Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1864-09-22
Address Of the National DEM
ocratic Resident Committee.
TO THE CONSERVATIVES OF
THE UNITED STATES.


perativc
Those rash fsnaticsl patte. which. with equal
reckiessness OF Consequence. have long been
engaged on opposite sides OF lie slavery agita
ton. and no ia their infancy excited such well
grounded apprehension in the minds OF the %
triotic statesmen o. the past generation, have az
length attained power in their respective sections,
and have Tor the last three years been engaged
in the destruction Of the glorious heritage trans
mi;ted 20 Us by our fathers In view OF the yer
hcatiOn OF the warnings and predictions OF the
CooA and wise men who have preceded u, and
OF the Unprecedented and appalling calamties
with which those fanatics have already over
uhelmed the country, II would appear 70 be no
difficult matter 10 dispossess them OF the political
power which they have respectively 20 fearfnlly
abused
But, unfortunately. such i-not the case. The
vast political patronage which is exercised by the
dominant powers in their respective sections. the
control Of the finances and of armies and navies.
on a scale hitherto unparalleled, together with
the wide spread organizations which affiliate with
them respectyely-all combine TO produce an
influence difficult 20 be overcome on either
side
1t il not 100 much TO claim that the abolition
organizations which include so many OF our
churches-the $50 called LOYAL Leagues and
other kindred associations, have been and still
are The most formidable political suXiliaries Of
| the Federal Administration and only with that
Administration and its auxiliaries shall we have
| u contend in the approaching election. OF the
mysterious and almost incOnceivable influence ex
erted by such associations 10 revolutionary periods
all history bears witness To the effect of these
leagues" organized Immediately after the cleo
| tioDs in 1862 more than 10 any other cause, are
the subsequent reverses experienced by the Dem
ocratic party 10 be attributed
81. a. 81 Ia
| alone be employed successfully in the promulga
| ton ofnovel and heretical opinions. then indeed
might the conservatives of the United States
| well despair Of saving from final wreck those in
| stitutions and that course of policy which con
fessedly represent the highest social and politi
cal progress ever attained by the race.
| But such is not the Association is only
a means OF combining efforts and resources, and
| of securing the frequent contact of minds imbued
with similar convictions, and aiming at like pur
| poses. and as available to the advocates of
| one class of opinions as of another The rep
resent an active force, wich, in the moral world.
/ is Just as superior 10 inert ponderosty in
/ the domains of physics. 1t can be quite eff
/ fectivey exerted maintain as to overthrow
| In fac, t requires less effort sustain
| tive OF established opinions. which have been
| successfully tested, and have won the respect
/ and affection of the community, than to disturb
them. Ii therefore follows that association may
be more advantageousy employed in the de-
Tense of existing opinions than in the prOmulga-
| ton OF new ones.
We have an illustration of this proposition in
the truly mot counterfei,) LOYAL associations
formed in Great Britain in 1893, to resist the pro
gress OF revolutionary ideas disseminated in that
| country by the Jacobn clubs, under preteuces "a
philanthrODic and as patriotic as those now put
forth by their successors of the present day. The
historian of the lite OF Pitt informs us that
ION the 18th day of November Mr. Reeve
| barrster VINO had gone out TO Newfoundland
some months before IN the capacity of Chief JUS
tce to that settlement, returned to London. Hav
| ing. during his absence, had little intercourse
| with Europe, he was surprised beyond measure to
find, ON his arrival in the capital, that a great
change had taken place in the state of the public
mind The rapid progress of French principles.
and the consequent dismay which il excited
among the ell-disposed part Of the community,
| we're indeed well calculated to create both alarm
and indignation in man who loved his country.
and Who veuersted Der Constitution as the fertile
source of every civil and social blessing. He
was sstonished 70 learn thar the populace had be-
trayed strong symptoms OF turbulent and in
tractable spirit aud that men of sense and dis
cernment had deemed II necessary 10 provide
themselves with arms. under the impression that
they should soon be called uDon 60 use them in
their oan defense
The very day after his arrival Mr.. Reeve.
had a consultation with small party of his lega
friends one 81 them respectable Judge, now nc
more, another who actually enjoys a seat on the
Bench. and third az present in high official
situation. At this meeting it was determined
that the most proper antdOte to be opposed to the
prevailing poison OF the day, Was that which
counter associations, composed of loyal and
well affected men, would supply; and Mr. Reeve:
undertook 10 create them in a short time. HG
accordingly drew advertisement, which operat
ing Ike an electric shock, produced the desired
| effect The public spirit manifested itself with
the rapidity of lightning, crowds instantly flock
ed 20 the appointed place of the meeting, and i
: became evident that nothing more than a rally
ing point. which the well directed zeal of an in
dividusl had now supplied. had been wanting, T,
which the real friends OF the country might re
pair in order 70 combine their efforts for the re
sstance of that rising spirit of disaftection which
had already assumed such alarming aspect
Such the eagerness of individuals for pub
lie declaration OF their sentiments, and such tht
zeal and activity which marked the conduct Of The
worthy father OF the loyal associations, that no
more than ten days elapsed between the concep
ton and the final execution OF this most season
able and we'll dgested plan. committee, con
sistDg OF nineteen independent gentlemen. o
different descriptions formed appropriate
resolutions were communicated to the public an,
in very short time the spirit OF loyalty sprea,
through the country. and gave birth 10 >imila
meetings in every part of the kingdom
I'm OF the first ct these well written pa
pers. which the able pen of Nj. Reeves supplied
the end and object of these associations wa
clearly defined and allowed: the dscouragemen
and suppression of Seditious publications, an,
the supply of cheap books aud papers tor tn
purpose 81 undecelving those poor people wh'
{ had been misled BY the infusion OF opinions dan
e gerous to their welfare and that of the State
F. the members also agreed 10 hold themselves il
readiness 10 suppress tumults riots, If neces
sary. Wicked men, by means of clubs and asso
cistions, had been spreading among the simpl
aud ignorant, sedtiOus opinions, destructive o
good government and tho happiness of all. Goo,
, men associated to cOunteract their evil designs
20 support government and TO continue 10 al
their present happiness Such was the avOwe'
object OF these associations which. IN a few DAYS
! changed the whole face OF the country. Th
l voice of disaffectiOn lately so loud was now :;
fenced or al least reduced 70 the necessity of ut
tering IL mGrmurs III private. Confidence suc
ceeded 10 doubt. apprehension and dismay. an,
l the hands OK the Government we're strengthens
E BY the almost unanimous offer of adequate sup
port in the arduous struggle Ia which il was cas-
2 g. iorsee they would be involved. Well Nigh
/, be observed. few months after the estah
y lshment OF the first loyal associations, that
= ~a> tue genera. opinion that the declaration O
sentiment which resulted from the forming OF a.