Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1862-10-27

during TIE canvass. he plan OF the campaign.
Il = proper say Was Jeff entirely 20 the desert
ers. aHd they were scattered over the State In
guerrila bands. labeled nicely "Uni0n Demo
crsis." par excellence, Bot few other orators Of
note appeared before the people. he Republican
party managers and speskers quietly stepping 70
the back ground While the converts made open
war upon their old friends. They went beyond
al Others IA ahiect submission 10 any tyranny
which the raficais might heap upon the nation.
No wrong was too gross for their apologies.
hey seemed 10 have lost al senses of shNme-ail
show OF decent and courteous argument. "a fact,
they we're worse Abot;onsts than the Republic
cans. ana manifested the highest order of ma
Lightly against Democratic principles. Giidings
aud LOveioy could not excel them IN the use of
can't phrases The shibboefh OF faction
Their tongues and malignant hate IN their hearts.
But why WAS words upon the perhdy Of this
handful of political apostates IN lndianal They
amounted 20 nothing They were as stray leaves
III the midst Of the mighty hurricane which rock
Ell aud scattered the foundations OF their new
party in the great North west The giant tread
OF freemen could not toe impedet by the puny
arms OF thousand such deserters As well
might they try To arrest the movements OF the
avalanche, or It'd the cataract stand frozen IN rs
iali Men are nothing in times like these The
sacred principles of constitutional freedom
never be abandoned 20 Presidents, Cabinets. Con
gress--their apologisis, aiders or abettors When
men become the tools of power, and forget that
they were once freemen, they sink into the insig-
nihcance OF all other defenders OF despotism and
wrong. The unconQuerable Democracy was not
TO be vanquished by instrumentalities like these
and il the lesson which their overthrow shall teach
TO Others shall be needed, their fail will not be in
vain
This contest at the end of which a great and
Valued victory in favor of the Constitution and
the laws has been prosecuted bv the DEMOCRATS
and their noble allies with the sword of Damo-
Giles suspended over their heads. The Admins
tration has been in the field with all its pat
ronage and power, aud. TO add TO its success, il
has been against us with its terrors. Men against
whom 40 Indictment and no known charges are
yet preferred, have been sent to the public pris-
ons, and many yet languish in Government
bastiles. Could anything be better cacu
lated to arouse the people, on the one hand. and
10 deter them from performance OF duty on the
otherl Every thing but actual force has been
used 10 close up the avenues of investigation, TO
muzzle the press. aud 70 oyerawe the citizen in
the discharge OF his sacrel duty eleutor.
The whole atmosphere has been SLED with ru
mors OF arrests. with the movements of secret in
formers and spies. with threats, and, in some
cases. charges of disloyalty against the frmest
friends OF the Union The people have disre-
garded these things, and the ballot box has been
OmnipOtent
The people of Indiana, at the recent election.
have decided for themselves questions of the
highest interest 70 the Nation. These questions
thoroughly discussed before them and
though many OF the boGer issues were eyaded by
the friends OF the Administration the general YER
diet is overw helmngly against il. We accept
the following as the main points decided
l. That the Constitution, American Union and
Laws must be maintained, md that il is the duty
OF all good men to aid the Government in secur-
ing these blessings
=. That men and money must be voted for tie
purposes of equippng and maintaining our sold
Iers i'm the field, 10 secure these high objects and
when the war is closed that the MANNED and
wounded soldiers shall be amply provided for by
adequate pensions, and proper provisions for their
comfort
81 That the people of Indiana are utterly CD
posed 10 a war of conquest ana sujugation of
the Southern States. ana that hey will adhere to
the noble sentiment OF the CRITTkSDEN resolution
that the dignity, equality and rights of the
several States shall be maintained; aud that when
the supremacy OF the Constitution is ackn0wledg
Ell 10y those in arms against il, the war ought to
cease
4. That the people of Indiana are unalterablv
opposed to the policy of the President and the
Republican Congress, indicated in their pur-
Nh"St anu ht-ibtr al TIC Dl>IGcA Oi
Columbia. ana Their greater enormty in propos-
ing to pay for all negroes who may be manu-
mltted by any OF the States of the Union
D. That the people of Indiana dsapprove of the
unconstitutional ana unwIse COnfscatiOn Bills
passed ~ the recent sessions of Congress- and will
demand their repeal. or such modification of these
enactments as will conform them to the Const-
tuition. In the language OF Senator Douglas
The innocent must not suffer, nor women and
children be the victims
g. That the suspension of the writ of habeas
corpus, aud the frequent arrests made by order of
the Administrations or with It's connivance, and
the denial OF a speedy trial To persons thus out
ragged, have been viewed by the people of Indiana
with disgust and alarm. and the late vote given
in this State Is in strong condemnation of such
disloyal practices" to the Constitution
I. That the people of Indiana, always in favor
of frugal anu economical administration OF pub
lie affairs. have condemned the extTavagant and
reckless expenditure of the public treasure on 4
brood Of political banditt consisting of contrac
tors. spectators. iavortes, cousins, brothers in
law OF Cabinet Ministers, pimps spies. niormers
and political hangers on and believe to use the
language OF JONI +. HALE. a Republican Sena-
tor in Congress " that the liberties of this coun
to IN greater danger to day from the corn up
tons and from the proagacy pTacticed in the va
rious Departments of he Government, than they
are from the open enemy M the held
That the people OF Indiana, remembering
the repeated declarations of President LiNcoLx
that he had neither the disposition nor the riqht 10
interfere nth Siarery in any Of The States receiv-
ei his proclamation of the 22nd of September
lc62, with horror and amazement, as an indica-
ton that he had yielded 10 the Abolition
8 pressure of New England and had aban
doned the positions he had assumed in his lnau
gural and FIRST MESA ge--thrs proving iathless to
himself and the country. These sulrenders they
regard evidences that he has thrown
himself into the arms of the Radical Abolition
faction OF the North. and the election in Indiana
must be accepted a. a condemnation of the policy
OF that III advised proclamation
These we're the questions decided and the meas
ures OF public policy endorsed by the electors. on
the l1th instant, ia Indiana They in entire
conformity with the declarations put forth by the
Democracy and will never be abandoned
Indiana .a~ taken her stand, and the past is
secure She offers all her material power to put
down the rebellion That i all that should or
can be expected Of her or her Democracy. The
Government; cannot be maintained If any party
i permitted 10 disregard the Constitution. by viz
tue OF which only can the Union exist Ii is the
duty oi the President put Gown all who would
. disturb the Union and the Constitution, and 20
redeem the sacred pledges made 10 the Nation.
Let him rely ON the people alone for prompt de-
hverance. aud not on party or fraction of a
party. Armed rebellion must be suppressed bg
force and the insane and infuriate faction OF Abo
liii0nistS must retire before the ballots OF free