Indiana State Sentinel, Volume 22, Number 6, Indianapolis, Marion County, 30 June 1862 — Page 2

WEEKLY SENTINEL.

JllE 3 0 The Inion it must be preserved. Democratic Union State Ticket. FOR SECBETAET Or STATE, .J AM KS S. ATHON, Of Marion County, ro auditor or state, JOSEPH RISTINE, Of Fountain Countj. OB TREASURER OF STATE, MATTHEW L. BRETT, Of Daviess County. TOE ATTORN ET GENERAL. OSCAR B HORD, Ot Dec aur County. rOE SUPERINTEND NT OS PL BLlL I N8TBUCTI0IC, SAMUEL L, RÜGG, Of Allen Countj. "The Constitution as it is, and the Union as it was." MASS CONVENTION or THE UNION DEMOCRACY AND Conservative Citizens of Indiana, TO COXSIDl.lt THE CRISIS OF THE liBllllI. In compliance with the generally expressed wish of the Democracy ot luJiana. the true foetid of C institution tl Libsrty, tbe Democratic State Central C untnittee invite the people of the State, without, regard to past party affiliations, who desire to "preserve the Constitution as it U, t.i i the Union as it wad," to meet in MASS CONVENTION AT Indianapolis, on Wednesday, the 30th day of Jul. The object in assembling the people at this time id to lake into consideration the new issues which have rejeutly been forced upon the country by the party ;n power measures which have no warrant in the Constitution, and which are opposed to the spirit and purposes of our institutions : wuile, iu the language of President Polk "war exists," to insist that its prosecution shall be confine i to the policy solemnly set forth by Congress iu July, 1361, that it is "not waged in the spirit of conquest or subjugation, nor for the purpose of overthrowing or interfering with the rights or inuituti jus of the Sutes, bu. to defeud and tuuutain the supremacy of the Constitution, and to preserve tbe Union with all the dignity, equality an 1 rights ot tue several States unimpaired," and to assure the A luiinistration that a generous support will be given it, as the representative of the Oovernmeut, in all necessary, prompt, and vigorous measures to overthrow armed rebellion against the Union, to sustain its legitimate auth irity an 1 crash out Abolitionism, which is equally hostile to the Constitution as Secessionism. Tne Committee are impressed with the necessity of the People assembling en muse at the time proposed, for the following reasons: 1. Tbe Administration, Congress and a recently so-called "Cuiou" Convention held iu this State, have failed to anuounce what are the legitimate and appropriate means to put down the rebellion, and one and all have refused to even censure, much less condemn, tue disunion schemes of the Abolitionists: 2. The so called Republican Union Convention failed tj repudiate the gross frauds and corruptions proven upon the party in power by Congressional investigating committees of its own appointment: 3. Congress has adopted measures, such as the abolition of slavery iu the Dtstrict of Columbia, which, if constitution il, are ill tiinei and unnecessary and calculated to create distrust in the minds of tbe loyal citizens of the border slave States, and the country generally, as to the designs of the Administration; 4. It has proposed to tax the people of the whole Uuion to pay for the slaves that Stites m iy see proper to emiucipate, thus throwing additional burdeus upon the productive industry of the noa-sUvehoidiu ; States, at a time, too, when every interest is called upon to contribute all in its power the means necessary for the prosecution of the war: 5. It has encourage! wild schemes of negro phiUnthrophy ; establishing free schools lor the education of the blacks, supporting runaway negroes in idleness, and in agricultural experiments with negro laoor, all at the ex peuse of the People: 6. And in proposing and adopting general schemes of emancipation and confiscation, in clear violation and derogation of the Constitution, inconsistent with the declare! p dicy of the Government solemnly set forth by Congress in July, 1S61, against tbe dictates of humtuity and sound political economy, thereby "impairing the dignity .equality and rights of the several States." In otder that the People, tbe source of po wer in all constitutional government's, wbi siucerelv desire to perpetu ite the Union, as fouulel an! ad ministered by our patriotic fathers, m iy have tue opportunity to condemn taese uncoustitutiou il incisures; to express their sympathy and their dete. miu itioo to support the Administration in every legitim ite effort to crush out treason, "where'er it m iy re ir its head;" to "defenl and maintain the suprem icy of tbe Constitution," and to uphold the riguu and institutions of all the Sutes unimptirel; to siy to those in authority, the servant of the people, what are the legitimate and appropriate means to put down this rebellioR; to condemn fraud and corruption and all unconstitutional, illegitim ite and unnecessary meaaureaalcuUte i to wetken instead of strengthening a lore and respect for the Union; to restore a wise, just, pure, equal and beneficent administration of the G jve.'.imeui, such as the people desire; and to reuse the pledge m ide by the last Demcratic State Couveutiou iu behalf of the Democracy of Indiana, "That we will sustain, with all our energies, a war for the m linteu nice of the Constitution, aud of the integrity of the Unioc under tne CinstUnthn; but we are opposed to a war for tue em iucip.uiou of the uer .es, or the subjugation ot the Southern States," tbe Democratic State Central Committee, now ask Shem to assemble in m tss convention. All who desire to see the sttrs and the stripe float over every inch of American soil in liberty, fraternity an 1 equality; all who insist thittbe Oorernmeot shall hare a fixe! policy in the prosecution of tbe war, known to tbe whole country; all who aympithixe with tbe sixty thousand sons of Indiana who have rolunteered and are in the field to defend an! maintain the Constitution and the Union, and aba wish to see them relieved from their arduous duties and exposure of health and life in defense thereof, by a prompt suppression of tbe rebellion aud tbe restoration of the Union not onlr in name but in essence; all who wish to preserve constitutional liberty , and the integrity of the Government under the i, are inriteJ to at'end the propose! md co-operate in tbe attainment of objecto. While the gallant and patriotic Union men of Kentucky, and other bonier slave States, hart devoted their efforts to preserve the Government as oar fathers made it, will not the citizens of aid. by their coun-tU and their vol-.

