Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1864-09-26


During this period Louisians. FIo.ids, New Mex |
ico aud California were successfully annexed to
our territory. with area more than twice Is
large a. all the original thirteen Siates together.
Thirteen new States were admitted under strict i
" Democratic ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS under the /
administration Of Fillmore From FIVE millions |
the population increased 10 thirty millions. |
The revolutionary debt vas extinguished. Two
foreign vars were successfully prosecuted, with |
= moderate outlay and small army and navy. |
aud without the suspension of the habeas corpus;
without one inlrsction oi the constitutions: with |
out usurpation Of power: without suppressng a
single newsSs per: without iuprisoning single
editor without; limit 10 the freedom OF the press
or of speech IN cut of Congress. but in the
ui5st of the grOssest abuses of BOTH ard with
cut the arrest OF single traitor" though the
HARTFORD Canvention at during of the wars.
and IN the other Senators invited the enemy TO
gree our volunteers with bloody hands and
welcome them 10 hospitable graves"
During all this time wealth increased bust.
ness Of al kinds multiplied. prosperity smiled on
every tide, taxes were low. wages we're high. the
North and the South furnished market for
each others products NJ good prices; public iber
" was secure. private rights undisturbed. every
mans house was his castle: the courts were open
TO all: passports for travel. no secret police,
no spies, no in!ormers. no bastiles: the right 20
assemble peaccably: me right TO petition free
dom of religion. freedom OF speech. free ballot
and free press; aid all this time The Consttu
ton maintained and the Union Of the States pre-
served
Such were the choice fruits OF Democratic
| principles aud policy. carried out through the
whole period during which the Democratic party
| held the power and administered the Federal
/ Government Such has heen the history OF that
| party IL il Union party, for it preserved the
| Union by wisdom, peace and compromise, for
| more than half a centpry
Then neither the ancient principles, the policy
nor the past history OF the Democratic party re-
quire nor would justify its disbandme ut.
IL THERE ANYTHING ~ raE PRESENT CRISIS WHICH
| DEMANDS 1T?
The more immediate issue il, 70 maintain the
Constitution it - and 20 restore the Union as
| il was.
To maintain the Constitution is 10 respect the
rights of the States and the liberties of the citi-
zen. IL is TO adhere faithfully TO the very prin-
ciples and policy which the Democratic party
| has prosessed for more than halt a century. Let
its history and the results. from the beginning,
prove whether it has practced them We ap-
peal proudly te the record.
The FIRST step towards q restoration OF the
Union il Wac, i to maintain the Constitution
| a it -. So long l. il WAS maintained in fact
and not threatened with nfraciion in spiri and in
letter. actual or imminent. the Union was uu-
broken.
To restore the Union il j. essential first to
give assurance TO every State and to the people
of every section that their rights and liberties and
property will be secure within the Union under
the Constitution What assurance so doubly
sure as the restoration to power of that ancient,
organized. consolidated Democratic party which
for sixty years did secure the property, rights
/ md Of ha nf 81
pie. and thus did maintain the Constitution and
preserve the Union. and with them the multiplied
blessings which distinguished Us above all other
| nations
To restore the Union IS ~ crush out sectional
ism North ana South To begin the great work
OF restoration through the ballot is to kill aboli-
ton The bitter waters of secession flowed first
and fed still from the unclean fountains OF
sbolitionism That fountain must be dried up
Armies may break down the power of the Con
federate Government in the South; but the work
of restoration be carried only through
political organizations in the North and West
In this great work We cordially invite The CO
operation OF all men of every party who are op-
posed to the fell spirit of abolition, aud who. in
sincerity, desire'tbe Constitution as IL is and the
Union it was. Let the dead past bury its
dead Rally. lovers Of the Union the Constitu-
ton and Of liberty the standard of the Demo
SldtC pdiNs dHtdhN III tue lttu 1Uu cOnHutilt Oh
victory. That party il the natural and persistent
enemy OF abolition. Upon this question its re
cord as q national organization however il may
have been at times with particular men in par
ticuaT States. ~ clear and unquestionabe
From the beginning OF the anti slavery agitation
to the period of the last Democratic National
Convention. il has held but one language in re-
gard 10 it, Let the record speak
Resolved. That Congress has no power IN
der the constitution 10 interfere with or control
the domestic institutions OF the several States
and that such States the sole and proper
Judges OF everything appertaining TO their own
affairs not prohibited by the Constitution: that
all efforts of the abOlitionists others made 20
induce Congress to interfere with questions OF
slavery, or to take incipient steps in relation
thereto. calculated to lead 10 the most alarm
Ing and dangerous consequences, and that all
such efforts have inevitable tendency to di-
minish the happiness of the people and endanger
the stability and permanency of the Union, and
ought not &c be countenauced by any friend Of
our political institutions
Upon these principles alone, 80 far as relates
70 slavery. can the Union, as t was, be restored
and other Union except the unity Of iespot-
ism, can be maintained in this country and this
last We will resist. forefa,hers did. with
our lives our fortunes and our sacred honor.
Death OF n Respected Citizen.