Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1864-07-22
STA se Affairs and state Poi,cy,

Eleventh District. W. SALISBURY. Contingent
n. II. OyERNAS.
state Affairs and state Pohcy.
Speech Of Hon JosErn E. McDoSALD. Demo
cratic candidate for Governor. at Greencastle,
July 20:
Fellor- citizens Of the Seoenh Congressional Dis
fyicf:
Having recently accepted the nomination ten
dered me by the Democracy of Indiana in Con-
vention at indianapolis. in appearing before you
to day on the occasion of your Congressional
Nominating Convention but redeem the pro-
mise which then made, of addressing the peo
pie of the various portions of the State upon the
political questions of the dsy often il should
be in my power to do so between my nomination
and election day. Ii Is no strange thing for me
TO address the people of this portion OF the State
of Indiana. On many occasions il has been nv
privilege 10 advocate before the people OF this
District the principles and measures of the Dem
ocratic purity: those principles and measures TO
which suppose you still adhere. and for the
cess of which you are still willing u labor. Bat
on no former occasion has IL fallen To INV lot To
address you upon political subjects under circum-
stances so grave as those OF the present hour
We are approaching political campaign.
which. Judging from all indications. is 10 be one
of more than ordinary excitement. A fearful
civil war, which for more than three years has
been desolating the land, has created in the
minds OF the people degree of excitement that
makes il of the utmost Importance that delibera-
tive assemblies should place every man under the
guidance and control Of his best judgment The
~-.isa.n.s, Of to-day demonstrates - You the
vast importance OF the campaign OF lobI The
election Of this year Is TO be of far more than
usual Importance We. the people of Indiana
will be called upon to act, in conjunction with
#, o,ha Of tk. 4
Union, in deter mining the form and character Of
the administration which Is to direct the affairs
of government for the next four years-its prin
ciples and its policy. We. too. the people OF IN
diana, as sovereign State, will he called upon
to select almost entire State ticket. aud to find
suitable men for many important offices relating
to the administration Of our State affairs We
have therefore before us IN the coming campaign
the wide field of national politics and also those
numerous important questions relating to our
own State.
do not hope on the present OCCASION to be
able TO travel over the entire field of ma
tionsl politics discuss all the questions that
might legtimatey be considered and discussed
in regard to our national affairs | shall! make
brief review of some of these Issues and then.
the candidate whom YOU. the Democracy have
chosen to be your standsrd-bearer and nominee
for the highest Office in the gift Of the people Of
Indiana, discuss more particularly the questions
which stand connected with our interests as n
State.
IL is proper that | should saw TO you. nv fell
low-citizens. At the outset, that this destructive
and runious civil does not rest upon your
shoulders upon mine lt has not sprung
from the proper and legitimate administra-
ton of the principle of the Federal Union;
10 has not followed IRON n faithful sdher-
ance To the teachings of such fathers of
the Republic IA Washington. Jefferson and
Jackson: but il has sprung from that unwise
aud injudciOus agitation upon the subject o.
slavery. which they 80 much deprecated and
abhored As before remarked do not intend
to enter upon the thorough discussion OF these
questions here: II Is enough for M To say that
for three years and half the people OF the
United States have been witnessing the practical
results of the experiment that has been going on
upon the principles and measures held and advO-
Gated by the party now IN power; aud II Is already
amply evident 10 every thinking upon this
continent that this war. rs carried on according
60 the principles and policy of that party cannot
be successful. Ii is enough for me to saw that
If the measures OF the present abolition minority
are continued for another four years. will
have no longer a government tn protect Us. Re
publican institutions will be stricken down: and
either military despotism will rule the
lives aud fortunes OF the American people. or
anarchy and civil war will prevail through all
try cannot stand another four wears unless better
counsels shall prevail aud other principles govern
the affairs of the nation. am sorry 10 be forced
10 that conclusion: but such being the case. il l.
but right and proper that | should express IL As
my deliberate opinion. Three years and six
months Of bloody civil war. IN which the gallant
sons Of Indiana have Delayed the soil on innu
mersble battle-felds over frontier Of more
than fifteen hundred miles leaves n to-day the
poor consolation OF knowng that without
speedy change of policy the South must continue
unsubdued. while the people OF the North will
have lost their most cherished liberties
recognize however a. true American citi-
zen and a Democrat, that IL i IN The American
people that the powers OF sovereignty reside F
They are the sovereigns of this great nation
They have the right Of determining At the ballot
boz the principles AMI policies by which the AZ
fairs of State 10 be governed and res ulated
ard II majority OF the people OF the United
States desire the continuance of the party nOs
in power as the eOntrollers Of their desines and
the managers of their nttiOn4l affair. and shall
so express their will At the ballot box then a. a
good citizen will Weld TO Their decision. and
wait until another opportunity shall be offered 10
test these questions in the lawful and conStitu I
tionsl way a the ballot-box Mach a. | detest
the principles aud measures of this sbolitun mi i
nority, / will combat them aud their champions i
with other weapons than those OF argument 4
and If the people desire their Overlhros and de-
feat on the one hand or their continuance and 1
success the other. let them II they +
believe the doctrines and measures OF the part, /
nov in Do~er should still control the destinies of
this nation. will yield To their decision. but no /
man Who believes that the continuance of that /
party in power tends To the overthrow of civil /
and constitutional liberty fail to register his