Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1863-09-23
STATE lie uS.

-MEErISos ~ JOHNSON CouSrY.--The first
two meetings nf the.csnyass, hell in 'his couniy
came of last week: the one at Union Vllinge ia
Union township, on Thursday. AMI the other az
Hensleytown ia Hensley township. or SATURDAY,.
I attended both and propose giving a brief notice
Of each that the friends elsewhere my know
thar the Democracy of Johnson county are alive
TO the momentous issues OF the day. .rL\
Beth were b,sket meetings where sumpiuous
and lou. tiful dinners had been prepared by the
ladies' Of either place.
The Mon township meeting had been gotten
up in alb Vi six days notice, while the Hensley
va. OF ONE thirteen.
Thur day ausp'cious day The
early morning thre ltenei rain. INT notwrhstand
ing some 900 or more men anti women were
early upon the ground. and by ten O'Clock the
meeting was organized. and the Hon Franklin
Lander proceeded to address the crowd IN TWO
hours ~ eech Upon bis closing timer eaten.
when tie rain be- ln io fall and the crp~d dis
persed portion Of the assembly having ken
possession in an old s,w MIL, the Hon A B
Conduit. of Morgan was called out and beam to
speak, hut bal not continued nj any length. when
ladies and gent began ,cking around the
mill under umbrell,s TO hear the speech. AMI
upon the elrne-t request of ALL the speaker and
crowd repaired to the stand in the grove where
beneath On umbrella he delivered mtsferlv nd
dress 20 men and women, Who regardless of
rain patiently heard him through
The Hensley township meeting was upon y
more aus.cionS day. so far ~ rain was con
cerned hut the weather WIS a. buSterv and cnld
"a mil Nave 1Iber Notwithstanding the cold.
the people we're there: they came ON horseback
and in wagons: singly and in professions Fully
4 900 (aLd | am under the est m ite Of every
one have heard speak ofit) were in the heau'i
fu grove selected for the occasion. Eight hun
dred souls C Tine in one procession. and when we
consider this as mere township meefing we
must concede it To he more Il an a success OF
course, persons outside of the township were
present Morgan and Brown counties were
LARGELY iel resented
The meeting was organized ahout ten O'Clock
bv the appointing Of w Rrvsdale Charmnn.
when MrNutt. talented vonng lawver-n
native Of Hensey township. hut now a resident Of
Martinsville. made able and eloquent speech.
After dinner snenking was had from two stands
The HIN E d Herod of Brnne county and
Cant Taggart of Brown. spoke from the main
stand, while Col Hester. of Brown. aud D d
B ,nta { Johnson. spoke ro the o h r. | have
no tine 10 notice one or all of these speeches
La'e in the evening the meeing closel tn
three Iousing cheers for Vallandgham and the
Constitut
One ,ticeahle feature Of both these meetings
is hita lon list Of &c Presidents me -ided
eel one Of whom gray haired hero of 1912.
and voter for Obi Hickory The fathers are
with Us. and let u staud bv the f,thrr- The
following is n isr of those at the Hensey meet
ing. Let il be preserved:
Rich ,rdson Henslev. the first settler Of Hens
lev township. and voter for lefFe son and every
Democratic candidate for Pres dent since: Fred
erick ysdale, George K"phe art. Phillip Ken
heart, Peter Vandvere. VIM Green, VIM Cl,rk
Vim Utterback. Abraham Massey. John NJ
F,dden George BRIDGES. Woodbridge Jnlffe
David Howard, John Hogeland and Aaron Hol
man.
These are all from Hensley township. with hut
two or three exceptions. QUID NUyc.