these patriotic citizens in repelling and rolling back the tide of Southern and Northern treason to the Constitution and the Union? For such a purpose we shonld assemble, and for such a purpose we should, as we do, invite the co-opera jon

of all good citiaens. Eminent speakers, true and trie! patriots.fr m adjoining States, have been invited and may be expected to address the Convention upon the momentous issues of the day. By order of tbe Central Committee. George McOcat, Chairman . "ire i In-, Honeat!" The Republican leaders, at the so called "Union" Convention, on the 18th of June, adopted the Crittenden resolution passed by the House of Representatives in July last. Twice has that resolution been proposed at the present session of Congress and each time was it voted down by the Republicans. The fact is the lie publicans hare no idea of adopting the sentiments of that resolution as tbe policy to be pursued in the prosecution of the war. The lead era of that party here are aware of this, and jet they have the dishonesty to adopt it as the basis of their platform when they know it to be a cheat. They can not deceive the people by any such transparent humbuggery. The Difference. Twice his Fbemont been removed from command by his political friends for incompetency aud disgraceful, to use a mild term, improvidence. But he has not manliness or self respect enough to resign. He is willing, it appears, to be degraded, but he holds on to his par and emoluments with remarkable tenacitv. That is (he best evidence of his charlatanism. Different is it with tbe brave and gallant j Shields. The Republican Senate reject his I nomination for Major General, because be is not an Abolitionist, and he promptly regents that action by resigning. He is unwilling to hold a position in the army under such circunistuices. Unlike Fremont, he does not ask to be relieved of his command when a want of confidence is expressed iu him by the President, and continue a , charge upon the treasury. That's the difference j between a gallaut soldier, jealous of his honor, . . "TV .... ,t i and a char at.m. While Shields will have the ! I sympathy of all true men, Fremont merits, as I he will receive, general contempt. llnw It Works. A friend writing us a business letter from the ' Q . m . . . mti. nu Souther" part ot the State savs: I he 'Old I Guard' here are awake. Depend upon it, the ; Democmcv in this part of the State have lost nothing by the fusion lately made in your city . . . ... .i .. . . ., Mv acquaintance is general throughout the I M comvtv, and while I cannot count a dozen men who supported either Douglas. Bell, or Breckinridge for President now affiliating with the Morton and Jim Hughes faction, I know of more than one hundred supporters of Lincoln and Hamlin now cooperating with the Union De mocracy. If other parts of the State will do as well as this county, the success of the Democratic ticket in October by a majority of ten thousand votes is certain and sure."

Our intelligence trom other parts of the State I vestigation ought to be made they are welcome is equally encouraging. The Democracy have j 10 tneir readers so. We do not think, bow but to will it, and with effort our triumph is sure. ever- tl,at nnv honest or sensible man will cenThe "Union" movement is everywhere regaided ! 8Ure Mr Voorhees on this subject, especially as

as a miserable humbug, a fraud, a trick of the Republican leaders to bolster up a sinking cause. A National Humiliation. A Republican Senator is convicted of using h:s official position to make a large sum of money. That is one case which has leaked out. As the report of the commission is withheld from the public eye, there is no telling the extent of similar corruptions. The commissioners. Mean. Holt and Owen, recommend that a law be passed, with severe penalties, to prevent members of Congress hereafter to thus use their official positions. During the first year of a Republican Administration it has been found necessary to pass laws to prevent Congressmen and other high officials from plundering the treasury, aud that, too, at a time when we are engaged iu a gigantic war in which the very life of the Government is at slake. There is patriotism for you, there is loyalty, there is love for the Union. Never was there an exposure more degrading. It humiliates the nation before the world. Think of it. In a struggle for national existence, when every man, especially those who have the conduct of public affairs, should be pure and self sacrificing, Congress is callel upon to enact a statute, to prevent its own members from robbing the Government. And this, too, by a party which assumes all the virtue, all the integrity, and all the loyalty of the country by the very meu who are falsely ! branding their political opponents with disloyalty. 1 When the news reached here that Stonewall Jackson was marching upon Washington, and tbe Republican officials in that city were trembling in their boots and calling upon the country for help, a prominent Federal officer, a Republican too, remarked that he hoped the rebels would clean out that nest of corruption. We do not know but it would have been a fortunate result for the country. Senator Hale, in a speech a 6hort time ago, in view of the gross frauds and corruptions practised bv ... ... .. ..." those in authority, and that the liberties of the J country were more in danger from that source than from the rebel armies. No wonder the Re publican leaders in this State change their party .. . , name, and M to indorse e.ther the National or State Administrations. They want no such millstones about their necks. But they can not thus escape the responsibility of their crimes. Was .... there ever more brazen effrontery exhibited than for such a party, with such a record, to ask the people to perpetuate power in its hands? If such ,.-...;... ...... - ,i t ii . .u corruption can triumph then fareme to the inr stitutions which have made our Government the I hope aud asylum of the oppressed of all other nations. Tbe Stover I'raud. 1 1 n. ! ' ml .1 I ii 1 1 1 1 : k f fl.iVArnriP Mr,-sm nf In - - - - - -- - ... i -. .'i ii . l ,11 diana, and Hon. Jee Brown, Loan Commission er, base informed the Board of Brokers that the; ; will recommend the Legislature of Indiana to rej deem all the bonds of the Stover issue iu the i hands of iuuocent parties. If Governor Morton I .ITllI !...!. I ' .mini..:! i l.r Uiuiurn k.M. . I. - - i of the State of Indiana really at heart, they will " - u. ..a. l w (I ut . TJ III, UITUIl not w.tit for the action of the Legislature, but 1 will assume the responsibility of recognizing the Dona it once, and withdrawing them from circu lation They h i.e. in hand money received from the General Government which could uot be bet ter employed. . long as this issue, with all its evidences of authenticity and genuineness, is repudiated by the State, no mau of commoii pru den -e will be willing to buy ot to hold any Indiana security at any price whatever. New York Herald. 25A. What h is "Hon Jesse Brown, Loan Commissioner," got to do with tbe fraudulent bonds? What business to recommend the Legislature to do this or that in relerence to the matter? Keep it Before the People" That the Abolition measures which have recently passed Congress and been approved by the Presideot, such as the bill for the abolition of slavery in the District of Columbia, the HaytiLiberia recognition bill and the bill forever prohibiting slavery in tbe Territories now lielongna to. or hereafter acouired bv the ITnitml I D ' - .Ijj wttt-n i ,i I r, M I . i I i. 1 .. tai t . . I i Mmm UHiVi inn .'i .v i , .in i 'iviiM.il ami ,i,rii iiii to a man by the ultra Republican Abolitionists in both branches of Congress, and that the same class of men in Congress are united in pressing the passage of general confiscation and emancipation bills. These Republican Abolitionists, with a few, a very few, honorable exceptions, constitute the Union with-Abolition party in Congress aud of course represent the same party out of Congress. Such is the character of the so-called "Union" or Fusion party as demonstrated by the public acts of its representative men iu our national Legislature.

