Indiana State Sentinel, Volume 23, Number 4, Indianapolis, Marion County, 22 June 1863 — Page 2

WEEKLY SENTINEL.

MONDAY, - - JLTS'E '22. Indiana Called upon f or Si Jlonili Volunteers). Th ePres'd en t . h a s iss tied . areiui?i tion ju pon liidiaoaTor sixmbntlTa volunteers lävTevt oftEe threatened invasion of Northern icrrilory by the 'Jleber" force. t '.Adjutant 4 General 1 N4buw has issued an ordet calling upon each Congressional Dutfict fur. owe aegimeulfor thi .Mrvin-ffe hive no doubt that the call willt be promptly re- ; "sponded to. We presume that the members of the Horn Guards and Loyal Leagues will be anx- ' iou4 to illustrate their patriotUm in thd present exigency. Having had some experience in military drill, they will be better filted for the field than those who have not had that advantage. The troops who engage la the six month's ser- ; : rice under this call of the President, will be credited to the State upon any requisition which J may be made upon it under the conscription law. The fact that the President is calling for six . months' volunteers makes the impression that In hU opinion the war will be brought to a close, In some way,' within that time. The Stale Sentinel says that "there are no better friend to the Government than Vallandig ham and Poglv" W huh Government does tke Sentinel mem, the Federal or . Confederal? The answer depends upon the fact whether the Sentinel, in writing the sentence, intended to lie or tell the truth. St. Joseph Valley Republi- ' can. : '' ' " The aboT we find in one Schctlkr Colfax's . paper, who U anxious to be considered a sharp -fellow. Now what is a Government! Webst e a says it U "au empire, kingdom or State; ' any territory over which the right of sovereignty is extended." So then "Little Greeley" admits - or concedes. U the inquiry be makes of us, that the Confederate States are a Government over which the right of sovereignty U extended. This Is a concession which requires but a Utile adranee to acknowledge the independence of the Confederate States, which we nonestly believe Colfax and his compeers have been and are yet ready to do. . . In answer' to Colfax's inquiry . we reply that Vallaxdigham and Pcgh are better , fiieuda of the Federal Government Uisu Colfax and his whole Co u fed erate Abolition crew. What h is he or they ever done to show their devotiou to the Constitution and the Uuiou? Colfax and Company aay they are for the war, but they are very careful sot to expose their carcasses to Rebel bullets. They proclaim from the hou-e tops that it is the duty of every mau to sacrifice himself to . overtlirow the rebellion, but they dou't do it not they. What hypocrite, or cowards and they must choose themselves upon which horn of the dilem- : ma they prefer to hang themselves ,11 Cod-ax is honest in his declarations, he should set the ex ample of fighting; and if he don't do it, he is a 'hypocrite. Vallasdicbasi an.f Pvgr are better friends to, the Federal Government that Colfax & Co., because they believed that civil war would result in 'disunion that it is in fact disunion, and they ' used every effort to prevent that calamity to the country. Colfax L Co , on the other h ind, did all in their power to precipitate these terrible evih upon the country, for no other purpose than to perpetuate the rule of th party in power and to advance partisan schemes. And now, with heartless in difference, they look upon the sacrifice of life, and health and treasure, which this war has occasioned; and they will do so until the calamities of war overtake them History will show that the greatest enemies of the Federal Government were those who, like Colfax, were fiddling or putting money into their pockets whilst the fires of civil war were consuming the nation. From the X. T. Freeman's Journal. . Ifore 111 od ."More Mauglitcr-.lno--Iber Hecatomb to Fanaticism, s jew Oblea.ns, June 1, lc63. The bloodiest, if not the most desperate struggle of the war, as far as is known, is that which baa taken place on Tuesday and Wednesday, 'May 2G and 27. at Pott Hudson, La. For ten days previous, it was generally replied that this stronghold was abandoned, evacuated, anl no longer serviceable to the Conlederaey. as Gen. Banks had possession of nearly the entire State, and the troops were nee-led to i ein force Johnston, to repel Grant, be'ore he could get iu the rear of Bragg, or iato Mobile, or Savannah. It was known that 10.IKH) men had left there, and less than S.UOO (4 fc()i) remained to garrison the place and detain Gen Banks as lousj as possible from joining his forces to those of Geo Grant. This wts immediately known t Gen. Banks, who forthwith .ordered his wh ile army from every point, (even from those h so recput!y pasted ever in trionanh) to Port Hudson, to take advantage of the weakness of the garrison and capture it behwe any rettiftsivemeur could be thrown in. In a few davs he h.i concetilr. ted I roin "25,000 to 30.0M) men (Col McClure, A. Q M , said 5!).