Indiana State sentinel. (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1864-05-09
A Great Movement on the part Of
The


An association has been formed at Washing
ton called 1.-The Ladies' National Covenant. I"
which has drafted articles aud issued an address.
The object Of the association is to purchase no
imported article of apparel during the war.
Silks. bonnets. perfumery. laces and all manner
of knick knacks are to go under the ban.
The address cites the Trojan women and our
Revolutionary matrons, and contains this fine al
fusion TO a fact long patent:
1t is a painful truth. for which we shall yet
learn to blush. that the importations Of the most
expensive goods manufactured in Europe have
been far greater during the war than at any time
in the history OF our country. The impOrtatiODs
last week at the New York custom house alone
amounted TO millions of dollars; and all that
week-which will yet find its ignoble record in
history-the streets Of ashington we're blocked
up with weary soldiers. marching through mud.
rain or dust, down TO the Army OF the Potomac,
which now lies with baied courage waiting ior
the carnival OF death. which is almost hinging
his crimson shadow over Us. sasa
The President Of the Association is Mrs. JAS.
TAYLOR; Vice President, Mrs STEPHEN A.
DoueLAs. What do the ladies of Indianapolis
sayf will they fal,er in this matterY wethink
not. In a few days we expect to record that the
glorious example of the W ashingtou ladies has
been. adopted BY the fair and patriotic women Of
the Hoosier Capital Startt the anti extravaganza
association Set the ball in motion. Cut of to
the very roots all extravagance in dress and iiv-
ing. and it will remove a heavy drain upon the
purses of fathers and husbands : sgGvE
Bruins y. ciay's OK Slightly Goreda
Mr.. BHurrs J. cLAr. one Of the Kentucky
members of Congress, elected last August as a
onserystive- on the same platform with Gov.
BKAxLErrx, but who acted knowingly with the
Administration destructives, bIowed up when the
army bill eIevatFng negroes to an equality with
whites was cFlled up for coasIderasious Mr.,
CLAY got along well enough with the radical
brethren so long as then measures did not affect
himself or his interests. but where they gored his
ox-why that vas quite another matter. Hear
Mr.. CLAY:
Mr.. Clay said the property Of his constituents
had been stolen from their plantations; not only
negroes. but stock and everything else. The
negroes. which were valuable, were taken iDf
the military ser, lee. while the useless slaves and
women and children are supported at the ex-
pense Of the government without a particle O
law. The government protected its officers u
stealing negroes; he knew il to be true. be bad
suffered himself. and TO the truth of this bs
would swear in a court Of Justice. He asket
for nothing bur what the Law and the Constitu
ton gave him. sud when these rights wer
trampled under foot, he would raise bis voic
against u
Mr.. Eliot said he understood the g~entlemar
from Kentucky to charge that the Govevnmen
officers hid stolen negroes. Did the gentlemxl
say thatf he bad yet TO learn that any sue
statements rested on The trush.
Me- Clay answered l. do. He said Thousand
of contrabands we're dying in lamp OF all disease
ever described or imsginsd. They were rottin
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