Gen. Bank! and tbe Nefroei. We see that some of our Republican exchanges are attacking Mr. Voobhee because he introduced into Congress a resolution of inquiry in regard to the manner in which General Banks treated runaway negroes at the expense of his wounded and suffering soldiers. The facts are these. The following editorial article appeared in the New Albany Ledger.of June 7th: A Union man, a citizen of the Valley of Virginia, the scene of the recent conflicts, who was compelled to abandon his home and accompany the Union army on its retreat across tbe Potomac, is now on a visit to some of his relatives in Harrison county. Hiving suffered much, and been imprisoned more than once on account of his

Union sentiments, which he never attempted to conceal, and being now an exile, he of course feels exceedingly bitter toward the rebels, and hopes for their speedy and thorough subjugation, and the punishment of the leading traitors. One circumstance occurred during Banks's retreat, which he states caused much hard feeling, not only among the loyal Virginians, but amongst the Union soldiers also. The gentleman says that in his retreat Gen. Banks furnished Government transportation for negroes who accompanied our army, while the white people men, women and children who were fleeing from their homes, were compelled to walk; and he saw stout negroes riding in Government wagons, while sick and wounded soldiers were walking. Such things as this are calculated to produce the most unhappy effect, not only upon the Union people of the rebellious States, but upon our own soldiers; and this gentlemvn states that the Western troops, particularly, were greatly angered at seeing such partiality manifested for the negro. On this article Mr. Yoobhees based a resolution instructing the "committee on the conduct of the war" to inquire into the facts therein alleged and report upon them. Mr. Yoobhees is also justified in his course by the following editorial article taken from the Pittsburg Post on the same subject: Many of the men were justly indignant at the fre-h trials they were stbject to by reason of this stampede of "contrabands." The wagon were nearly all driven by colored te imstei - aud into these vehicles the alarmed negroes crowded, while the sick and worn out soldiers were compelled to tr.id-e along on loot. If they sought refuge in the ambulances thev were driven awav bv the coorej drivers only to see their places "occupied by the blacks soon after, or if they attempted to K without permission from the drivers found themselves kept out by those already in the ve , . , . r , ' , . , hides. The mules were also taken possesion of Dv the "colored population" who rode along in comfort and safety, sometimes obliging the jaded animals to carry double. Thus were our brave men compelled to make this disastrous retreit, many of them in a dcbilitated condition, while stout, able bodied blacks followed the armv quite at their ease. i his re conjes, not (rom onei uut from several, and we onlv wonder that our soldiers restrained themselves trom laying violent hands upou the slaves on being obliged to lag behind subject to the ten- , . Q J, . , , ncr mercies ot the enemy. Some who belonged to Col. Buckley's, called as they sav, the "aboli tion regiment, declare they have bad quite enough of "contrabands." In the course of the debate which occurred on Mr. Voobuees's resolution iu the House, Colonel Richardson of Illinois, whose high character for veracity has never been questioned, said, "I have heard this same charge made by soldiers." Now, if with this evidence before the country, the Abolition editors of Indiana think that no inthe 27 th Indiana regiment v. as in that cruel engagement and retreat. If negroes have become the objects of tender care on the part of nu American officer than his sick and wounded soldiers it is time it should be known. Of course if this or any other resolution had been levelled at General McClella.v or any other Democrat it would have been instantly acte! on by this Abolition Congress and prompt investigation made, but inasmuch as the General whose conduct is to undergo examination is an outright Abolitionist we expect to hear but little if anything further of this matter. We are assured that private letters from that region confirm these reports and that the proof can be produced in ample form if the committee on the conduct of the war will enter upon tbe invcstigaiiua. A Card from lion. V. II. illlsfc Just Sentiments Forcibly Stated. We call attention to the following card from Hon. W. II. English in response to a request from some of his old friends in the Second District to again become a candidate to represent them in Congress. Mr. English, for three successive terms, represented that District in Congress with marked ability. It will be noticed that in declining to again become the recipient or the confidence of his political friends, he utters some just sentiments upon the present condition of public affairs which are well worthy of consideration by all who sincerely desire the good of the country, and for that reason we call attention to them: Lexington, Ind , June 23, 1862. Gentlemen: I have but recently returned home, alter an absence of six weeks, which will account for my not sooner answering your kind letter of the 6th inst., in which you are pleased to sav that I am vour choice, and as vou believe the choice of the Democracy of your county, to make tbe race tor Congress in this District at the I approaching election, and desiring me to state whether I am a candidate for the nomination, or , ...... -.. . ' i w.iili, 'iivnl If ll I.--, ill ri'i ii:.' I am deeply impressed by this additional manitestation of confidence and good will on the part ! ot yourselves and that portion of tne citizens of vour count v whom ou represent, but I must say ;u reply t(J-our iuquiry tha , have nol for R m , ment contemplated being a candidate, and most I sincerely and truly do not desire to be. I , As i'l,,P,,M tl,e fl!1,1""" if m I can onlv av that whilst 1 appreciate the oblition which'rests upon a man holding the relalions which I have to the people of this district, ! tu make some sacrifice of peisoual wishes to a seeming political necessity, where demanded by ' f . , .,, -i the united voice ot his political friends, still I Mm bl. to see that the rirnimSinrM r,i,ir. that 1 should make the approaching race, aud I tneieiore respecuuiiy ueciine me ue oi ray name. It is perhaps superfluous for me to add that, as a private citizen, neither seeking or desiring office, I -ii .11 exert whatever of influence I possess to maintain ihe Constitution and tbe Union, aud j speedily suppress the n bei lion, I To do that, iu my judgment, it is necessary not only to put down secessionism, but that twin l)W. .lll' III II I 1 1 I . II f ' !l Iw ll 1 1 11 Ii I tV find tili- Tl.. ; " . .... .... . , ..... , . matter whether its mischievous doctrines are boldly and openly avowed, or is attempted to be covered up under the specious guise of confisca tion, or the hypocritical cry of peculiar devotion to the Union. I am for the restoration of the old Government as it was, leaving the people of the several States to reg'ilate and determine for themselvw their own domestic inst itutions as provided by tbe Con. stitution; and ii any slave State chooses to abol ish slavery, so be it. I shall rejoice to see it. But 1 earnestly protest against the citizens of the free States being burthened with taxes on accoant of such negroes, as I do also against their being turned loose amongst us to compete with and cheapen the labor of white men and women, to fill our poor houses and jails, and demoralize our people. I am for leaving the question of slavery exactly where our fathers left it in that incomparable instrument, the Constitution of the United States, which the abolitionists have been warring against for years as "a covenant with death aud a league with hell," but which I cling to as the great charter of our liberties, designed for times of war even more than fo, times of peace, and which I do uot wish to fee violated even under the urgent, but exceedingly dangerous, plea of neceisity the tyrant's plea in all ages of the world's history. Understanding the position I have indicated to be that of the Northern Democracy, and believing sincerely that the restoration of that party to power would most speedily terminate the rebellion, crush out sectional fanaticism North and South and restore the Government as it was in the brighter and better days of the republic, I feel it to be my duty to stand by them in the ap proaching canvass. At the same time I have no reproaches for those of my old political friends who have in good faith luaed with Republicans

