Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1864-07-27


appointed, consisting of the following gentle
men:
". W TiliY. Of Dearborn DR. Clifford. of
Franklin; Dr.. John Moffat. Of Rush; W II
| Dodd. OF Ohio: + r. Ferris, Of Ripley; B W.
Wilson. Of Decatur.
/ By the Chairman thereof. the following reso-
lutions were reported and unanimously adopted:
Resolved by the Democracy Of the Fourth
/ Congressional District Of Indiana,
!. That any departure from the doctrine of the
Declaration of independence. that governments
derive their just powers from the consent of the
! governed, 10 dangerous TO civil liberty.
2 That the doctrine OF State rights as em
bodied IN the Virginia and Kentucky resolutions
Of 1889. il the doctrine Of the Democratic
! party.
,. That the fearful experience OF more than
three wears OF civil war, conducted on the part
of the United States BY an administration that
has violated the Constitution. and the plighted
faith OF Congress, and perverted the war from
the only purpose for which it could right
/ fully be accepted and sustained by the people.
has forced the conviction that other means than
war have become necessary to save the Union and
i Constitution. We are therefore IN favor OF a
speedy and honorable peace, and we will do our
part to place political power in the hands OF men
who, while yielding no rghtful, moral or ma
terial power Of the Federal Government in the
defense and protection of the Constitution, will
/ labor with patriotic singleness OF purpose Tor
I peace and reunion III the spirit OF the cOnciIia
+ ton in which the Union formed. and with IA
sacred regard for the constitutional rights Of all
/ States. sections and persons.
T. That il nything were still needed the
cent declaration of The President that be will
/ listen to no propositions for peace except upon
/ the condition precedent that negro slavery shall
I be abolished, furnishes conclusive evidence that
! the war j. being conducted by the party in power
/ for that unlawful purpose
5 That we realiirm the resolutions adopted by
| the State Convention; which assembled at lnd-
annapolis on the 18th day OF July, A D., 1864.
and pledge our cordial support to the nomna
tons then made.
q. That il is the duty of every Democrat. es
pecaly at time like this. when success is ne
cessary to our rights citizens. to support all
aud every regularly chosen candidate Of the
party
On motion the following gentlemen were ap
pointed by the counties, the District Central
/ Com mttee:
/ Cortez Ewing. of Decatur: X ID. Slater, of
Dearborn: II. Berry. Jr.. of Franklin: G.
Shook, OF Ripley; ID Lostetter. Jr.. OF Ohio;
Hamilton Miller. of Rush
The Convention proceeded to ballot for a can
didste tor Congress W. ;. Holman. of Dear
born; George Berry, of Franklin; and Joseph V
Bemusdafier of Decatur, were put in nomina-
ton.
/ The fifth ballot resulted as follows:
Dearborn, 81 for Holman; for Berry; Deca-
'ur. 33 for Berry; Rush, 2 for Holman; 80 for
/ Berry; Ripley 81 for Holman: franklin. 4S for
Berry; Ohio, 10 for Holman. Necessary to a
choice / 10 votes.
Dr. Berry having received lie votes was de-
clared duly nominated
On motion, the nomination was declared
unanimous
80. -.
a follows:
TIOS:
For the expression OF confidence i'm me- by nv
political friends, this day, | cannot feel other
than grateful and, in the event of my election,
YOU may rest assured that those who vote for me
will have no occasion To regret it,
To our opponents il is useless to say. for they
know, at my hands. they will receive that fair
ness they are entitled to- OF my political faith,
there is no misunderstanding it. My first vote
vas cast in support of Gen Jackson's admins
tration. and from that day hence with the Dem
oeratic party. la its successes | have rejoIced,
because they secured happiness and freedom to
to our people, and in Is defeats have sorrOwed,
because when the wicked have ruled the people
have mourned The bond of our Union. that is
now so unfortunately torn by faction. was form
ed by men who had been schooled in political
adversely. In that school they had learned much
that ia never taught by the bigot nor By com
mereia greed They wisely left to the States
and their citizens all the powers expressly del
egatel but fearing that certain necessary rights
TO the perpetuation of civil and religious liberty
might be claimed by bad men when in power,
they declared them to be especially the property
of the citizens aud enumerated of them; that
the military power should be subordinate to the
civil; that the right of trial by jury should be in
writ of right, and should not. for improper reas-
ons be suspended. and that the citizens. at all
times. should have the right to speak, write and
print in the advocacy of what they might think
to be the right and in condemnation of what
they believed to be the wrong
They believed that a good government could
only exist and be maintained by the consent OF
the governed: hence that all elections should be
free and equal TO the voters of the several
States that their results might be fair expires
zion OF the majority. ard that in all things he
least possible influence by executive and legisla
tive authority the better. In short that the
masses of the citizens we're honest and capable.
aud il undirected or unintmdated by power will
do justice TO all.
These principles were to be found in the con
stitution of every State that was party to the
formation Of the Union. Consequently among
its trainers there could not he anv great diyersi
ter wav to attain it was not SO readily agreed mp
on The matter was in the hands of men hou-
estly seeking their rights-not so pharisacial as
to believe all unreclaImable sinners who differed
with them-but for conscience sake labored one
with another that their work might result in the
greatest good To the greatest number. Without
any extraordinary messy religious profession,
they were practically the most Christian body OF
men that ever assembled or earth. Represent
ing different sections, they gave no false import
ance to that of theirs. nor spoke desplteiully
of the condition or institutions of Others No
| powerful North was traducins feeble South
/ No manufacturing East was seeking 10 impose
| upon an agricultural West. Ii faults they saw
| i'm Others like the better sons OF Noah they
/ turned their backs To them. and covered them
with the mantle of charity. They were white
men forming a government for the good OF
white men. They considered the nation as
political family and each of the States as sister
possessing the right form for themselves their
| own domestic institutions and To make their own
| laws subject only the Constitution OF the
United States, and that if dishOnOr should be all
any one of them il would be misfortune 10 all.
! None were imperiOus; all were compromising.
Immortal men they were, ii charity, justice
| honesty, truth and good sense are among the at
tributes Of immortality. Ii men of such noble
stamp as they thought il not insulting to their
sense of right, by compromise 10 form the Union
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