Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1864-04-26
uar u..,,rg Last Night.

After a long DELAY tie doors of Masouic HILL
we're thrown open sb,st ~ O'Clock, and sup
pose several hundred OF the male communitv,
many OF them aged and decrepit or Office holders.
and therefore OFT Of the draft, entered
On motion Of Hon A. Il Conner Col James
Blake was unanimously called upon to pre-
side
Col. Blake. accepting the honor. made 4. re-
markably, elegant and pstriotic speech.
He wound upby introducing the distinguished
and iilustrious Col. A d. Streght, the celebrated
Libby prison miner.
Col Streight said that he valued the liberties
he bad enjoyed and wOull never surrender this
war until the last armed rebel expired He
would not question the wisdom OF those who bad
made this last call. IL the war could not be put
down IN ninety days. we would put il down If it
took nine hundred DAYS The Young men who
had gone 10 the front asked you stay at home
people TO come forward aud guard the rear. he
appealed to the mOneyed men Of indianapolis
now. he appealed TO men who had Incl their
pockets during the war; they bad contributed
their dollars heretofore Now he asked them TO
come forward aud contribute their precious per
sons he did not call on them To die by proxy
this time he proposed that regiment in In
diauapolis be raised OF men worth five thousand
dollars and upwards.
Although he was not worth quite that sum.
be would resign his commission IN the army aud
shoulder a musket and enter such 4 regiment as
private Gentlemen with long accounts in
in banks NUT come forward now. not with
their money but with their muskets. He did not
feel like calling upon The laboring man alone
The rich, the feather bed folks. must now come.
Men who had been growing rich off of this war
must now show their hands. They must now
expose not their greenbacks. but their bodies.
Merchants, bankers. saloon keepers-their Ia
bors we're not very productive There we're
enough in these three classes in this city to form
two regiments. Let them come nj once. twas
positive necessity that We should have these
Let merchants. bankers and saloon keep
ers furnish them. The young cUunter Jumpers.
with stiff shirt collars. aud their friends the
I-raelites. might also throw themselves into the
breach. There was not n mtny l-raeites III the
army as there ough, 10 be IL man worth i've
thorsnnd doll,rs cant stand it IN the arms for "a
hundred DAYS in the name of GOdlhow could a
who not worth dollar stand It for
three year.? He called. therefore. upon Gen !
Najen, Nc Bues. Me- II ,rri>On the bankers. aud
several other like prominent citizens. u walk up
to the trough He would tell them that they
had al absolute duty To perform We o; the
army expected to call upon YOU from time Ia
time for men. We of the army only ask
YOU 10 hold what win from he rebels that
may go and whip them IN the front.
Come forward then. aud hold the forts. he
would call. too. on another class OF men-the
men who were building over the city Why, it
costs AS much Ia buy cofhn now Is IL used 10
build a house Men ought 10 die cheap these
times They buIdns 'oo much Iniinn'p /
oils was the de rest town IN the United States. /
Every grsSping for money. Aud he
called upon those who had made 1t 10 come down
from their high position into the rank aDd serve
their country : they ought
Colonel John Coburu. of the 33d. then
called upon aud made an eloquent AMI patriotic
speech He confessed that he MAS surprised to
see the call in the papers for m any men ust at
this time IL WIS true the Government needed
the men. He believed that the object OF this call
TO form Reserve COris that would be
ready for any emergency. He hoped that The ex-
pectatIon OF the President would not be d-,p
pointed IN the present demand upon Indiana He
knew OF no better State th Indiana 10 90 to tor
soldiers. This Reserve Corps a. citizen soldiers
would not be required to go far They would
only have 10 stand guard ~ the rear and do Ill
that men could do To- protect their own homes If
the eighty five Thousand men called tor IN the
West were promptly raised our armies could adj
vance. overwhelm the enemy 1T all points and
end the war Thus we would be successful, sure
~ and completely this season.
Col Coburn continued. touching upon politics /
and things in general aud talking about the pos |
sibility of a Traitor" being placed in the Presi I
dental chair who would favor the Sou'h ia the
settlement of this war. He declared that he
militia laws of Indiana were worthless, and that !
the only etfectut way of calling men To- the ser (
vice of their country was by virtue OF the laws
OF the United States
IL highly creditable to Indiana that she /
was called upon for such large number0t men.
History would write it down Ard the richte-t /
page would be. that in the last hour OF peril and
bloody sweat Indiana stepped forward aud filled
the breach
Col Coburn concluded with eloquent and
beautiful appeal 10 all who could TO rally now
round the Il ~ of their country.
After few remarks from Col Ryan, adjourned
to meet on Wednesday evening next at the same
hour and place.