Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1863-05-23
From the Chicago Times.


The great pOpulrr demonstration AT IndianapO
semilage in the Northwest, and the prevailing
spirit OF the people was IN keeping with the MAJ
nitule of the assemblnge The numbers are e.
timated at seventy five thousand, and the occa
sion might well have called out two hundred
thouS.nd It .s--eubase the
right Of tree speech and free press. which has been
SO want0nly nvadel. aud the preservation of
which seems TO ieDeud upon the action OF
the people themselves Ii this demonstration
shall not be effective. then five hundred thousand
OF the people Of the Northwest must come to
gelher and with voice that will be Needed,
petition the Government for redress Of grew
anres
Never. until Yesterday. in the history Of this
Government. has meeting OF the people been
Interrupted by armed so''liery TN Ter the orders Of
their officer. Al this distance il looks ~ though
collision sought 10 he provoked However
this my he, the interference WAS a bold and I'M
pnidonnble infinction of one oil the most sacred
ccnsttuiiunal privileges, and a. irritating ~ il
WAS objectionable The folbenrance of the as
semble,i people under this provocation was above
all praise. Conscious OF the dignity and gravity
OF their mission they permitted no interruption
To the pe:io nance OF it We expert furnish
a full report OF the proceedings in our next issue.
The East are moving too We publish else
where = lengthy report ct the demonstration at
Albany. at which we nave h ii some acc iunts bv
telegraph one of the - e,ker- which
Amasa j. Parker. distinguished as lurist and
a Democrat
On Saturday evening there an immense
gathering ut Syracuse \ Y. which WIS ad-
dressed in lengthy aud most able speech by ex
Judge CoIn,tock. late of the Court of Appeals,
whose denuncaton of the violation of the dear
rights of civil liberty IN the person of Mr.. Val
landgham was most whitening. Feeling so in
tense had never before pervaded public meeting
in that city.
In New York, on Monday evening. twenty
five Thousand people met in Union Square to
swell the volume OF popular Indignation There
was speaking from four stands. and the spea kers
and people were equally ernest. Letters were
read from several distinguished gentlemen.
among them. one from Washington Hunt which
we suhlulu:
FROM HON WASHINGTON HUNT.
LocKroRr, May Is
Genftemen:-I have received YOUR letter in
viting me to attend the proposed meeting at
Union Square Ii is out OF NV power I" come
Int wish tn avail myself Of the occasion to de
clare nv emphatic condemnation of the recent
attempts To subject the people of the loyal
States 10 an irresponsible and arbitrary system of
militrrv domination.
While We are all willing 10 submit 10 the great.
est sacrifices in patriotic spirit for the preserva-
tion of the Constitution and the Union il INV rs
well be understood that We will not consent To he
bereft OF any of our constitutional rights We
lave lost none of those rights in consequence of
tie Southern rebellion.
The Administrator ought TO comprehend that
il is amenable public opinion, and that its con.
duct and policy are legitimate subject OF popn-
lar discussion and criticism. 1t is for the perpet
uatiOn al free constitutional government, ana for
this ony thrt the country has been so willing TO
exhaust rs best blood and place It's vast
Mt the disposal of the national authority. God
forbid that the American people should allow the
strength thus impaired to- lie turned against
themselves, and military despotism erected on
the ruins of public liberty, So Ear as New York
is concerned. let il he proclaimed from the house
tons that no man within her borders "smll lie
deprived of lite. liberty, property without dre
process of law.
With great regard. yours. truly,
WAsHrNGroS HUST.
Messrs Gideon J Tucker. John Hardy. A. Mat
thewsOn and Others