North Branch democrat. [volume] (Tunkhannock, Pa.) 1854-1867, 1863-05-27
INDIANA DEMoCATIc coNVENTIoN
From q 900 toIOOO,0OO Men Present.
Determined Temper Of the Convention
Inte rference by the Military--The
Resolutions. -Feeling Engen-
dered I'm the West, ETC., ETC.,
From the New York World.

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people OF Indiana or not the future alone can
tell. Prophetical conjecture upon this point
| would partake too much of the Seward style
; and hence | write simply of what saw.
Various estimates are placed upon the mag
nitude of The crowd. Some say fifty, some
seventy.fvc, and some a hundred thousand
men were present. The Indianapolis Jour-
nal an intensely abolition sheet) admits 'it
was large meeting )" and having myself seen
all the large meetings in indianapolis for
the last five years, am prepared to say it
was, if not the largest, at least as large as
any ever assembled in that place. IT were
to attempt an estimation, could only do SO
by land measure.
Some queer sights were witnessed by oul
people on this day. They saw among other
things a practical illustration Of the manner
of military rule. Soldiers IN full uniform and
with loaded musk cts mixed through the
| crowd artillery was drawn up IN various
! parts of he city, while four companies Of the
! Seventy frs, regiment were stationed in the
Governors circle to be held in readiness for
any emergency mounted cavalrymen were
stationed at convenient distance around the
State House campus pnbllc streets were
closed by armed sentIies, and loaded cannon
were placed IN position to command the
speakers stand. And all this was done, we
are told by the JOurnuf "to protect the
meeting" To 'rotect them from what Z?
Let every man ponder well over the answer
his own mind suggests.
The loose soldiers (I mean those among
the crowd) did all in their power, aided by
the city rowdes, to create distur bance. Not
the tenth part of the people could hear from
one stand, and outside ones were erected but
speaking from these prevented by armed
men. | will let the Journal aforesaid tell
how it was done at one. 1t says: He was
interrupted by cries Of Come down = Come
down !' Come down, Butternut y Some of
the Butternu:s asked those who were vocif-
Grating why the speaker ought to come
down 2 Because he compares our govern
ment to jeff Dayi's;' was the answer The
excitement increased and the speaker stepped
Some soldiers in the crowd went for him. :
lie made no more attempts to speak further,
but quietly said he had no desire to raise
fuss. and stepped from the stand amid loud
applause and cheers for the Union. No more
speeches were made from that stand.;'
The crowd, feeling that in &C union there
is strength" pressed around the main stand,
be broken through by the men who attempt
ed it. Repeated attempts failed, and the
meeting was adjourned, so far as the Democ-
racy were concerned, in good order. The
Journals report Of the speaker who "quietly
said he had no desire to raise fuss" tells
the story as to all. No, Democrat courted dis
turbance but there was that quiet and sui
len look which showed a determination, l.,
when i, was once forced upon them, to make
their birthright to freedom.
The speeches were of most positive charac-
ter. Merrick and Ellen, of Illinois, and Voor-
hecs and Hendricks, of Indiana, were the
principal ones present. PendetoD, of Ohio,
was called home in the morning by telegraph
in the Vallandigham case. All the gdr poll
cy of the administration was unmerclfully
! criticised. and the ss ue fully made up be.
j.; tween the Democracy and the tyrants. One
OF the other must give Say.
Resolutions Adopted.
Whereas, 1t was declared by our father
that to secure certain unalieEeble rigAt'
among which are l" life, liberty, and the rpur
suit OF happiness" governments are insti .
tuted among men, deriving their just pow,
ers from the consent of the governed - and
Whereas, In obedience to tins principle il
the Constitution of the United States, " tc
establish justice and secure the blessings 0
liberty to ourselves and our pos terity," they
divided the powers Of the government into
three departments, legislative. executive, and
judicial, and declared that all legislative pow.
er therein granted should be vested in Con.
J gress ot the United States and
Whereas, Legislation is " "law-mak ing
men shall be governed and
Uhereas, The people Of Indiana in their
constitution reaff1rmed such division of gov.
! ernmental lower, and "to the end that jus
tice be established, public order maintained,
and liberty perpetuated," they declare tina
"all power is inherent in the people," and
4" the military shall be kept in strict subor
alton to the civil ppxer;" and
Whereas, The Constitution of the United
States provides that Congress shall make
no law +abrdging the freedom o.
speech, or of the press, OR the right of tn {
people peaceably to assemble and to petition
the government for redress of grievances =
and,
Whereas, in accordance with this declared
right and long established usage, we have
this day assembled respectively and esrnestl ly