Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1864-09-02


With the ares Of = citizen here and there and IN
generating him in a basIile. but has arrested
the entire Legislature a, one order. he has also
suspended the writ Of habeas corpus Of which vou
have complained Voices. Never He has
scquiesced in the emancipation PROCLAMATION Of
Shleh you have complained load cries Of No
oil Mr. Lincoln; and yet you propose. in the very
lace OF the denuDcistions you have heaped upon
the bead OF Mr. Lincoln % stnltify yourselves by
taking up man Who has been a simple instru-
ment OF Mr. Lincoln for carrying out the very
acts you denounce
Gentlemen. what did We come here for as rep
resentatiyes OF the great Democratic partyi The
people ask Tor peace. Applause Their e,e-
have been turned to this Convention. millions of
hearts are this evening. While We are assembled
here, waiting in anxious suspense 70 know Go
the platform and candidates YOU are to give them,
that will either send thrill Of oy 70 their breasts
| or will strike them down. with terror What
IS u that is weighing more heavily upon them
than anything elsei A draft i TO take place
on the ffth day Of this month. FIVE days from
| TO day
A Delegate rise TO a point Of order The
gentleman is out OF order. Cor he is not speaking
! to the qualifications Of the candidate in nomina-
| ton.
Mr.. Long--Tbati is just what am doing In nv
humble way. and propose TO dc IL. lLaugh,er.)
On Yesterday
the man who shall be nOminatedf'
Mr.. Loug-l expect to vote for the candidate
nominated here. Cheers | never have done
otherwise. have never voted anything but
Democratic tickle. from nv first vote to this hour
Although am opposed TO Mcclellan: although
think he is the worst man you could put upon
the ticket having the name OF a Democrat fan.
plause and Kisses. | would still choose him be-
fore Lincoln or Fremont and cast nv vote with
my friends. II that be my lot / expect 10 DO il.
Cheers Now, gentlemen. I say the people are
! looking 10 this convention To take some action
to give them candidate and platform-to do
something, at least. whereby they will. after the
coming election, see, or have At least a hope for
the early end Of this war To that end on yes
terday submitted to this convention a resolu-
ton proposing to urge Dir Lincoln to suspend
the operation of the draft until We could have an
opportunity in the election OF November next 20
let the people say wheth er the war Is to be con
tinued or not. Applause And. although IL
proposed immediate action. by the manuvering of
| certain gentlemen who are yersed in parliamen-
tary tactics. it had to 20 10 the Committee on
| Resolutions. The Committee have mrde their
report, and my resolution, and everything else 10
reference to this draft. that effects the people
| more than anything else, is passed over in per
feet silence. M
| Then, gentlemen, is this what the people are
| to expect from Democratic Conventionf
| a
| didate for President-any one except George Il.
McClelan-sny man. care not who he is-lap-
plause and Kisses any one whose hands are
| clean. whose skirts ear-lhissesl any one
who has not been instrumental in making arbi-
trary arrests: in violating the freedom of cleo
tons and the rights of citizens in every possible
| manner in which he could carry out the wishes Of
Abraham Lincoln. Although he does not come
from the Northwest now suffering with taxation;
although not in our interests in the Northwest:
although it may be for the benefit Of Eastern
capitalists--h he be a Democrat, free from these
stains-we will vote for him; we will support him;
We will rally the masses 20 his support Any
man else. save and except George Il Mcclellan.
Kisses and cheers | beg Of you not to nom
nate that man. beg of youto give us another
candidate. Any man a voice. Seymour of
New York I--any man. Shouts for Sey
mour
! delegate, Cnterrupting-! rise to point of
order
Mr Long, have but wcrd or two to say,
| and | am down.
| Mr. Fries, OF Ohio--Will The delegate from
| Ohio yield to me momentg
Mr.. Long, will yield to my colleague.
Mr. Fres--I move that We adjourn till ten
o'clock TO morrow morning.
| On being informed that M Long wished to
| say but few words more. Mr.. Fries withdrew
his motion.
Mr. Long-In conclusion. beg of you not to
| nominate Mcclellan. Having laid upon the ia
BILE the time honored principles of the Democratic
party. as expressed in the resolution Of 1889,
having ignored them by laying the resolution
| upon the table--and weak as your platform is.
looking in some degree to peace, as it does, in
Gods name don't place upon il q man who is
pledged to every act against which your platform
declares | not satisfied with the answer Of
my colleague from Ohio (Gep. Morgan) that
George B. Mcclellan acting under orders of
| the President. He was not obliged to make these
arrests, and thus give his sanction and approval
to them. Was he acting under the orders of
Abraham Lincoln when on the 18th day of July,
he delivered an Grafton at West Point, in which
he announced the same doctrine2 Was he acting
under the orders of Abraham Lincoln when At
Lake George he made speech in which be also
proposed a continuance Of the war; 1f, in one
case, he was acting under orders, in the other he
wa. acting under his own impulses; and ask OF
this convention what it is to expect Of him after
his speeches at West Point and Lake Georgef
They are directly opposed to peace platform,
and IL he accepts 4 nomination upon il, after
what he has said, he stutifes himself, and in
| my judgment. is unworthy the support Of the
Democratic party. Kisses, and cries OF Never,
never"l
Mr.. Csrrigan, of Pennsylvania-I desire. in
answer to the remarks Of the gentleman who has
just taken his seat. that Gen George B Nc
Oielldu suOuiu speak lOr himself. Oneers. In
relation 10 the proclamation Of emancipation
with which the honorable gentlemen has charged
with collision. between him and the President.
addressing letter to Gen. A. T. Burnside. in
regard 10 the North Carolina expedition. what
does Gen. Mcclellan sayf In no case would
go beyond the general proclamation of com
msnder which would saw as little a. possible
about politics and the negro. Cheers / would
merely state the true issue for which we are
hghing. the preservation of the Union of these
States, [renewed cheering and the UNFOLDING of
the laws of the General Government: and that
| all who conduct themselves properly will, as far
az possible. be protected in their personal prop
erty" Then, sir. what does be write to Major.
General Halleck in regard to the military con.
dict of his officersg "You will please impress
upon the inhabitants Of Missouri and the adjacent
States that we are lighting solely for the integ-
rity of the Union. lapplausel to uphold the
power Of the National Government. and restore
TO the nation the blessings OF peace and good
order"
And then what does he say TO General Buell..
commanding the Department Of Kentucky! Ne
says TO Gen. Buell.. at is possible that the con
duct Of our political affairs in Kentucky il more
important than that Of our military operations.
! | certainly cannot overestimate the importance
of the former. You will please constantly bear
in mind the precise issue for which we are fight
ing that il is for the preservation Of the Union