Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1864-06-28

- kosCIusKo COUNTY DEMOCRATIC CoSyES-
rioN The Democracy OF Kosciusko assembled
In convention in Warsaw on the 18th of June
Says the Union THE meeting was one OF the
largest and most enthusiastic ever held in the
county The Court House was full aud many
could not be accommodated. There was perfect
harmony and unity OF feeling" The following
candidates were nominated by reclamation:
For Representative. NJ X Rzer Treasurer
d. L. Nichols; Commissioner. j @. Long; aud
Surveyor, Albert Scoles.
Tho Committee on Resolutions reported the
following which were unanimously adopted:
We, the Democrats and conservative citizens
of kosciusko county, ia convention assembled,
believing the Government ordained by Wash
ington. and administered by Jefferson and jack
sou perfect fortress for the protection of lite,
liberty. religion and property. aud believing it to
be endangered alike from the open efforts OF
rebels in arms and the insdous, but not less
dangerous, usurpations of power and encroach-
ments of personal liberty by the Executive DC
partment thereof. do declare
l. Our unalterable determination to maintain
and continue the Union OF the States bound To-.
gether they are by heroic deeds. the exalted
self-sacrihcng patriotism Of a common ances
try.
, That governments instituted among
men deriving their just powers from the consent
of the governed TO secure protection for ife lib
erty aud property. and to promote the pursuit of
happiness and we believe the departure by the
chief executive from these fundamental princi-
pies calculated TO subvert the liberties OF the peo
pie and as a precedent for the establishment of a
relentless despotism.
3 That we return our thanks TO the brave SOL
diers of Indiana, who have demonstrated by their
heroic valor, on the bloody fields OF this war.
their ability and readiness To maintain the honor
and dignity OF the State. and the supremacy OF
the Federal Government under the Constitution.
In the language of Jackson, the Constitu-
ton cannot be maintained nor the Union pre-.
served in opposition 70 public feeling, by the mere
exertion of the coercive powers. contided TO the
General Government The foundation must be
laid in the affections of the people. in the security
which il gives TO life. liberty and property in
every quarter of the country and in the frater
nal attachment which the citizens of the several
States bear to one another a members of one
political family mutually contributing 10 pro-
mote the happiness OF each other.
And that il is the duty of the administration,
of the people. of each citizen to work for the
gauiza,ion of such policy as will restore the an
cent good feeling and respect of the people OF
the several States for each other, rs the snresi
Wttur loF tue preservation VI tut Nhiou
5 That We allude with pride to the fact that
the government was administered from lIs9 10
1861, period of seventy-two years. under
Washington. Jefierson, and other Christian
statesmen. with an expense To the people of less
than One-third OF that entailed upon them by
four years of sectional rule under Abraham Lin
coin. minority President
g. That the expenditures of public moneys,
amounting stated in Congress. by Thaddeus
Stevens Republican member from PENNSYLVANIA,
to 81 900 900 per day. one thousand and ninety
millions year. one hundred and twenty FIVE
thousand dollars an hour, two thousand dollars a
minute, thirty five dollars at every tick of the
clock. l. an extravaganza and reckless regard for
the public interest never before known. and which
will impoverish aud burden the people for gener
ations to come and in view Of these facts and the
evidences on every hand of public plumber, in the
language of the seventh Resolution OF the Chi
cago Platform, The people justly view With
alarm the reckless extravaganza which pervades
every department Of the Federal Government,
that return to rigid economy aud accounta
blity is indispensable To- arrest the systematic
plumber 10 the public treasury by favored part
zans; while the recent startling Developments OF
fraud and corruption at the Federal Metropolis
and that an entire change of administration j. DE
manded
!. That the old. time-honored Democratic
doctrine, that the majority -hall rule was repu-
dated and uampled upon by the Republican
members OF the last Legislature Of Indiana Sc
cedipg in body. thereby tollowing the example
OF jefferson DAVIS their co associate in the work
of dissoIving the Union. and repudiated by Abra
ham Lincoln himself. minority President. in