Indiana State sentinel. (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1864-02-29
nepub,,ean state convenuon.

Central Committee.
General GEORGE X. SrEELE, Of Parke, was
chosen temporary Chairman. and J. b. MELLErr.
of Decatur. Secretary.
General STEELE expressed his thanks for the
honor conferred He saw but one determination
to give the proud State Of Indiana the best men
on the ticket. In what situation would our noble
State be to-day provided the elections had gone
the other way in Ohio and other States last fall2
We have enemies at home worse than enemies in
the South, who are plotting the destruction of
the Government We must meet them.
Cyrus NJ. ALLEN. Of Knox, in pursuance, as
he said. of what he conceived should be the action
OF the Convention. offered the following. which
were declared adopted. the negative not being
put:
Resoloed. That in the midst OF a civil war for
the preservation Of the life of the Government,
and having confidence in the patriotism and wis
dom, the justice and honesty of Abraham Lincoln.
we regard his reelection to the position he now
occupies as essential 10 the speedy and triumphant
end Of the war, and therefore hereby instruct the
delegates to be appointed by this Convention TO
represent the State in the National Union Con-
vention TO cast their votes for his nomination.
ResOlued. That duty. patriotism and the inter
ests Of Indiana demand the election of Oliver p.
Morton as her next Governor. and we hereby de-
clare him to be the Union candidate for that po
sition.
A committee on permanent organization, one
from each Congressional District, appointed
Also, like committee on resolutions
DANIEL MACE. OF Tppecanoe. moved that
committee of one from each Congressional Dis
trct be appointed to select electors for the State
at large.
Amended so as to include delegates for tho
State at large to the National Union Convention,
and passed.
Judge KILeoRE, of Delaware. moved that
committee of ore from each county be selected
to propose nominations. Cirried.
A. II CONNER moved that the vote cast for
Secretary of State in 1862 be adopted as the
basis OF voting by counties. Carried
The Committee on Permanent Organization
reported as follows:
President: JOSEPH A. WRIGHT.
Vice Presidents: One from each Congressional
District:
Secretaries: JoHS G. NEw and AUSTIN H.
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Gov. wRreHr on taking the chair said it was
right that he should return thanks for this mark
Of respect. He regarded the Convention the
most important in the history Of the State. II
the Union ticket could be carried next fall by
So 900 or 100 900 majority t would so further to-
J ward restoring peace than the taking Of Richmond
What Of the hourH There was different state
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of things in Indiana now than there was two
years ago. when he returned from Europe. To
whom do we owe this? To ABRAHAM LINCOLN.
| He was the mau for the time Two years ago
he thought LINCOLN had not nerve enough. he
himself had begged LINCOLN. in Gods name. to
let US have policy. "Mr. WRIGHT" said he,
that's the very thing don't want" did not
understand LINCOLN then, but l do now. He
recognized the difference between n war with a
foreign nation and war among ourselves. LIN
coin had moved with the people. If two years
ago a single negro regiment had been sent into
Virginia. every white regiment of the Army OF
the Potomac would have left il. He two years
ago had voted to arm the negroes. And no Con
yention would ever assemble in Indiana that
would say that the negroes should not be thus
employed.
he wanted no long platforms. He would take
MADIsoS's motto. Error may be tolerated il
reason is left free to combat it," He wanted
discussion on everything Let everything see
the light. For the rest, the path to peace laid
through war. That why he for war.
The day Of LISoOLS's proclamation was the
a. sh.f h. Ill fov
the proclamation The hour of the doom oi
the Confederacy had come. There was no ma.
ton on earth that had any sympathy with it
There was no power earth to make free mar
a slave The proclamation had made the black
man free, and LINCOLN himself could not recall
ready to sacrifice everything to his Government
Our only hope was in the supremacy of the ole
flag. By its triumph only could our institutions
be perpetuated. Do you want an example. Dem
ocrats, to day to followf Ipreseat you GEoRer
NJ. DALLAS. who with his gray locks staggered
TO the ballot box to cast his vote for Gov. Cur
TIN against the man your little MAC recommended
love that sweet word Union" And wher
this war is over never again will you see human
being set upon block and sold into slavery.
Gov. MoRToS, called upon everywhere, cam'
forward and read an elaborately prepared re-
view of the proceedings Of the Legislature o
1923, as regarded through his medium Of look
ing at things. and Of State matters subsequent
The military bill. upon which his partisans boted
} the interest on the public debt. the Official cou
duct of the Agent of State. Auditor of State
Treasurer Of State, Supreme Court Judges
State Printer and persons and things general
we're discussed with a minutenezs Of detail an
. sayageness Of spirit which LETT no doubt Of hi
being terribly in Mad he was. and via
! dctve. One hundred thousand copies Of wha
} he read to be printed-paid for BY subscrip
ton taken up in the crowd.
} He discussed the war. too.-the blockade; rebs
sources of supply; slavery and the emancipatio
proclamation. II by proclaiming the freedoI
E Of the negro the President could thereby weake
/, the rebellion, he had as much right to do it
4 destroy a rebel forti6cation. True, the Const
/, tuition was silent on the subject, and the proceet
: ing was novel in the annals Of war. Aud 90 va