Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1864-06-29
wayne County Democratic Meeting
Speech Of Judge Perkins.


Wilson and Larkn G.. Turner, Secretaries.
On motion, a committee of one from each
township appointed by the chair TO select
nineteen delegates TO the Democratic State Con.
vention to be held at Indianapolis on the 10Th
of July.
The chair appointed the following named gen
temen said mmittee:
Wayne Township-James Elder.
Abington-Anderson Dye.
Boston-Denns Druley.
Jackson-JOhn g. Lutz.
Harrsop-John Kepler.
Jefferson-Jacob Allen.
New Garden-R. NJ. Turner
Franklin-Thomas Wesler.
Centre-Eleazer Malone.
Dalton, Green aud Perry townships were mol
represented.
The committee was instructed to also report a
county committee
After consultation, the committee made the
following report of delegates contingent dele
gates and county committee. which was unani-
mously adopted:
Delegates-Lafe Develin, James Elder. f.
Malone, L. c. Nudd, John Kepler Thompson
Smith. johns Duffie, Thomas Means. John @.
Lutz, Charles Leive, Joshua Dye, Isaac n
Beard, Levi Druley. Jacob Mason, James II
Mcconnell, Cyrus kerlin Samson Stevens, Jno.
Allen, James White.
Contingent Delegates. H. Norman. Geo
Rairesheid, Jacob Dilman. David Cook Jehu
BOren, Henry Long, Charles Bauer, John Ends.
ley, Jeptha Turner. Daniel b. Stevens. Jacob
Brooks, Cornelius Cook, Jr, Michael Swope, W
5 Watt. Dennis Druley, Peter Kepler, James
VI. Perkins Fielding Gasr, John +. Latshaw
Central COmmittee-James Elder, John Keep.
Ter, John T.. LutZ, Thomas WILSON, Eleazor Ma
lone. WIN. Petchell, Andrew r. Scott
A committee consisting of Eleazer Malone and
Cyrus kerlin appointed to wait on Judge
Perkins and Invite him TO address the meeting.
The Committee, after a short absence, return.
ed with Judge Perkins. who was introduced by
the President, and proceeded to address the Con
vention. He remarked that before proceeding to
his speech he would notice, for a moment a fact
that had just come to his knowledge of the most
alarming Character fact admitted in an Off
cal document He had just learned that the
public treasure of the State was, in fact. in the
brooches pocket of Gov Morton. or in his illegal
Bureau OF Finance. The amount that had been
held thus during the last year was nearly mil
lion of dollars, and now, thus held, was over two
hundred thousand dollars What was to be done?
Here the purse and the sword were united This
was the course Of all usurpers The
Republicans broke up the Legislature nine
days before its expration-the last being
the proper days for the passage of appropriation
bills-and, appropriations not being passed, the
Governor refuses to trust the representatives of
the people, sezes the public treasure, and without
giving any bond, spends ii at his will Thus did
Cesar, Cromwell and others IL was the most
painful usurpaton he had vet heard Of Morton
had. no doubt done il. thinking il was right for
him to usurp in time of trouble but this was a
monstrous doctrine If so, an Executive had only
to get up trouble TO enable him to overthrow the
Constitution and laws. He trembled when he
thought of this usurpation He had hoped if the
general government went overheard, we might
save liberty and law in the State
Ii Morton was not an honest man this fund in
his pocket will be corruption fund spent under
the titles of military expenses" getting up re-
cruits," &c, to carry elections. The poor Dem
ocratic candidates, this year, will have to run,
unless Morton is an honest man, against competi
tors. and Morton's Bureau of Finance
He expected to hear soon that every Mayor of
city had seized all city funds for the same pur-
pose. liz is alarming precedent.
He observed that he appeared before us 10
speak to a democratic meeting. Yet. he could not
so speak as politician or partisan. Politics
he did not study. as such, public speaking was
not his trade, and his course Of life, for the last
eighteen years, had not cultivated partisan feel
ings. lie. a a citizen of Indiana and of the
United States, addressed Us rs citizens, also, of
the same bodies polite He had no selfish par
tsan interests to subserve, he was ambitious of
no political career But be had the personal in.
terest of few more probable wears OF existence
in this confcderacy, and he desired that they
should be years of treedom--he did not wish TO
outlve the liberties OF his country. and he
shrank from the thought OF leaving those who
might succeed him to drink of the bitter cup of
despotism. There was something sweet in lib
erty He would rather live in a small free coun-
try than in great despotism. He had rather
be citizen of the little republic of San Marine
than serf OF the autocrat of all the Russias.
The following we're the principal points in his
speech
He observed that after the nomination of Lin
coin for the presidency, in 1850, he had spoken
TO the people of this county, aud had warned
them against his election, and the triumph of the
Republican party; he then told the people that
that party were disunionists. and would destroy
The Union. What he then said was published in
The papers. and 10 pamphlet entitled Fugitive
Pieces on the Sectional War" &c, To which be
begged leave now to refer He quoted from that
speech as follows I'VE proceed next 10 inquire
INTO the objects OF this Republican party go
lar as IL is important no. 20 consider them. they
nay be stated thus
4. 10 excite no-tliltN on tne part OF tue
,eople of the North toward their brethren and
heir institutions in the South.
-. To prevent the surrender OF fugitive
slaves
-. To exclude the people of the South from
upon the public lands, the common
property of all the people of the United States.
+" Such. | say. are their avowed objects. | DO
rot say that il Lincoln is elected. they will be
,arried out" Il declare to you that the avowed
'biects OF the Republican party are in violation
II the Constitution OF the United States" land
he question now arises. what would be the con
sequences of the triumph of the Republican party
n the election OF Lincolng IL would not be. |
dissolution OF the Union: for. |
hough the Republicans would have violated, |
md threatened further TO violate the Constitu.
ion. the compact. thus morally absolying the |
south from AL obligations to adhere to il. yet
he Republicans would attempt. by the superior /
hysical force Of the North. TO crush her into l
ubmisslou. to enduring the unjust usurpation.
nd thea would come civil var. the most terri
lie. the most desolating OF all Others"
II know that the disunionists OF the South ian.