()!0.) drawu up it the rear-of the fort, the onlv a-tsiil ib'e point lioping with this force, to deter the Rebels from defending it, or to overwhelm them at once by h:s u-eiior force. Tuesday aas ereilt in sbe!linsj ai d slight skirmtsliim;. very lew Rebels imkin.' their appe trance. This cave-the -Federals the impression hat they would ioft slight rr.ista;ice, if not an 'unconditional su. -render' e incs 1 iy the assault was made, right, left and cenfer, with batet feet mar he inngned by the fact that .even General ofti-ers are reported kil.'ed or wounded. One hundre! and fifty officers above the rank of Captain are reported killed or woundel. The men were literally mown down, as they were brought up in such a m inner as to receive the concentr ateJ fire of the Rebels' batteries. Whole ranks were enfiladed from right to left. The Chaplain of the 6ih Jfew Hmp-Vire regiment said there now rem tins, only 1.18 of that regiment, out of 4f10 that aent into the fight The Zmives. a solrndid regiment. Tost netrly all their men The 2 1 L-iuNiana regiment, organized in New Orleans, (whose men were 'p! iced in the front ranks, as thev m ere no fully trusted) h is only 25 men lelt The 1st Louisiana, negro regiment went with I J 00 men and left 700 dead behind them. The negroes went in to do or die, V 've not ask no quarter, and they received none. They raided the bl u-k 8 1?, and are said to h ive fought as well some other regiments. ' The entire hns in killel excsclsS.OU!). (some gay 8,000, and I0.OIKJ to 12.000 wTunded. The number of wounded bears no comparison with the killed, as in other ta(le-t. Tor here they fought at close q'tartcrs; at 50 to 15yard- distance, and those who came near enough the entrenchments were hyonated to death. ' ' T"he woutule! are being brousbt here as fist as po.iMe, by rix or eicht teimlon.vs, und all tint coul I find room at Baton Rouge .are been left there. ' Thoe woundel have been coming in during the last fonr days, and yet, most singular, not a word, not the slightest intimation' that a pre it battle has been fought a few miles from the city has yet appeared in anv of our papers This silence is ominous to your War Democrats. . .There may be ome errors in the names aud numbers above mentioned, although derived through Fe-ieral sources, from officers, soldier and surgeon some ofwhom were jn the engagement. There is r.o other mode of receiving information at present, inside the Federal lines. The Confederates were behind their wellarranged, carefully fortified entrenchment. Their loss is trifl'ng miy be counted by tens ; The Federals have abandoned all their recently aequ'red victories on the Teche and Red River. They have fallen back to Berwick Bar. their starting point. . They mushed 35 miles a day in purauit of the ReoeN, but they have marched j4Q miles in their retre.itand loat a Jare portion of their baggage. . Tbey hava abandoned the Uuiou men, "who hailed the return of the CnitDd States ut!krities and look the oth." ,to the mercy of guerrillas; left behind the "!KJ,0(X) bales of co'ton found in the Atukapoa country," and the "810.(X)0 bales found on Red River;" also the 10,000 Lb Is. of ugir. the herd of .at cattle, the "fine healthy negroes" alU all had to be abandoned to get away from these ragged, half starve! Rebels, who teemed to spring up from the ground in a single , r ; . , B. jTThe Alabama claima to have destroyed aerenty-fbar ressela. , , . , ,

senator Ilendrick n the, F.nrollrhentof tue .fltlltiia under tti an-

cription Law. and tte ' ICiglit oft Free idscumlon ' ) , f Senator IIesdeicks made a speech to the eipleof Hush county, at Itushvilbp, onWedne-i-day last, dunng which he discussed the necessity of obedience to ;f li;et.fietaVafjmefitsi4 both as a matter of duty upjn the part of the citizen and as the best means of preserving peace and order. In that connection he enjoined obe dience to the conscript law, however objectionable it msyeanTportton of 'the-peopi&r because it ia,a.luw, f tlje Und, MiJ oböJienc? has ever been a: cardinal prmcipiw w ith iibo Dem? cratie party, an4 of all conservative' cituens The sentiments so eloquently expressed by, Seriator Hendricks upon this' topic are those entertained: by the Democracy," and they will have theii1 cordial endorsement everywhere. We alsö call ' attention' lo the remarks of Senator UlndhicX upon, the duty, of the officers making the-.enrollment, to. f.tithfally and fairly discharge the 'tfust coaflded'td them.'5 In this connection, we . also direct attention to his remarks upon the right of the. people to freely discuss and criticise the acts of the Administration and all measure of public policy. Unless this right is maintained, bad or unjust laws, or an unwise policy, have but little chance of being corrected; and if the freedom of speech and of the press is stricken riowu, power maybe usurped by those who should be the servants of the peo ple, and a. despotism thus assumed be perpetua ted.' ' ' r- ' " : i 'The remarks of Senator üesdricks arc admirably .adapted to the times, and we hope they will receive that consideration by the people which they so eminently deserve. Again we commend them to the attention of our readers, and we trust they will find a