Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1864-09-03

west. VIC ~sntt. say brave ana intrepid men,
because no maftk1ows what IL 10 the future
Yes, do you not 1Pe that While this convention
has been IN tsesson they are seeking
tostrip your WHsern States OF your SOW
ereign robes OF power. and twist IL into
bowstring 20 cast Sou into this bOsphorus Of Wild
and mad rage an enthusiasm. Voices. They
cannot do it"l-s do not believe ihey can do Il.
but let the men land forth-men who will &C
eept the present \ all the future issues Of this
contest in all tls grandeur, " need be, of &C
cepted death APPLAUSE Men like Mirabeau
| in the French Rel 'lution, who. when the popu
lace cried. "Grsn'k treason OF Count Mirabesu,'
and their voices x 20 the cry when he marched
20 the tribune. arr his friends whispered OF dan
ger said, II knoT H. and come from Il with
victory or to be afn in fragments" Applause
He came. as all u2n will come. when they ar
rive At that subl&ne altitude 10 public affairs
Nhefe they strikeS the stars and point with their
sovereign fingers ehe path In which the people
will follow themt That IL what We want, and
you will have ution. and you will have peace
with Union: that Z the voice OF New York
| Who, in review SO the last three wears and a
half. has not otter edespaired ofthe Union aud of
the Constitution n OF peaceg How often have
We thought that r. storm OF revolution would
! not ahate; that M suhsdinc wave would reveal
the mountain tot and tina, tho dove Of peace
would fold at las her tired baflled wings. and
sink to a cold. vii ocean grave But here, un-
| der the auspices y the Demoe, .,is party, an
nouncing that thod are for the onion, they give
! you the promise oy peace. unds those auspices.
when the window are opened the white winged
messengers will c3ne back with the leaf pluck
| ed. the olive leafti her mouth. Applause.
Wait little loraer, and when she goes forth
| again she will not ono back 10 us any more. for
there will be no uIpre blood no more tears, for
| the face Of the laTt will be drv (Applause)
But how will thl patriotic hearts of the people
OF this country bank you that you have given
them the promise fof restored Union. of re
established Constitution How will they thank
you-the first bot.s Of men that have assembled
within the last foux years 90 utter any political
/ doctrines or prin Yples-that. in your calm de-
berations. In you solemn judgment. YOU have
closed your eyes 3 one moment 10 the sound of
martial music AMI the rustling of banners and
| the tramp OF aru4d men: that you have turned
away from ensangx ned fields. where blood runs
and men are dynt2 to breathe an atmosphere re
dolent Of melody only. and the harmony and
beauty Of nature fwhere you can listen for one
moment TO the oIgs Of birds aud the music Of
waterfalls.
They will thank& iod that. IL we cannot have
an abiding and lvting peace, we know that VIC
shall have. at leasf a moment in which 20 cool
| this quick round o the blood and calm that wild
and feverish brow II nations delirium ere the
| golden bowl is hrO3en and the silver chord is
loosed forever am forever. Aye, and IL the
| Democratic party 20 day was in power, and IL
| could send forth note to the people of this
land, what a chord of seven fold halelujahs at
the prospect that yhe Union with the Constitu-
ton restored andf peace following would be
brought home to I'm. How MANY hearts would
thank you If theret ould be sun. that for one
autumnal month Gould ripen the fruits Of the
season without lighting the way of contendng
armies TO battle. u murder and to sudden death
! if we could gaze p one moon as II fulls and
wanes. whose pale .old beams did not fall on ten
! thousand twice tel thousand. new made graves
OF the best and br est men that ever knew
mothers prayer. Al sifes love. sisters smile
and old mans leasing (Applause.)
This, this. is the august task--the preserva.
| ton of our Union: The re establishment of our
| Constitution and PACE TO this distracted land
this is the august q SIX Of the Democratic party
1t stands then, TO t4y. proud in its history, con
fdent in the past. u peful for the future. Yea,
and from this pointzt moves forward TO its great
work. Come up. ten. from the West, from the
| North from the Eat and the central States
| To day the shouts lat go forth from this Con
vention. "McCellsS Mcclellan for the leader"
| (cheers) shall bid ch with deadlier hue the
pale booded cheekvf Abolitionism. than did the
cry of "the Champ1n!" "the Champion!" in the
lists of TemplesttEEe. the cheeks of those who |
saw Wilfred of Iyarhoe appear TO the rescue of
the fair Rabecca. hey think that the chair is |
drawn to the funera4 pile. that the shadows have
changed on the dias but We tell them to-day in
reverence, none can DO that but the power that |
turned back the chs ow upon the dial of Ahaz !
of old.
Be il ours then, u the fulness of trust in the |
God of our fathers sith every confidence in the |
leader we have chos4n-that man whom have |
never seen, whose firm and features | do not
know; only this * know. that. while he is ad |
mitted to be the fire soldier of the country, so
far bis characterE concerned, In all history
find no example tn 4 surpasses that magnanim |
OF character. which touches more souls and has |
more magnetic pow than anything else. Moth |
ing surpass tina mobile magnanimity of char |
acter tried by both Extremes OF fortune, sppro- |
val and persecution 'evinced by George b. Nc /
Cellan.
Stand. then, gentlemen, by the Democratic |
platform in all its sength and breadth. accept
your leader as the cxOice ofthe people, indicated
and approved by ykIrselves let that name go |
forth Nc Celan 3McClellan for a leader
across your Wester prairies, beyond the noun
tains, down the sIou j until il mingles with the
murmur of the traT< nil ocean; let il pass to the
East, and 90 up a those beyond your great
lakes, and they will lie echo tn Mcclellan Nc
Cellan, for our lea &err' and take care, We men
of the West, that wien We throng that crowded
avenue on the eventful day in November next
that banner of News York" Excelsior"-is not
raised higher than a.y that shall rise beyond the
great lakes. lGrea 4 applause.
Dir. Wckliffe, % Kentucky, offered the fol
lowing resolution:
Resolved, That Ken Fcky expects of the Democratic
President VII will be cted in November, that his first
official act will be 10 Ahrow open Abraham Lincon's
prison doors and let th'tcaptivesf free.
Mr.. Wickiffe said he knew Of q case in which
thirty five women Of the highest character had
been dragged from their homes in his State and
imprisoned. and the newspapers were forbidden
to publish the facfso the people of the United
States But he, he at the risk of arrest, pub
lished the faets, . denounced the tyranny
sun.
Mr.. Rely, of Pennsylvania, moved to adj
iourn.
Mr.. Johnson of sPennsylvsnia-I hope my
colleague will recoCsder the motion and with
draw is. There is 10 reason why We should !
have SO long reces az until O'clock /
Mr.. Reilly with: raw the motion 'i---
Mr.. Cox OF Ohio. offered the following reso-
luton:
Resolved, That We pr seed the nomination Of can
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