The Indianapolis daily herald., 1865-11-03

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ruE r~Io~,Ir mUsT AND sHALh
BE PuEsERvED.
This vas The expression. IN feE wotas' D1
General Jsexsos. more than thirty years ago OF
ana Of the fundamental principles OF the Demo
cratic party. hsrssofors constantly ridicnied by |
In ovpssssss On secount Of is sarnesi deseticn |
20 the principle and its extreme care to avoid |
ANYTHING in violation Of H. Jackson was the
sdnirsareprsssstative OF tho Democracy The
occasion Of the utterAneeshy the old General, In
the above brief and energetic sentence, Of this
article Of the Democratic faith. was the attempt
on the part Of South oarolins 20. nullify a
,.ria lau Of 4ooasrsss sbssh operated. perhaps,
more opprss<vsly upon the agricultural South
sben. in favor Of the New England manufAe,uf-
ing capitalists. than the present tariff does upon
tho agricultural West in favor Of the same espi-
.alssts,. General JAcnox admitted the com
plains Of Tho South against the Law To be just.
buttold them they must submit. TO Il I'LL Il was
corrected and made conformable to justice. and
that he could use his endeayors to have their
wrongs rsdressed. De redeemed his promise.
Congress met month after, JACKSON urged that
body. Ia HE message. to change the tariff. and
relieve 10 Of its oppressive. unjust fsa-
lures. This vas done. soulh Carolina
repealed ber notification ordinances, and pesee
and harmony were restored without tbs she'd
ding Of blood. This was a Democratic mode Of
Saving The Union" The Nation then joJiully
hoped thxs happy future was before H. But
povwh grasplng, and stors no, ~ prac'icing
injustice. This seeing u@turaI 70 fallen. de-
PRAYED human nature This truth IL not only
told US BY the pulpit; IL is manifested ia every
DAY life.s Itb sometimes true that the landlord
oppressss- his tenant. the capitalist his Ia
bos9, The master Us servant. and that
the rich sutton in court brushes MS poor op-
ponent. because he has pOtee and TIC means Of
enforcing It upon the helplessness OF poverty
weakness aud dependence. The North had be-
come powerful relatively to the South, ami coult
carry whatever measures che pleased. ts uf
IL is true We had Constitution that dehneS
the rights Of all uader il; bat what Is contrae
bstueen Poweron one side and weakness on "a,
oshes. Z fsfnugea
Men In the \ orth said those provisions ia IT,
Constitution distasleinl 10 them we're inequita
bic and unjust. and that they could not conscieu
siously obey them. Suppose the Democrats ar
que the same way as 90 the Law exempiing ID,
property Of the rich from taxation. AMI throwing
IL of from them on TO the poor
Ths Constitution. being in fact the Govern
ment, was. in parts. disregardei BY men Of 'h,
North. and thus those men began the work o
breaking up the Government Against th,
course of these men the Democracy remonstrE.
ted; they said. let us follow the precedent o.
Jackson; let set in good faith. live upto IN,
Constitution ourselves, redress the wrongs upor
this complaining people; make fsis grange
ments, come 20 just understandings with them
that blood may not DO shed The reply Sas
you miserable Union savers" 10. matter
how much we kick the South, she can't b.
kicked into a war. These eounssls yrevaiied
war followed; and then the Democracy de
Glazed, In all their Cow cntions. that. nnfairl,
as the fanatics had acted in provoking the war. i
must be prosecuted to put the rebellion dowI
and hold the States terriiOrally in the UnlUu, IT.,
should be so prosecuted a. soones; to bring il {,
an end. with that result 50 tia, the work of re
storing political. social ani business Unior
might be early entered upon and accomplished
The rebellion has been put down. AID the
work OF restoring political. social and bushes:
Union entered upon, whether with ls littl,
bloodshed. as little debt as little los. OF com
nercial intercourse "a il chit have been, with
different policy will stop here TO inquire
And now that territorial unity has been estah
lshed, our attention is necessarily turned TO th,
establishing Of the second, and mo.t impertsn
element of a more perfect Union. thst of poll
teal. social and commercial intercourse. with
sure and lasting peace l. il not important that
this should be doncY We ask the manufacturer
city. whether they desire this? We ask the Gov.
eminent bOndholders Of this city whether they
desire thisl We ask the labosing men Of this
city. they upon whom the heaviest burden OF the
debt and taxes Is TO fall whether they desire that
peace shall reign. Government expenditure and
wsstefolness TO be diminished. that labor may
have some hope that its toll may begin to be
iightenedf
This result, by liberal restoration policy. We
understand President JoHxsoS i. seeking to
bring about. So long as be aiheres q sach a
policy We shall hentily support him in t.
Bot Il IS to be feared that the same fana;ieal
hatred Of the South that prevented the con.inu-
of the Union by just peaceful rneasures with
the South il about to thwart this policy which
~c suppose the President intends 70 recommend
70 the next Congress We fear that an attempt
is to be made 10 prevent the restoration of the
political Union, BY further intefmeiling of North
ern pO,rrr. in debating % the Southern States
what kind of internal State regulations they shall
make, and by excluding them from the political
Union. by DISTINGUISHING thea. as j, may by some
tie called, eli they shall make the negroes voters
IN their States. thing that Indiana, With bu. so
few negroes that not much danger from doing It
could happen 10 Der. refuses TO do N this State;
or t the Northern States. by their superior poscer
can change the Constitution OF the United States
to deprive the South OF most OF her repre-
sentaiives IN Congress. thus rendering her still
more at the mercy of the North. till shs will sub
nit TO make her negroes voters Is this rghlf
Do our fair minded people say they are willing TO
hazard future peace BY practising this imposition
upon States of this Union possessing the degree
Of sovereign nights which Mr. Sersre. in his late