Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1864-06-18

10 devotion 10 the Union We could cite col
umns Of evidence from their own mouths and
pens. that they have not been for the Union but
for its overthrow aud destruction. ani that this
has been their chieiest labor. II the language
which begir- the frst resolution OF the new plat
form defines tho duty Of American citizens. they
have thus far been sesf convicted vioators of that
duty nor will any honest man believe that there
IS any sincerity in their present professions as 10
what they term duty, or that they have any in
tenion Of doing such duty They never have
done il. and they never will
As to the Constitution aud laws of the land,
the Lineolnitcs have violated them from the com
meneement OF their rule In 1856 HrxRr " MD
BEEcHEE said:
'The people will decide which Is the better
vay. TO rise in arms aud throw of a government
worse than that of Old King George. or wait an
other four years and vote again The C0nsti-
tuition IS the fountain and father Of all our trou
bles." 'fThe only hope Of the slave j. over the
ruins Of the government, and Of the American
Church
wendell PHILLIrs also said:
The Constitution Of our father was a mis-
take Tear it in pieces and make better
Don't say the machine j. out of order-it j. in
order; it does what its trainers intended
Gen BANKS in 1856 said:
Il can conceive OF a time when the Consttu
ton shall not be in existence. when we shall
have an absolute. military. dictatoral govern
meut, transmitted from age to age, with men at
its head who are made rulers by military commits
sion. or who claim hereditary right TO govern
those over whom they placed"
In the same year THEoDoRE PARKER said:
There are two constitutions for Americans,
one writ on parchment and laid up at Washington.
the other also on parchment, but on the head of
drum. II is 10 this must appeal. and before
| long
In 1856 GARRISON said: The United States
Constitution is a covenant with death and league
with hell On the same occasion PHILLIrs
said: We confess that we intend to trample
under feet the Constitution of this country >
SEWARD said, in 1855, that negro slavery would
be peacefully overthrow, or by 4 subversion of
the Constitution when the SHAREHOLDERS would
perish in the struggle. HEEEY WARD BEEcHEE
saws: 1.-The Constitution is the cause OF every
division which this vexed question of negro
slavery has ever occasioned in this country Ii
has been the fountain aud father of all our troub
les by attempting to hold together as reeoaciled,
two opposing principles. which viii not harmon
ize nor agree The only hope OF the negro is
the American church The dissolution of the
Union lat he abolition of negro slavery
The confscation aud CONSUMPTION schemes OF
the Lincoln dynasty. together with it greenback
-hinpaster money system. and its suppression
of the freedom OF speech and the press. and its
arbitrary arrests aud violation OF the right of
asylum its suspension of the writ of habeas
corpus and Abandonment OF the Monroe doc
trine. are a few instances of the violation OF
the spirit of our Institutions. and OF trampliug
The Republican party is pledged together not
as Union men. bus animated by common
sentiment, that is, anything that will conduce
to their Gnaiical passion for power and pelf; and
aiming at q common object, which Is, con-
tinuance in position. with opportunity to draw tat
salaries Furnishing the Government aid to
put down rebellion is perfectly right and
patriotic but the history OF the Republi-
can party shows their main objects to be
a qualification OF their hate. and rapacious
spirit which has made putting down rebellion
a pretext, under the cover of which fraud and
corruption such as the world never before saw,
has been perpetrated and their Chief object to be
the perpetuation of their party power that they
! may continue 10 fatten on the mistortunes thew
have spread, and mean 10 continue spreading
throughout the land. Look at this resolution in
the light of tue history OF this abolition party for
the past three years OF LrScOLN's administration,
and its falsehood, hypocrisy, and wickedness,
and feeble attempt TO impose upon the people
will at once be apparent We shall from time to
time review each resolution of the Baltimore
platform. showing it to the people in its true
light, that they may be more thoroughly under
stand the nature and character of the men who
now ask to be continued in their career of plum
Ter and usurpation at the expense of the labor of
the land and the overthrow OF constitutional
liberty