place iu every journal that desires the preservation of constitutional liberty, of law, and of ot ie. ' ' ilr. Hendricks saidr CSkxtlemesi or Iiraa Col-xtt: Being in at tendance upon your court, iu the discharge of professional engagements, I have been requested to address you, and cow appear before you. very briefly to express my views upon some of the questions that demand public attention. The condition of the public mind, and the dangers threatening our institutions demand that speech be now Ji ec, frank und earnest. . The enrollment of the militia, under the re cent act of Conre-s. baa already occasioned breaches of the pea e. in several localities; in oue instance the shedding of blood, mid further outbreaks hare beeu seriously apprehended. - In view of this. Colonel Baker, the Provost Marshal General for this State, thought it proper to request au interview with myself and others, some days since, during which we suggested to him that perhaps the enrollment act, and the pro posed plan of its execution, were misunderstood, and that it might be of service, in satisfying the public mind, tor him to nuke the necessary ex phtmtions. On the 11th of this month he ad dressed us a communication, which I estefcm it important should be made public, aud I adopt this moda oi laying it before you: State or I.tDiAXA.Orrica or AasisTAjtTl Provost Marshal Gkjier ai. ' Indianapolis, June 11. 1?61. ) lion S : E rrrkin$. Ihn T. A Hendricks, Jinn. Thnx Dotrling. lion A L Reach, lion. Jos'ph llistinc, Hon. J S Atfion: Gf.ntllmex: In a con versa lion which I had with you last evening you were pleased to aus gest iliat there i jrreat misipprehcns'on in the popular mind as to the provisions of the law of Coogre-s known as the Enrollment Act, and es pecially as to the manner in whic h it is to be ex edited, and that an explanation from me would tend to correct, the misapprehension. I have therefore concluded 'to address you, as the best means of securing the public attention- The following are believed to be the esseutial features of the system, viz: 1. AU able bodied male citizens, and all for eigners who have declared their iutention to be come citizens, between the ages of twenty ,atid I'oity five. ears. (with a very few exceptions named iu the act) are declared to he liable to per form military duy. and are divided into two classes. 2. The first class comcrises those who are between the ages of twenty and thirty five years, and also thoe who are unmarried and between the ages of thirty five and forty five years. 3. The second class embraces those who are married and wh- are between the ages of thirty five and forty five years. 4. Rich Congressional ' District is made an enrollment district, and is provided with a B oard of Enrollment, consisting of a Provost Marshal, a Surgeon and a Commissioner. This Hoard h is its headquarters at some convenient place within the district t-'esicnated by the Government. . 5 The Hoard divides the district into as many sub districts us they may deem necessarv, and as a general rule the divisions made constitute each civil township a tub district . 6. Au enrolling officer is appointed by the Board for each sub district. 7. Each class is enrolled on separate sheets. 8. There is no rzrmitha from enrollment of those between the aies of twenty and forty five years. Questions of exemption for physical dis ability or for any oth r c.iuse recognized br the Act. can only arise after the draft is made, and then such questions are to be decided bv the Board. 9. The Government fixes the number of men to be drafted in each Congressional District, and these are to be apportioned among the sub dis tricts by the Board in pursuance of instructions from the Provost Marshal General. 10. The draft a ill be made at the Headquarters of tiie district, but there will be a separate drawing for each si b district. 11. The draft is required to be publicly m ule, under the oireclion of the Board of Enrollment. 12. There will be none drwn from the second class until the first class is exhausted. 13. The names of each person enrolled in the sub district will be placed in a boj, and the Provost Marshal, or som person designated by him, (the drawer 1 icing blindfolded.) shall draw therefrom one i.ame at a time until the re quired number i obtained. The tickets on which he names are written will be thoroughly mixed after they are put in the box and before the drawing commences. ' . ' -14 A list or roll of the names as the drawing progi esses, will be nude, the names being written in the order in which they are drawn. 