Indiana State sentinel. (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1863-09-14

down the cheeks of many of the ladies present
The meeting whole was one of the most en-
thusiasfic and pleasant gatherings Of the kind
ever held in Carroll county. This we believe to
be the sentiment of all who attended it.
Mass BASKET MEETING or TIE DEMOCRACY.
There will be mass basket meeting of the De
mocracy OF Boone, Montgomery and Hendricks
counties held on the farm of PRANK GILLESPIE,
two and half miles northeast of jamestown, in
Boone county, on the 18th inst, Thursday. Dis
tinguished speakers have been invited Let all
come who are in favor of the preservation of the
Constitution and the restoration of the Union.
A large crowd is expected.
We learn that the frcs. of Saturday and Sun
day nights did great damage to the corn crop in
this vicinity How the cOtton crop Jared we have
not learned, but would Judge that it was "n;pped
in the IL Mt. Vernon Democrat.
Heavy frosts visited this county on Saturday
and Sunday nights last. inuring the corr and
buckwheat 10 a great extent. and vegetables of
all kinds suffered severely by this de freD visitor
Warsaw Union.
The Presidents Letter and the syria
cusc ConventIon-Defeat of the Rad.
icaIs.
The proceedings of the Syracuse Republican
Convention to nominate candidates for the ensu-
ing Staie election, which we published Yesterday,
are full of interest to the whole country They
mark a new chapter in the history of radical
fanaticism, being symptomatlc OF its speedy de
cline and fall. The revolutionary abolitionists
defeated at all points-defeated in their
men. defeated iD their measures and defeated in
the Presidents letter.
In the very orCanization of the ccnveufion II
was evident that the sceptre had departed from
the hands of the radicals. They were compelled
to accept a compromise man as temporary chair
man, and for permanent chairman an adherent of
the conservative section. In the ticket there is
still stronger evidence Of weakness in the radical
backbone Except Cochrane and Olcott. both
conservatives. the nominees were formerly Wings
and Seward men. The fact of the Republicans
seeking to strengthen their ticket with the name
of James T. Brady, a Democrat, Tor Attorney
General, was significant enough but when he
emphatically declined, the circumstance of their
then unanimously nominating General John
Cochrane, another war Democrat spoke volumes
We are also informed that there is a complete
revolution in the material of the State COMMITTEES.
the anti-radicals and Seward men having a large
major ty. Mayor Opdyke could not be elected a
member of it.
In the resolutions the radicals have been equally
discounted The emancipation proclamation,
suppression of the freedom of speech and of the
press in the loyal States of the North. the in
demnity act and the conscription act have not
been indorsed The emancipation act received
only qualified Endorsement, such as almost
every is willing to give 1t, and the other
measures we're completely ignored. All refer
ence to the emancipation proclamation was also
omitted in the regular series of resolutions as
reported by the committee and adopted by the
convention. But. a radical having moved as an
additional resolution motion of Endorsement of
the emancipation proclamation, the discussion of
the question was about to lead to a tremendous
row, when a member adroitly moved an amend
ment which completely took the sung cut Of il,
indorsng il only "as war measure" an amend
ment which the radical minority were glad to
accept, in order to save them from a
more direct and overwhelming defeat. As a
war measure, says the amendment, il is s'thor-
oughly legal and justifable." That is Just what
we maintained all along: and to make the emanci-
patton of the slaves within the lines of our army
illegal and justifable." it needed no act of Con-
gress, no proclamation Of the President This
is the political part of the Ration-the only
part that has ever been condemned; and this the
Syracuse convention have not ventured to ap-
prove. On the contrary, by limiting their ap-
probation to the measure in its military bearing,
they tsctly condemn it in its political aspect, in
which il is only calculated TO produce prolonged
tended with any compensating advantage what
ever. By passing over in silence the other party
measures which have been discussed in the public
Journals in public meetings, in the highways and
in domestic circles, they virtually abandon the
whole radical platform. But they ought TO have
come out explicitly and squarely against il. They
ought also to have denounced the imbecile mis-
management OF the war, both naval and military
These sentiments both of the President and
the convention, indicate the rapid and resistless
power of public opinion. The Republicans not
only throw overheard the radical platform lately
in the ascendant, but eschew even their own dis
tinctive principles. changing the very name OF
their party. What comment on the weakness
of party and on the dOings Of the radicals in
Congress and IN the Cabinet for the last two
yearsi Now let US see what the convention
about TO meet at Albany will do New York
Herald.
what Douglas would Have Done.
The same causes that have contributed so
largely to wean hundreds of thousands Northern
men from the policy of the Administration,
would have made Donglas, had he lived, one of
the most decided peace men Of the day. In bis
speech at Springfield III. short time before
his death, wishing to quiet the appreheusons Of
many of his personal and political friends. that
the Administration would prosecute the war to
free the negroes, instead of to put down the re-
belion and restore the Union. he said:
81 will never sanction OF acquiesce IN any
warfare whatever upon the constitutional rights
or domestic institutions OF the people of the
Southern States. (Applause On the contrary
if there attempt to invade those rights, TO
stir up servile insuuection among their people,
would rush TO their rescue, and interfere with
whatever of strength l might possess to defend
them from such a calamity"
Douglas, like the great body of the people Of
the North, imposed upon by the professions
of Lincoln After the abolition leaders bad
enlisted the patriotic sympathies OF the people.
they took advantage of them, and made them
subservient to freeing the slaves instead of re
storing the Union. Douglas, had he lived, would
have been the leader of the opposition TO the
present despotism at Washington.-[C Gin. Enq-
The Lawrence Massacre.
IL Is an inyidious thing 70 be compelled 70 urge