Indiana State sentinel. (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1864-01-18


On which principles our party has 50 long and
with such unexampled success. administered the
Federal and State Governments
pLArFoRM OF FuSDAMESTALr PRIScIPI rs. ARRASG-
I'D THOMAS JEFFERSON, THIRp PREsIpEsr OF
THE UNITED srArEs-7 e.4 .,.nl sssf0
Equal ami exact Justice ali men, Of whichever state
persuasion religious political; 49,. lf-.,,,
tons. entanEiing Alliance with sone;
The support Of the State Governments IN al Their
rights the most competent Tor our 40
nestle and the surest buars against ati-re
The preservation Of the general government in its
whole constitutional vgor. the sheet anchor Of our
peace at home and safety abroad; q;
Ajeaous care of the right of election by the peoples
mild and safe corrective of abuses which are Topped
by the sword Of revolution where peaceful remedies
Absolute acQuiescence in the win of the majority the
vital principle Of republics from which there Is appeal
but 70 force the vital principle and immediate parent on
| despotiSn !: - ~ s1lil.st .nirt pest. i9'i
and for the first moments # war, ill regulars may re-
i leve them. ="
The supremacy Of the civil over the military author
Economy in the public expenses, that labor may be
| lightly burdened; - -. - = f.r- y
walton Of the public faitbs = a9seia i'sf ~ q
of agricuiture and Of commences asits
Il handmade t-.,.,,.s ..ss -. s ,,s a.-t
The diffusion Of information and arragnment Of all
abuses at the bar Of public reason;
/ Freedom Of religion; s.l4ls 10 ish b1r.I
And freedom ofpersOn under the protection Of the ha-
beas corpus
And trial ~ juries inpartaIly selected Ed s'st.
i WHEREAS. Genuine patriotism demands in this
the hour of our countrys trial. that every free
man should ignore all policy which looks to the
interest of party rather than TO the salvation of
the Republic, and whereas the several pledges of
the President and his party in Congress embodied
III the CriiteEden resolution of Congress Of July,
1861. THAT this war is not waged on our part in
, any spirit of oppression, or fer any purpose oil
! conquest subjugaton, or for the purpose oil
! oyerthrowing or interfering with the rights OF
established Institutions Of the States, but to de-
fend aud maintain the supremacy of the Consti-
tuition, and to preserve the Union With all the
dignity equality and rights of the several State:
unimpaired, aud that soon these objects are
accomplished, the war ought to cease, have beer
want0nly and reacherously violated, by an entire
D change of the character and object OF the war
into crusade against the established local insti
tutions of the States and the humiliation and
duction to the condition of conquered provinces
Of distinct, separate and equal sovereignties ans
the suhjugation of the people of each State to th
s will OF centralized military despotism: and ore
J, termittng any expression upon the question
n whether before God a free people would not hav
been just6able ia resisting by every power pos
It sessed by them the unparalleled acts of tyrann
and constitutional violations of the Administers
o ton; We submit our views concerning question
" upon which fortnituus circumstances have mad
J, il necessary for us to be explicit and which W
d publish