Indiana State sentinel. (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1863-08-17
Meeting of the Citizens of Brown
CnnnrV.

rental to twice its present length; ''but sufficient
for the day is the evil thereof"
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Meeting of the Citizens of Brown
County.
Pursuant to a published call, the citizens OF
Brown county assembled together in mass meet
ing at the Court house, in Nashville, on the 9Th
inst, TO consult concerning the grievances which
have been inflicted on certain of her citizens, ard
the means OF redresSing them.
A. 5 Anderson was chosen to preside over
said meeting, and John Richards and II. NJ.
WhitcOmb TO act as Secretaries
A motion was made. and carried, that n com
mittee of two from each township be appointed
BY the chair to prepare an address. setting forth
the grievances which the citizens of the county
have suffered from the recent visit of the United
States sOldiery to her borders, whereuDon the
chair appointed the following gentlemen. to-wit:
James Mckinney, jr and John Wordsworth, of
Van Buren, township; w G Watson and Ella
kim Hamblen, OF Hamblen; james S. Hester and
james Jackson, of Washington: Asa Reeves and
James Arwine, of johnson; Benj. s. Brummet,
and james r Strobe. Eco. of jackson.
The above namel committee reported the fol
lowing address. which was unanimously adopted.
BY The persistent efforts OF evil disposed per
sons, in and out of Brown county during theta st
twelve months for the basest party purposes. the
public mind has been poisoned with stories OF
ostrages committed in the county, Partisan
newspapers. to crafty hatred of Il people whose
chief offeIte is unfaltering attachment 20 Demo
cratic principles, have teemed with these false
hoods. ls
Last spring. Governor Morton sent to the coun
ty, Judge Perkins. L. Barbour. Esq and Capt
Fasquhar. to inquire into these charges. These
gentlemen examined a number of witnesses, OF
both political parties, and left us with the i'm
preston That the result OF their labors would be
given the public. They inquired as to the har
boring of deserters, secret political organic ttinns,
plotting the overthrow of the Union. and comb
nations to resist law. aud 20 deprive the so called
Union citizens of their legal rights. Every
facility was given them to make the inquiry full,
fair and just. concerning whatever subject they
desired to investigate. Had the Investigation re
suited in impllcating Democratic citizens in trea-
sonable practices. does any one doubt its prompt
publication? Failing to i~mplicate the Democ-
racy in any violation of law, or to sustain the
charge of ''disloyalty," the partisan capital thus
sought to be made proved a mvthe, aud the re
cord sleeps. il is presumed. IN the archives of the
State. with the seal OF secrecy upon it, while the
lies il exposed fly swiftly on their mission of de-
famation.
If the further persecution of our people had
ceased at this point. we would have been content
to look to the great future for vindicatio1. But
malice had not vet attained its puri,ose, and IN
vention WAS once more put in rcquiSiuOn IN
coming baser ISLANDERS. In "a Bloomington pa.
per. il IS reported that one Epbraim Dell. a de
%serter. had 40U armed men under his command
in the county. defyius the authorities. Not one
tenth of the people in-tae county know the man
and none, that We are aware of, ever proposed
giving him assistance, and 10 one e, er rallied
under his command a .rss ssas
Again. i is charged in a Franklin paper, thai
RCol James s Hester had a large body of mer
assembled under arms. with whom he pur
tposed attacking Edihhurgh, > Indisna. sher
in truth, VI Is notorious here that Cnl Hester has
tconlnanded no body of men. Tor any purpose
whatever, for over two years pISt. nor has any
armed twdy of men except an officers posse reg
ularly summoned to enforce the law (inl that on
but one occasion within that timr) met together
ID the county. Again. IL is reported that Captain
Taggart had organized a body OF men 20 resisl
the law. No such man now lives in the county
Capt. Taggart is in the 22d Indiana resiment IL
Tennesse. commanding his company ia fighting
the rebels The Rev. Wm. Taggart il a m M o.
peace, and as such has always deported himself
Again, it WAS telegraphed from indianapolis t
the Cincinnati GazeLte thai Col James s Hesiel
thad a body Of 900 armed men to resist tie arreS
of d~eserters. when il is notorious here that he ha,
been making speeches from time to time through
out the .cnnnty since Dc ober last, advising
"saihob chSOut"biu6 ococtdOn VI piOtcOtup NC
~serters. 5caEr-ean Easy era-f
Ii is' further notorious here that every promi
nent Democrat of the county has, during th,
wear past, advocated submission to law, the sup
preston OF the rebellion and the restoration o
the. Union, and in so doing has met the appreba
ton Of theentire Democracy of the county.
e Iii further notorious here that the Democracl
of the county in mass convention assembled il
the early part oflast winter, unanimously resolved
that they would neither encourage desertion no
protect deserters. ? And. we believe. there ar,
fewer deSerters, who enlisted in the county, thar
from any county in the State. 10 proportion Il
the number sent into the service; ard all bn
eight or ten have long ago returned to fbei
different regiments. We know of no resist
lance having been ever offered to the arrest o
ldeserters withinsthe county, except from them
selves. We do know that Capt. Thompson will
three men, without "let or hindrance." uaverse'
the county. arrested andtook back 10 service owe
twenty. That officer and his men ncaniue'
themselves ms gentlemen in discharging their I'M
pleasant duty; and 10 day they Can DO more ts
arrest the few remaining deserters Than "A i,attal
ion of troops. without the annoyance incident u
such an infection.
Recently, two old and nnoccupied houses. com
wheat and 2 wagon, were burned p thenortheas
part of the county; and a mai famesf Forester
a Democrat, in the same lo% .alitv, was sl.ot at ans
wounded Ia The south part Of the county.
Democrat named Brown was murdered BY ON