and Abolitionists by going into the so-called Union party of Indiana. A few have notoriously done so to save or procure political office, or because of some old sore, but the mass, I doubt not, are actuated by patriotic but I thiuk mistaken views. I would beg this latter class to remember that there can be no greater humbug than tbe cry of "no party" by a set of men who bold conventions, nominate candidates, adopt platforms and go through all the maneuvers of partv organisa

tion. I would beg them to reflect whether thev are not surrounded and outnumbered by men whose lives have been mainly devoted to unscru pulous and vindictive warfare against the Democratic party, under every conceivable pretezt, and with whose real sympathies and views they can have no part whether they are not, in fact, becoming the mere t ail-pieces to a political kite, usetul, ii may be, to help it up, but always in the rea- and with no power to stop its progress or control its course. The same trap has been periodically set for years, for it is notorious that combinations of the odds and ends of other parties, under various pretexts and names, have been arrayed against us at almost every general election, and yet defeat has only overtaken us by unfortunate aud unjustifiable divisions in our own household. It should not be forgotten that a generous sup port of the Administration in all proper and le gitimate measures is one thing, and a blind dherence to ruinous fanaticism and monstrous corruptions is quite another. The first is entirely consistent with the position we have always held as Democrats, but the latter would make us un worthy of the name of freemen. We must not allow ourselves to be driven from correct principles by any amouut of misrepresentation or even persecution. I would say, let us firmly stand together under the old flag and in the old organization, lighting Secessionism to the bitter end, and assailing the Administration wherev er we conscientiously be lieve it to be in error, but upholding the Constitution nnd laws, aud never losing sight of that great historical fact, which can not be overcome by misrepresentation or abuse, and that is, that under the rule of the Democracy the country grew to be one of tlie greatest nations of the earth, and a long as thry htld power, the people of all the States were prosperous and happy. I am, gentlemen, very truly, Your frieud and olid't serv't Wm. H. Enulisu. To D. S. Huffstetter, Thomas Hunt, County Treasurer; H C. Wible, County Clerk; Dr. Henrv ! Lingle. L. B. Coggs well, Esq., and M.S. Murity, i Esq., Orange county, Indiana. A Warning- to Indiana. We have no doubt of the earnestness and faith fulness nor of the thorough loyalty of such of tbe members of the Democratic party of Indiana as are making common cause with the Republi cans of that State. We have the utmost confidence that the uuion of the two parties for the purpose of upholding the national power, by the selection of suitable men of tried loyalty, for tbe executive offices of the State, will be a success, and one that will do great honor to the patriots w ho are engaged iu the movement. But let us, in behalf of the Republicans of Illinois, who are reaping the bitter f ruit of an attempt iu the same direction, give our Indiana friends of the pure faith the benefit of the caution we have learned. Let them make their selections for county offices with exceeding care; and when members ot the Legislature are to be chosen, let that care be redoubled. Let them see to it that the proposed union is not confined to the Republican counties alone, but that it extends, on the basis accepted, from Laporte to the Ohio river. Let them know that their candidates for all places are not Uuion men with an "if " or a "but," else certain disaster will be the end of the co-operative endet vor. We have tried it in Illinois and know. Our recent Convention is a warning rot to be forgotten Chicago Tribune. We find the above copied into the Lafayette Journal, one of the Republican organ in this State. Our Democratic friends who took part in the 18th of June Convention, will perceive that they are not to be treated by their Republican associates as entirely above suspicion. They are to be watched and regarded with distrust till they prove their fidelity to the new organization. The fact that they were once Democrats is to be taken as prima facie evidence against them. Some of them will probably get a little restive under such a system of espionage. N. A. Ledger. The Fitrlit Just Commenced. The sum of a good government was described by that illustrious champion of Democracy, Thomas Jefferson, to be "a wise and frugal Government, which shall restrain men from injuring one another; shall leave them otherwise, free to regulate their owe pursuits of iuduftry and im provement, and shall not take from the mouth of labor the bread it has earned." To these principles the Democracy adhere today. They are the fundamental principles of our form of Government. They embody the grand doctrines of equal rights. The recent canvass on the new Constitution has disclosed that the enemies of these sound governmental views "still live." The advocates of special and exclusive privileges for the benefit of individuals, instead of throwing open all kinds of business to free and full competition, have been sowing their specious falsehoods broadcast with a success which is a matter of surprise to all who repose confidence, as we do, in tbe right sense of the masses of the people. Whether, however, the new instrument be adopted or rejected, this much is certain, sooner or later the people will resume the power of which they have been robbed, and hurl from office those whose constant effort has been to impoverish the masses for the sake of filling their own pockets. We remember that in a desperate naval engagement, the Captain of the enemy's vessel hailed John Paul Jones and asked him if he had surrendered. The reply was, "We've just begun to fight," and the surrender was on the other side in a few hours. The enemies of the people's rights propound that interrogatory to day. We tell them "we've just begun to fight," and we shall continue the contest till the grand principle of equal rights is again established on a sure toundation. Chicago Times. The "Mover Fraud." The Vinceuncs Gazette, edited by the Hon. Cybvs M. Allen, thus condemns the recent at tempt of the Journal to whitewash the Agent of State, and excuse his complicity in the Stover fraud: The Indianapolis Journal undertakes to defend the course of R IS. Hudson, State Agent, in connection with the Stover fraud. If the facts are as stated by the Journal, then the Colonel cannot be very wsll defended. He may have acted from a conviction of duty, and for what he suppose) the best interests ot the State, but it will be difficult to convince the people that his course was right. Col. Hudson, the Journal states, discovered the :raud few days after he entered his office; that was about March, 1861, but he gave the Governor no intimation of the fraud until February, 1862. Was it right tor Col. Hudson to conceal the fraud trom the Executive of the State for a term ot nearly a year? Again, at the time the fraud wai discovered. Indiana was not in the market with bonds, or at tempting to negotiate any loans, neither w as the General Government, and neither the interests of i the State or National Government required the conce ilmeut ot the fraud. The Legislature of the State was convened in extra session in April, 1861, and continued until June, this was after Col. Hudson knew Stover's rascality. Why was it not made known, that the necessary legislation could be had to prevent fu ture frauds Col. Hudson allowed his office to be used for the redctupiiou and paymeut of interest on the fraudulent issue, thus, indirectly, making the State a party to the fraud und giving the ' bonds currencv. He ought to have known that j for every $10,000 of bonds returned by Stover he was potting in circulalioi. $4ll.UOU. mid instead of reducing was quadrupling the fraudulent is sues. The object Col Hudson had in view may have been "worthy any man's ambition," hut for our life we can't see how it was to be accomplished when the fraudulent bonis increase! from $25D,000 in circulation at the time tbe fraud was discovered to $1,000,000 at the time it was exposed. We do not Impugn the motives or honesty of Col. Hudson, but he has shown himself an unfaithful and incompetent public agent, and his course is as indefensible as that of Stover. The Tax Bill and tbe Cltjr. The final passage of the tax bill, directly inte resting to every individual in the country, will of course affect all persons doing business in the city. For instance, every window adorned by the transparent colored vases of the apothecary signifies ten dollars for the Federal Government. Every eating house, whether an elaborate affair, or only a little btsement where sandwiches and cold coffee are sold, must disgorge an X. Prof. Anderson, the Wizard of the North, will have to pay the tax gatherer double this amount, for a juggler's license is $20; and besides this $100 the license for opening a theater. Bankers, who are generally supposed to have more money than anybody else, will pay $100, and peddler who have les. are charged but $' Confectioners are