15. All persons thus drafted hall be subject lor two years from and after the 1st day of July ucceeiinir the enrollment to te called" into ilie military Kertice or the United States, and to con tinue in service during the present rebellion; not; however, exfeeding the term of three ye rs; ami when called into the servke -hill be placed on the snme fntitiny in all reprct as tolunteers,' in eluding mdcance paw and bounty, a now prodded by law. As far as possible I will attend the drawings myself, and you ean assure the people not onlv that the draft will he fairly made, tut th t it will be conducted so impartially to preclude the suspicion of dishonesty Notice will be given of the time and pi ice of m kirg the drawings, and the pc-'p!e of etch township can inspect the proceedings personally or by m"n of their own selection. ' Respectfully, yours. CoNaan Bakkr, ' ' Acting Assistant Provost M irshal General for Indiana. . I fully appreciate and avmpithiza with the most sensitive interest and concern, t'i it the law shall be executed with scrupulous fairness and honesty To enforce by draft the military service of the citizen, is the exercise oi one of the highest owers of the Government, and tests, in a hiv'h de gree, the woedieuce of those upon whom the lot may fall, and no act could merit in a higher de gree the public indignation and execration, th in that of tn iking an unfair draft, and it should consign the loathsome wretch who would desire it, or be guiltv o.' it. to lasting iiiümy. A high toned and virtuous public sentiment would class the act of nuking a false enrollment or an unfair drawins, along with the crimes of forgery and peijury, and would see to it that infamous puniahment should re-t upon 'the guilty ptrty. 1 Itr this conne -tion, I call yoar attention to the nssuriuce Miven by Col. Baker, "not only that tlie draft will be fairly made, but that it will be conducted with such eutite impartiality as to preclude all suspicions of dishonesiy." . . , , , - lie has also given assurance that the drawing shall be under his personal supervision, as far as it may be possible. . , Col Baker is known in lh' State; he is an old and respectable citizen, and I believe lit rn to be a man of integrity and honor, and incapable of do ing an act of injustice between citizens in any case, and especially in a matter of this delicate nature, resting upon conscience and honor. It may be impossible for him to attend at all places of drawing, to see that papers bearing the names of the enrolled men are properly mixed in the

boxes and fairly drawn. but I feel canfident thai, it' in hie absence, any miscreant yhall do a wrong, und it can.be shown, CoL Baker will fee it righted. y f , - Attention is also called to the assurance that, VXotite wilbe given of tne time and place of making-thC draft, and the people of each township will have an opportunity of being present, elrr persofllv-tor by men f- their -ew-eleo-

tion, to inspect the proceedings. Should there be any partiality iu making, the enroll merit, a bd names be omitted, either for favor or reward, that mayalsw be oYrwted before the drawing, if proper attention be given. T Frua.iheiutoraia.tiou4äveuby CoL linker and others, it is believed the demand upon this State CMn not be nearly so large as is apprehended, as -it' ia la i oied. for tl State that she haa a :lrge credit, amounting perhaps to nineteen thousand, for troops already furnished over the proportion fumi.-hed by other Statcs.j, . - . .. i Reiving, then, upon the assurance given, that the law will he fairly executed, and in -ueh a pub lie manner that all person may know dial it U so executed, I beg your remission to ark, is it politic, or right to-4esiht.il by .-force? - This is a grave question, and one of serious import to every one of us. .Up the question of poiicv. J ask, can resistance be supt -eshful? It , is iropiasaibie that there should be unanimity of sentiment in favor of it. in any considerable portion of the State, EHorta al resistance must of necessity be in separate localities, without ellicient concert among those, who uny favor it, reulting in guerrilla strife, against which the organized military force of the Government would x be brought,- striking -mid destroying se- erate bauds, aud leaving the" localities of the "trujgie reeking with blood, and smoking iu ruins, i be men of Indiana iiuraciae cour.-itre, and will veil lure much to maintain the right, but rashness u not their characteristic, and they will not face destruction for an impossibility. VThilsi we cannot cherish the hopes of former dars, based upon a united and harmonious people, and a well ad ministered Federal Government, it becomes us to cling w'rth a fonder devotiou to Indiana and her institutions, and by II the cnerg cs of a devoted patriotism, save her from the dire calamities of civil war. Do we not find surlicient inducement in this reflection to avoid a course dangerous if (tot fatal? ' . But is resistance by force right? To this most important question I know you will give a considerate and hone.-t response.