Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1864-08-04
RUTLAND HERALD.
MONDAY, AUGUST |, 1864,
Ninth Indiana District.


Indiana. As this is Mr.. Colfax's district,
rather more interest attaches to the pro-
ceeedings of the convention than would
otherwise be the case. The Honorable
David Turple, or as he is more famil-
iarly and expressively known out there,
aDirty Dave" was nominated. In the
last congressional election he was beaten
by less than three hundred votes, and |
our informant remarks that he and his |
friends "took his defeat with degree OF |
resignation that could scarcely be con-
sidered christian. 1t is said that they
all swore mighty oaths, but / cannot
give credence to this report, as 1t is 3
well established fact that Copperheads
do not swear" Although they had re-
sorted to every species Of misrepresenta-
ton. fraud and villainy themselves, they
complained bitterly of unfairness on the
part of their opponents, and in their
speeches in the late convention they
openly threatened TO resort to violent
measures if they could not succeed in
electing their candidate. Our readers
are probably aware that the population
of the Hoosier stateis of heterogeneous
chaacter, containing however less of the
New England element proportionably
than almost any other Western State
A considerable number emigrated into
that state many years ago from Pennsyl-
yania but many more from Kentucky,
Tennessee and North Carolina. Some or
the Kentuckians and Tennesseeans were
Hweu to do" and had Yankee shrewd-
ness enough to see that they could bet
ter their condition by selling their lands
and negroes and vesting the whole pro
ceeds in the cheap lands of a free state.
They still however had their connections
and sympathies in these slave states.
But vast majority of these settlers, es-
peclally those from Carolina were as
poor as poverty could make them. We
have a vivid recollection of the appear
ance of these North Carolina pilgrims,
as they passed up through Kentucky du-
ring the years of 1910 and '45 inclusive
The poorest kind of an old horse and We
hicle, insufficient to carry anything more
than their scanty "plunder" and baby
or two, was followed by a man, woman
and several children. The sorriest pro.
session of Canadian French that anybody
ever saw in motion through New Eng
land village was thrift and gentility per-
sonifed, compared with these ghostly
ragamuftins. But they were going
forth to "Indiandy," and to "Indiandy'
they came. They settled down ON little
patches Of land, opened field, raised
a scrap" and soon began to 'pick up
In course Of a few years, some of these
Same poor whites were enabled to revisit
their old homes in fine two horse team
and manifesting in their good homespun
jeans, and general sickness, substatial
tokens of prosperity. 1t is hardly nec-
essary to say they all belonged to the
unterritled democracy, They were for
Polk, Dallas, Texas and Oregon a "hor-
izontal tay-riff'' and they were death on
the abolition Clay Wings, who as they
said were all "boughten up with Brit
ish gold"
We have thought proper thus to des-
cant a little by way of illustration of
what the writer says OF the hard headed,
hard fisted, unwashed democracy pres
ent." He says
On looking over the assembled dele
gates, | could not but be struck with
the evident preponderance of the South
ern element in the Convention. There
was the unmistakeable contour and col
or of the facial features which unerring,
ly point to an ancestry south of Mason
and Dixon's line. There were a few oI
those called nova days yankee" but
80 few that they made no show in
the multitude. Probably nine-tenths
were originally from Tennessee and Ken
lucky, and this fact may account for The
remarkable prevalence of rebelliouS sen
timent.
The convention besides nominatin
David Turple, passed unanimously a Sc
ries of twelve resolutions, in the first o
which they express their determination
to resist by force any attempt to abridg
the elective franchise and in the las
they declare that as Schuyler Colfax ha
shown himself unworthy the confdenc
OF free people by his betrayal of thei
dearest rights, they solemnly pledg
themselves to the most energetic an
unceasing efforts to secure his defeat.
They speak ahectionately of thei
"southern brethren ]" advocate the dot
trine of State rights, and advise an a
.liance offensive and defensive with IL
South. The writer concludes as 70
lows n
81 may be allowed to make sing
remark in conclusion. | have travele
in most of the seeded States since til
ordinance of secession was passed, an
have conversed with rebels innumerabl
male and female but in all my exper
ence have never seen treason SO on
spoken and defiant as in the Copperhea
convention of the Ninth Congression,
District OF the loyal State of Indiana" ("