Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1863-09-07
SPRfNGFIELp, III September 3.

SPRINGFIELD Ill September g.
| The grand Union mass meeting has come and
| gone, much TO The relief OF the managers Of the
Institution. IL bad we'll nigh proved a failure
! Up TO noon the aLolitoh leaders we're in despair
| nt the results Of their unparalleled efforts to
secure a crowd, and had unanimously arrived Al
| the conclusion hat the thing was pitiabe fash
| IN the pan Some considerable delegations, how
ever. arrived bv railroad putting a somewhat
I etter lace upon the affair. and. after mature de
!lberation il was resOlv Ell to make the hest the,
e0uld of the matter. aad herald IL Ia the world as
| a trumI hunt success. Those Who we're not
! here would know 10 better, and if Democratic
| journals should assert that the crowd was not
what had been expecte,i-was in short, a slim
| latheIng-it would be- set down n contempt
| be copDerhead lie, and 30 passed quietly Off
| this is the course agreed upon and shall not
Re surprised to hear the abolition journals and
| letter writers claiming an attendance OF 50 900
or IS 600 The feat would not be a difficult on e
| fur persons of their vigorous Imagination and
hereditary contempt for truth II they are salts
fed with the dis lay OF women aud children. with
| > small sprinkliDg OF voters, the Democracy Ger
fiinly are
The monster" procession from town 10 the
air grounds Numbered bv actual count $40 We
lcles Of all descriptions-no more, though some
s'ragelers came in alone This does not include
the city hacks and omnibuses which conveyed
the railroad delegations.
Crowded into the amphitheater Of the fair
grounds. the crowd made n respectable enough
s9pe,rnnce but there WAS woeiul scarcity OF
voters for many reople. Out of the six or
seven thousand assembled. not more than one
e. ri have voice in the direction of national af
fairs at the ballot box
The conduct OF MANY Of the Leaguers Was ex
tremey disoidery and discreditable Several
fight took place; aud numbers of persons we're
rtbhed OF the ,sluables on their persons Sa
looIs and stores were invaded and after getting
what they wanted the ruff ans would kick up
row and rush oil without paving. Their actions
were in striking and disgracelul contrast with the
orderly and quiet conduct Of the Democracy in
June last
speaking took place from stands inside the am
psitheatre. and some orators would occasionally
be moved by the spirit 20 address the crowd from
an extempurized platform in other portions of the
grounds. Among the sueik,rs were Doolittle
Of Wisconsin; Chandler. of Michigan Lane Of
II'dians: Charles P Johnson. Of ST Louis. and
Yates. ycCernand. Prentiss. Trumbull. Turner
al other -malle. lights OF Illinois
The people generally did not seem 10 care
much about the speakers the speeches. being
oJcup ed vi h rambling over the grounds. sur
rollndng the hucksters' stands or assembling in
groups under the trees
Giving this meeting liberal estimate ] say
that there were not more than from sOOO TO
10 900 persons present. and the affair emphat
cally and positively dead failure The mana
gers called for hundred thousand peonle to come
tO Spring field and inausurare the Presidential
campaign. and but few came The meeting WAS
made up of purely local Delegations and small
vt that. from Ssngamon. Morgan. Logan
anu the adjacent cOunties and few Others from
distance who could afford 10 come to Spring
field by rail a. half fare. No companies were
seen as were frequently met on the on the 18th
of June who had come Two hundred miles in
wagons 10 take part in the councils upon the state
of the country. The numbers character and
te.aper of the crowd gave unmistakable evidence
thet the heart of the people j. not with the Ad
msliStration. and that they will not show by out
ward devotion TO a cause their reason condemns
OF curse the leaders will not publicly acknowl-
edge their dScomteiture They will gu. a bold
face upon the matter. and attempt 10 make the
people believe that they are satisfied with the re
sult: vet TO all who were in Springfield TO day,
thu fact is apparent that the failure was most
mnrtifying aud discOuraging The Presidential
campaign has begun most unfortunately tor the
ALotionsts in Illinois With the most lavish
expenditure OF money. thew procured everything
they could desire but the presence OF the masses.
This their greenbacks could not hly.
The resolutions are mere Heather and pru
nesIa /" They denouce the rebellion In Loyal
League style with all the eDithets in the vocahu-
lsrv: declare that they will Law aside party ques-
tiohs and save the Union; denounce opposition
10 the administration A. disloyalty. congratulate
The army and navy: give strong puff to the
Democrats who sre fighting TO put down the re
belion. which those Union savers dislike 20 do
themselves: sympathze with the widows and
orphans commend and approve the var policies
of the administration: ir..r~e President Lncolns
letter. and compliment Dick Yates. Though
they are trimmed with dex Gritty 10 conceal their
real meaning. they are ir.me.l hy the radicals.
anil are interpreted to mean that the pr'cla
must be enloreei. AID no seeded State admitted
until slavery Is abolished Upon this platform
80 hsv. desired them 20 take their stand. and