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

10 fbe Freesscn az Indiana.
Ten weeks ago We addressed you on the then
pe1ilonz cdndstion OF public Affairs. and invoked
your attention and judgment on the measures OF
public policy nauguraf<d BY the Republican
President and Congress. As your fellow citizens.
and as members Of the Democratic Central Com
mittee of Indiana. We endeavorei TO give you. ia
that Address. some Of the reasons Why change
should be made IN the Congressional repre-.
senta'los, in the General Assembly. and Ia the
oiticcs connected with the State Administration.
That appeal Vas decided on the l4lh day Of De
tober. instant. ana trust in a manner which
siil condu to the general interest Of the people
OF the United State-
The Democratic Central Committee have now
the pleasure OF announcing, IN this formal man.
ner. that the Democratic aud conservative citi-
of Indians have achieved a decided advan-
tage IN tie recent election. The extent Of this
civic victory appears in the election of seven Dem
ocratic members Of Congress. instead OF four
a. IN the present Congress: in Democratic ma
jorty in both branches of the Legislature. and In
the election of the State officers, viz Secretary,
Auditor. Treasurer. Attorney General, Reporter
of Supreme Court. aud Superintendent of Public
Instruction, BY majouties averaging about ten
thousand
The ultra Republicans in the present Congress
are nearly all beaten. laid aside by their friends
and none but Julian and Colfax return TO yindi-
cate their votes for the Abolition policy Of their
coniederates in the present House. This is an indi
cation that should not be lost on those who yet
de.y the sentiments OF the white race on this con
tinent, and who daring enough to set that sen
tment at naught.
We have clear and decided majority Of the
Legislature. and will elect Democratic Union
Senator 70 Congress in the place Of Joseph A.
Wright. who holds commission from Governor
Morton Tor that place, and one to succeed him
for six years.
In every sense this victory is complete 1t is
overwhelming against the conduct of Mr.. Lin
coins Administration, in reference To emancpa-
ton, and a noble yindicati0n Of the Constitution
against the action of the unfaithfnl Congress
which will cease to exist on the 4th day of March
next. Indiana places the seal OF her disapproba-
ton upon every act Of these political Abolition
ists, and holds up glorious Constitution as the
shield and protection of her people. Whatever
else may happen, there can be no installing her
attitude, aud no 10 OF her taking backward
step In this great rebuke of rulers. Those
who have been taIthless To their pledges need look
tor no countenance in such '.disloyal practices "
Indians has spoken.
There are persons in this State who are new
seeking. for purity purposes, 10 misrepresent the
significance o: the xictory recently achieved by
the Democratic party over the advocates of the
Administration OF President Lincoln. liz is grossly
asserted that the defeat OF he Republican party
IN Indiana may be Justly attributed TO the growth
OF a sentiment i'm this State favorable "A dis
honorable peace with the South. and that the
Democrats in Congress vote against all Gppropr
atoms 20 sustain TIE army in the field anu the
navy on the ocean. This has been whispered in
certain private circles, and proclaimed in the in
tolerant Abolition press, which invariably seeks
~ prejudice the conduct. aims and designs of
stan i'm the. Of sch for
the universal emancipation of the negroes Of the
South There il not one word OF truth in this
ascription of disloyalty 10 the Democratic party.
The record is plainly marked, and is policy open
and honest Ii has lett nothing Tor doubt. The
resolutions. the canvass just closed, and the adj
dresses made by its prominent candidates before
the people-ail put the stamp of falsehoOd on
the assertion shat the Democratic party intend
anything but fidelity to the Constitution and the
Union. The Democracy of Indiana, as we'll as
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 il 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 heretofore
Let facts be submitted TO a candid world"
The party now in power, had thew been true to
their pledges, would never have interior ed with
the domestic institutions of the Southern States
"a a reference To the declaration of the President
aud the Republican majority m Congress, will in
contestby show. They carefully withheld from
public view the policy of a general emancipation
OF the slaves on the pretext that slavery was the
'cause OF the war" until after our gallant army,
to preserve and defend our constitutional union,
was embodied and in the field. So far from ma
king an 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 resoIu-
tions:
nor the people or governments of non slavehold-
ing States, have purpose or a constitutional
right to egisste upon interfere with slavery in
any OF the States in the Union.
Resoired, 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 Republi~. and that the in
crease OF their numbers aud influence does not
keep pace with the increase OF the aggregate
population Of the Union
Nothing could be more plain and emphatic than
these resolutions. They we're well calculated 10
satisfy the doubts of conservative men in the
North. and to alay the apprehensions of loyal
men IN the South. to the intentions OF the
feauers OF the hepuoilcan party ia 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 resou
tons. at the suggestion of members who could
not conscientiousy subscribe the second, at all
impair the force OF the solemn pledge given TO the
nation against converting the impending conflict
to subserve the ieeting interests of party That
resolution, which was adopted by the unanimous
vote OF the members present (l6l ayes, is in
there words
"Resolred, Thpt neither Congress. nor the PEG
pie, nor the governments of the slav ehoiding
States, hare the right to legslate upon or inter,
iere with slavery IN any of the slaxeholding
States of the Union
So much for the action Of the Republicans in
Congress. in respect 10 this subject the eve of
the installation OF their party into power in every
department OF the General Government. Their
chosen standard bearer in the sectional contest
initiated by the Chicago platform in 500 was no
less explicit and emphatic in discaimins all
,,sfe Rfsen or authority whatever of any interfer-
ence, on his part, with the unqgestiOned consttu-
uonai 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 lac would
Ia the best OF has ability, preserve. protect and
defend the Constitution of the United States"
Mr.. Lincoln declared. m the presence of the as