The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1856-07-15
ENTHUSIASTIC STATE OF FEELING IN INDIANA
GREAT DEMOCRATIC DEMONSTRATION AT tNDI-

ENTHUSIASTIC STATE OF FEELING IN INDIANA
GREAT DEMOCRATIC DEMONSTRATION AT tNDI-
ANNAPOLIS.
Our accounts from Indiana continue to be of the most
cheering character The democracy Of that gallant State
fully aware Of the numbers resources and utter reckless
of their opponents yet enthusiastically confident
of their ability to overwhelming triumph orer
the enemies of their principles whether they to be
sngly combined. Mass meetings are Of daily occur
throughout the State which afford the most sbsa.
al evidence Of the deep and apervading interest which
is taken by the democratic in the pending
test We indebted to the Democratic Platform for the
following graphic accont Of The great demonstration re-
Gently made by the democracy Of indianapolis;
"On Saturday evening the democracy assembled at the
courthouse at the firing Of the The crowd was
immense, and enthusiasm ran high A procession was
formed, which moved down Washington street 10 the
sound of music and turned into the Governors Circle
where torches and ransparences dealt out them
Only eight hundred and forty torches and
we're prepared When these all handed the
mainder Of the procession three hundred partially
supplied themselves from pile of two hundred hickory
lamppo The scramble for lights was great but very
many disappointed, and fell In without any The
procession now moved Market street to
northward Pennsylvania to Ohio, up Ohio To East
southwark East to Washington and down Washington
to the Stachousc Square Hundreds fell in at various
points on the march The procession at least half
mle long, anu MUCH CROWDED. Inc s0cWalks from
end Of the city to the other crowded Deafening
and incessant shouting kept up all along the line
bonres lighted the Streets rockets shot athwar the sky
in every direction and the atmosphere impregnaed
with the smell Of gunpowdsr from the explosion Of nnu
merable recrackers by the small boys. The
too splendid for description. It's like was never in
Indianapolis The procession, distributed according to
blackepublican tactics could have been made two miles
long.
"Wben the immense crowd had gathered around the
stand, the shouts that went up for Buchanan and the
Union were absolutely stunning they caused ringing In
he like that produced by the report OF artillery
When the of the procession bad arrived Willard
called for by thousands as il with voice Mr..
Willard having just arrived in the city, much fatgued
Hon. VIM. J. Brown relieved him for few minutes, and
addressed the audience in the happest Mr. viii
lard being again called forward and hailed with
tremendous applause He made powerful and convincing
speech at humorous aud ddactc The audience
ring his discourse alternated between the widest bursts
Of applause aud the most intense hreahless silence He
followed by Gov Wright who made the best short
speech heard from his lips lie brought the truth
home to every man, and swayed the hearts and minds Of
bis hearers with Its iron power He touched he always
does the electric chord which communicates with the
versal sympathes Of humanity