charged $10, and pawnbrokers Every reader can, by reflecting a moment on the nnm ber ot esfblisbments in only his personal knowledge, devoted to these pursuits, form some idea of the vast revenue which must flow to the Government trom the license in this city alone. We iu America have been accustomed to make frequent little squibs and satires about English taxation, but henceforth live iu too fragile a glass house to throw stones. A walk up Broadway shows that we can claim the honors of taxation quite as much as our "down trodden" cousius in Europe. A tax-gatherer's promenade in Broadway is by no means unsuggestive. Leaving Bowling Green, he sees several taxed hotels which pay licenses of at least $1(K). The bonded warehouse, a few steps further, reminds us that fifty cents duty is paid for the entry into or withdrawal therefrom of any goods. Tbe splendid stores of the whole sale dealers are each worth fifty dollars a yar to Uncle S;m. Every clerk standing in the doorway of these totes must pay 3 per cent, of his income over $600. At the express office you ob serve that for every receipt tor goods to be transmilted there is a charge of fiom one to five cents. That portly stock broker turning out of Wall street is worth filtv dollars a vear to his

government in licenses, while that carriage aud horse driving up near the corner represents another $5 As he goes past the oest ot lawyers at Trinity buildings it is a satist i-iion to the taxgatherer to know that each of them has to pay a license of $10. He glances into the auctioneers' stores, and complacently remembers that eveiy I one must contribute V) to tne Government. The diu .:ist, where he stops for soda water, has to pay bis share, and on the eating house where he takes a nibble there is a similar claim. If he passes I newspaper office, he reflects that for every advertisement the proprietor pays 3 per cent, ou th. gross receipts. Every physician whose little tin sign he may see on his route must disgorge $10. The cigars smoked along the streets are taxed according to their value. If it rains and he puts up an umbrella, he need not pay for the privilege, unless it is a silk umbrella, in which case he must p y 5 per cent, of its value consequently cotton umbrellas will be in active demand. The theatres, wholesale and retail stores, and the incomes derived from every building on your Broadway route, are taxed. People's clothes and what thev eat are taxed. The glass they look through and the gas they see by are taxed. If e wish to slaughter hogs and sheep for our own consumption, Uncle Sara permits us to do so gratis; but he will not permit us to hang ourselves for nothing, as hemp is taxed 3 per cent. If we wish to leave the city and go to New Jersey, we can do so freely; but if we prefer other foreign climes and think of Europe, we must pay $3 lor the passport and a dollar tax for the privilege of buviug your passage ticket. jV. Y. Post. Illinois and the Srgre. Whatever be the fate of the new Constitution, it is certain that the following propositions, which were submitted separately, have been carried by immense majorities, and w ill hereafter stand as a part of the organic law: "Section 1. No nero or mulatto shall migrate to or settle in this State. "Sec 2. No negro or mulatto shall have the right of suffrage or hold any office iu this State. "Sec 3. The General Assembly shall pass all laws necessery to carry into effect the provisions of this article " The old Constitution of this State and the Constitution of Indiana, aud perhaps ihe Constitutions of one or two other free States, contain provisions prohibiting negro immigration, but those pro visions have been practically inoperative because the Legislatures ate not requited by the Coiisti union to pass laws giving effect to them. The people of Illinois have now clinched the nail. "The General Assembly shall pass all laws necessary to carry into effect this article," aud these laws will doubtless embrace provisions inflicting punishment upon railway and steamboat companies and other public conveyances who shall bring negroes into the Slate, and upon all persons who shall harbor the proscribed race. The adoption of this article is one of the most significant signs of the fraes. It might not, and probably would not, have beeu adopted a few months ago. Its adoption now, by so large majorities, comes of the popular alarm at the effect of the war upou slavery iu the South. The same alarm is felt in all the border free States, and similar action will be taken by all of them, and we believe every other Northern State will take il just so soon as thev shall feci the fear which the I border States feel of negro immigration. This is natural and inevitable fruit of abo- ! litionism. The decree of emancipation of the ' slaves of the South will be a decree of exclusion I of negroes from every present loyal State, and eventually from every State. Missouri and Kentucky and Tennessee and Maryland will no more become asylums of free negroes than will Illinois become such an asylum. Abolition is, then, expulsion of the negroes from the United Sutes, not by any system of colonization, but by proscriptive laws. From a condition which God and nature seem to have designed for them, and only iu which has the race evef made any progress in civilization, they will be driven on', to shift for themselves wherever they may, and to relapse into the barbarism from which they are incapable of rising by their own volition. Six thousand millions of property will have been wiped out, the productive power of the cotton and sugar States will have been destroyed, ! the nation will have beeu involved in debt which will weigh like a millstone upon the present and future generations, tens of thousands of lives will have been sacrificed, the character of the Government itself will have been changed and the negro, concerning whose welfare all this will have been done, will himself be abolished. Chicago Times. Washington County Democratic Con vention. The Democracy of Washington county assembled in couveutiou on the 20th