Indiana State sentinel. (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1863-02-09

pursuits OF lie, 70 fight in an Abolition war for
the freedom of the negro, while Massachusetts
and the other New England States. which have
been enriching themselves at our expense, and
are still clamor0us loI the prosecution OF the war
to the last man and the last dollar. have TITLED
their quota, and are no. even taking steps 10 do
So Slch law, so maniiesily unjust. unconsti-
tutioDai and oppressive, would be null and void +.
and not entitled to the obedience of free people
9. That this Government was made on the
white basis by white men, for tine benefit of white
men and their posterity forever. and that wher
ever the white nan and the negro come in con-
tact in this country. the normal condition of the
latter is in state of inferlority and servitudc,
and that in our State legislation, we favor such
amendments to our laws will insure to the own
ers of slaves escaping to Indiana the same eff
cient and summary process OF recovery as now
applies to other property.
9. That the purpose of the Aboltionsts to
swarm the free States with worthless, degraded,
vagabond horde Of stolen aud runaway negro
slaves, with view to the ultimate political and
social equalization of the races. must and shall be
resisted at all hazards, and we demand OF our
representatives in the State Legislature that they
take efficient steps through the necessary lessla-
ton to carry out the 18th Article of the State
Constitution. prohibiting their immigration into
the State.
10 That the suspension of the sacred rights of
trial by jury and the writ of fabeas corpus, the
issue of IetfreS de cachef, the causeleSs illegal,
and unwarrsnted arrest and imprisonment OF
American citizens without presentment, warrant,
affidavit, indictment, or other process OF law,
whose innocence afterwards acknowledged
by their unconditional and honorable release, the
suppression of liberty of speech and of the press
and the shameless robbery and plunder OF peaceful
and unoffending citizens upon false and hypocrit-
ical charges of disloyalty. are the commission OF
many high handed. unconstitutional. and in-
famous outrages that will light the Administration
of Abraham Lincoln down in dishOnor to the
latest generation.
IL. That i'm the late elections, the majority OF
e.people have declared their purpose and deter
minatiOn to have and 10 enjoy, as they have hlth
erto done, a Government founded on the consent
of the governed" and securing TO its citizens
without fear, without restriction, and without
question, the liberties. rights privileges, and i'm
munities they inherited from their Revolutionary
fathers. and to this decree of people who "knOw
their rights and knowing dare maintain them
we invoke the respect and obedience of thel'
present temporary servants.
~ That crushing public debt contracted in
peFfdIous violation of the Constitution, in .crimi
nal prodigality and shameless corruption, result
ing in system Of oppressive taxation by which
labor is robbed of its just rewards beyond a mere
meager subsistence, is practically and in fact the
enslavement of the people.
Is. That we protest against and denounce as
most unjust and oppressive, that system of sec
tional class legislation by which. under what is
Known as the Morrill, tariff, the Yankee manuiac
turers of New England are plundering and rot
bling the agricultural interests of the Northwest
and at the same time sacrificing the revenues oil
the Government to their insatiate avarice, and
that we submit to its exactions the present
only because we are without remedy.
IA That the division Of the Commonwealth oil
Virginia and the pretended admission OF West
ern Virginia" into the Union State is a clear
and wanton violation OF the Constitution, and a
bold and deliberate precedent for the destruction
of every vestige of States rights.
10. That we indorse the course Of our Repre-
sentative in the State Legislature. VIM s Hall
and recognize III him "A true, honest and able rep
resentative, faithful to the interests of bis con
stituency and to the great principles of constitu
tional freedom. that at once the basis AMI The
glory OF our Republic
l6 That T. Il. NJ Berry, the Republican
Senator from this county. by joining the othe
Republican Senators i'm their schemes of disOr
ganization and revolution in order to prevent tl'
election of Democratic United States Senators
has grossly misfepresented and violated the known
will of the majority of the people of Rush county
and is no longer entitled to the respect and conf
dence of any man who prefers law and order tC
anarchy and discord.