, 1864-08-16

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&TsT1EG Il REs1LUTIUNSs
Alien county ii the Coppcrhead strong
hold of Northern Indiana At the last gen
cr.l election, in 1867, 1t gave 1000 majority
far the Copperhead ticket. Fort Wayne 10
the county eeat. The bulk OF the popu!a'
tion is of the Celtic tribe, but considerable
snrinl8inp of eecessionists froY the South
also reside there. Dsserters, refugees and
cuerilIas have found safe harbor among
their dssloyaI brethren and sympathtzefs in
Allen county. The county is largely behind
on her quota under the draft, She o1es
about 100 men. 1t is reported. The volun-
tccrs heretofore furnished BY the county
have mostly been Republicans, and Of course
that element ie pretty we'll bled down By
their extra e1crtions to meet the engage
ments Of tue country. ..
4 mass meeting Of the " Dem ocracy'' was
held In Fort Wayne last Saturday. ito cor
"eidcr the state ef the country, and to give
'cxprcssion to their sentiments In relation
"to filling the quota Of men due from Allen
"county." What do our readers suppose
was the result Of those democratic" de-
1ibcratious. The secesh concern of this
city sent 4 reporter there, aud be teiegrzphs
"a follows: That there were loooo persons
present that
The meeting adopted ees3ee Of rosoaotions
breathing the eame rpiia 70 ~
c Luz nsn ts,,,serpcn. C. that charac.erlxed the
tdilunIop) resolutions adopted st PeoEis.
Ths s;s - so,noS sses ~ %ss dra ana hc3ne osiiv
fer 1hai the C nresin: was called, append It il
,ul!: r,.,-. ~. on,o..a n n. t-,o .,s
caIi reosn ee1ecrsst q II 90 stkses % 1u:ala
5 ,Se Gse'eEa ea "a S nnen IA wi
Isya t:.e ~ - o. assst;oss 70 @ eas eoat1auNn& N
w sos. @ md ds,ermasd 10 nave pesce and 70 earn
s,lJ ibs The n. slastt ea. se,9Re ~ crsss.
eoyesnmans ne II u2sn g Ssscs and : RESTORATION of tbs
Utson. ...,.,.e,, xr,,n which tho re.ou,iops
were adopted showed tha1 the assemblage were
in earnest AID thai they nea"e 70 40 Dnos t"es ~
Those Fort Wa.ne cops. want the Presi'
dent "to revoke his call tor the draft, and
4..trcat With the Confederate Government
"upoa peace and restoration Of the
"upion.'' VIII some Of these people an.
swcr us a pl.in question? Suppose the
Pres. ent should co1ply with their demands,
aud the - Confederate government" shoald
refuse to aeres to restoration Of the
Q0l0Hs 8uA AuuHtu AnbatL Ou VaA 0GhAUWAs
edgment Of "Conftdsrate Independence,
what cou1se would the Fort Wayne copper.
heads counsel the President to pursue
Would they tell him to enforce the draft and
70 on with the wars or would they advise
Lin to let the Unlen slide? Who can doubt
the answcry They know very well that an
acknowledgment Of rebel independence Is
the only possible condition on which peace
can be made BY negotiation, and they are
willing to grant 1t. Every day they are
growing bol1er in their ayoxal Of this inten-
ton. Their dogma Of stState sovereignty"
leads directly TO that result. II the States
be "soycretcnn II 1t is unconstitutional to at.
tempt to hold INV Of them In the Union by
force. If the States be eoverefen. TIE con.
s,,tutic. ID not the " "snnreme 1awr and tbe
1Tn;on i. . delns,on and farre Th,. IL nrs.
cise,v III, nof,tion NJ the Fort Wavne Am
,,s,star. and s1,iea IF the rahe,.
Tbr peoTia reto,ut,ont w+rt the wors a,
members If the secret tressonahle Order d
fhe Ak. The same Order il strong i,
rort Ya7ne. and the 10Th resolution. threat
.cpfnp to resist the draft Is the work of th,
cams d,p1a,a] orp.pi,ation. If thev 'arb
-b.vv,,1 aoht ro- 9he {. .cons+ftrt,on ind n,
1rn;on -, What const5tntion, The Mont
conner. constitnt5on And vhst J1n,on 4,
tha- n-n,,ose to aCbt f,rs Nat .he Amer,
s' u".a- t ~. :. 1s,.,n, h.+ 49, 4star as1,a;
s, C1".Asf F' 49,. - 80 49,.
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