Indiana State sentinel. (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1863-02-16
Prcceedings OF n Meeting OF the De
ml0cracE Of bartholomew County.

Sat Iriay last, February 7th. Not less than two
tho, sand persons were present The Court
roo was densely crowded at very early hour,
and near thousand persons who came from re-
mote parts of the county to hear Mr.. Hendricks
speak, had to turn away sad disappointment
unable to bear a single word. Such a sp0ntane-
outPOuring of the people at such a season of
the year and in such Indictment weather, cannot
be looked upon as a mere empty pageant. 1t
means something more Ii is the index of a
popular Indignation which at distant day will
OVerwhelm in the torrent of their own corruption
those men who for self-aggrandizement sacri-
feed on the altar of their hellish ambition and to
their cupidty the noblest and best Government
on earth, and who endeavored TO establish on the
ruins of the Republic, which they cOnspired to
destroy military despotism- AT the manifest
determination of this much injured and und0ne
people. tvrants may well stand aghast and tren-
bic for their very existence. For, the people dis
mayed and mortified at beholding what their in
difference and apathy have brought upon them,
are determined, at this late day, to
rescue themselves and their country from the
ruin and despotism Of an.unwise. unpatriotic and
fanatie.il sectional faction. They will call to a
strict accountability those recreant men who,
being elevated in an evil hour to responsible pO-
sitions. most wantonly and fdithlessy betrayed
the people and destroyed the couatry. This is
what these OutpOurings Of the people in mid
winter mean Will the authors Of the peoples
calamity take heed2
At 10 O'clock the convention was organized by
exciting Col T. g. Lee President, and B. +.
Arnold Secretary.
The President, on taking the chair, announced
the object Of the meeting in few appropriate re-
marks Hon. L. +. HOrd made an eloquent and
patriotic appeal for peace, the Constitution, and
the Union. Mr.. Blame, of Ohio, being next in
troduced by the President, addressed the meeting.
Mr.. Blame depicted in true colors that hydra
bat dotl a hO i'm IN w IA ms, rs
as he most concIusively proved our present diff
culties chargeaole.
After an adjournment of an hour the conven-
ton convened at | O'Clock.
The President next introduced Hon. Thomas
A Hendricks. who addressed the meeting in
speech which, for cogency of reasoning and elo
quence of diction, has not been equaled by that
eloquent gentleman and profound statesman.
Every word he uttered listened to with the
greatest attention. The fidelity of such men to
the people and the peoples cause, when aban-
doned by faithless public servants, renders them
forever dear to those whose liberties and rights
they protected and maintained in the face of the
dungeon and the mob. Mr.. Hendricks one
of those few faithful men of ability whom cOrrup-
ton could not bribe nor threats ntimidate. Faith
full to the people and his principles he breasted
the storm. and to day stands the triumphant ad-
vocate OF the freedom OF speech aud of the press
Indiana, certainly the Democracy Of Indiana,
10 no ststesman in the West, il will be the duty
of the Democracy of Indiana, in 1864. to urge
his claims for the candidacy for President in the
Democratic National Convention. This would
ce nothing more than justice TO eminent merit,
and requiting answering fidelity.
Hon. Mr. Albeit next addressed the conven-
ton, after which the following resolutions were
read aud unanimously adopted:
The Democracy of Bartholomew county, in
Mass Convention assembled, to give express
sion OF their views of the deplOrable condition of
the country, deem il unnecessary to refer to the
causes that led TO our present troubles Upon
that subject Democrats everywhere agree. Were
we to refer to the causes, we would only reterate
the sentiments heretofore expressed at nearly all
Democratic meetings; therefore say nothing
of the past, but to the present and future we only
refer. And, IN giving expression to our views,we
claim the right guaranteed by the Constitution,
and enjoyed for the past seventy years, OF con
demning approving the acts of those in high
official position. We are willing to praise where
praise j. due, but not afraid To censure.
/ Res0iped, That the suspension of the sacred
rights of trial by jury and the writ of habeas
corpus; issue of leffres de cachef; the eauseless
illegal and unwarrantcd arrest and Imprisonment
of American citizens without presentment, war
rant, affidavit, Indictment, or other process of
Law, whose innocence was afterward acknOwl-
edged BIZ their unconditional and honorable re-
lease; the suppression of liberty of speech and
Of the press, and the shameless robbery and plum
der OF peaceful and Hnoffendng citizens upon
false and hypOcriLieal charges of dIslOyalty, are
the commission of so many high-handed, uncOL-
ssitutional and infamous outrages. and we brand
as true prototypes of tyrants and despots those
men in power who adopted such an Infamous
policy. and "a worthy of slavery those who sus-
tain them in such tyranncal system.
2. That the present efforts of the President and
his advisers, to give new character and dlrec
ton to the war. by divertng il into for the
abolition of slavery, cannot receive our moral
support. We denounce il az unconstitutional,
tyrannical and unjust aud. if persisted in as fatal
10 the liberties and fortunes of The nation
g. That the abolition proclamation of Abraham
Lincoln. dated January lst 1863, in which he de
crees the emancipation of the slaves i'm the Sc
ceded States, and cOnsigns the women and chill
dren Of the South to segve Instruction, assls
siaAtiOn, butehery, murder and rapine, 10y bar
barOus and mercesS race, Is unconstitutional,
inhuman, disgraceful and contrary to all the
usa2es OF civilized warfare, and in justice to
selves citizens OF one of the first nations of civ
ilEaton and enlightenment, we demand its i'm
mediate revocation.
4 That the proposition of the Administration
to sGusnder the means and substance of the peo-
pie. in the mad project of purchasing the slaves
% the South, Is unconstitutional, and meets our
unqualified condemnation.
5.That our soldiers who were deceived and
Induced into the army under false representations
that the was being waged solely and for the
only purpose Of maintaining the Constitution and
restoring the Union, are entitled to our warmest
sympathies, aud that their gallant conduct on
every battle field where victory has perched upon
the National banner, has filed the people of this
State with the highest admiration.
8 That in the name of justice, right and hu-
manity, enter here solemn protest and
register our unrelenting opposition to the passage
by Congress of any conscript drafting act,
whereby the men of our country shall be taken
from their quiet homes and the peaceful pur-
suits OF life TO fight in a war for the freedom OF
abe negro, while Massachusetts, and other New
England States, which have been enrichng them
selves az our expense, aud still clamorous for
the prosecution of the to the last man and
the last dollar, have not filled their quota and
are not even making effort to do so.
Z. That this Government made on the
white basis, by white men, for the benefit of white
men and their pOsterty forever; and that the
scheme now before Congress OF making soldiers
OF the negroes is step toward negro equality
that Democrats cannot appr0ve-the fathers oi
this republic gave them their proper position.
). That in the present disordered state of our
finances. produced in the main by wrnt OF capac-
ity in the management of the Treasury Depart
ment. wanton and proAigafe expenditure OF the
public moneys, corruption and wholesale steal
ing, such as the world never witnessed belore-
We are opposed to any scheme for the fur
Their imitation Of present circulation, end that
we are in favor of return at the earliest Oppor-
tunity, to gold and silver basis. the constitu-
tioBal curreHcy of the country.
9 Tint we rely on the ballot box for the cor
rocfOD of urpzeuf evils. that We ssaud Inv fhe