Indiana State sentinel. (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1864-05-02
War Meeting at Masonic Hall !
THE CALL FOR 10000!


Speech OF Governor Morton.
Last night at about half past 8 o'clock Masonic
Hall was visited by numerous citizens.
The preliminaries of the meeting having been
arranged by the appointment of Elder j. b New
president, o. A Burgess. VIM Wallace. Colonel
Jones, j. p Jones and Rev. j. p. 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 as follows:
He said he had been panied to the malig
nifty 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 ne realized the fact
that the call now made would make draft upon
the industrial interests of the North Vest He
would grant that fact. He realized il as well as
any other man. But this year the war must be
triumphantly 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 organic =
ton calling themselves Democrats than be had
expected. Ii came from enemies OF their coun-
try in the North, who oppose everything for the
good of the country.
He said be held ia his hand copy of the In
diana State Sentinel. IL was charged therein
that the North western States were being depict
ed for the purpose of screening New England.
He defed his audience to pick up Democratic
paper that did not TEEN with articles against New
England He read extracts from recent num-
bers Of the Indiana State Sentinel. He objected
to the term small potato politicians aud stay
| at LONE patriots" all of which illusions were
UNANIMOUSLY false. The man who penued it
knew il to be false He talked about taking
10000 men from our agricultural pursuits. That
1 Il 4.
jOice to see that many Union men leave the
State We not only had not the help OF the lea
ders of the Democratic party, but we haG 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
many Democrats have not entered the army, but
they have done il in defiance of their leaders
| You know that this very papcr-the Sentinel
has told the farmers Of Indiana that greenbacks
we've worthless-that United States Stocks would
fall still lower. Every thing which would mill
tate against The government had been urged by
that sheet; aud with peculiar maIgnty that pa
per opposed these calls
IL opposed il because there would be ex-
perienced soldiers when they came back able Il
/ repel invasion on border subdue rebellion
at home. He had been called upon heretofore 10
save that newspaper from destruction. DE did i
not because of any respect tor the editor or pro
| prietors, but because he desired that the Law;
shoald be obeyed. He would not say that he
would do tBo same thing again.
Fifty thousand veterans might turn the scale
OF this campaign and save the nation. To LEI
this fifty thousand 90 the call had been made by
the Governors. These new recruits, for ont
hundred days would do garrison duty aud enabl,
General Grant to concentrate his forces. Ii
would put US in position To repel invasion upon
our BORDERS. Every effort 10 arm the people haC
been resisted by this paper, the Sentinel, because
il said Abolitioni>ts were being armed 10 put
down Democrats. He had deied that sheet. and
although he had the Legislature against him. The
Supreme Court against him, and every Stat,
| officer against him, and very little money, b,
had persevered and he would continue To perse
we're.
His Excellency insisted that there was a circle
within circle in the Democratic party. Their,
was n reasonable organization within II. Thu
leaders kept on the out skirts of IL. But IL they
dared TO raise their hands against this Govern
| ment he would promptly employ these twenty
thousand men now called for to put them down
| Their leaders might just well understand thai
at once.
| All stories that these men were raised to in
| terlere with the elections was "A humbug The
idea was to make the present campaign n success
| Ii was a responsibility to take, TO call for these
men. He thought he had done right therein. Ii
we fail now, all the blood and treasure we hac
expended would have been in vain. These mer
wanted this campaign TO fail. They had wanted
every other campaign to fail. We understand
the kind OF opposition we have to meet at home
And tor one he iItended To meet it. We hao
gone too Tar to 20 back We must succeed. II
we did not, national RUN would overtake US III,
was, therefore for vigorous prosecution of th,
war. The great trouble was that we did no
make this war our business.
He heard a man say the other day il we die
not succeed this year after that he would turf
our attention 10 the war in earnest.
| In IA financial point vi view the rebellion Wa:
in better fix than we That was startling
proposition but nevertheless the fact. Down
South they had got TO that point at which they
could do without money. We in the North have
money; our armies must be paid.
He desired TO make this campaign all over
whelming one. He had taken the responsibility
of this ~ 900 call. lie would take any respon
sibility that would promote, in his Judgment, 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 England aud
the W est.
The scheme of forming North western Con-
| federcy was alive and on foot IN tins city TO-
| night.
| His Excelency showed. as he looked at il, that
the first step in this programme was to stop the
war, and then Mississippi river interests would
attach the North west To the ConfederAcy. The
first proposition to stop The war, separate the
| West IRON the Esst. erect IA Northwestern Con-
feleracy which would ultimately be attached TO
the Southern Coniederacy.
| The next enc hundred days from the LIST OF
May would be the most memorable in the hsto-
ry of this country. The fate of the nation would
be decided in that time. He called upon all
therefore TO rally
The Governor took his seat amid loud APP
planse.
Messrs. Burgess. Thompson and Vance fol-
lowed him.
After that quite "A number of volunteers were
obt ,ined-probably fifty in all.
Adjourned.
The Taxing of Fort Pillow.
The following is an extract from private let
ter from gentleman in Cincinnati to friend in
this city Ii gives rational and probably very
| of he