inst. It was largely attended, harmonious and enthusiastic. The following excellent ticket was nominated: For Representative, Jimeson Lee; for Treasurer, John L Menaugh; Sheriff, B. F. Nicholson; Recorder, Wm C. McCoskey; Surveyor, I. N. Caress; Commissioner, Joel Wilson, Sr.; Coroni er, Allen I. Uarrelt. The following resolutions were unanimously ! adopted: Whereas, The Democratic party always has ! been and now is a true Union patty, boldly proclaiming its principles and objects without disj guise, therefore be it Resolced, That we recognize the Democratic ! party of tins country as the party of the Union, j and that it is now more than ever the duty of i Democra's and every other loyal citizen, to favor I the continuance of its organization, and to labor I for the triumph of its principles as a most essenj tial mean for the defeat of the various sectional schemes, calculated to prevent the restoration of that glorious union and harmony of the whole j country which we witnessed when peace reigned ! throughout our borders Resolced, That w e are in favor of the vigorous prosecutiou of the war for the maintenance of the constitutional supremacy of the General Government, and that we have been at all times in f.ivur of the suppression of forcible resistance to any of the requirements of the Constitution or statutes of the United States in conformity thereto. Resoloed, That the experience of the past year has furnished additional and undoubted proof that "all efforts of the Abolitionists, and others, : made to induce Congress to interfere with ques- ! lious ot domestic slavery, or to take incipient steps in relation thereto, are calculated to lead to ! the most alarming and dangerous consequences," and that we are opposed to the President a emancipation policy, to the abolition of slavery in the j Drstrict of Columbia, and to all other "incipient steps in relation to that subject, believing, as we do, that all such measures only tend to aid and strengthen the infamous and wicked rebellion against the Government, and to postpone the pe riod of final reconciliation. Resoloed, That while all the energies of the people are needed for meeting the demands necessary for the proper, just, and liberal support of tbe brave and gallant men who have taken up arms in defense of a government made by white men aud for white men and their posterity forever, we feel especially called upon to enter our solemn and decided protest against any appropri ation of public-money for the purpose of freeing slaves, or supporting them when freed, and against theextravagance and corruption tolerated by the party in power. Resolved, That justice and sound policy require the repeal of the Morrill Tariff, and that iu all measures for raising revenue no branch of industry should be fostered to the detriment of another. Resolved, That we are opposed to all secret political organizations, whether they pass under the names of Know Nothings, Wide Awakes, Kuights of the Golden Circle, Abolition Leagues, or under any other name or description. Resolved, That we pledge our earnest, cordial, and united support to the ticket this day nomin ated, and to the regular Democratic nominees for State officers, knowing them to be the best Union men. Resolved, That we, as Democrats, pledge ourselves to the support of the Union on the basis

of the Constitution, and that we are unalterably opposed to the Abolition schemes of the North as well as secessionism of the South, believing that the latter is the legitimate offspring of the former.

.fleeting of the .Tlarion Count' Democratic Central Committee. A meeting of the Democratic Central Committee of Marion county was held at the Senti nel office, on Saturday, June 28, pursuant to pre i vious notice, at winch the fo owintr nroceedinw were had. On motion, Jesse Price, Esq., was elected Sec- i retary of the Committee. On motion of Mr. Loften, it was ordered, ' That in the Congressional and Judicial District I Conventions, the vote of Marion county is so apportioned that each out township shall be en- ! titled to three votes, and Centre township to four-1 teen votes. On motion of Mr. Webb, it was ordered, That each township be requested to hold a township I convention, at such time and place as their re- I spective committees may designate, to select! the delegates they are entitled to to attend the Congressional Convention, to be held at j Frankli n on the lith of July next. - a i i Un motion ot Air. W hite, it was ordered. That a County Convention be held at tbe Court House, in Indianapolis, on Saturday, August 16, com mencing at 11 o'clock A. M., to nominate can didates for county office On motion of Mr. White, seconded by Mr. ' Loften, it was ordered, that the Countv Con vention shall be a delegate couveutiou, and that the ratio of votes is apportioned in the several townships as follows Each out township shall have ten votes, and Centre township shall have twe:ity-6ve votes. On motion the Committee adjourned. JOHN R. ELDER, Chairman. Jesse Price, Secretary. An Indiana fleeting. At an adjourned meeting of the Indianians, held at the rooms of Senator Wright, lat ee ning. Hon. Henry S. Lane was made Chairman, and Hon. Mr. Colfax Secretary. The President stated that the object of the meeting was to raise funds for the relief of the sick and wounded Indiana soldiers in Washington. Mr. Dennis stated that an Indiana organization had existed since November last, when sonie$?0) j had been raised and exjiended for the benefit of , her sick soldiers, which was the origin of the PatI eut Ofln-e Hospital. One thousand two hundred and thirtv five dol

lars was thereupon subicribed for the purpose of i growing radicalism of the country, and defended ameliorating the condition or the sick and wound- ! the Democracy in a masterly manner against the ed Indiana soldiers now in Washington j foul aspersions of some of the opposition. Dr. Gii motion of Governor Wright, a permanent ' A. spoke in most glowing terms of the indicaorgunization was made, by which Hon. D. P. I tions throughout the State in regard to the sue

