Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1862-08-11

DE MOOR ATTIC
STATE CENTRAL COMMITTEE
TO THE PEOPLE OF INDIANA,
On the Crisis of the Country.
Prepared In Pursuance OF Resoiu-
tion OF the state Mass Convention
OF the both July, 1869.

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Prepared In Pursuance OF n Resoiu-
tion OF the state Mass Convention
OF the both July, 1869.
We address you in the midst of a crisis immi-
nent with peril 10 the institutions of our beloved
country. La doing go, desire 70 discard all
party feelings, aud appeal only 20 the patriotic
impulses OF our counirymen The nation has
had enough OF party platforms AM party meas
ures TO ruin aud destroy even stronger Govern
ment than this, founded. a. We have been taught
10 believe IL was on the affections and consent OF
the people Let W discard the platforms of party.
and party itself erceDf far az they ore consistent
cifh the preseruati0R Of the Union and The COnStl
tuition rhich makes Hs one nation. Ii there be
sentiment in the creed OF the Democratic organ
izstion, enunciated now or heretofore. which
makes against the restoration OF the Union as Il
pas, aud the return of peace, We lay that sentl-
msnt and creed upon the altar OF our beloved
country, and abandon il forever. There Is no
party platform whether made az Baltimore
Chicago, (which IS a law with Us, and we deem
no man, no Congress, no Executive, safe coun
seller who adheres To the single idea of party
IN perilous times like these. We give all such
considerations to the winds, and regard them
with adherence They shall have no place in
our affections, and no sympathy in our hearts.
Acting upon these convictions, we repudiate Tor
ourselves, and the great mass of the people OF
Indiana, all and every party feeling, prejudice,
or opinion which shall come in conflict with the
putting down of this rebellion, the return Of
peace. and the complete restoration of the Amer
lean Union in all its purity and yigOr. Sixty-six
years ago, WASHINGTON, in bis Farew ell Address,
gave to his countryne this advice and solemn
warning: lin contemplating the causes which
NAV distract our Union. IL occurs, a matter OF
serious concern, that any ground should have
been furnished for characterizng parties by geo
graphical Observation-Disclosures thern aud South
ern-Atlantic and WesteFn-whence designing
men may endeavOr to excite belief that there
is real difference OF local interests and views.
One of the expedients of party to acquire infu-
within particular districts is to lnsrepreSent
the opinions and aims OF other districts. You
can not shield yourselves too much against the
jealousies aud heart burniugs which spring from
these misrepresentation. They tend TO render
alien to each other those who ought to be bound
together by fraterna affection" Need we say
to the people OF Indiana that the unwise disre-
gard of this advice has been the immediate cause
OF the present deplorable civil war; The far
seeing wisdom of the Father OF his country
never more thoroughly vindicated than in that
portion OF his matchleSs address to his country
men. He fOresaw that the restless spirit Of fac
ton, and the disturbing elements OF sectional
strife, would be used To plant discOrd between the
/ people OF the various states DOuEn tnat
sanled patriot did not live to witness the wild
fanaticism of his cOuntrymen, his immediate sue
cessors in the Presidential chair were not so
happy. The initiation of active agitation on the
slavery question began as early as 1872. OH the
breaking out of the war with Great Britain, was
continued or revived in 1919, on the admission OF
Missouri, and from that period with slight inter
missions, il has been more or less thrust before
the country, IN some shape, BETTING the views of
{
ment to power. We have its effects its
dark progress 10 its present perilous height. We
have DO desire to trace the shiny track OF
this agitation, and are content to remind
fellow citizens that prudent men have been al
WAYS disposed to leave the question of slavery
where the Constitution left tin the hands and
| in the keeping of those States (old new
which admitted 1t as a part OF their domestic
! policy. We assert no right over il. Having re
jected slavery for Indiana. a matter of choice,
her people claim no power to force t az or out of
her sister States. leaving them to be the Judge of
what BELTS their local condition. This has been
| the doctrine of e Democratic party-it was the
doctrine of the Wing party. 1t was the declared
principle of CLAY, CAss, WEBSTER, JACKSON and
| that host of wise and conservative statesmen
which reflected dignity and honor upon the Amer
lean name. To stand by the doctrines of WASH
INGroS and his successors, We must be consist
emily UNION MEN, and avoid those snares of party
and those devices OF sectional agitation which
render 'aen to each other" and thus de-
stroy the Government which makes us one people
We can use no better and 10 more forcble lam
guage than that employ ed by the seventh President
of the United States when about lea wing the cares
OF State, in farewell address to his country men,
1t declares the whole duty OF true American
citizen. Gen. ANDREW JACKSON, in that address,
IN speaking OF this slavery agitation, and Its eff
fects upon the Union OF the States. declared:
But the Constitution cannot be maintained, the
Union preserved, in opposition to public feeling by the
mere eNertion OF the coercve powers conded the
eral Government. The foundations be laid the
affections Of the people; in the security which gives to
lie liberty and property in every quarter Of the country
and in the frateral attachments which the
several States bear another meInbe Of po
cal family mutually contributing promote The hap
plneSs OF each other Hence the citizens of each
should sudiously avoid everything calculated wound
the sensbilty offend the Just pride of the people of
other States and they should own upon any proceedings
within their own borders likely disturb the tranquility
OF their political brethren other portions the Union
In country extensive the United States and pur
suits 80 varied, the internal regulations of the several
states must frequently differ from another in impor
tant particulars; and this difference unavoidabN
creased by the principles upon which the American coll
ohes were originally planted; principles which had taken
deep root in their social relations before the Revolution
ami therefore, of necessity influencing he policy
they became Tree and independent States But each
has the unquest0nable right regulate is own internal
concerns according 10 its pleasures: aud while
with rights of the eopIe Of other States
the rights Of the Union, every the sole
judge of the measures proper the safety
citizens and promote their happiness aud all efforts on
the part Of the people of other cast odum upon
their institutions, and all measures calculated TO disturb
their rights Of property, to put in jeopardy their peace
and internal tranquility in direct opposition TO the
spirit in which the Union formed, and endaDger
its safety Motives of philanthropy may assigned for
this unwaTrantabe interference, and ak may
sade themselves for moment, that they labOnng
ia the of humanity and asserting the rights Of the
human race, but every upon sober reflection Will
that nothing but mischief from these improper
assaults upon the feelings and rights of others. Ret
sure u tie men found o~y this r0rk ~ discOrd
not tcO'thy of yoar confidence, and deserre your
strongest yeprO6afioR.
This the language of man who loved
his country as he did his own life, and who per-
lied that life for the glory and safety of his ma
tive hand. They were spoken while he filed the
most exalted Office in the gift of his counirymen,
and Just before the term Tor which he had been
elected expired These words come TO US as
from the grave. Their author reposes, or all
that mortal OF him. at the Hermitage, in
Tennessee. and il the spirits of the gallant dead
are permitted TO look down upon the affairs of
earth. he is to day contemplating the ruin and
desoaton which the enemies of our institutions
have brought upon bis beloved country We
adopt his language and re-echo his warning to
those who love the Union, and would save il for
their children. We declare before heaven, and
IN the hearing of men, that matchless Con
stitution and our beloved Union lin spite of Sc
cessionists, Abolitionisls, ard other powers of
evil ) must and shall be preserved
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