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

in the midst of the mighty hurricane which rock
ed aud scattered the foundations OF their new /
party in the great North west. The giant tread /
of treemen could not be impeded by the puny
arms of thousand ssch desertefs. As we'll |
might they try to arrest the movements of the |
avalanche or lid the cataract stand frozen in It's
sall. Men are nothing in times like these The |
sacred principles of constitutional freedom can /
never be abandoned to Presidents, Cabinets, Con-
gress-their apologisis, aiders or abettors. When
men become the tooss of power, and forget that |
they once freemen, they sink into the insig |
ni6cance Of all other defenders of despotism and
wrong. The unconquerable Democracy not
to be vanquished by nstrumentalities like these; |
and if the lesson which their overthrow shall teach
to Others shall be needed, their fall will not be in
vain.
This contest, at the end of which Is great and
valued victory in favor of the Constitution and
the laws, has been prosecuted by 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 It's vast pat
rOnage and power, and, to add to its success, it
has been against with its terrors. Men against
whom no 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 calcu-
lated to arouse the people, on the one hand, and
to deter them from performance of duty on the
otherT Every thing but actual force has been
used to close up the avenues of investigation, to
muzzle the press, and to overawe the citizen in
the discharge of his sacred duty as elector.
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 firmest
friends of the Uson. 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 to the Nation. These questions
were thoroughly discussed before them, and
though many of the holder issues were evaded by
the friends of the Administration, the general ver
dict is Overwhelmingly against it. We accept
the following as the main points decided
| i. That the Constitution, American Union and
Laws must be maintained, and that it is the duty
of all good men to aid the Government in secur-
ing these blessings
2. That men and money must be voted for the
purposes of equippng and maintaining our sold
iers in the field, to secure these high objects and
vixen the war is closed tnat the MANNED aud
wounded soldiers shall be amply provided for by
adequate pensions, and proper provisions for their
comfort
g. That the people of Indiana are utterly op
posed to a of conquest and sufjugation of
the Southern States. and that hey will adhere to
the noble sentiment of the CRITTKNDES resolution,
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several States shall be maintained and that when
the supremacy of the Constitution is acknowledge
ed by those in arms against it, the war ought to
cease
4. That the people of Indiana are unalterably
opposed to the policy of the President and the
| Republican Congress, as indicated in their pur-
chase aud payment for negroes in the District Of
Columbia, and their greater enormity in propos-
ing to pay for all negIces who may be manu-
mitted by any of the States of the Union
D. That the people of Indiana disapprove of the
unconstitutional and unwse Con6scation Bills
passed at the recent sessions of Congress- ard will
demand their repeal, or such modification OF these
enactmentS as will conform them to the Consti-
tuition. In the language of Senator Douglas !:
9" The innocent must not suffer, nor women and
children be the victims"
6 That the suspension OF the writ of habeas
corpus, and the frequent arrests made by order of
the Administration, or with lis 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
e" diSlOyal practices" to the Constitution
l. That the people of Indiana, always in favor
of frugal and economical administration of pub
lie affairs, have condemned the extravagant and
reckless expenditure of the public treasure on a
brood Of political banditt, consisting of contrac
tors. Spectators favortes, cousins, brothers in
law OF Cabinet Ministers, pimps, spies. iniormers,
and political hangers on and believe, to use the
language Of joan T.. HALE, Republican Sena
tor in Congress that the liberties of this coun
try are in greater danger to day from the couup-
tons and from the profigacy practiced in the
rous Departments of he Government, than they
are from the open enemy in the field"
8. That the people OF Indiana, remembering
the repeated declarations of President LINCOLN,
that he had neither The disposition tse right TO
interfere Nth siaUery in any Of the States, receiv
ed his proclamation of the 22nd of September,
1862, with horror and amazement, iDdca-
ton that he had Yielded to the Abolition
"pressure" of New England and had aban
doned the poSitio he had assumed in his Inau
gural and first message-thus proving faitheSs to
himself and the cogRty. These surenders they
regard as 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 condemnation of the policy
of that ill-advised proclamation.
These were the questions decided and the meas
ures of public policy endorsed by the electors, ON
the 18th instant, in Indiana. They are in entire
conformity with the declarations put forth by the
Democracy. and will never be abandoned.
Indiana Las taken her stand, and the past is
secure. She offers all her material power to put
down the rebellion That is all that should OF
can be expected Of her or her Democracy The
O"NefhWeht CANNOT oe nalhtaheu, u any party
is permitted to disregard the Constitution, by vir-
tue of which only can the Union exist 1t is the
duty of the President to put down all who would
disturb the Union and the Constitution, and to
redeem the sacred pledges made to the Nation
Let him rely on the people alone for prompt de
liyerance. and not on party or "a fraction of
party. Armed rebellion must be suppressed bs
force and the insane and infuriate faction of Abo
litonists must retire before he ballots of FREE
people. The first civic battle has been fought and
the first victory won in the contest. Indiana will
take no step backward Let all who aided in this
grand result STAND FIRM, with ranks unbroken
The of Constitutional liberty beams upor
this gOodly land
BY order Of the Centra Committee.
GEo. McOUAT, Chairman.
October 9th, 1862