The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1862-03-08

!. Etry: that the war is not waged for conquest
or subiuyation or interfering with the ri ght:
or established institutions of the States. bu
), to defend the supremacy Of the constitusio,
with the rights and equality guaranteed b.
liz unimpaired. and that as soon as these ob
ijects shall be accomplished the war ough
D to cease"
+ That resolution was adopted by vote o
: 122 to 2. Democrats and Republicans 70
ted Tor it. Men of all parties declared tha
. they could stand upon that platform. Tn'
. bogus convention ll.a. assembled In this cit,
on the oth Of January last. it. too. adopted
platform. and in that platform was sin
; gle resolution embodying part of Mr.
Critic nden's resolution. but skillfully ar
ranged SO as to dodge the issue--to avoic
fixing the responsibility OF this war where i
belongs Here is the resolution Of the o,n
ven,ion of the 9Th OF January. You will
observe that the first part OF Mr.. Critten
den's resolution is left out, aud the rest in
serted
Resolyed, That in this national emergen-
cy the Democracy Of Indiana, banishing all
feelings of passion and resentment, will
recollect only their duty to the whole c"un-
try; that this war shouid not be waged in
the spirit of conquest or subjusston nor for
the purpose of overtime wing or interfer rim z
with the rights or institutions of the ates,
but 10 defend and maintain the supremacy
Of the constitution. AMI to preserve the
Union with all the dignity, equaliy and
rights Of the several States unimOared. and
that as soon as these objects ,cere accom-
piished the war ought to cease.
There is no declaration there that the
present depIorable state of things was
"brougnt about by the disunionists Of the
Southe,n jtates," nor that the design of
this war is only to maintain intact the rights
OF the several States as guaranteed by the
Constitution. That point is carefully shun-
ned, an ! Instea1 Of a declaration that the
Government 10 doing right in concentrating
all it's energies upon this m onsirous and
infamous rsbelli, III, we are only told that the
war 0u sM not to be carried on for the con-
quest a1d snhjugs,ion of the rebsllious
States Add vet am to be told that [ am
not Dam ,crat because l WiN MT subscribe
to he f;.ise and in fa nous assertions made
in that Con oentionf
Men need not tell me that all these diff
oulties have been brought about by fanati-
cism in the North. All our troubles are to
be attributed to the wretched doctrine OF
the right Of States to secede at will from
Inaugural of jeff. Davis. That doctrine
overthr.ws as a single blow all our ins,itu-
tions, and all that we hold dear. Adopt
that principle aud all is lost; you have no
state. no country. If a State can leave
shis Union. you may as we'll shut up your
schools and colleges, and stores and shops.
are ready Tor civil war. confusion. aud
Of every kind. And yet great
political party. protesting devotion to the
best interests Of the country, calling itself
by the nams OF National Democracy. can
not aff,rd to make declaration Of this truth
''that The miserable doctrine of the right of
is at the bottom of all these
troubles And yet a man must be told
that he is not Democrat because he dsrss
to cay so. will stand on NJ plat which
cannot afford to tell the truth. The plat
form of the s,h of January can claim Justly
to he = very ingenious one. While 1t desp-
ly deplores the unhappy condition of the
country aud laments the fac, tha. civil war
with all its evils upon US rs nation. still
there is no remedy proposed. While tavows
that tho supremacy Of the Constitution
should be msintaine |. it does not pie ixe as
sistance TO the Government in its effort to
maiutsin the laws. They do not even say
they will fight, or they will not Tnet
worded 50 as 70 bear the sembiance OF pa
lriotism and devotion to the country. and
still give the least possible encouragement
to those who are straining every nerve TO
maintain the Government, as well as the
east possible affront to its enemies. And
ast of all. to cap the climax. they say they
rejoice in the successes OF our troops on the
battle -heldl
have said before at the commencement
u nv remarks. and have said it frequent
IL. that the great diff icuitiss which lie in !
he way of our success IN queiling thi s-truly |
insurrection are fear, di>tru>t of 1
,ur ability 10 do it, and = dsuu,ted North.
The hope of rebels has been for months thas
here would be division in the NORTH. and
he proceedings Of the Convention of the
.th OF January were copied into Sourhera
papers and circulated among the Soathern |
people AS conclusive evidence of division and /
lissen sion in the Nprthern States. l hold ,
n nv hand at this nomenta paper publish
d in R,chmond, Virgins, which contains
he duings of that Infamous Convention,
md comm n $. wish much satisfaction. up
IN the very interesting speech of Mr.. John
J Davis, in which II is asserted that the
surrender ot Mason aad Sidell ia obedience
10 the de,naad of ths British q G,v-rn msnt
ws< IN r.. dlshonora bir sad Illuminating than |
Ihe reco ,nition of The Southern Copfe ieracy i
would have been.
One or two things more. ;
First. few words IN relation to Mr. Ben I
ton. You that have kept up with the pub ,
lie life Of that great man know that Tor the !
last twenty five or thirty years be had in
sisted. upon every occasion where he ex-
pre- ssed his views. that it vas the aim of
Southern politicians. OF Mr.. Calhoun and
others. to destroy the Union of these States
AID to subvers the Government Many
thought him childish at the time. and bat
little attention was paid to him. Bus Time.
that great inquisisor o'the truth. has shosr
that the old man was right. Ever since ia"
yearls35 the grea. aim Of many Southern 10
litical men has been to foment .ies'ously and
i'll feeling between the North aad IRE South
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