The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1861-01-31
INDIANAPOLIS CORRESPONDENCE.
INDIANAPOLIS Jas. 2e. 1861

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At an early psriol in the session. Heifsen 81
= the House in;rp,.uo cd : ON, resolution nstruct-
ing the Door Keeper to erect oar national flag on
the Dome OF the Cap ,ol. After good deal OF
6elay-hecsuso of having to send 70 Cin@in-
natl to &c. the Eng inade.--last TUESDAY P.
VI. was set the time for the august ceremonies
Of its raising, and Inauguration. The afternoon
, magnificent, everybody, and the rest of man
kind were out to witness the display the military
OF the city, mounted battalion Light brigade, fierce
, zouaves ct cetera marched and couu:er-m marched
in review before the Governor. who seemed 10
, know about as much about their military maseu-
vers. as Japanese does of high dutch. At Civ
en- signal from his Accidental Exeeency the "deep
nouthed dogs of war bccned forth bands
struck up"rhe Star Spangled Banner and the
forty feet of bunting, with he glorious stars and
stripes, started in its upward course, but alas
when aba ut half mast, the pine stick to which it
was attached snapped ike pipe stem, and the
whole thing came down with crash on to the
roof. The music stopped. the cannons hus red
their throsis, and horror fell upon thousand up
turned faces. Il was indeed, an ugly omen but
to the thoughtful. it only ia keeping with 9TH
er Republican efforts to maintain our National
flag, which thus far have inv rably been Visited
with ruin upon the hand, and disgrace upon
the other.
As a last resort. the precious bunting was tied
around the pinnacle of the dome, and the Hon.
Henry S. Lane called upon to address the crowd
1 H..s rnl,,F
bat soon drizzled into partisan and nfarumatory
remarks lie was followed by Fix. Gov Ham
nlond, whose remarks. while free from every thing
sf q partisan Or offensive character, were digDi-
fed, manly, and 10 the point. But the speech OF
the occasion from Col. Hendricks Called
out Without any warning, be delivered in his
ssuai courtly, eloquent and impressive manner,
powerful speech u defence of the Union, ami the
eqHGI rights of the States; and appealed to the
people to bury all partisan feeling, ana pride Of
opinion, AID come forward. is tho spirit Of compro-
mise. and concession, to the rescue of on. uDha,
r. country.
Tue speech vas worthy of the msn--Col. Hendricks
through combination Of circumstances tina, new
er before entered into political canvass, was de-
leader Of ,se Inaian4 Democracy to Jay. Ills dis
ingushed abilities, MS wing integrity. his
derotiol 20 his country. his high sense OF honor
s:,d jIslee. and his genial nature make him as q
zen whose future in cur Republic, should i; be
presesTed-yh:ch may God grants but JUS
diNRing. The country canAo. we'll DO With, t
the services such man.
IL, -
e. and thseatensd. unisl he worked himself into
quite / war fever, viii. ri.ief. how~vor. none OF
els audience aympatbized, exeep, il were the zou.
ayes. whose well known ,nir=; f,r blood pro, er
ciai. I,c iutiIlated that tho executive vengeance
which means hemp--woud he visited upon any
who shoa:d even SO 80 "eacoarage trcason," ~
TO dare TO assert TIA: the Sou5I has grieveances
and wrongs be redres I'd. As couldn't dis
cover tia; any one va; fsightenei, supposed the
crowd gene7ally, bsliese the Governor was only
/ PeFpei.ating great j0ke-TAus ended the great
Tag raising-whiei, wasn't raised after al.
Icanl for0ear to Sil here, tha, since that ..ine
3 par. Of one ofthe poles. from which foa:ed the
names of Douglas and Johnson during the late
canvass, mas beer procured, anu that i. bears the
banner alof, as hrny ami stously, a would the
T5en 10 whose h0nog i sas once eraced now guide
the ship of State we're they 4. tie helm.
But little important legislation has been before
either Branch The past week; the mos. important
being tie Loan Bill, authorized by the special
message Of the Governor. which la. passed. the
House, and is undergoing discussion in the
Senate.
The bill provides Tor = loan of Seventy Five
thousand Dollsrs OF the Sinking Fund, 10 meet
the interest 81 the State debt and &c keep M the
caFrens expenses OF the government until the rev.
enue can bc collected. Tne bill IL generally %
posed by the Democrats, and trust il nav get De
defeated IA thc Senate. Thcy Oppose il. because
it is d'vsrting to general State purposes, fund
sacreily SGT apart for our Common Schools. al
ready Il isrge amount of that fund has becu Dor
ro"ed, anu no provision has ever been mais for
rc!undine The same. paving the interes,
thereon. ] here IS 40 good reason whv the State
when making loan from that fund, shol Id not
execute her bond, drawing proper interest, the
same private individual
! An amendment has been proposed in the Senat.
I By Mr.. Cobb, Democratic member. authorizinu
or
! the Bank OF course revolt against IL ans the lobby
influence Is very strong. II is to be hoped, how
ever, it VIII prevail. The Bank would not dare +,
refuse the loan should it be authorized BIZ law
IL would De unwilling; to incur any further the obi
uu OF the people. who aread regard it as nm Cd.
pfessive monopoly Q: no particulas advantage to
! the public.
Tne irien'is Of tina; n.ii'ution are now asking
further legislation, 10 enable them to extend their
b;aEchcs but, II could Understand the feeling Of
our Legislative body, they viii neither get that
nor any other favorable legislation. until they cou
sent to the repea of ta.,t odious feature i, their
Character exempting them from t&xaton
The select committee ofths House and the Sen
ate committec-eighteen in all-have just return
ed ION their visit OF investigation to the North
ern inc,ana State Prison. They have not made
out their roport yet, but understand it will be IA
yorable to the lOca,i on and will exculpate all con-