Indiana State sentinel. (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1864-03-07

depends upon the perfect organization Of il. IL |
is too much the custom 70 postpone all organza-
ton until after the party nominations are made
Il Is quite ~ essential that concentrated efforts
should be made to secure good nominations as
to secure the election itself And then, too, the |
sooner the effort Is made the greater certainty OF
a complete and perfect organization.
Every school district in the State should have /
It's club every township its committee and every |
county both committees and clubs.
AS there are many plans upon which to or
ganize, the Central Committee should immediate
" adopt some special plan and communicate 10 to
the townships and school districts. that there
may be a more perfect working Of the system.
VIII the Central Committee OF franklin County
consider this subject, and take immediate steps
to arrange and carry into execution programme
organization, that will fully develop the entire
strength Of the party and daily add to lie nun
bers? Such thing Is possible, and should not
be neglected. Because we have large majority
here we should Lot rest in the cradle of self
imagined security. An increased majority here
may carry the State and elect our President.
The coming election is one in which every Dem.
ocratic vote in the burnt District" counts as
much as one in any other part of the State. and
every one In Democratic counties MS much as in
those nearly equally divided. Let working mem
bers Of the party remember this, and govern
themselves accordingly. Franklin Democrat
The Vincennes Sun, in commenting upon
the action Of the Republican State Convention,
remarks: -. sg I'D
"Laz Mobiles nomination over Terrell was not
expected by the faithful here, and the result
will require explanation. How did ithappen that
Knox county voted against Terrell, when it was
understood that the delegation were originally
for him-that in fair of the county he
would beat Noble two TO oneT IL Allen had in.
huence enough to carry resolutions in favor of
Lincoln and Morton. (sprung on the Convention
out of place. could he not have at least Pre-
vented the vote Of Knox county being stolen from
TerrellH Does not the result look little like
"bargain and intrigued" And then, again. the
Colonel permits his bosom friend, David @.
Branham-the man who stood by him in his
quarrel with Morton-the man whom he so
strongly urged and endorsed in his organ here u
few weeks since-we say I've quietly sits by and
witnesses unmoved Branham's slaughter for the
Lieutenant Governorshp. and substituted in his
place an "expediency" candidate, who really
holds no political feeling in common with the
Colonel ALL We fear people who have ever had
any confidence in Col. AS professions of politi-
cal honesty. sincerity or hrmness viii have their
faith considerably shaken by his course in this
| Convention T"
The WAR or THE JULIAN AND ASrI-JULIAN
FAcrIoSs-CHoIcE ExrRAcrs.-The Richmond
Jefiersonan gives the following extracts from the
Republican papers in the Fifth Congressional
District in regard to the war now raging between
the two wings of the Abolition party When
rogues fall out honest men are likely to hear the
truth:
The campaign for the abolition nomination for
Congress in this district opens rich The ball
Il ..1.N 1eI 81.
! of elimination and recrmtation goes on vigor-
ously among the factions. The Julian men
charge the Meredith men with packing the con-
vention with soldiers, mostly from other counties,
| from the camp at this place, with furnishing
them free ride to Centrevie, and that they
we're specially drilled for the occasion The
Meredith men charge that the officehoders-the
postmasters, provost marshal and deputies,
assessors, deputies, &c who received their APP
pointments through the influence of Julian, at
tempted to control the convention. Taking the
accounts the factions give Of each other, they are
a terrible set of rascals. and neither of the men
they are quarreling over is worthy the support of
honest men. According TO the statements they
make 10 regard to each other, they are all pack
of scoundrels and ought to be repudiated by hon
est people. They are, If what they say of each
Of each other is half true, absolutely much worse
than we had supposed. bad has been our opiD-
on of abolition politicians.
As our readers may wish to know somethin 2
| Of the progress of the war between the factions.
which is being vigorously prosecuted" we will
give them few choice extracts from "loyal"
organs.
The Broad Axe. the Julian organ of this city,
says:
LET il be known that such men as Bill Bickle
Mathew r. Hull. Bill Morton ana Rank Bald
ridge, all men of execrable notoriety, are the
enemies of Julian. and honest men will come to
his support"
1t further says that one of the Meredith lead
ers i" "a notorious libertine, man against whom
the Grand Jury of the county found a true bill
for manslaughter." &c.
The Axe says of the proceedings of the Con
vention: A
"a Vice President of the meeting, in mild
and gentle manner. undertook to pacify Solo
mons friends by saying that no slight was in
tended to him. but only the endorsement of acts
which certainly all good Union men approve
But no discussion to be allowed. Solomon
waved his hands high in the air, and called hi:
friends to the rescue G Rooter, Randolph q
Co. shouted aloud, and Bill Morton, of sluBg
shot nOtOrietv. advanced with clenehed fists upon
the Vice President. and amid the patriotic
threats of the ex-commander of the Potomac
and the shouts of his admirable followers free
speech was bnlled into silence, and the resolu-
ton TO indorse the honest voters of loyal mem
Der of Congress sustaining the Administration
was squelehed by the disgraceful rowdyism of a
mob protesting patriotism and loyalty"
correspondent of the New Castle Courier
who is probably Deputy Provost Marshal
writes as follows:
Meredith was present aud made short speech
exhibiting his usual energy, and apparently il
excellent health certainly never saw him look
better. Near the close of the Convention, d
motion offered, approving of the course ia
Congress of Julian This threw the General into
a paroxysm of rage-the green eyed monster
seemed TO have taken possession of his sou--h.
would not let his friends argue i'll IL was toe
monstrous to be thought off One of the Vics
Presidents of the Convention undertook to ex
plain and 10 advocate its passage 1t would no
dol Ii had to be defeated, even il row was tho
resuitl-Some confusion followed, during which
fellow by the name of Morton belieye-som.
called him Bill Mouon-the same who kept 4
tavern in Cenireville some years ago-mad,
some offensive remarks to the Vice President
which l could not hear, the object of Meredith
and his friend being to get up rumpus and de-
feat the resolution. In this they succeeded, fo
the Convention adjourned amidst the yells FOL
Hull on the part of the Meredith men. and for Oh,
Vice President on the part of the Julian men.
"a more disgracefu scene perhaps never oc-
CURED In Wavne county-certainly not in a Union
Convention. And the responsibility is will
Meredith alone, aud perhaps a lew OF his particu
lar friends. There had been some feeling, as i
true, but all was going on well enough, and tn,
Convention would have adjourned with reason
able harmony. but for the determination of Mere
dith to prevent, at all hazards. the endorsement
Of ulia:l
The statement of this correspondent ia regart
to Soiomon's excellent health" is calculated Il
disprove the statement that he left the army OF
account OF i'll health.
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Julian has written letter addressed to th,