Indiana State sentinel. (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1863-08-24

Df~tiICl OlNuih wv lt'm ~ Cltl VI tItldudpOilHs NuO
shall act as the Central Executive Committee Of the IN
ion War Democracy: with power in the majority Of their
number to appoint meetings and take into consideration
such other business as may come before them.
The Chair appointed the following
peF CENTRAL COMMITTEES a
The following were appointed on this body:
Dis.
l. William P. Elson. of Posey.
9 John |. Morrison. OF Washington.
3. Nathaniel T HluseF, of Bartholomew.
4. James Gavin. of Decatur
;. Chiunces z Slipler. Of Delaware
6. Austin H Brown. Wm j Elliot. Indianap-
oils H
Z. Elisha J Peyton, of Clay.
8 James H. Stewart. or Carroll.
9. Chimney Carter, OF Cass.
10. David P Whedon, of Allen.
IL. John Drownlee, OF Grant.
AUSTIN II. BRows oferei the following resolu
ton. which was unanimously adopted:
Resoloed That the Central Executive Committee be In
structed to correspond with sthe Committees Of other
States and confer with them as 20 the propriety OF or
gsnizing the Union War Democracy of the Nation a.
GEN. JOHN A McLERSASD's SPEECH
This distinguished gentleman was introduced
by General Kimball as a Moses come from the
Egypt of Illinois, a chief ruler il the synagogue,
and a patriot and a soldier in whom there was no
guile The General proceeiel. a~lluiing briefly
to the position in which he WIS placed BY reason
of Grants order for his military arrest bectuse
of his conduct before Vicksburg The first
point he nude WAS that the Mississippi must be
kept open to national miner The second,
that the time for compromise was passed Poiit
ically he went into this matter and give Buchan
an and Democrats generally thunder. Well. we
may say that he went very deep into the slavery
question, and declared that now the sword and
not the votes OF citizens deposited in the ballot
box should decide the matter No compromise
line between what he called freedom and slavery.
shall be established
Third, that the rebellion was cratuitous and
unprovoked. and proceeded to prove il histori
cally. philosophically and scientifically. and show
ing that the whole object thereof was the agsran
dizement of the slave power, by the conquest of
Cuba and Central America.
Fourth. that twenty millions of freemen in the
North could put down the six millions in the
South When and where we're Mortimer ever
subluedl DID not the Goths and Vandais over
run imperial Rome? 1--we not our armies from
the Potomac tn the Rio Granhe been victorion-l
Have not the strongholds of the enemy. Vieks
burg and Port Hudson. fallen before usf The
man who says the North cannot conquer the
South only wishes it would be So
Fifth. with regard to parties. Here the gifted
and classical speaker ransackei all ancient and
modern history. bringing Pisi-tr itus aud C@' ar
Augustus and Cromwell and other round heads
20 illustrate the evils o fntrties, His illusions TO
what the French aud Hungarian iemocr 10y had
done against crowned heads were truly eloquent
and sublime. and only lacked the essential quail
ty of historical truth. he wound up this branch
of his subject by declaring that any man who i'm
peached his democracy Was 1 traitor 10 the Dem
ocratic Ten Comm lndments, rs he understood
them
The speakers sixth point was relative to Whit
he himself had done in Congress. He had drawn
up the strongest resolution ever offered. to the
effect that any amount Of money and any amount
of nen should he pledged and voted to vignr
ously prosecute the war.
The seventh, eighth and ninth points we omit
for want OF room. in a measure. bn' principally be
cause there was nothing in 'em We take OCCASION
TO remark that the distinguished gentlemiu. mad
vertently, perhaps. undertook 70 say that tho
three hundred thousand soldiers in the army were
denounced by those he characterized as peace
men at home. This is an haliucination General
McClernand labors under. coming of reading too
many abolition papers. 1t i a pity that such an
undoubtedly Grave man should lend himself TO
retail such slang in the face aud hearing of re
spectacle ~citzens. who know better. and only
laugh at him. -. -. -
The magnificent and illustrious General the
| told the novel and original story about 4 house
ON FIRE. and fc'ss i~ispuiing shout putting IL ont
patented in the bsgipning bE J,seph A. Wright
Minister Plenipenii lf,ry to Hamburg. appointed
by A. Lincoln u exhibit hydrau'ic rams and halt
balls extracted from the stomachs, Of Virginia
heifers
Well, we are glad We hive got ne ,rlv to the
end. Rethorical and metaphorical was the ele
CANT ailusiou of the brise General to Aristides
who was ostricized; and other gentlemen Whose
names, NJ be said. were written IN history. Mr.
Plassrch and old Mr.. Rollip furnished him with
a few facts in this connection,
Be .utitul aud ~nrillisnt was his preoration. pay
ing a glowing tribnte to the 18th army corps he
fore Vick~hhrg. .No-doubt each one Of the men
Of that immortal division OF the Army of the
Mississippi behaved AS we'll IA the General said
bat Gen. Grant could not exactly see his part OF
the glorious performance in which the sons and
fathers aud brothers of those who heard him fell
slaughtered by. hundreds. Grant himself said
that McClernsnd, BY hs wonderful tactics before
Vicksburg. increased our losses City per cent.
ssu @ So rRor. KIDD. t ~ o7
p A man by this name then appeared md recitet
some doeeerel to his own apparent infinite salts
faction. OF all the humbugs in the world, atrav
cling and wide mouth elocutionist beats Us and
the public generality satf
Mr. All BRowS offered a resolution instructin,
the Central Committee OF the War Democracy Of
Indiana to correspond with Central Committee
Of other States. in order to perfect the orga MIA
ton of the party on a permanent footing. sisrs.
rfs LETTERS. 81
General LooAs. Of Illinvis, DICKINSON, of New
York, Governor Top. JoHs Baot az aud SrAg
Lkr MATHEWS. OF Ohio. and also the Superin
tendent Of the Michigan Central road, and Gen
Hovey, were heard from the Secretary 10 an au-
dibIe voice, reading what they wrote.
oEs, DuuoSr
Followed at urgent solicitation. and made one Of
his peculiar speeches, BE assured the War De
mocracy. although he had resigned ont of the
army, that he was with them. be was awfully
severe upon that serpent Moses ijted up In the
wilderness. called comprehend. In fact. he got
the St. Vitus' dance in gazing upon it 10 imagi.
nation and holding il up me,aphoricaily to the
gaze of the few War Democrats who heard him
The crowd then called for MoHroS, and NOT
getting a response from him, yelled for DICK
RYAs. But DICK was not on hand for a speech,
for a wonder. and the speaking ended. saseI
Colonel SrEELl then came forward and said
"All who are IN iavor OF supporting the Con-
stsusion aud the Union. say aye-y (Ayss all
rouhd. y aeeal q - - fffsif ~ Z q ,r1iA1