Holloway was elect el President, W.T.Dennis, Secretary, and Hon. J. P. Usher Treasurer An executive committee of eight were appointed, as follows: Warren T. Lockhart, Hallet Kilbourne, R. M. Hall, R. G Hedrick, E. C. Mayhew, C. M. Heaton, T. M. Smith, and R. S. Davis. The executive committee were authorized to appoint sub committees, of ladies and others, at their discretion. The f unds raised are to be place! in the charge of the permanent officers, to be drawn upon the order of the executive committee. The executive committee were authorized to call on all Indianians not present for additional subscriptions. The executive committee and the permanent officers were orlered to meet at the office of R. S. Davis, 398 D street, in frout of the City Hall, on Monday evening, at 8 o'clock. On motion, the proceedings were ordered to be published in tbe city papers, and papers at Indianapolis. Funds heretofore raised $700 00 Funds raised last uij. Total i:i5 oo 1 $1,935 00 HENRY S. LANE, President. Schuyler Colkax, Secretary. A Speceh from lien. Breckinridge. A correspondent of the Mobile Register, writing from Meridian Mis . under date of 10th inst., notices the arrival at that place of General John C. Breckinridge. During tbe day Colonel Colbert's regiment "made a call" on Gen. Breckinridge at the Meridian House. The correspond ent says: Being informed bv a gentleman present that the assemblage was in compliment to him, he appeared iu the front piazza, when repeated calls from the soldiers and citizens made it incumbent ou him to say something, as the assemblage appeared determined to hea.- him. Gen. Breckinridge prefaced his remarks by protesting against making a regular speech; said he was uot accustomed of late to so doing, and deprecated such things; that this was the time for action, not speeches; that no one need think there was anything to hope for from the Lincoln Government; that this struggle bad proved to us that the enemy neither respected age, female loveliness, nor infantile weakness, when in their power; that our only hope was in our strong arm, and a determination never tobe conquered; that history showed no nation or people who resisted their oppressors with boldness, determination and ' bravery, no matter what the numerical superiority j of the invader, but that they finally succeeded and eventually deleated them. His own State had not acted well, but it was in an error of judgment not of the heart. She hoped to be able to stay the fratricidal band and act as mediator, but before she was i aware of it, was betrayed by some of ber own i sons. The Mississippians, he would say, without disparaging the bravery of the volunters of other States, that he had the honor of commanding them at Shiloh, and that no braver men fought there; that in one instance it was important a formidable battery should be taken from the enemy, he told his Misissippian soldiers so, and they at once charged it with their bayonets, with nol a load of powder or ball in their possession, ami took it over all opposition. He closed by pledging himself to our cause as long as there was a foot of soil to defend and any of her sons would rail' in the face of the common enemy. He assured his countrymen that w hen the sword was put aside (if ever) and Kentucky was left to decide whom she would join, it would most certainly be the South. His remarks were eloquent in their inception and delivery, and were listened to with profound attention bv ladies, scldiers and citizens, and elicited much applause. At the close the ladies came forward and were introduced to him, aud each one shook himbv the hand. Knorinons ;nns. The Secretaries of the Array and Navy are in search of guns of a size and destructive power truly formidable. Thev want twenty smooth i bores, of fifteen inches caliber, weighing :iot over I 50,000 lbs , and carrying balls of 450 lbs. at an j initial velocity of not less than 1,500 ft. per seclotul; and the same number of rifled guns of: j twelve inch caliber, about sixteen ft. long, and I carrving shot of 500 lbs. at a minimum initial I velocity of 1,300 ft. These guns will be tested ' with 1,000 round of powder, weighing one- : fourth as much as the shot for the smooth-bore, and one fifth as much as that for the rifled piece. ' j Should American ingenuity be equal to the de- i mand as it unquestionably will be a class of ; ordnance will be produced which will make still j further improvement iu iron clad vessels ueces- ; 1 sary The filteen inch smooth-bores asked for ! are precisely the size of the great Union gun at , Fortress Monroe. The rifled pieces will be almost twice as the largest hitherto made in this ' country; and it is with regard to them that I ie mechanical ingenuity of the country has the no blest opportunity for its exercise. Abolition Logic. The New York Tribune asks: "In what sec tion or clause of the Constitution is the nation or 1 its Government required to guarantee or protect I the alleged property of rebels in those they claim as slaves! It answers: "Wny none, ana re marks. "It thee is anv such clause or section it rami be easy to point it out." Therefore it holds I that the Federal Government cau do what it j pleases with property of rebels. It is not our purpose to argue the policy or impolicy of eman cipation in this article, but only to test tne logic of this inquiry of tbe Tribune's. We ask, therefore, "in what section or clause of the Constitu tiou is the nauon or its Government required to guarantee or protect the alleged property of loyal men in anything which they claim as property?" We ask this question because tbe great argument ot abolition is, that the Constitution does not recognize slavery; an argument absolutelv false, yet all-powerful with its advocates. The truth is, the Constitution specifies no particular subject of property. It accepts the institutions of the Sutes in that regard, and does nothing more. The abolition argument, then, that it is silent as to this or that property is applicable to everything which men own. and the deduction must be that if this silence gives power to destroy one kind of property, sanctioned by the laws of a State, it gives power to destroy all kinds. In a word, the abolition doctrira is that the Federal Government possesses despotic power. Detroit Fre- Press.

For the Daily State Sentinel . ntate Fair. The members of tbe State Board of Agriculture, present at a meeting held on tbe 27th inst , adopted the following preamble and resolutions: W hebe as, The State Board of Agrtculture, having determined on holding a State Fair tHs fall, and as the fair grounds used by the State

