Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1862-03-18

The platform adopted related mainly 10 the pecu.
liar doctrine of the native Americans" that no
foreign born citizen should hold and office. In
addition 10 this there was the remnant of the old
Whiz party proper. \ national enton was
held b. them at Baltimore on the 18th Of Sep
TENDER. lc56. over which Edward Bates, now
Dir. LincOln's Attorney General presided. This
convention adopted the candidates Of the native
American party Heretofore nominated at Phila-
d,iphia The resolutions were highly conserya-
tive in their character
This brings us down 10 the Republican Con
yention held at Chicago on the 10th OF May,
1850, at which time Abraham Lincoln nomi-
mated for President, and Hannibal Hamlin. of
Maine, for Vice President. This convention
adopted the following resolutions upon the sub
jet of the slave agitation which now conyulsed
the country:
That We the delegated representatives of the
Republican electors of the United States, in con-
yention assembled, in discharge OF the duty we
owe to our constituents and our country, unite in
the following declarations:
THAT the history of the nation during the last
few years has fully established the prOpriety and
. necessity OF the organization and perpetuaton OF
the Republican party, and that the causes which
called II into existence permanent in their ma
ture. and now more than ever before demand it's
peaceful and constitutional triumph.
"Ihat the maintenance inyiolate OF the rights
OF the States, and especially the right of each
State to order and control its own domestic insti
buttons according to its own judgment exclu-
sively Is essential to that balance of powers on
which the perfection and endurance OF our pOlti-
cal fabric depends and we denounce the lawless
invasion by armed force of the soil of any State
or Territory. no matter under what pretext, as
among the gravest crimes.
II hat the new dogma that the Constitution of
its own force carries slavery into any or all the
Territories of the United States, is a dangerous
political heresy, at variance with the explicit pro
visions of that instrument itself. with cotempora
neous exposition and with legislative and judicial
precedent; Is revolutionary in its tendency and
subveFsive OF the peace and harmony OF the
country.
THAT the normal condition of all territory of
the United States is that OF freedom; that our
republican fathers. when they abolished slavery
in all our national territory. ordained that no
person should be deprived of life. liberty prop
erty without due process of law. IL becomes our
duty, by legislation, whenever such legislation is
necessary. To maintain the provision of the Con
stitution against all attempts TO violate it, and
deny the authority of Congress- of Territorial
Legislature of any individuals to give legal
istence to slavery in any Territory OF the United
Suites"
BY referring to the names of those who
posed ia Chicago convention, it will be seen that
the leading spirits of the various anti slavery
ventions, held different times. in opposition to
the Democratic party, we're present and partici
pated in the proceedings of that convention, and
are now the Office holders under President Lin
coin. the nominee. The only partial exceptions
to this the men who nominated Mr. Van Blu
ren, at Buffalo, in opposition to General Cass and
some OF those who nominated Mr.. Fillmore at
Baltimore. But the ultras of every shade-the
AbolitioniSts, the free Democracy. and the Re
publicans-al came together, and 1t Is not doing
the party any injustice To say that to-day 1t Is
composed of as many different segments, or di.
visions rs before it united at Chicago. IL is.
therefore perfectly legitimate and proper to call
Greeley and Sumner and Glddngs and their par.
ticular followers. extreme radicals. Abolition
lists. while there are Others whO To certain ex
tent conservative
That there is not only danger. but great dan
ger that the strong infusion of AbOitiOnism will
eventually leaven the whole party, no one will de
ny Neither can il he disputed that the previous
political history of the leading men which com
pose this party as we'll as the principles of their
platform adopted, referring it does, to the pre-
vious action OF the Republican Convention at
Philadelphia. rendered it positively certain that
il was impossible Tor il to have any supporters IN
the South, or, in other words il was formed as a
sectional party.
The consequences of organizing such party,
the extreme danger to the peace of the country,
if it succeeded to power, had long been foretold
and they who were engaged in it were too well
yersed IN history not to appreciate that danger
But will not detain our readers longer on this
subject We think every one will he satisfied
that there Is no reason for calling the Democratic
party pro slavery party, while there Is good
ground for saying that there is so large a number
of abolitionists acting with the Republican cause
as to give more or less color to all its acts.