Indiana State sentinel. (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1862-10-27


perilous condition of public affairs. ana invoked
your attention and judgment on the measures of
public policy inaugurated by the Republican
President and Congress. As your fellow citizens.
and as members of the Democratic Central Com
mittee of Indiana, endeavored to give you, in
that Address, some of the reasons why change
should be made in the Congressional repre-
sentafion, in the General Assembly, and in the
Offices connected with the State Administration.
That appeal was decided on the 18th day of DC
tOber, instant, and we trust in a manner which
will conduce to the general interest of the people
of the United States.
The Democratic Central Committee have now
the pleasure of announcing, in this formal man.
ner, that the Democratic and conservative citi-
zens of Indiana have achieved decided advan-
tage in the recent election. The extent of this
civic victory appears in the election of seven Dem
ocratic members of Congress, instead of four
as i'm the present Congress; i'm n Democratic ma
jority in both branches of the Legislature, and in
the election of the State officers viz: Secretary,
Auditor, Treasurer, Attorney General, Reporter
Of Supreme Court, and Superintendent of Public
Instruction, by majorities averaging about ten
thousand.
The ultra Republicans in the present Congress
nearly all beaten laid aside by their friends
and none but Julian and Colfax return to vndi-
cate their votes for the Abolition policy of their
eOnfederates in the present House This is an indi
cation that should not be lost those who yet
defy the sentiments of the white race on this con
tinent, and who daring enough to set that sen
timent at naDght.
We have a clear and decided majority of the
Legislature, and will elect a Democratic Union
Senator to Congress in the place of Joseph A.
Wright, who holds a commission from Governor
Morton for that place, and one to succeed him
for six years
overwhelming against the conduct of Mr.. Lin
coins Administration, in reference to emancipa-
ton, and noble vindcation of the Constitution
against the action of the unfiithful Congress
which will cease to exist on the 18th day of March
next. Indiana places the seal of her dsapproba-
ton upon every act of these political Abolition
lists, and holds up glorious Constitution as the
shield and protection of her people. " hatever
else may happen, there can be no installing her
attitude, and no fear of her taking backward
step in this great rebuke of our rulers. Those
who have been faithess to their pledges need look
for no cOuntenance in such "dsloya practices"
Indiana has spoken
There are persons in this State who
seeking, for party purposes, to misrepresent the
significance ot the victory recently achieved by
the Democratic party over the advocates of the
Administration Of President Lincoln. 1t is grossly
asserted that the defeat of he Republican party
in Indiana may be justly attributed to the growth
of "a sentiment in this State favorable to a dis
honorable peace with the South, and that the
Democrats in Congress vote against all apprOpri-
ations to sustain the army in the field AMI the
navy on the ocean. This has been whispered in
certain private circles, and proclaimed in the in
tolerant Abolition press, which invariably seeks
to prejudice the conduct, aims and designs of
those who stand in the way of their schemes for
the universal emancipation of the negroes of the
South. There is not one word OF truth in this
ascriptiOn of dislOyaty to the Democratic party
The record is plainly marked, and its policy open
and honest 1t has lett nothing for doubt. The
resolutions, the canvass just closed, and the adj
dresses made by its prominent candidates before
the peOple-all put the stamp of falsehood on
the assertion that the Democratic party intend
anything but fidelity to the Constitution and the
Union The Democracy of Indiana, well
the conservative Republicans who voted our
State, county and Congressional tickets, have no
desire to conceal from the country their past and
present opinions in regard to the war. and the
aims for which it should be prosecuted. They
adopt the written declarations of Congress- as ex-
pressed in the Crittenden resolution, and are pre-
pared TO stand upon them now as heretofore
''Let facts be submitted to a candid world
The party in power, had they been true to
their pledges, would never have interfeIed with
the domestic institutions of the Southern States,
as a reference to declaration of the President
and the Republican majority IN Congress, will in
cOntestiby show. They carefully withheld from
public view the policy of general emancipation
OF the slaves on the pretext that slavery the
"cause of the war" until after gallant army,
TO preserve and defend our constitutional union,
embodied and in the field. So far from ma
king avowal so well calculated to discourage
enlistments" the popular branch of Congress on
the 10Th day of February, 1861, three weeks
before the Inauguration of President Lincoln, by
vote of lis to 4, adopted the following resolu-
tiOns:
Resolved, That neither the Federal Government
nor the people or governments of non slavehoId-
ing States, have purpose a constitutional
right legslate upon or Interfere with slavery in
any Of the States in the Union
ResOlUed, That those persons in the North who
do not subscribe TO the foregoing proposition are
too Insignificant in numbers and influence to ex-
cite the serious attention or alarm of any portion
of the people Of the Repub (. and that the in
crease of their numbers and influence does not
keep pace with the increase of the aggregate
population Of the Union"
Nothing conld be more plain and emphatic than
these resolutions. They were well calculated to
satisfy the doubts Of conservative men in the
North, and TO allay the apprehensions of loyal
men in the South, as to the intentions of the
leaders OF the Republican party in respect to the
institutions. State and National. of both classes
OF States Nor did the alteration which was
subsequently adopted in the first OF these resolu-
tons, at the suggestion of members who could
not conscientiously subscribe the second at all
impa.f the force Of the solemn pledge given to the
nation against converting the impending conflict
10 SuD-eFle tue ueeJu1 interests OF party. nat
resolution, which was adopted by the unanimous
vote of the members present O6l ayes, is in
these words:
''ResoIced, Thvt neither Congress. nor the PEG
pie, nor the governments Of the nOn-slayehOldng
States, haze the right to legislate upon or inter
fere with slavery in any of the slayeholding
States Of the Union
So much for the action of the Republicans in
Congress. in respect to this subject, on the eve OF
he al Qf RI MT MI in
department of the General Government Their
chosen standard bearer in the sectional contest
initiated by the Chicago platform in 1860 was no
less explicit and emphatic m disclaimng all
intention or authority whatever of any interior
ence, his part, with the unquestioned conslitu-
tional rights of the southern people 10 CONTROL in
their own way, their domestic Institutions In
assuming the Executive functions on the 4th OF
March. 1861, after taking lis oath that he would
to the best of his ability, preserve protect and
defend the Constitution of the United States -
Mr. Lincoln declared. in the presence of the as
sembled thousands before him, as follows
Z" have no purpose directly or indirectly, to
interfere with the Institution Of slavery in the
States where IT exists, believe haUe no Lalcful
right 10 do so, and hgDe no inclination 10 do So
He said (and who should know better y that
he had neither g the lawful right" nor 'the ncli-
nation" to interfere with the Institution of sla, cry
in the States where il exists directly or indirectly
Not satisfied with this disclaimer OF power over
the subject, the President thus proceeds TO give
his reasons for his CONVICTIONS which, il would
seem, were not the result Of sudden impulse, but