Indiana State sentinel. (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1862-01-06

this entire country be preserved as one Govern
ment, and that the fanaticism of neither section
shall be permitted to override the Constitution
for the purpose Of accomplishing by opposite
measures their common object. viz, the disrup-
ton of this Government. and that we viii stand
by the constituted authorities in every legal and
constitutional effort to beat back fanaticsm and
preserve to US unimpaired onr glorious institu
tons
3. That there exists no authority in any de
partment of our Government "to abridge the
freedom of speech or of the pr. ss;" and we re-
gard any attempt by any department to accom-
plish this by suspension of the writ of habeas
corpus or any other summary proceedings, as q
clear violation of the Constitution; the exercise
of which power is and would be dangerous to our
free institutions.
Ith. That the Constitution was made with
view to the preservation and not for the destruc-
ton of property; that IL was made so that by a
union Of Stafcs, union of hearts and a union
Of hands, the rights of each section and o. each
State might be protected and preserved by the
whole; g that the powers not delegated TO the
United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited
by it to the States, reserved to the States re
spectively, or to the people," and any attempt by
Con to interfere with, control disturb any
local institution of any State, against the will Of
a majority of the people of said State, would be
usurpation, and its supporters, at heart, traitors
to the Constitution.
5th- That while we have no sympathy whatey-
er with men in armed rebellion against the con-
stituted authorities of our Government, and be-
lieve that the whole power OF the Government
ought to be used To suppress the rebellion, yet we
are opposed to engrafting into the policy of the
Government any of the abolition ideas which
were the cause, in part at least, of the troubles
now disturbing our beloved country.
9th. That as the Democracy were chaged with
corruption and extravagance, and rs many hon
est men were induced to leave the Democratic
party by such charges persistently made and sup
port the party now in power, we are determined
to hold the Republican party to a strict account
ability for all extrayagance, corruption and ia
voritism in State and National Government
7th. That the constituted authorities of the
Government, by removing Democrats from Office
since the commencement of the present rebellion
for no other offence than their democracy, and
the Republican members of Congress, during
their present session, in their caucuses have
evinced greater desire 10 save their party in It's
| pristine sectionalism, 10 wit: the Chicago plat
form, than their country, have given lie to the
professions of mo party" and that we call on
all good Democrats to stand by our party organi-
zation, the best way to support the constituted
authorities in all their legal prerogatives and to
preserve our Government as it was intended, "the
land of the free."
Upon motion, the State Sentinel and Vernon
Banner were requested to publish the proceedings
of this Convention.
JEPTHA d. NEW, President,
5osIsr 5ons E. oIe1n. Wnsos. Secretaries.