Indiana American. [volume] (Brookville, Ind.) 1865-1872, 1868-01-31
Tho indianapolis Resolutions.

no indianapolis hesolutlons.
FROM the Chicago Tribune.
It's m III bird That fouls ils own nest
aud foolish country that attacks ia own
credit. Lot IL be once understood thai
the United States has ropudinied Ils debts
or any part Of them, aud the Pacific States
or the Southern States, or any other por.
ton Of The Union may seoede tomorrow
and there will DO no way to prevent IT,
Nobody will lend tho Government dollar
TO put down another rebellion Nobody
ought to. Such Government l. not
worth preserving, Who would volunteer
to defend flag with that self-imposed
blot upon IN Ia what corner OF the earth
would any American willingly disclose hlt
natiyity2 Far better to travel wHh O
ticket of leave IN ones pocket, than with
a United States passport, alIer repudla-
ton. "Giye me a country said Judge
Douglas in his last speech, 'givc mo O
country, where my children can live in
peace, and we can settle our political diff
lerences in due season." Give MS coun,
try thu { we can work in and labor for, and
we can puy all our honest debts cheerful
ly, gladly What does the country con.
sist of? 1t is not so much land, so many
square miles Of territory, with so many
people ON it. The land will remain after
the country is dismembered and destroy
ed. The country will remain after all tho
people now living are buried in its bosom
The country does not consist of these. II
exists in the great, vital, permeating truths
of its institutions. liberty, justice and ma.
tional honor. Ii is Of these things that
American citizens are proud, a7d for these
that they shed their blood Mad endure
taxation What a lame and impotent
conclusion it will be if we have 'fougsi
four years, and sacrificed half million oi
our sons, to cement Union between
Shareholders and repudiators.
We should come short of our duty as
public journalists if we should fail to ad-
wise the Republicans of indianapolis, and
all whom it may concern, that it is not In
the line of political wisdom TO endorse a
lie. Every man in Indiana, every man
in the United States, who wants to vote
for reputation next fall, will vote the
Copperhead ticket. General Butler will
be no exception. Hence any attempt to
keep even with the Copperhead party on
that platform will be dismal failure. The
Democratic party will always be length
ahead Of any other party in the disgrace
fu race, and will catch all the votes that
belong to that side. The national debt
was incurred in putting down a Demo-
cratic rebellion. All the traditions Of the
party are opposed to the debt. The gun
powder and ball which were bought with
it were employed in blowing Democrats to
kingdom come. Do not the repudiators
OF the country, big and little, know thisi
Will they waste their strength by dividing
their votes with the Republicans of In
dianapolis or the Republicans Of anywhere
else? They are not so green.
The Almighty never ordained that dis.
honesty should prosper in the long run.
There is no way that country can attack
its own credit without giving itself NOR
tai stab. Already under the influence OF
the Copperhead conventions in Ohio and
Indiana gold has mounted up to 13S. Al.
ready has the price of everything man
buys been raised upon him; or if not ac-
tually raised it is merely because time
enough has not elapsed to start the gen.
eral tide. Already has the laborer been
cheated Of his wages, and the poor man
contributed portion Of his earnings to
the rich without value received. Immi-
grafton has been checked and emigration
accelerated by the speeches and letters OF
Butler, Stevens aud Pendleton. The
bonds held abroad are coming home, aud
American gold is going abroad to pay for
them. BY the time reputation becomes
accomplished, it will operate only on our
own people as it ought to. One portion
Of the community will rob another portion,
aud all will suffer The penalties Of violated
law together. We DO not believe that the
Union can maintain its existence ten
years after such crime and blunder shall
have been committed, for it will cease to
be worth the while of any honest man to
defend il either in the field or the forum.
Like Babylon the Great in st. Johns
vision, il will be fallen, and become the
hold of every foul spirit and the cage Of
every unclean and hateful bird.
Let every man and every political con-
vention bear in mind there is no such
thing as partial reputation. The tail
goes with the hide. Every argument that
can be advanced for reputation in part
can be advanced more strongly for rcpu-
diation in whole. And every vote which
can be rated in for the Butler plan will
go to swell the aggregate for Pendeton.
Let those who want to cheat all go in the
same drove aud welcome. The party
which drives the capital, the intelligence
and the integrity of the country to take
sides unanimously asains!ii, will not elect
the next President