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Some fifteen active propagandists are now in jail 

 and proceedings will not be taken against them 

 until the whole organization has been carefully traced 

 to its remotest limits. Even in Chittagong a procla- 

 mation summoning the faithful to rise and escape 

 the infidel was posted up on the court doors ; but 

 the author of it was really an imbecile. Still this 

 shows how deep the feeling on the subject is in cer- 

 tain circles of Islam. On the other hand, a Moulvie 

 named Abbas AH has been denouncing the Waha- 

 bees, and warning the people against contributing 

 toward the crescentade. It is to be hoped that he 

 will continue his exhortations. As yet the ^ search 

 of the police has been confined to the districts of 

 Malda and Kajmahal, in which are the foci of the 

 conspiracy. 



INDIANA. The conventions of the two 

 political parties were held early in the year, 

 and took the lead among the States in setting 

 forth the principles on which they proposed to 

 act in the important campaign of 1868. The 

 Democratic delegates assembled on the 8th of 

 January, and nominated Thomas A. Hendricks 

 for Governor, Alfred P. Edgerton for Lieuten- 

 ant-Governor, and Eeuben 0. Kise for Secre- 

 tary of State. The following are the resolu- 

 tions which the convention adopted as the 

 platform of the party : 



Resolved, That language is not adequate to express 

 our abhorrence and condemnation of the Eadical re- 

 construction policy of Congress a policy condemned 

 by every consideration of justice and constitutional 

 obligation^ a policy fraught with the most alarming 

 apprehensions of evil to ten States of the Union, 

 and of destruction to the Union itself; a policy that 

 largely increases taxation; a policy that requires a 

 large standing army, which adds nearly one hundred 

 million dollars annually to the expenses of the Gov- 

 ernment, while it beggars the people ; a policy the 

 avowed object of which is to continue in power the 

 most venal and corrupt political party that ever dis- 

 honored any civilization ; a policy vindictively enacted 

 and mercilessly prosecuted with the unconstitutional 

 purpose of centralizing and perpetuating all political 

 powers of the Government in the dominant Eadical 

 party in Congress, and a policy which, if not early 

 arrested by the American people, will sooner or later 

 overwhelm our national Government in one common 

 and appalling ruin. We demand the unconditional 

 repeal of the act of Congress conferring exclusive 

 rights or privileges upon any class or classes of 

 citizens at the expense of other classes. 



3. That the national-bank system organized in the 

 interest of the bondholders ought to _be abolished, 

 and United States notes substituted in lieu of the 

 national-bank currency, thus saving to the people in 

 interest alone more than eighteen million dollars a 

 year ; and, until such system of banks be abolished, 

 we demand that the shares of such banks in Indiana 

 shall be subjected to the same taxation, State and 

 municipal, as other property of the State. 



4. That the bonds and other securities of the 

 United States and every description of property 

 should bear equal proportion of taxation for State, 

 county, and municipal purposes, and to that end the 

 bonds and other securities of the United States ought 

 to be taxed by Congress for national purposes in 

 amount substantially equal to the tax imposed on 

 property in the several States for local purposes. 



5. That we are in favor of the payment of the 

 Government bonds in Treasury notes, commonly 

 called greenbacks, except expressly made payable in 

 gold by law, at the earliest practicable point. 



6. That the unjust and iniquitous tariff laws now in 

 force ought to be repealed, and the tariff adopted 

 looking to revenue only. 



7. That the monstrous extravagance of the Eepub- 



lican leaders in the administration of government at 

 all times, and all places, has been profligate to an 

 extent unexampled in history ; and for the hundreds 

 of millions of dollars expended by them since the 

 termination of the war, they have nothing to show 

 save several States under a military despotism, op- 

 pressive laws, usurped power, and a mutilated Con- 

 stitution ; that the burden of taxation, too grievous 

 to^be borne, demands their removal from all places 

 of trust, and a thorough course of retrenchment and 

 reform. 



8. That we are opposed to conferring the right of 

 suffrage on negroes. We deny the right of the Gen- 

 eral Government to interfere with the question of 

 suffrage in any of the States of the Union. 



9. That it is the duty of the United States to pro- 

 tect all citizens, whether native-born or naturalized, 

 in every right at home and abroad, without regard to 

 the pretended claim of foreign nations to perpetual 

 allegiance. 



10. That the attempt to regulate the moral ideas 

 and aspects of the people by legislation is unwise and 

 despotic, and we are opposed to that class of legisla- 

 tion which seeks to prohibit the people from the en- 

 joyment of all proper appetites and amusements. 



11. That we shall ever hold in sacred recollection 

 the dead who freely sacrificed their lives for the de- 

 fence of our glorious Union, that the present and 

 future generations might enjoy the rich inheritance 

 of a form of government that secures an equality of 

 rights and pnvileges to all the citizens thereof; that 

 the nation owes to the surviving soldiers and sailors 

 of the Union the highest marks of praise and grati- 

 tude for the great sacrifices they made in the late 

 war, and to those disabled in the service of tho 

 Union, and the widows and orphan children of those 

 who fell in battle, or died of wourtds, or in the mili- 

 tary service of the Union, such personal aid as will 

 enable them to enjoy the substantial necessaries of 

 life. 



12. That we recognize in the restoration measures 

 of Andrew Johnson, President of the United States, 

 a policy which would have given peace, security, and 

 prosperity to the State, and dispelled the dark clouds 

 caused by the vindictive measures of a Eadical Con- 

 gress. The adoption of the President's policy would, 

 in our opinion, have saved the nation the expenditure 

 of untold millions of treasure, lessened the burden 

 of taxation, secured peace to the South, and prosperity 

 to the Union. 



13. That Major-General Hancock, by his order at 

 New Orleans, reinstating the civil law and dethron- 

 ing the military despotism, has manifested the high- 

 est respect for constitutional liberty, for which he 

 deserves the commendation of all friends of constitu- 

 tional government, and who revere the noble profes- 

 sion of arms. Like the great and good Washington, 

 this gallant soldier had learned to respect the civil 

 rights of all good citizens, and to declare that in time 

 of peace military tribunals should have no place in 

 our jurisprudence. Eternal honor to the soldier who 

 refused to rise above the laws ! 



14. That we congratulate the Democracy of pur 

 sister State of Ohio on the gallant political campaign 

 closed on the 8th day of October, 1867 a campaign 

 marked by the highest order of devotion, ability, and 

 effect, and that prominent and close in the association 

 in the minds of our fellow-citizens of Indiana stands 

 the name of the Hon. George H. Pendleton, identi- 

 fied with the vital measures upon which our party 

 enters the canvass for 1868, together with his ability 

 as a statesman and his high personal qualities. All 

 these entitle him to the commendation of the conven- 

 tion as a true and consistent Democrat, and one who 

 has our entire confidence and preference. 



The Republican Convention met at Indian- 

 apolis on the 20th of February. Its nominations 

 for the first three places on the State ticket 

 were: Conrad Baker, for Governor; William 



