Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1862-07-14
A GREAT WAR MEETING.
AN OUTP0URING OF OUR CITIZENS.
Speeches Of Gen. DumOnf. Cor.
Norton. aud Others.
VOLUNTEERS AND SUBSCRIPTION 5
CONSUMPTION THREATENED.

CONSUMPTION THREATENED.
On Saturday nj yht last, pursuant 10 call, cti-
zens Of indianapolis n0merously visited Masonic
Hall TO consult together with reference TO public
affairs, and 70 hear eminent and distinguished
gentlemen with regard to matters Of the grayest
import.
SPEECH or GOV NORTON
James Blake. Esq. having nominated Cover
nor Morton as Chairman of the meeting his tx
cellency. received with great applause came for
ward and remarked that he was happy to say that
the responses from all parts of the State during
the past week had been satisfactory. lie would
be able during the next three days-in fact he
might do o-nieift-io telegraph to the Secre-
tary Of War that lDdana's quota was full. My
friends. il we fail now. all is lost. IL We are
victorious now, all j. gained. Nor is there any
thing in the events of the thus far to dis
courage Us. When Lincoln inaugurated. the
rebels had over 100 600 men I'm arms, while
Government had less than u 90 The Govern
ment WAS plundercd Of it, arms For more than
two years this wholesale robbery had been going
IL the result of plans which had been
deliberately executed by traitors in power Since
the rebellion began. had organized an army of
over 700 .0u0 men. The President, il was said in
some quarters. had procesde IN the inception
without law. government and all we hold
dear and sacred were To he saved and this might
be so. Take for instance. Indiana We had no
law at thu time for orglnizing regiments. The
first nine regiments sent into the field from lndi-
ana were organized without authority of law.
He (the Governor) Was compelled To assume
thority not delegated to him only from the hearts
OF the people. We went on aud raisell our men
and put them actively in the field. We da NIL
this OF ourselves. We. the people OF Indiana,
did IT,
The battle Of Bull Run had taught Us a lesson
I'm that's Was hat hat q
u know with whom We had To deal. We have
gone since then and achieved victory after
victory. The Mississippi river had been redeemed
and all along its aestic course. from the Ohio
To the Balize the banner of the Union would he
triumphant Western troops had done this In
diana troops-the brave. and noble. and loyal
and Union loving men OF this glorious and patri-
otic State had aided in doing all this Kentucky
and Tennessee had appealed To Indiana and
promptly had their appeals been responded 10.
Kentucky was now calling on US again. Maraud
ing bands--guerrillas--in the soil of that
loyal State. Indiana not deaf to this her
second appeal! This very night she had sent to
Kentucky some GOO troops.
While we have been conquering. the forces of
the enemy were being concentrated. While our
troops were being diifused the rebels ralying
at single point. The Government dare not
abandon the territory which she has conquered.
We must. therefore. relieve our forces in the
on Richmond For this purpose the President
has made his present call IL we fail at Rich
mond all is lost. Ii we are defeated now before
Richmond all Is gone. Thank Godi in the
cent battles before the rebel capital. for one of
our own gallant soldiers three of the enemy had
laid down their lives.
Bv this desperate valor Of his troops. and by
his consummate generalship, Gen. Mcclellan had
achieved position which impregnable
When he had captured Richmond the rebellion
would be at an end. He appealed to the young
men, then. the able bodied. middle aged men, To
rally-raiIy this very night around the standard
of their country. He appealed to the rich-the
to come forward, contributing literally of their
means. This was the crisis in which their all was
at stake.
GIN. pUMoNr's SPEECH.
Gov. Morton having concluded, Gen Dumont
was introduced, who, having been received with
deafcnng cheers. spoke, in substance. as follows:
The proclamation of the President. the procla-
nation OF the Governor, for more men to crush
this infamous rebellion, together with what had
recently TRANSFERRED before Richmond. had assem-
bed the patriotic citizens OF indianapolis here
night. What was money. what was fame, what
was life worth when the liberties OF the country
were threatenedg 4. Jackson of his old
friends, had said that liberty and union one
and inseparable When the South gained their
W
TIE independence of despotism. The South. "a
Madam Polk had said to some gentlemen who
were talking to her about the crisis. had no indie
pendence tn acknow ledge. Neither the
North independent of the South.
The eloquent and graphic speaker here gave
an account OF his further experience with Union
and secession ladies', while rs he expressed IL. he
was High Constable at Nashville, Tennessee
which made his audience laugh somewhat.
he continued: Some argued that this was an
unjust war. To the Administration in
some respects, in this regard. was said in some
quarters to be Democratic doctrine. Lord God
how Democracy had degeEerated since the day-
Ut Andrew Jackson. Ii argued to him that the
men who talked in this way ought To volunteer
for the war-ought To he Impressed into the ser
vice.
The South pretended TO be able TO carry on
this war to an unlimited extent financially. They
issue Confederate scrip and make 1t penten
tiary offen>e if people don't take them. The,
base their payment on cotton. finally. and then
the, burn no the cotton. This is beautiful. re
liable. solid and substantial Confederate slave
ocracy'
The man who don't come up TO the rescre OF
the country now. was in bad row for stumPs as
regards the prospect of his ever nesting IN
Abraham's fosom-at least itlooked SD 10 a man
up tree
yalsndigham was too big fool to be borel
an aggressive Could any war tie not AZ
cressive either on one side or the othery 'Mli-
lions for defence. but MT cent for agsreS
sive war. what this gentleman. entirely too
talented TO have his hollow horn inier;ered with
by n pieay4ne simbet had said. We must not
be aggressive rebels and traitors Well, II
put him in mind OF What his old friend. Joe
Lsne-now. he sorry To say. the Other
side->aid ia Mexico, when somebody told him
the enemy charging ever: side: 50 / hen.
said Joe. well have 10 charge them In spite
oi what Nallani'gham saws, ~e. fellow citizens
must hepce'orth do the charging.
The speaker went on. abiding to the campaign
on tie Mississippi lie spoke. IN tins conneciioa
OF Col Graham y Fitch The appointment o
this officer turns out to he one ut 10 he made
turns ont 10 be 4 most excellent ore Fitch hat
iarmerly acted with Bright. Vall,ndisham \
Co. IL might be promised from tins remark TIA
he entertained malicious feelings towards TIT
Governor tor appointing Fitch He Vindicaie'
His ksceleucy upon the hypothesis of the OLD
B,rtisr preacher siz: that there were not =
MANI seat IL the devil ought to 90 fhcl
hal turned his back upon has old compeers
Bright and Valsndigh cham. and was IN arms 10
h~ country.
he. the speaker. had no prejudice against an.
bod, He had none against the South
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