Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1863-08-25
SLATE HENS.

-DENocRATIc MELTsSG AT EsTPORT Ed
tor Sentinel: Oie OF tue largest aud most enihu
-iastic conventions which ever assembled in
Sauihern Indiana was held IN Westport on last
"Wednesday.
Never were the getrers up Of any convention
more agree ,bly surprised with the success which
attensrd their efforts thtn tho~e To xhom we are
indebted for this really imposing, old fashioned
Democratic demonstration. IL would take the
pen of some far more graphic writer than vour
humble correSponu ent To Adequately deScr be the
ueep euthGrIs.- and e5rue-tI.esS whi"h seemed
~ prompt the heart Of every in'iividu a present
Township me.rings have been held 30 frequently
III the surrounding counties of late. TINT many
sup ose tn pc 'ple We're 20 tire Ia tuIn out ia
one IN meeting. hence my discouraged the
lde, at h"ng -uch "A convention.
Imagine the surprise oi al when " ere hid as
SEM ei early in the y about niue fhous mi pro
pei hi~ l. one OF the many Spontaneous up
ri nes of the people in this district in favor of
berty and sga INST The OF ward drift of our Gov
ernm, ut toward CO s,,duei de-poiism II is
in.caiIve of that deep nmier current of popular
oIiuon which protests against the preiominance
OF abnIiIion irnaticsm and misrul- so plainly
-ible Low at wa-hngton Such meetings
m ome hing more than mere empty Da
en- T. The people re le ,lOns at their liberties,
aud m any ot the acts of the party in power
cpnrlusve eviiieure that their liheItie- en-
dam eitd The ,eoIle will never be C, mpelPd
knepi IT the shrine OF th,t gre 1t Mplnch Of
Federal Aholl'nni-m, which IS 81 destructive of
.ur n b e C,.n-rIsu sfon. ,,ud winch l. san.t ia,
yer, principles tor which uur f,ther- f"u-i 10 80
the bloody revolution. The tuly Amercsn
he ,rt will ilwty~ shu der Il the tss~f encr ,cn
nent upon the r. ht~ wh,h were -uatt nfeea u,
the Constitution This J ,cul,in,r4,l spirit ~ he
,dical~ III Dpwer mu-f etSe ei-e ,feVpiutivn.
the most >rupenlous he " .rl eyer -,w Wi re
suit from ~ rrpiricsei Der.etuttIpn The bl4nd
fsnsticSm when fr the ~tSe at tar iiber stIou OF
the e-rn set> q def nee the iib"r'e~ If white
men ~ tot di>reg iri 1, the Constitution of
country must he rerukrd II ! pr'Lcip.e deep
DIRK an u,nuing ami one 20 winch The people
are no. vet peptIei - submit ; .ch tie
opinion when every mem er 1T Lli- convention
enterrain- FIR Nr Lincoln aud The representative
men at The party OF mich he pro es-es 10 he
member
the meeting was oreanzei nv the selection of
J seDh B I'm n : f. f,r Z esd mt, wnp. pe
viou- u taxing the ca 'Ir. mtie ~ good Demo
rate y eech ~ we have he ,ts for many DAVIS
N.xt came Attorney Ge. eral O-cAr Il Ii ri.
thu whom u better Dem .crat prri"t exls's
H. Iniiini H.. he q this au'lience for two
hours. and di-ppyei au aim Isl III icile-S abiiit,
IN the discussion cot the great questions 81 the
dav H. speech ar-umehtitIve aud et-
queur. clicired great applause H. was a SC thing
rrblke o. tie indl corruntions ard political dis
honesty of the present Aimini~tr ton.
Mr. Hort reitei and immense appliance.
The Oh irm n then introduced our esteemed AMI
h shlv rcromp shed Young friend W Il me.
OF Co umbus This wa one OF Mr. B .ne'> hap
pie~t efforts, AMI HIGHT, pr,vei ,nd appre
citiel nv the immen-e crowd WIN heard it Sir
Il ,ne i na'urall, fluent in his lan.n re and elo
quent ia delivery. and fully merilei he vociier
ou> applause h remi,ks occasipned As -
>le ker he has earned reputation of which h.
mny well he proud. l. j. fact r'hy nf note
'hIt every a,luSion made by the >pe ,ker 10 & l..
Ndllandgham occ tsioneri the most uprnariou-
applause IL would dn the soul at l. ' alan
iigh,m good If he knew how mtnv 'rm heart
he ,t for linn IN Son'heru lndiaha. Let" Vallan
digham and liberty" be the wafchwOrd of all
who would he Tree. and when this sectional and
fratrirdal u over. we will proudly eev tie
our chetain to the chiet M isiStracv Oi our grett
republic He stands pre- emineItly ahove all
others the representative man OF the nitipnal
Democratic party; and in thee DAYS of atjecr
corruption AMI sord venliiy we en- honor IL
our cheita and lie ider the statesman unDolluted
10y any of the ignoble tralics To which parties
have OF late desenersted +.