Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1864-08-16

shorten the time Gov. MoaroS opened with
speech Of fifty minutes. Mr.. MCDONALD fol-
lowed In a speech Of one hour and ten minutes,
and Governor MORTON had twenty minutes to
close
The first part of Gov Morton's speech was
taken up in defending his State administration,
and the latter part with q criticism Of Mr.. Nc
D0nalds position on the war; and a brief review,
after the Republican style, OF the events imme-
dia,ely proceeding IT,
Dir. McDonald's reply 10 the Governors de-
Tense of bis financial policy was whitening and
conclusive. His points were if possible better
made than in either Of his other speeches.
In regard to his position on the he defined
II closely. He was utterly opposed TO the war
as prosecuted for Abolition aud partisan pur-
aoses. he charged upon the Administration the
prolongatiOn of the most terrible struggle the
world ever saw. Blinded by passion they would
listen to nothing but the thunder of cannon and
the walls of the dyng-nothing but the most
absolute and abject submission subjugation.
He asked Governor Morton again what he hvd
done, further than the appointment OF four par
tsan Commissioners to rgect all terms OF peace,
TO avert the calamities now upon Us. He did not
answer and could not Gov Morton says his
position Is well knOwn-he is TO be judged by
his acts. He has never stated his position. How
does he propose to restore the Unionl Does he
take Mr. Linco,ns plan of reconstruction or
what plan does be take? He must tell the peo-
pie. De says he is for prosecuting the war, and
that's all he will tell
Governor Morton. in bis reply OF twenty min
utes went off in clap trap harangue on the pre-
tended Inconsistency Of Mr.. Mcdonald and about
his own extraordinary zeal as a war man, but did
not attempt TO reply TO a single query put 10
him. be did not attempt to wire in and wire out.
but got lost 10 a fog OF buncomb.
At the conclusion of the speeches, three
cheers were given for the Indiana soldiers. DIR.
Ellis called for three cheers for Governor Nor
roN. Judge Lowry then said that, as the de-
corum and properties of a debate had been de-
/ parted from, by calling for three cheers for one
OF the dsputants he would call for three cheers
/ for the Constitution and the Union. These were
/ given with will The Judge then called for
three cheers for the Democratic candidate for
Governor, JOSEPH T. MCDONALD, and added
that, if any threats split in the effort, doctor was
present-pointng to DR.. Ellis-to cure them.
To Judge by the prolonged cheers that followed,
the Democrats had a majority present, and were
certainly the strongest lunged men.
The people who had assembled to hear the dis
tinguished men who sought their suflrages for the
Chief Magistracy of the State, seemed 10th to
depart Lingering among the crowd after the
speakers had left for their homes, we observed
that the topics discussed were rediscussed in
knots all over the town. The Republicans seem
to feel that the little arts used by them to create
hurrah would avail them nothing at the ballot
box. The main question, 10 how the States
were to be reorganized had not been met. Was
this war to continue forever, and were the loyal
States for all time to come to hold In subsection
disaffected provinces whose cost would beggar
them? There must be some end to this thing,
and bravado cry of "war TO the bitter end" will
not bring peace. There is growing feeling in
the minds of the people that craftsmanship is 10
longer to be disproved, and that diplomacy can
be used to advantage well az the sword.
DEMOCRATIC MASS MEETING AT FORT WAYNE
SPEECHES OF MILLIGAy AND REEVE, OF INDIANA
AND JACKSON. OF oBIo-REsoLuTIoNs ADOPTED.
Taking IA private conveyance, your correspon-
dent crossed the country between the Northern
Indiana and Pittsburg and Fort Wayne rail
roads, in order to be present at meeting of the
Democracy of Allen county-the banner county
of the Statc--to be held on Saturday. The ride
was BY moonlight to Warsaw, and over the rich
valley praires of Elkhart and Kosciuske. A
little over an hour from Warsaw brought US to
the fourishing and beautiful Democratic city,
built on the site of the Oldest Indian part of
Northern Indiana.
The city is improving rapidly, and it has evident
ly that healthy growth which will insure vigorous
manhood and green old age. The manufac-
turing interest has made it what it is. There is
nothing shoddy about it. The business part is
compactly and substantially built, while the
more private avenue, where are reared the happy
homes OF free people, are adorned with ali the
taste that marks the advancement OF the age. Il
shall be tempted to give you. hereafter, sketch
of the more prominent points Of interest in the
city.
The procession to march to the grove where
the meeting was to be held, was forming when
We arrived, and We headed il off and got to the
grove in advance.
A slight shower had laid the dust, and as the
long line of men who followed the lead of the
Marshals countermarched among the trees and
took their places around the stand, they looked
fresher and more robust than the dusty crowds
we had lately seen together. But few ladies were
present. Ninety out of every hundred present
were men-voters, and the crowd was estimated
at from five to seven thousand.
The meetnO WAS called IN order hv Navor
RANDALL, who stated that resolutions had been
proposed for the consideration of the meeting,
and would be presented by the Chairman of the
Committee, Mr. ORouRKE. They were as fol-
lows:
RESOLUTIONS.
We, the Democracy of Allen and adjoining
counties, assembled a, the city of Fort Wayne,
August 18th, 1864, to consider questions Of vital
importance to US and to the whole country, do
solemnly declare:
lst That we are in favor of the Union of the
States upon the principles of the founders of our
Government, and reaffirm our adherence to
the doctrine of State rights as embodied in the
! Virginia and Kentucky resolutions of 1883.
/ %. That by wicked and blind administra-
ton, and its Abolition supporters. we have been
unwillingly forced into war, the avowed pur-
pose of which is to abolish slavery, and the only
result of the further prosecution of which will
be ruin and eternal separation: and that view
with alarm the fact that 2.5O0,0O of our kins-
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