Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1863-04-02
INDIANAPOLIS. IND. THURSDAY MORNING,


approval aud admiration Of the people Of Ind-
ana They are honorable to his heart as sol.
dier. They are mote: They are worthy OF
statesman.
Men Of Indiana! Come up to The Convention
patriots and not partisans. Assemble TO
he, and not TO open the wounds of the Nation.
This l. your mission As your public servants
stagger under the weight Of their own foles, il
is for YOU to uphold the temple of welI-regulated
Liberty and Law The Government is on your
shoulders, and you must preserve it. or it falls.
This is your country. and whatever evils afflict
it. must be borne by yourselves aud your poster
ity Ii is your duty 10 preserve it from social
disorder. As the Administration becomes reck-
less. vsscillatng aud corrupt. you mus be calm.
considerate and determined Mr. LINCOLN and
his Cabinet are men of Appropriations and
States exist forever. Your fathers left you
goOdly heritage of free institutions You are
the custodians of that sacred treasure. Neglect
nothing necessary to secure their perpetuity. aud
d. no act which will hazird their peaceful preser
vaton This il a Government of consent and
the minority must be heard and respected 1t is
a Government of constitutional rights. too. No
and no party infringe upon Overturn
these rights without becoming falseto the people.
aud they will ultimately punish those who assail
them Il i. as well, Government of laws, and
they are held sacred till modified or repealed.
Unlike the despotisms of the Old World, these
laws. III Repu lie. are readily abrogated, and
they give way to a higher sentiment Of conStitu-
tional Government They are subject to the di-
rect control OF the citizen Two and four years
only are required to undo the works of faithless
representatives and correct the edcts and proc
lamations of an unwise Executive In the life
of great Nation, this is but an hour. Time
hastens on. and the people must work while it is
called to day The Rebels at Richmond and the
Radicals at Washington are fast exhaustng the
Nation. Another two years war will roll Up a
debt which generations can never pay. The
extreme men in both sections have their hands on
the throats of the people. and neither will listen
TO the voice of reason the appeals of patriot
ism l. there no hope for suffering country
All that We can peacefully accomplish is to dis
lodge those who stand in the way of an honorable
peace We want and will have divisions OF
the States. and no division Of the Union but We
demand the wise and patriotic couneels of those
who willing to preserve both in the spirit in
which they were originally framed. You, fellow
countrymen, want the return of the neacefu days
of your fathers, when the whole People, from
the Aristook to the Sabine. "dwelt together in
unity" You can ONLY have il by change OF
Administration and change of Congress. The
latter you have practically secured. The first
YOU will accomplish in 1864. The ballJ;-box
will then declare the National will Be assured
of its efficacy in the hands of free People and
doubt not the ultimate blessings of restored
/ Union under the guarantees OF your beloved
/ Constitutions
GEO. McOUAT. Chairman.
JAMES u. WILLIAMS First District.
NJ. u. KERR. Second District.
VI. W. SHIELDS. Third District.
GEORGE HIBBEN, Fourth District.
EDMUND JOHNSON, Fifth District.
Jos J BiNGHAM, Sixth District
THos DowLlNG, Seventh District.
r ). HAsTINGs. Eighth District
J. a TAYLOR. Ninth District
s W SPRoTT. Tenth District
j. X CoFFRoTH, Eleventh District