Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1863-10-07
STATE ITEMS.

The Republican papers are praising Governor
MoRroy highly for his gigantic efforts" in pre-
venting draft in this State under the last order
of the President. by procuring the proper credi
for the troops Indiana had sent to the field. IL
the statement of the number of troops that 1ndi
ana has sent To the field IL correct, she ha. an
excess over all demands of .669 II Indiana
has done more than her duty. why did Governor
MORTON permit draft to be made last year.
aud which cost the people OF many localities
large sums in bounties To volunteers To escape an
indiscrminate draftl The Governor has lately
discovered that we in excess now Of all de-
mands of the President for troops and IL so. We
were at that time also If His Excellencv is TO
be adulated for his devotion to the interests Of
Indiana and for his great energy and ability.
because he has succeeded in preventing
draft now, he must certainly have
failed in his duty by allowing a draft to
be made when the Federal Govern
ment, upon his own showing. had no right to
demand of Indiana a conscription until the other
States of the Union had made up their quo as
under the call of the President. We are disposed
to give public servants even more than due credit
for their services to the State-and Governor
MoRrox is a most remarkable man, and bis eff
forts have been most gigantic. as the court organ
remarks-but one can't see the propriety of this
fulsome hattery of His Exceency for having
done now what he failed to do before, especially
when the people of Indiana from the beginning Of
the war have always done more than they were
asked or the Federal Government bad a right to
demand OF them
-THE CAMP FIRES BURNING-AN USExPEcT-
I'd OuTPouRISG or ruE PEoPLE-BLAcK RfPrB-
LicANIsM ~ ITS LAST Lies IN TITLE MARTIN
THE HnME oS GIN NATHAN kMBALL- HE
G,xrRAL's DrMocRArIo ASTEcEpENrs ALL \
,RooRBAcK &C &c - Loogootee. Martin county,
Indiana. October ). 1868 Friend Bingham:
The Democracy of this vicinity SATURDAY last
had a glorious meeting ut this place IL wis not
intended as general mss meeting. hut still the
people came. The number present exceeded
I three thousand. and the widest enthusiasm nre
vailed Able and spirited speeches we're m lde hy
/ Col Baker of Vincennes ). r Haml. E~q ot
7 "Old sullivan" the Hon. W f Nblack. and by
/ Can't Dobbins, of this county. The people of
! this county (tmOng whom General tthtn Kim
! ball has his home. aud whom The abolition prints
nublish 10 the world as a life long Democrat,
never in his life cast vote for Democrat ex-
cepting perhaps for some personal friend. who
may have been candidate for some minor county
\ office are thoroughly aroused to the mOmentous
issues of the day--liberty regulated by law, not
bv the will Of any President; constitutional free
/ dom; peace; n restored and preserved Union By
4 the ldes of November 81. if the conversions
that IRE now daily taking place continue there
won't be enough OF Lincontes, alias Ab
olitiorists. in this county 10 make mile
stones around it, Even now Lincoln
ia NJ fha
honest portion of the people, that the woolie'
havu't pluck enough 10 run an opposition tickle
for the various county olhcss 10 be filled At thu
coming election. They have been for the pas
SIX weeks rakinc. a. II were. With fine tooth
comb among our beauteous hills and Lowell,
:daies TO find enough War Democrats OF th'
shoidy stripe to take the helS in opposition {,
the regular nominees OF the Democratic party
They might as we'll undertake to find needle il
"A haystack as TO find one such in the county
constitutional War Democrats. with Us. are Al
thick as leaves IN autumn. but abolition W a
Democrats OF the Joe Wright and Jim Hushe
school of poliiics-such creatures dom have -
local habtstion anu a name IN this neck OF th
woods
home Of Gen. kimball
Yours. truly. JEFFERsoNIAr.
-wABssH County DsNocRATIc CONVENTION :
The Democracy OF Wabash county, met at th
Court house according to previous no ice, o
SATURDAY the third day of October. 1868. at on
o'clock 7 NJ and on notion A NJ Eariy wa
rhosen President and Jas (. Mcclure and Joh
smith. Secretaries of the convention; and. o
motion the chair appointed committee otthre
from each township to select candidates Tor cour
~ officers. as follows
9 Noble Jackson and y. ID. Myers.
D Walu-Jacob Forney
Ltste-Moses We Imam.
: Chesier-JoshuA Fairly
Liberty-A. J CriIslon
Pleasant-John Cruches.
!. On motion Of y. ID. Myers. q committee o
= resolutions 70 be composed Of one from eac
township appointed by the chair ~ follo~