The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1863-02-27
The County Convention.

On Saturday last, was not very largely attend
ed, although the several townships were repre-
sented No handbills had been printed, an
nouncing the meeting the notice of it however
was published in the county papers, but, from
the fact that fully half the Union men within
the county never think of patronizing a home
paper, and depend wholly on the Cincinnati
daes for their news Mey didn't know of
meeting. We trust that this hay, who depend
upon foreign papers, will, hereafter select
committee whose duly it shall be to give notice
Of public meetings through their favorite chan
nels, so that all may be duly and timely appris-
ed, and no fault may he found with the county
printers for not printing handbills for their ben
eft. N
The seats in the Court House were filled, and
quite number stood up in the aisle all ap-
pearing to be animated with one patriotic desire
and determination to attend to the tories and
traitors at home, while our brave Hoosier SOL
diers were properly disposing of the allies of
these same copperheads, down in Dixie.
Hon. A. ANDERSON, from st. Joseph county.
. member Of the present House of Representa-
tives, was called and addressed the meeting
He classed the majority of that body with those
who were ready for any action, however traitor
GUS and cespicably mean aud corrupt, that would
subserve the interests Of their masters the devil
and jeff Davis, and he proved it to the satisfac-
ton Of every unprejudiced mind in the audience
by citing the resolutions offered by these cop
perhead scoundrels and their constant and per-
sistent en6eavors to cripple the State Admins
traton, in the continuation of the efficiency it
has displayed in trying to put down the rebel
lion, from the time the war first broke out until
now, by taking from the Governor al military
power and patronage given him by the authority
Of the Constitution--making him a mere sub
ordinate to the other State officers, and render
ing him, in . measure, an inferior, so far as the
militia of the State is concerned, to any justice
of-the-peace within the States limits
They are trying the same plan to cripple In
diana, that their MISREPRESENTATION, Floyd
and those national thieves and traitors did,
when they inaugurated this accursed rebellion.
They have the money of the State and State
officers in their power and all they wanted now
was to get the arms and bind the Governor
hand and foot and then would they attempt to
consummate the damnable deed Of attaching
oligarchy.
Mr.. Anderson's defence Of the people of New
England was thnllngly eloquent--full of heart.
felt praise for the intellectual light that portion
of our glorious Union, has shed abroad through
out the great West. He said he had been nc
cused Of being Yankee for so warmly
speaking in favor Of them but he was born on
the soil Of Indiana, and despised with his whole
soul the base migrate who would, after receiving
the innumerable benefits from the loan of the
Yankee school-system and Yankee thrift, would
now propose to leave their benefaetor "out in
the cold' At the bidding of their Southern mas
tiers.
After Mr. Anderson concluded, Hons. o.
T. Jones, and Israel Woodruff made few re-
marks touching their duties As members of the
Legislature, and the meeting unanimously coun-
seled them to use every expedent to defeat the
measures, now before the House to deprive the |
Governor Of duties the Constitution coners on
him, and to thwart the efforts Of an unscrupu- |
loos majority to district the State regardless of
contiguous territory, BY making the districts in
the shape Of . lot Of tangled up rams horns