Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1864-08-22
Great Democratic mass Meeting I'm
Syracuse, Y.-speech OF Hon Os L.
vallaudig aam-His Bold Exposition
OF the Peace Doctrine, 6c.

Great De m ocratic Mass Meeting I'm
Syracuse, Y.-speech OF Hon On T..
vallaudiga am-His Bold Exposition
OF the Peace Doctrine, Ac-
SYsAcrsF. AUgnst :
There we're tvo mass meetings to-day. one on
Franklin street. the other near the Syracuse
House; the largest was on Franklin Square. Val
landighsu and Fernando Wood being announced
TO speak there. In response 20 loud aud enihu-
siastie calls. Nailandigham stepped forward and
addressed the multitude Tor an hour more, holding
their closes; attention. exsep, ~hen interrupted
by applause.
he said he was not here to parade his private
griefs. nor 20 speak Of Whist he had done or suf-
fered IN the cause. All such things we're, in
deed. Insignificant in comparison 20 the great ma
honai interests that are at stake he would
only say that time already vindicated almost TO
the extent OF bis views in regard to- the national
Affairs. They are no longer peculiar. bot they
are becoming most general
TWAS not the purpose Of this convention TO
SOW seeds OF discord in the Democratic ranks:
such was no part Of his mission A delegate
chosen unanimously to represent his constituents
at Chicago. he would be false to them and TO
the interest Of bis party aud country, were he 10
lend himself to such an object, He would 90
there with the single purpose of aiding in bring
ing about the nomination Of sound candidate
upon sound and patriotic platform. and 20 pro-
mote harmony among the Democrats and
Conservatives of the country.
There is now but one question before the coun-
try, war or peace. He assumed that il is the de
sire Of all who loved their country that first her
liberties shall be made secure and then her ma
terisl prosperity restored. There were some who
believed that these objects could be best secured
By war. while crest moss Of the Democracy
held that they could be obtained only through
peace.
majority determined try war but were OF
liged TO submit. Had he possessed the power not
one drop of blood would have been shed: there
would have been no marshalling of hosts, no
hostile cannon, no mighty debt. The Presiden,
has had all the men he demanded, and never was
there such an example of submission by a peo-
pie Nothing has been wanted that constitl
tional power conceded, or arbitrary usurpation
could have taken from the people
And what is the result7 With more battles
fought than was fought by three Of the greatest
conquerors OF the world in any. FIVE years OF
their power, is the Union restored! No. A
single State brough, backf No Il the Consti.
tuition maintained or observed! No Are our
liberties respectcd?. No Have we had free
press, free assemblages, the right Of habeas cor
pus, or arrests by due process Of law? No. No
How is ii in a material point of view that .
of nearly 5000 900, and a currency worth about
81 cents on the dollar, which two years ago was
worth one hundred per cent. more than it is now,
and which two months hence will be worth one
hundred per cent. less! Ruin s impending. and
now ia the fourth year of the war what better is
The prospect of the success OF the war?
We failed 10 1861 and 81, not foF want of
courage, for no Drawer men ever went 10 battle
The campaign Of 1862 opened under mos; auspi-
cious circumstances, and we were told that the
rebellion would be speedily crushed ont by the
force of arms; but the end Of that year found us
but little advanced
The campaign of 1864 opened with the largest
armies the war bad yet seen. These armies were
composed largely of three year veterans. and
concentrated for an attack upon two or three VII
tai points and with what result let the record of
carnage and blood answer. Having tried war so
long, shall we now try some other mesnsf
He was for trying Cancellation and compro
mise. We submitted TO a necessity; YOU have
had your trial, you have tried war for four wears
now; let us try our plan Our foreiathers made
our Constitution in convention with pen, ink and
paper after debate, by free speech. coming from
hearts OF freemen.
For twenty three years prospered under Is
no other people ever prospered. yet had
our differences during that period; more than
once the Union was endangered; the differences
of 1890 were reconciled BY co compromise. and by
the same instrumeutalitv calamity was avoided
in 1850.
Clay, Webster, Benton, Cass and Douglas
were there then, and compromise prevailed
through their advice and efforts Sumner.
Chase and Hale, leaders Of the party now in
POWER, and which has brought the country so
near to rretrievsbe ruin, were there too; and
then, as now, they were against compromise
With a republican form of government it is
impossible to keep States together by force of
arms; it is contrary to the spirit Of free nstitu-
tons, but If it were otherwise the has been
utterly perverted by the Administration. To-
day il is not a for the Union under the
Constitution, and the eyes Of the people are
being opened to this fact.
Hence it is tina, through all the States the call
for a cessation Of hostilities is being loudly ut
tered. He regarded the call for FIVE hundred
thousand more men as a confession that the war
is to be prosecuted through 1865 IL you send
more men you demand that war shall be success
full and conducted to the end for which il Was in
augurated in June last. 10 his philadelphia
speech. Mr.. Lincoln said that this would con
time at least three years longer Elect him,
and you are committed to that policy There
is but one way of avoiding such a calamity. and
that is by change Of President through the bal
lot box.
date who will inspire the confidence of the PEG
pie and Undue them with love of liberty and
respect for the Constitution and all its guaran
tees and reservations. He expected that the can
didate will be committed to the suspension Of
hostities, and the canon of States. This il
what vast majority Of the delegates from the
Northwest are committed to.
As to men, we have no special choice. lie, us
be united. disregardng all personal and minor
considerations for the sake of the cause, and if
successful, we will have restored the Constitu
ton and secured TO ourselves and our children
civil and political liberty. Arbitrary arrests
military trials, and the suspension of the writ of
habeas corpus, well Of the press will close
forever in the United States
He believed a reunion OF the States was posi-
BILE. The South has proposed through her press
and through agents, 10 meet Us and see ie we
can't agree so that peace and prosperity will be
once more restored TO the country. They too are
tired aud weary Of war; they too want an arms
tice and convention.
At the conclusion of his remarks, Mr. Van
Allen read series OF resolutions They declare
that the country has been passing through a fear
fsl political CONFUSION, when violence attempts
by force to undo the work Of patriots They ex
press heartfelt gratitude to God, NJ the visible
subsistence of excitement and passions which had
accompanied this convulsion
They call on the people, irrespective OF party.
to aid in obtaining permanent suspension OF
hostilities aud the perfection OF some mode of re
Cancellation. which shall again unite our country
on lasting basis OF peace; that il is the duty Of