we congratulate the brave men of In
diana who have volunteered at the call of their
country upon the success that has so far attended
their arms; that we indorse the action of those
Democrats in Congress who vored men and money
at the call of the Government; but we hold it to
be the duty of the civil authorities to see that our
soldiers are battling in necessary as well as a
just cause and therefore the olive branch should
90 with the sword; and that, therefore, Congress
should have adopted the resolutions offered by
MIR. Cox, or some other proposition of the same
nature and effect
5. That we regard as vital the constitutional
rights of free speech, the freedom of the press
and the right to the writ of habeas corpns; and
that they should be held sacred by the American
people as the priceless heritage of our Fathers.
g. That the Democratic party of johnson
county are as ever loyal to the Constitution and
the laws; that we are in favor of their rigid en-
forcement everywhere throughout the United
States upon all occasions; that we will sustain
the Administration in all its constitutional efforts
to maintain the Government; and that we declare
our apprehension and disapprobation of all viola
tons of the fundamental laws of the country, as
well in the President and his Cabinet as in the
humblest citizen
T. That the passage of the Morrill, tariff, in
tended to benefit the Eastern manufacture at the
expense of the agricultural interests of the coun-
try; the,enactment of the law levving direct tax
upon the people of the United States in such
manner that the State Of Indiana. with less
wealth than Massachusetts,, pays much greater
tax; and the selection of Eastern men to fill the
greater part of the important Offices in the Gov
eminent, all show to US that the present Admin
istration in partaking of Eastern fanaticism, has
! also embraced its selhshness.
8. That we are opposed to the incompetent
and dishonest manner in which the contracts to
supply and maintain the army have been given
out and performed, by which the contractors have
been enriched at the expense of the poor and
needy soldier.
g. That forgetting all past differences in our
party, will unite for the sake of the union of
the States and the maintenance of the Constitu-
ton; that we denounce any and all attempts to
divide our ranks by appeals to former divisions;
and rejoicing in the return of peace and harmony
in our party the harbinger of the peace and
harmony of the country, we send greeting to the
Democracy of Indiana the present resolutions, as
the united voice of the invncible Democracy of
johnson county.
10. That we indorse the manly and fearless
course of the johnson County Herald, and of the
Indiana State Sentinel, in their support Of Demo
cratic principles and in their opposition to the IL
legal violation of the Constitution by the present
administration, and in their defense of "free
speech and free press
The Democratic Herald, Cincinnati Enquirer
aud Indiana Sfafe Sentinel are requested to pub
lish these'resolutions.
Mr. Hendricks being called for responded. He
said that he had heretofore been honored by being
called to address the people of the counties repre-
scented IN this meeting. That was in our bright
days of prosperity, but now darkness and ruin
threaten us.
Republican leaders and newspapers now APP
peal to TO abandon party organization
How shall We respond? We have been Demo
Gratis because we believed the success of that
party and the adoption of its principles would
secure the prosperity of the country and the con-
tinued Union of the States. For no other reason
have we been party men, Is there anything in
the past history of that party that justifes in
abandoning itg Did it not have its origin in the
early DAYS of the republic, aud was not jefferson
its apostle and jackson one of It's chieftainsg For
sixty years past has it not been connected with
every great movement of the Government and
identified with its policy7 In the adoption of that
policy which has extended our borders and carried
our flag westward to the ocean; in the negoti-
alton of the treaties that regulate intercourse
with foreign nations, and secure our commerce
| unon ALI seas and I'm the enactment of the laws