Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1862-01-17
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THF DEMOCRATIC STATE CoNvrSrIoN held at
Indianapolis last week. Welne-day and THURSDAY,
was vel attendei-every county but I'VE being
represented
Tie result Of the Convention affords cause Of
congatulation in many respects
Every csndida'e i qualified for &c Office
for which he Is nominated. This we have not
seen Republican paper deny.
Every candidate stood hy the Democratic
organization in 1850, aud voted for Douglas.
This Is sufficient RECITATION OF the wholesale
charges that the Convention was controlled by
the Bright influence.
3. All the men who 90 urgently insisted upon
having Convention, and disregarded the protests
of ne-half Of the Democratic papers of the
State and large majority of the Democracy,
we're permitted 70 remain in private life, and
Others nominated
4. There was the manifestation Of a general
feeling that the mission Of the Democratic party
was to form nucleus for the conservative ele-
ment in the country to maintain the Constitution
against the tanatical Abolition element which i
now engaged in attempt 20 convert a war for the
Union into a war for its destruction
The resolutions repudiate Abolitionism and
secession in proper terms, but We think the
Convention should have gone a step further and
declared the qualification which every Democrat
and conservative man feels az the noble stand
the Anti abolition policy of Mcclellan, Hllleck,
Sherman and other conservative Generals. This
omission which have heard many of
the best Democrats regret.
The Convention WAS. as whole, a success,
and will nj least maintain the organization of the
Democratic party, and the preservation OF con
servatve principles. If it does not secure success
in October for it, ticket.
The speech Of John G.. Davis was in some re
spects passabe; but taken a whole. in matter
and manner it was ill-tmed and not calculated
20 promote the objects Of the Democratic and
conservative men of Indiana.
The speech of Mr. Hendricks was an able ar
gument in favor OF Democratic principles
drawn from review of the results flowing from
defeat OF the Democratic party-and com
manded respect.
The telegraph and some of the Republican pa
pers promptly engaged in the work of msrepre-
senting the convention and will soon become
ashamed of themselves. The convention is de-
nounced as a tory convention, but we publish the
resolutions and our readers can see how grossly
they are misrepresented by those .ho ought to
know better.
Resolutions endorsing Senator Douglas and
Gov. Wright were introduced in the convention
at the suggestion of the Indiana Stale Journal,
but were Withdrawn when it was suggested by the
Chairman that they should be referred to the
committee on resolutions. Some republicans
hope that the failure OF the convention TO eulo-
giZe the deceased patriot and statesman, Doug
las, will induce Democrats 10 leave the party.
They will err. Ii is not necessary for Democrat
ic conventions to pass resolutions of that charac-
ter. Gen. Jackson-loved ami revered by all
Demonstrated in June. lS45, vet the Demo
cratic State Convention in January, 1862, did not
deem it within its province to pass eulogisuc res
outions upon hin, and hence in the resolutions of
that convention no reference made 10 his
eminent services to the nation and TO the Demo
cratic party. or to his death
We know that three fOuths of the late conven-
ton had the utmost confidence in Senator Doug
las as a stateman and patriot and the resolution
would undoubtedly have passed unanimously had
il not been coupled with one in relation TO Gov
ernOr Wright. We esteem Governor Wright
highly, but it must hot be forgotten that many
prominent Democrats in the State aspire to hon
orable positions in the State and Nation, and
hence their friends looked upon the introduction
of the resolution as designed TO place him pre-
emnenty above them.
We think the crocodile REGRETS expressed by
Republican editors over the resolutions Gene with
ill-grace from men who have for years filled their
papers with denunciatiOns and abuse of Douglas
and Wright. when those gentleman were Just rs
honest and patriotic as they have been during the
past year. We hope however, that such editors,
il they are sow honest will continue to weep un-
Ill they have expated their past sins against those
Democratic lenders -LOgaRspOrt Pbaros.