Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1863-03-02


! FeFnnient they must give way and the Gov.
ernment stand. II is for the nation 10 de.
Z Itefmlne the nature and character of its in!
=iEstitutions Ts75 al4 l755I J 80 -
In his conclusion, the Governor said he
tho9gbt the day not distant, when, the ma.
ilgnant star now riding the Heavens would
oe chased away by the benfgnank star al
peace. Never ground your arms till the Con
stitution and Government are vindicated.
He held to them as the palladium of our
liberties, and would cling to them as the
mariner clings TO the lastplank, when night
and tempest are around him. Ifthe Consti-
8 tuition lsdestroyed, and Government over
thrown, he did not want to survive them.
: and would ask no better tomb than Il
sleep in the tomb of the nation, s6rouded
IN It's stars and stripes. He appealed to
lndiantansa TO stand lbya their sous and
brothers in the army. Will you turn your
backs upon the brave lads who sleep in
4 Tennessee2 Let each one sleep, and feel
that he has fallen in a plori6us canse and
'i1t necessary, send you last drop of blood
and eHpend your last dollar to maintain
the cause in which he. fell When he
Ethought of the gallant men who rest by
the side of Andrew Jackson, rather than
! they should sleep in the limits of the Con
ItederaeYi he felt like turning, like Peter
the Hermit, and begging the people to
take up the march, as though going to re-.
deem the holy sepulchre from the hands of
the infdels. He appealed to the women of
Indiana to exert their potent influence in
behalf of the cause; to encourage those.
who have gone, aud. those .yetto go,to con-
tribute 10 the great work of maintaining
the Unions and after m eloqoeut appeal
! in behalf of the people Of East Tcnnessee.
he concluded his powerful and ELOQUENT
speech. ? sss fp ~ iaSfsi.' -
Thomas Buchanan Read recited the
Oath, and ,anotherpatriotic poem, aud was
followed by General Cary, In the ablest
\ speech he has made since the war com
menced. he hit the bntternuts straight
from the shoulder and square between the
eyes: 1ihaye not time, however, to give
synopsis Speeches were maue from the
otherstands by Generals Kimball and Has
call, Hon. Henry Secrist andtotherss; and.
Judging from the cheers; they weut home
TO the hearts of the people,. Ltwas late in
the afternoon before thesfollowtng resolu-
tions were read aud adopted, and the vast
concourse of people, forming the largest
mass meeting ever held in Indiauapolisa
dispersed:' 9fai sH a=ssi 7.hI
REsoLurIoNs. rl,s ~
W Wen the loyal people of the State of In
diana, in Mass Convention assembled. mt
the. Capitol Square, in the city OF Indian
apolis, on the 26th day of February, 96a.
do resolye-lsfits b 3s.sz. ir. -
lst. That our attachment to the Federal
Union isunabated, and that we lI8dhere
with nntiinching devotion to tho national
cause. That we believe the safety of the
country and the preservation of our liber-
ties depend upon the perpetuity of the
hnf Z
of compromise with rebels on any other ba-
sis than that Of. unqualified submission to
the laws and the national authorisy, ms
wholly inadmissible and fraught with the
most dangerous consequences to the coun
try.
I'd. That we desire that no effort which
inspires reasonable hope of success in re-
storing the Union as it was, under the Com
stitutiou, shall be omitted; aud, being sol
emnly impressed with the conviction that
arms alone are adequate tothe accomplish
ment of that end, will heartily support the
Government in vigorous prosecution of
tht war until the rebellion rs crushedss--,
Aud that we deprecateall trucking armis-
tices and juggling conventions with traitors
in arms as weak inventions of the enemy,
That cessation of bostilities for a single
day, would only serve to strengthen the
foe and weaken ourselves, and would be n A
base surrender of all the advantages we
have gained in the pending struggle; and
that such a proposition can not he enter
tanned by loyal men for one moment. 34sa
| Sd. That the highest interests of Indiana
demand Misrepresentation of:the Union, and
not only that the great Valley of tho Mis-
sissippi, from its source to its mouth, but
all the States of this Union, from the EAST.
ern border Of Maine to the Gulf, and from
the Atlantic to the Pacific, shallremain. i II.
der one Government and nnder one lhg.
and that the Government and the flag Of
our fathers.
4th. That the attitude Of the gallant
soldiers of Indiana in the various armies
of the Republic, in view of the disIoyal
propositions which have been introduced
tnte the Legislature of our State, challen-
ges our admiration and excites our graft
tude. The voices that come to US over
mountain aud river, and from many bloody
fields, in the ringing accents of patriotism,
eyince the high resolve of our .citizen-soI-
ldiery to sustain the Government of their
fathers and to restore the supremacy of
the flag of the Republic over every foot
of the soil embraced in the Federal IN
ion. .,..s,5.-.,3
9th. That we believe in every measure
which President Lincoln has adopted for
the maintenance of the Union and the res.
toratiOn of the national authority, he has
been .actuated by the highest patriotism
and the most loyal devotion to the interests
of the people, and we pledge ourselves to
a hearty supper: of the Admintstration in
all its measures for the suppression Of the
rebellion. .ss,t...,
6th.-That our distinguished Governor
Morton is entitled to the gratitude of the
people of Indiana, for his patriotic aud un IN
firing efforts in behalf of the cause of the
eountyy.i for his able. administration OF the
affairs Of the State, civil and military. !; aud
for his devotion to the comfort and welfare
OF the Indiana troops. That, to his energy,
torethought and patriotism, SO gloriously