Daily State sentinel., 1864-04-30
War Meeting at Masonic Hall /!
THE CALL FOR 10000
speech OF Governor Morton.

Last night at about half past o'clock N isonic
Hall was visited by numerous ciuzens
The pfeliminaries of the meeting having been
arranged by the appointment OF Elder j New
pI esident, o A Burgess. Wm Wallace. Colonel
Jones, +. Jones and Rev. J 2. Jones, and
Rev James Harrington vice presidents, secreta.
ries Harry Bates and Col. Samuel Vance Gov
Morton. greeted with loud cheers, came forward
and spoke in substance follows:
He said he had been p,ined To see the malig
nity with which the recent call OF the North
Western Governors had been received here in
Indiana. He would not say that the war would
be concluded this year. and he realized the fact
that the call now made would make draft upon
the industrial interests OF the North West He
would grant that fact. He realized il as well AS
any other man. But this year the war must be
trumphantly concluded. Ii was to promote this
successful conclusion that the Governors had
made this call.
He had found on his return from Washington
more opposition to this call among an organizl
ton calling themselves Democrats than he had
expected. 1t came from enemies OF their coun
try in the North, who oppose everything for the
good of the country.
He said he held in his hand copy of the In
diana State Sentinel. IL was charged therein
that the North western States were being depict
ed Tor the purpose of screening New England
He de6ed his audience to pick upa Democratic
paper that did not TEEN with articles against New
Eug gland He read extracts from recent mum
bers of the Indiana State Sentinel He objected
to the term small potato politicians and "stay-
at LONE patriots" all OF which allusions we're
UNANIMOUSLY false. 1 he man who penned it
knew il to be false. He talked about taking
$4,000 men from our agricultural pursuits. That
editor and those VINO acted with him would re-
joice to that many Union men leave the
State. We had not only had the help OF the lea
ders OF the Democratic party. bet we hat to
overcome their opposition at every step. They
had opposed every call Tor the last two years
! They opposed the present call with more malig-
nifty than ever Mind you. do not say that
maj y Democrats have not entered the army. but
they nave done it in defiance of their leaders
| lou know that this very paper-the Sentinel
has told the farmers of Indiana that greenbacks
were worthless-that United States Stocks would
fall still lower. Every thing which would mill
tate against the government had been urged by
that sheet; vet with peculiar malIguity that pa
| per opposed these calls.
Ii opposed II because there would be ex-
perieDced soldiers when they came back able to
| repel invasion border subiue rebellion
AT home. de had been called upon heretofore TO
save that newspaper from destruction. He did IL
not because of any respect tor the editor or pro-
prletOrS, out because ne ueSireu mat the laws
should be obeyed. He would not say that he
would do the same thing again
Fifty thousand veterans might turn the scale
Of this campaign and save the nation. TO et
this htty thousand 20 the call had been made by
the Governors. These recruits. for
hundred days would do garrison duty aud enable
General Grant 10 concentrate his forces. Ii
would put US in position 10 repe Invasion upon
our boIder.. Every eff TT To arm the peol had
BET resisted by this paper. the Sentinel, because
il said AbolitIonists were Deins armed To put
down Democrats. He had deted that sheet. aud
although he had the Legislature against hun. the
Supreme Court against hun, and every State
officer against hun. and very little money. he
had pei severed anu he would continue 10 perse
we're.
His Excellency insistel that there was circle
within circle ia the Democratic party. There
was "a tfeasouabie OrgdnZ ttiOn within " lie
leaders kept on the out skirts OF II But IT they
dared raise their hanis against tins Cove
ment he would promptly employ these twenty
thousand men now called for To- put them down.
Their leaders m ght just as we'll unde, stand that
at once
All stories that these men were raised to in
teriere with the elections was humbug. The
idea was to make the present camptign success.
Ii was "A responsibility tO take. TO call Tor these
men de thought ne had done right therein. IL
We fail now, all the blood and treasure We bad
expended would have been in vain These men
wanted this campaign 10 fail They had wanted
every other campaign 10 fail We understand
the kind of opposition We have To meet AT home
Aud for one. he iHtepded to meet lt. We had
gone too tar TO go back. We must succeed II
We diu not, national rum would Overtake u de
was, therefore, Tor vigorous prosecution of the
war. The great trouble was that we did not
m ,ke this war our business.
He heard "A man say the other day II We did
not succeed this year after that he would turn
our attention 10 the war in earnest.
In financial point OF view the rebellion was
in a better hx than We. That Was a startling
proposition but nevertheless the Tact Down
South the, had rot TO that point at which they
could do Without money We in the North nave
money; our armies must be paid.
He desired To make this campaign an over
whelping one He had taken the responsibility
OF this 20 100 call tie would take any re-pon
sIbiiity that would promote, in his judg gment, the
welfare of the country.
His Excellency paid high and deserved eulo
GUM upon the bravery and gallantry OF Indiana
troops; but Indiana was only part of this great
nation He deSpised that feeling of jealousy
which stirs up strife between. New Englaud aud
the " est.
The scheme of forming North western Con-
night.
His Excellency showed. as he looked at il. that
the first step IN this programme Was TO stop the
var. and then Mississippi river interests would
attach the y orth west 10 the Confederacy. The
first proposition MAS 10 stop the war, separate the
Vest trom the East. erect a Northwestern Con
lsderAcy which would ultimately be attached TO
the Southern Conlederacy.
The next one hundred days from the lst of
a r.aI in he
~ of this country. The tate OF the nation would
be decided in that time. he called upon all
therefore TO rally
The Governor took his seat amid loud ap-
plause
Messrs. Burgess, Thompson and Vance fol-
I loved him.
After that quite number of volunteers were
obtained-prObably fifty in all
Adjourned.