Board, are now occupied as an euca mptnent lor military purposes, making the preparation of new grounds absolutely essential; and, as many of the citizens ot Indianapolis, interesteil in the holding of a fair, have intimated a willingness to co-operate with this Board in preparing suitable grounds for said fair, Resoloed, That the co operation of the people of Indianapolis is respectfully solicited; and that the Board will await any proposition for and as gistance in preparing suitable grounds, that the citizens or Indianapolis may determine to render. Hesolced, That the immediate action of the citizens is respectfully requested, as the preparations required are extensive, and it said fair is held, must be commenced as early as possible. Hesolced, That the old Fair Grounds, or grounds in the immediate vicinity thereof, be selected as the most suitable for the lidding of tbe State Fair this fill. . . - - - What Daniel Webwter Said. To the Editor of the Wm York Express: "The iRBLPRtasiBLE CosrLicr." Soon after this declaration was mtde bv its distinguished author, and his followers, the Abolitionists and fanatics, had joined hands and formed a party organization, a great and good man, who still lives in memory, said, in the hearii.g of the writer of this, as follows, to -wit : "If these infernal fanatics aud Abolitionists ever get power iu their hands, they will override the Constitution, set the Supreme Court at de6ance, change and make laws to suit themselves, lay violent hands on those who differ with them in their opinion, or dare question their infallibility, and, finally, bankrupt tbe country and deluge it with blood!" Happy for the far seeing author of the above, he did not live to see his prediction fulfilled. He now "sleeps his last sleeo." But be will ever "live iu tbe hearts of bis couutrvmen," while those whom he so truly denounced will only be remembered to be cursed by their countrymen and the whole civilized world! Da. .1 ami s S. Athom. This distinguished gen tleman, who is the Democratic candidate for Secretary of State, visited our town on Saturday last, and addressed the Democracy at 'he Court House. He took strong grounds against the cess of the Democratic partv. His sneech w.i sound, forcible and to the point, and was listened to with marked attention throughout by the vast concourse of people assembled ou the occasion. Salem Banner of Liberty. , The Abolitionists Did It Some twenty-five years ago a few noble men saw as they never saw betöre, tbe enormity of slavery, aud they set themselves to work to arouse the conscience of the nation. By degrees raeu came to see the sin and turn from it; ami our present conflict of arms is a direct consequence of this turning from our evil ways. Sewark North American, Sot. 28, 1861. The Lost Man is not Found. George Milam, the lunatic who wandered from the Floyd County Asxlum. has not yet been found, as was reported. Said Milam is about 30 years of age, feet 8 or 10 inches high, light hair, bald on top of his head, slihtl) lame in one foot owing to the loss of several toes; talks with a good deal ot intelligence at time?. Any person furnishing intelligence of his whereabouts will be suitably rewarded. N. A. Ledger. For the Uaily Slate Sentinel. To the Douglas VI n ui Indiana. Gentlemen: As one ot your number 1 leel insulted by the action ot '.he Black Republicans who have brought our country into its present difficulties by their crusades against slaveholders and for the unconstitutional abolition of slavery. The great and cardinal doctrine of Douglas, that on which be rested his fame, and which endeared him to us all, was popular sovereignty, non intervention with slavery in the Territories. Now, what do we behold; Whv, this miserable Ja n u faced Black Republican party, while simH - gorrow ,nd resf)t for DouK las s memory and honeying about his supporters, have passed the Wilmot proviso and applied the act to all existing Territories, thus giving a fatal stab to the hopes and memory of Douglas. This great outrage has been perpetrated in the face and eyes of the solemn decision of the Supreme Court of the United Sutes, as Mr. Holt, of Kentucky, admits. It i kept concealed from the public as much as possible, and is telegraphed uuder tbe unmeaning phrase of the bill to give freedom to the Territories. Now, how do poor Secrest, Williamson, Gooding and Ray feel? However as Ray was a Le compton swindle man. I believe, he'll have no trouble with his conscience or consistency. The Gat lino Gun. This newly invented firearm is attracting much attention among our citizens. All that have witnessed its operations are delighted with its shooting qualities. It can be tired at the rate of two hundred shots per minute with great accuracy and effect. Its caliber and range are the same as that of the Enfield rifle, but it can be made to carry a much larger ball. The inventor designs having the guns hereafter constructed of a size to cairy a lead ball of about a half pound in weight, the range of which, when fired through rifled barrel, will lie from one and a half to two miles. The beautv of this formi j dable engine of warfare consists iu its simplicity j of construction, freedom from getting out ot order aud in its perfect safety to the operators. The gun, with three or tour men to operate it, will be i as effective in battle as a regiment of meu armed with muskets. The gun will not eat nor will it get sick: its economy, therefore, is apparent to all. The gun is mounted on wheels iu the tyIeof ordinary artillery, and is about the weight of a light buggy. One or two men ciu mote it rapidly from place to place over any ordinary surface, or one horse can lake it on a ruu and k ,. up ith cavalry. There is, in our opii.ion, no fire u m iu use equal to it iu rapidity of firing and efficiency. A battery of these gun- might justly be st led lightning or telegraphic artillery. This iim-n tion is well worthy the attention of Government officials and of military men generally. Sudden Death. Ou Saturday evening. Dr. Kraut, formerly a resident of this city aud more tecenllv suigeou oi the .1su Indiana, t u- ; iicu.s regimeilU uie4l guddenly at the Union De pot The Doctor had been in failiti" health for some time, having never recovered from a severe attack of typhoid fever contracted in camp. He had been at home for two or three months, and at the lime of his death was with bis wile and children at the depot for Seymour He had Uiken bis seat in the cars of the Jeffersonville train, when he became faint, and was carried from thence to the ladies' room of the depot, where in a few moments he breathed his last. His w ife and three or four interesting children weie around him. It was a sad and affecting sight to see the husbund nud father thus suddenly snatched from the weeping group. Dr. Kraut, we understand, was an able surgeou, who bad an experience of over twenty years' ar my practice in Europe. He was buried last evening from tbe Palmer House, the Harugary Society (German) and a large concourse of citizens accompanying the remains to their final resting place. Passage or Taoors. The 12th Illinois car airy, en route from Springfield to Annapolis, Md., passed through this citv on Saturday night and undav. I hev came here over the laiavette road and left by the Indiana Central. There were about ninety cars, making five or six trains. The boys took quite a spree yesterday a portion of them at least and two or three knock downs in front of the court house wat the consequence The fight was among themselves, and we suppose they w ere just getting their hands in. Än unfortunate occurrence happened about noon, the exact particulars of which we could not get at. A Captain of one of the companies shot a private of another company. The bail took effect in the breast, and the man expired in a short time. Whether the act was justifiable and necessary to sustain order and preserve dis cipline or not we are not advised, but presume the matter will be investigated The State Faib. Iu our notice in Saturday's issue that Mr. Ilel.ee and his friends would con tribute a sum to the Stale Fair if it was held at the old State fair ground, we named $3tKrs the amount thev were willine to raise. It should have been 3.000 Thev will raise the 1 ; Mmed sum if the State Board will hold the Fair there this rear. tW The regiment that passed through here on Saturday night and Sunday morning was the 12th Illinois cavalry, commanded by Col. Voss. They weie tine hardy I .oking men. tuit the hordes ui.i not strike at as being extra.