Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1863-05-21

INCIDENTS or THE CONVENTION. were
many incidents that occurred at the convention
yesterday that will cause the people TO reflect
riouslv on the condition of the country. IL thev
have never done so before The military display
made by the commanding General in the morn
ing was deemed by him essential or he would not
have made Il IL was not done merely for die.
play II would be hard to suppose il was done 10
provoke an outbreak. but if IL was. il failed Of
its object OF the soldiers duty Mt the posts
assigned them we have no complaint 10 make:
but there Was a number who mixed with every
crowd and strove on all occasions 10 max trouble.
The early morning proceedings we're quiet
The people came here "a they have been in the
habit OF doing Tor wears TO express their opinions
in resolutions. and not be brow beat and forced
into street fights. Their forbearance Yesterday
under the provocations heaped upon them was
surprising.
The first open attempt To- disturb the proceed
| ings made when additional stand was
erected in front Of the State House Mr.. 5. r.
Hamil, of Sullivan county was proceeding to
/ speak when a rush was made for the stand by
/ SIX soldiers with fixed ba yonets backed by TWEEN.
/ " or thirty FOUNDERS They swore he should not
/ speak With their bavohets nj his throat he
asked the crowd what he should do. II they
said speak. speak he would il he died the next
instant The crowd. unwilling to inaugurate
civil war. advised him to desist, aud he abandon
J ed the stand, which was not again occupied du
ring the day.
There was no reprmand for the soldiers or
bullies who urged them on to this glaring out
r &c, but Democrat, who il IL said drew re.
volver. was arrested and marched TO Headquar
tiers.
Emboldened nv this success an attempt was
made to get at the main stand. but the crowd was
20 dense that they could not force their way
through, and il was abandoned
From this time forward arrests were frequeutl Y
made-what for no one seemed to know Some
were taken to the Mayors office by the soldiers
and some the military headquarters On in
quiring nc the MAYORS office IA Co the cause OF
the numerous arrests told by His Honor
TINT the charges mainly for carrying con.
cealed weapons Those arrested for disloyal
ty' were taken 10 the military court. How man.
arrests made we cannot tell. W,
pretend tn say that some men who were arrested
did not nc, mprudent, but some we know were
dragged through the streets simply for avowinl
their faith in the time honored creed of the Dem
ocratic party Aud vet tie people bear II all
The last feather has not yet been placed upon tn
camel's back.
On Illinois street early in the evening. drunk
Ell soldier who bad been very noisy, attacked
a stranger from the country, The man. to &c
out OF his way. run. and WAS shot nj. This di'
NV itNsch hls Spttu, hnl " CRY WIS Thrtu bnhb w
had cheered for jeff Davis. aud he was caugh
and imprisoned. The soldier of course WIS no
molested This is single instance of the injus
tice done.
Captain Jacobs. for avowing himself Demo
crat, was grossly nsulted by soldier, and Of
raising his cane to resist il he was struck from
behind by u policeman with mace and felled q
, the earth His devotion To the Union and hi
services in the field were nothing. He was
Democrat and must quietly submit to insult AM
! abuse, or pay the penalt, with his life
: In the evening, as the Cincinnati, the Contra
( and the Bellefontn!ne excursion trains were leay
n ing some imprudeut persons fired of their pistol
In the mir The trains were stopped and searched
and one or two hundred revovers taken from ia
4 passengers This closed the scene. we believe
so far rs the Convention was concerned.
The treatment received by the people Of tn
State Yesterday, will not increase their love IA
: military rule, particularly under regulation q
an absence OF all regulation where every privaI
soldier can assume with impunity the powers of
A Comm ander-in- Chief