Weekly Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1853-1861, 1855-08-30


pensed by the proud stand taken by the Indi
ana Democracy-a stand frnm which they can
never be driven. Their platforms is the COnsti
tuition.
AT the third stand addresses were made .,
lion. JHo. W. DAVIS, SAMUEL Il. BUsKtRk, Carr
SLATER OF johnson, LAFE DlyELiS and DAVIS
S. GooDiNG.
Not being abe o 90 an early y, ition una,
he stand, We heard bui the Closing reina, X al
| the Hon. ID ) tiu0DiHG
He said he had s,eu lac advocate, and v..l-. 81
| the temperance lax rdnlin-- around drunk blr
| railing iOr temperance. Thy had denounced
him as IA WHISKY ID. mocr.d; bJ, Doe WIS ace Used
falsely. lie was IA good temperance n.iu.
PRACTICAL 81 a.. liv most fads, r.t,l msr, ii,
had alwaJ> advocated IL, al would vote f,i
any law th3, was cons sicnt aud ,-aaSli uiioial
The ohlec ''i h. tusi'mis,s In lae .a-l ftii IA
vass WAS a. make political hnbiy al th~ sub
ieet They had succeeded and bcal ihe D,no
cratic party.
a few words ON the sub,cc. of slavery, and he
would give way for other speakers He was
opposed to slavery. He would lag his hand on
MS heart and affirm this. Ii slavery was pro-
posed TO be instituted IN Indiana. he would o.
pose itwith his life-bIood slavery belongs 10 the
South and therefore should Toe left to their lcgs-
lation. He thought Congress did wrong in leg
lsIatIng ON tins subject, every State should
make Its own laws. No man could drive him
into the advocacy of slavery-he was opposed
to it and always would be-
He was here at the 18Th Of july Conven
ton. 1t was about as half as large this. Ii
was composed mostly of clerks, merchants,
and railroad men. To-day he saw assembled
farmers and laboring mcn-the lone and sin
ew of the country. The Know Nothings
would doubtless sneer at us and say linen are
as well dressed as ours" (Ciies "We've heard
IT'D But the farmer and laborer were men
of the right stripe, and they viii wake up
thunder.
He said he was Wing once, but by faith
and repentance he was now a democrat, and
he hoped the fact that he once had been
Wing would never be thrown up to him. He
then reviewed some of the more odious prin
ciples of the late Wing party. Who now
urges, said he the repeal of the Sub Treasu-
ry act or the Democratic Tariff. The Wings
had opposed them until they were stamped |
with almost universal approval, and then they |
had to be mum.
They say we are abusing the preachers 4
1t is no such thing They cannot place their
finger on a single resolution of the Demo
cratic party, that could be so construed. lie
was friend to every true and honest
preacher, but some had overstepped their
duty. They have come down from the pull
pit to preach politics, and it would be spoken
- their shame.
Mr.. Goodng then complimented Hon. T.
A. Hendricks, and defended him from the
abusive attacks of the FuSionists. He said
they were determined not to be pleased with
anything Democratic, and had even made
Tom Hendricks the object of their abuse
But the Administration had endorsed him,
and called him up higher. lie is now the
Commissioner of the General Land Office,
and he was happy IN endorsing the appoint
ment.
Mr. Gooding made several attempts to
leave the stand but the assemblage would
not hear to it.
He paid an eloquent tribute to the men,
DRY of Henry Clay, aud eulogized his polit-
ical career, rs being always consistent II /
he were now ressursected from the dead,
what would be his terror If he inquired in
the North for his Wing party, the party
which he had ably sustained and supported
they would tell him it had joined the Know
Nothings and gone TO the dogs. If he in
quired in Wisconsin for it, they would tell
him it had Joined the Abolitionsts, and were
off with the niggers. If he inquired here
for it, they would point to some dark hole
where he wonld find the last remnant of his
once great party. (Applanse.)
a number of trains, both regular and extra
arrived after reporter left the depot, to attend
the meeting. and many incidents are omitted.
The Shelby Delegation carried numerous ban
ners, with pictorial illustrations, of which we
cannot even give our readers an idea.
After the meetings had broken up, various
delegations were marching through the
streets, with music, towards the depot. Most
of the vast crowd left the city before sunset
though large number renamed over to hear
the speeches at night, an account of which will
appear tomorrow. The number in attendance
during the day has been variously estimated.
Most all agree, however, that there were from
% 600 to 80. 900 people preseut-being undoabt-
edly the largest political assemblage ever con
veDe1 in Indiana