Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1864-06-18
rs~ esr-s RESOLUTION OF the Haitt-
more Convention.

The Detroit Free Press makes the following
comment upon the first resolution OF the baii'-
more Convention. which we not only cordially
indorse. but regard worthy Of Reproduction. IL
says:
The 6rst OF the resolutions composing the bal
timore platform. passed BY the dependents OF Dir.
LrxcoLs, aided by the counsels OF a sprinkling OF
contrabands, aad which i professedly expressive
Of the aims. objects and aspirations OF the gov
ernment leeches. whose primary and real object
is to keep within piIsering distance Of the public
crib, reads follows:
"Resoirsd. That II is the highest duty OF every
American citizen TO maintain. against all Their
enemies, the integrity of the Union and the per,
manent authority Of the Constitution and laws OF
the United States and that. laying aside ali dit
ferences and political opinions, we pledge our
selves, as Union men, animated by common
sentiment. and aiming at a common object, 70 90
everything In our power 20 aid the government
in quelling. By force Of arms, the rebellion now
raging against it, authority. and in bringing 10
the punishment due TO their crime. the rebels ana
traitors arrayed against 1t.
That it is the duty OF every American citizen
to maintain. against all their enemies the integ-
rify Of the Union, and the permanent authority
of the Constitution and laws Of the United States
is what every honest aud patriotic either" OF the
United States believes and has always believed.
1t is precisely what the Democratic party has al
ways contended for. and particularly since the
Inauguration of ABRAHAM LINCOLN, and, though
embodied in the above resolution, il is in direct
opposition to the whole course of the abolition
party since their accession to power The cant
ing hypocrisy with which they now proclaim the
duty Of every American citizen. is IN exact
keeping with their character The abolitionisis
have been persistent enemies OF the Union
aud ha,ers of the Constitution and laws of the
land. as We will proceed to show. AS far back
as 1874, an abolition meeting in New lork unan
imously passed the following resolutions:
Resolped, That secession from the United
States government is the duty OF every aboi
zionist.
Resolued, That the only exodus of the slave
to freedom unless it be one of blood, must bt
over the remains of the present American church
and the grave of the present Union
Said WENDELL PHILLIPS:
"Our claim is disunion. breaking up OF the
States have shown you that our work cannot
be done under institutions (laws.) The Re
publican party is the first sectional party ever or
ganized in this country. Ii does not know It
own face, and calls itself national. but il j:
sectional. IL is a party of the North pledged
against the SOUTH
The oft-quoted sentiment of GARRISON is e1-
pressed as follows, in his own words:
1.-The Union is a lie, The American Union j.
an imposturel am for its overthrow Up with
the flag of disunion.'
The Rev. DIR. BELLows. III 1850. said:
1.-The dissolution of the Union is not primarily
question of conscience, but of policy. We
made the Union. and we have right to unmakt
il il we choose
In 1850 Sir. SEWARD tells the South.
.sIf they will not emancipate their slaves
they shall have disunion. civil war, and einanci
patton; then the shareholders viii perish in tho
struggle"
And again. in 1856. Mr.. SEWARD speaks o.
civil war as the result of sectional agitation
such as bis party inauguratcd. and says:
"Then the flee State and slave States Of To,
Atlantic, divided aud warning with each other
would disgust the free States OF the Pacific, and
they would have abundant and justification
for Withdrawing from Union. productive no
longer of peace, safety and liberty 10 them
selves"
One Of our Foreign Ministers, Mr. J. 5. PIKE,
said
II have no doubt the free and slave States
ought to separate. The Union is no, worth sup
posting in connection with the South
At Hartford, Feb. aIst. 1863, WENDELL Pau
LIPS said:
IL have abored for twenty years to break up
the Union. and glory in the fact"
lin 1850, Senator Hale presented two petit
tons praying that some plan might be devised
for the dissolution OF the American Union.
This petition received three votes-J. p. Hale,
W. II. Seward. s. p. Chase.
And also. in 1856, he said:
There is a merit in the Republican party. Ii
is the first sectional party ever organized IN this
country. Ii is the North arrayed against the
South The first crack in the iceberg is visible.
You will vet hear it 60 with crash through the
centre.
In the same year GARRIsoS said:
1.-The Fremont party is moulding public senti-
ment in the right direction sor the specific work
the abolitonists are striving to accomplish: the
dissolution of the Union and the abolition of sla-
very throughout the lond
vice-Presideut HAxLlx saws there are those
who would like the Union as il was but they
can never have IT,
Senator LANE of Kansas SAYS: The Union
as it was is played out, and THADpEus STEVENS
calculates The Union az il and the Constr
ton as il i,-God forbid IT,"
Senator BINGHAM, of Ohio. said in Connecticut
last March:
who in the name 81 God wants the cotton
States or any other State this side OF perditon
70 remain ia the Union il slavery Is 10 coutinueg
ZACH. CHANDLER, who gave 81 fine an exhibit
ton of has pedestrianism at Bull Run 10 excite
the jealousy of the Indiana Banker said at the
Peace Congress:
Some folks profess to feel horror over
bloOdshed. Without a little blood letting this
Union will not in NV opinion. be worth rush -
Mr. CoxwAx, OF Kansas. said ~ 1882:
81 conceive. therefore. the true object OF this
war il 10 revolufiouze the National Govern
meut
In 1851 Brig ten PHrLrs, OF Vermont. pro
claimed that.
ANY obstruction to abolitioni-m must nevi-
tably he attended With discord and war We
cannot have both slavery and the Constitution.
We ought 10 revoIufiouize slavery out of ex
istence
In lsSe. fHEopoGE PNRSis said:
III Buchanan is elected don believe the
Union holds out three ye.rs. | shall "a for Dis
solution"