Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1862-10-08

tLCc VI tue party OF eett>clo1s DOtn were
sectional; bo,h were revolutionary.
II would be idle to show the revolutionary
character of the secession party. Its revolu-
tionasy purposes were ayowed. The Repub-
ican party was no less revolutionary, though
itsrevolutlonary tendencies were less manifest.
1t is evident, from what has already been
seen. that Washington and jackson. fit repre-
sentatlves of the sages and patriots of the
revolutionary and succeeding eras, regarded
sectional parties as revolutionary. Under
our system they are essentially so; for no sec
tional party could accomplish any end, except
by the severance of the bonds OF fraternity
and unity between the different parts OF the
country upon which the Union rests. 1t is
not we who say, it is the sages and patriots of
the past who have said, that in American pol
itics every sectional party is essentially dis
loyal to the Union.
In almost every State of the Union. in
which the Republican party had the power
they enacted laws impeding the execution of
the laws of the United States. Such laws
were passed by them in this State. \ Re-
publican judiciary for this State nullified acts
of Congress, assumed to overrule the decis-
ions OF the Supreme Count OF the United
States in cases arising under the Constitution
and laws of the Union, disobeyed its man.
dates, and sanctioned by judicial decision the
forcible rescue of prisoners held under the
judicial process OF the United States. But
not content with this measure of disloyalty,
the Republican. Legislature of this State
passed in 1859, and has ever since refused to
rescind, resolutions setting at defiance the au-
thority of the United States, and asserting
L..
ever been asserted by any Southern State.
This is well understood at home, by Demo-
Gratis and Republicans; but to avoid the sus-
picion OF exaggeration abroad, we here insert
two of these resolutions in full:
.'Resoired, That the Government formed
by the Constitution of the United States was
not made the exclusive right or final Judge of
the extent of its powers delegated to itself;
but that, as in all other cases of compact
having common judge, each party has an
equal right TO judge for itself, as well of In
fractions as of the mode and measure of RE-
DRESS.
.ReSolred That the principle and construc-
ton contended for by the party which now
rules in the councils of the nation, that the
General Government is the exclusive judge
of the extent of the powers delegated TO it,
stop nothing short of despotism, since the dis
cretion of those who administer the Govern
ment, and not the Constitution, would be the
measure of their powers; that the several
States which formed that instrument, being
sovereign and independent, have the unques-
tionable right to Judge of Its intraction; and
that a positive defiance of those sovereignties,
of all unauthorized acts done or attempted
to be done under color of that instrument, is
the RIGHTFUL REMEDY"
These resolutions had relation, not to the
acts of the executor of the United States or
even of Congress, but to solemn decision OF
the Supreme Court of the United States upon
the Constitution and laws of the United
States. This is the doctrine caught from Sc
ceding South Carolina by Republican Wis
consn, and repeated by the Republican party
OF Wisconsin, in full communion with the Re
publican party of the north, to Justify seces-
sion in every disloyal State in the South.
Thus the Republican party, as well as the
secession party, was revolutionary. And
these revolutionary parties grew in numbers
and influence down to the Presidential cleo
tional of 1860 when the Democratic party
was defeated by the sectional influences OF
both.
The sectional party of the South succeeded
IN intruding some members into the Demo
cratic Convention; and when defeated there,
by the steadiast loyalty of the true Democracy,
put in nomination renegade from his party
and his country. The sectional party OF the
North put in nomination distinguished gen.
tleman, the author OF the doctrine that the
several States must ultimately become all
slave or all free.
The Democratic paaty nominated as their
candidate statesman, now no more, Of great
experience and ability in public affairs, of
great energy and integrity of character and
life, the author of the only just and practical
solution of the question Of slavery in the Ter
ritories, whose whole public life was devoted
to the maintenance of the Constitution as it
is, and the Union as it was; and whose zeal
for the preservation of the country sacrificed
his life in its prime.
The history of the Convention which NOM
mated Mr.. Douglas, plainly shows that the
champions of secession had no hope to carry
the people of the South with them, save by
defeating the candidate OF the Democratic
party. The whole tone and temper of the
Republican leaders and press at the North,
before and during the session of the Conven-
ton, plainly shows that they had no hope OF
electing their candidate, save by diverting
the South from the Democratic candidate to
the Secession candidate. Thus the action OF
the two sectional parties tended to the same
result of the Presidential election. Had Mr..
Douglas been elected, secession could not
have prevailed at the South, and the several
aims of both sectional parties would have
been alike defeated.
The result was the defeat OF Mr.. Douglas,
and the election OF the Republican candidate.
We have no personal objection to the distin-
guished gentleman who now sits in the seat OF
Washington. His election was perhaps less
mischievous than hat OF any other prominent
Republican. The evil of his election belongs
to his party, not to himself. The good he has
done is in a great degree personal to him,
Republican as he is, be has not forgotten bis
old national patriotism. If he has not always,
he has often. resisted the abolition element in
his party, and stemmed the tide OF its revolu-
tionary course. In this he has done the
country immeasurable service; and we hope
that he will continue to stand as a barrier as
well as against the most destructive faction OF
his own party. as against the armed enemy OF
the Union. The responsibilities of his posi-
ton are such as might awe any man; and in
all his efforts to sustain the Constitution against
revolution and innovation, he has our hearty
sympathy and support.
The election was the signal for the move