Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1864-02-24

Central Committee E..s..-Fea
General GToRsK X Stella, Of Parke, was
Chosen temporary Chairman, and ]. b MELLxTr.
Of Decatur. Secretary.
General STEELE expressed bis 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 fall?
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:
ResOlred. That in the midst of 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 10 the position he now
occupies as essential to the speedy and triumphant
end of the war, and therefore hereby instruct the
delegates to be appointed bv this Convention to
represent the State in the National Union Con-
vention to cast their votes for his nomination.
".
ests of Indiana demand the election OF Oliver p.
Morton as her next Governor. aud we hereby de-
clare him to be the Union candidate for that pc
siton.
committee OH permanent organization, one
from each Congressional District. was appointed
Also. like committee on resolutions
DANIEL MACE, of Tippecanoe, 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 the
State at large to the National Union Convention,
and passed
Judge KILeoRE. of Delaware. moved that a
committee of ore from each county be selected
to propose nominations Carried.
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 follows:
President: JOSEPH A. WRIGHT
Vice Presidents: One from each Congressional
District:
Secretaries: JonS c. NEW aud AUSTIN H.
BKowS, of Marion, with several assistants.
Gov. WRIGHT 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. IL
the Union ticket could be carried next fall by
50 600 or 100 900 majority ii would GO further to-
wardrestoring peace than the taking of Richmond.
What of the hour? There was different state
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 wears ago
he thought LINCOLN had not nerve enough. He
himself had begged LINCOLN, in Gods name. to
let US have a policy. MIR. WRIGHT" said he.
that's the very thing don't want" did not
understand LINCOLN then. but do lie
recognized the difference between a 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
vention would ever assemble in Indiana tina;
would SAY that the negroes should not be thus
employed
He wanted no long platforms. he would take
MAprsoy'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 Tha, was why he for war.
The day of LINcoLSs proclamation was the
day that the South lost all hope. Hurrah for
the proclamation The hour of the doom OF
the Confederscy had come. There was no ma
ton on earth that had any sympathy with IT.
There Was no power on earth to make free man
slave The proclamation had made the black
man free, and LINCOLN himself could not recall
It. He called man a true man when he was
ready TO sacrifice everything to his Government
Our only hope was in the supremacy of the old
flag. b. its triumph only could our institutions
be perpetuated. Do you want an example, Dem
ocrats. to day to folowi present you GEORGE
NJ DALLAS. who with his gray locks staggered
10 the ballot box to cast bis vote for Gov CUR-
against the man your little MAC commended.
love that sweet word Union" And when
this war is over never again will you human
being set upon a block and sold into slavery.
Gov MoRToS called upon everywhere. came
forward and read an deliberately prepared re-
view OF the proceedings OF the Legislature OF
1923 as regarded through his medium Of look
ing at things. and OF State matters subsequent
The military bill. upon which his partisans boled
the interest OH the public debt. the Official con
due, of the Agent Of State. Auditor of State.
Treasurer OF State. Supreme Court Judges,
State Printer and persons and things generally
were discussed with minuteness OF detail and
savageness of spirit which lett no doub, of his
being terribly in earnest Mad he was. and win
dictve One hundred thousand copies OF what
be read are TO be printed-paid tor by subSeriF-
ton taken up in the crowd.
lie discussed the war. too the blockade. rebel
sources OF supply: slavery and the emancipation
proclamation. 1t BY proclsiming the freedom
OF the negro the President could thereby weaken
the rebellion. he had much right 70 DO il as 20
destroy rebel fOriifcation True, the Consti
tuition was silent on she subject, aud the proceed
ing was novel IN the annals of war Aud so was
the destruction ofthe walls Of Jericho by the blow
ing OF rams horns: and he had no doubt the
coPperheads Of that isy objected 20 the thing be