- Concurring in the judgment of a majority of the people of the State, 1 believe the law impolitic, nnd many of its pro yieions wrong. I was opposed to its enactment, and desire its modification or rereil. But it was enacted accitrdin to t'ie forms of the Constitution; by the body constituted under that instrument, and comes to us demanding our obedience Respect for legitimate authority, and obedience lo la w, has long been a cherished sentiment of the political party to which it ia my pride to belong. Does tint sentiment not commend itself lo.the judgment ami conscience of every good citizen and of every virtuous man, who desires the restraints and safety of law, ratio r than the fretdoniof unrestrained license? The dangerous doctrine, that the conscience of the citizen may sit in judgment upon laws enacted in proper form, with a view to iheir resistance, has never been adopted by anv considerable portion of the people of this State, and has at all times been bitterly np-osed by the Democracy. It is a. dor trine subversive of well-ordered government, and has contributed largely to the calamities that have vefaüeu our country. The constitutionality of the conscription act c-in soon be tes'ed in the proper judicial tribunals; nnd if declared uncoii.-titutional it is no law, and binds no nun; but until so declaied. every consideration -of poiicv and cheri-hed principle for bids its resistance. I know that it will fall heavily in its execution, upon 'many of my fellow citizens, who are not prepared to be torn from their ore u j atioiis ami families:; yet to them it will be a less calamity than bloody s'rife in our midst. I am not insensible lo the fact that very many porous do not approve the further prosecution of the war. for the reason that they do not believe that it ran restore the Union and reunite t lie dissevered sections; whilst they and others, con stitiitins:, as I suppose, a majority, and perhaps a decided majority of the people of the State, do not and cannot approve the war policy of the Administration; and I appreciate the embarrassment they roust experience in even being compelled to serve in the army under such circumstances; et it is to be remembered "that" the Administration cannot be overthrown or its policy modified by a refusal to oley law, Out to accomplish that re suit, so devoutly to be: desired, we must look to free speech, a free press and a free ballot, unless indeed, we esteem the departures from constitutional limits so greit as to justily revolution, and we be Prepared lo pass through that bloody ordeal. For its departures from riht we may and will ho'd the Administration responsible before the judgment of the world, and we hope to see it succeeded by one that will stand by the Constitution and the liberties of the people , , , , . . Whilst I entertain and expiess for tin1 Provost Marshal General 01 this State a confidence that he will I dor to et ure a fair draft, yet 1 esteem it proper to call his attention to the great importance of making his appointments of every grade, .of men who ei joy the confidence at'd respect of the peeple, nd who, when they go into the neighboi hoods, will carry with them a weis-ht oj character that will brine the p ople to their support. He will be pressed for appointments of men who have no claims but service as party lucks bitter, extreme nnd dangerous men. who hate and are baled bitterly, and who will carry strife and provoke onposition wherever they go. If any such have been appointed they should at once te removed aud sedate and worthy men appointed in their stead. . Whilst I recognize, to its fullest extent, our own obligation to obey law, I cannot omit pay in; that the same obligation rests with equal, if not Hreittr weicht, upon every offiVer of the Federal and State Government, and every instance f its disiegard in that quarter, seriously imp.irsih moral power of the Government hi demanding its observance on the part of the people Outside the Constitution and la ws public fdlicets possess no powers, am) iheir assumption and exercise can. only be arts ol usurpation, inviting, if nut merit ing. popular re-sUtance . Our Constitutions and laas, which place the robes of am hoi iy upon ihe shoulders of Presidents mid Governors and all olliqers.ui live same time suspend over the peoyle a shield for the protection of the'r rights and liberties, .ami whoever .breaks that shield violates obligation, and does bis country a. wrongs All pa i riots . hhould insist tint , the Constitutions and laws, hi times of war, as in times of peace, are the only source of legitimate authority, and the only rude rnd stand .rd of duty. Yielding obcdieuce themselves, the people mar weil demand that ii is due to their a'n honor, and to the sacred memories of their ancestors, that they be ecure in their persons, their houses und their property, and that iu iheir public as-em blages they be ioi disturbed. - A profound feeling and dangerous exchemcut must of necessity, prevail throughout the Slate, when the persons and houies of American citizens are no longer esteemed acred, but are violated in defiance of liw. au i wheu the eple are not allowed peace ably to assemble, as their fathers, ia every period of our history were wont to do, to consider of all matters affecting their rights, their liberties and their prosperity. ''.. - Most eirnestly desii ins that the peace of onr State may Ins preserved, I arm not omit calling ywue Mentiik to-the-offensive and dangerous practice which has now liecome too prevalent, of questioning the patriotism and impeaching the motives oT parties, and .applying opprobinus epithets, for differences of opinion. , Such cou-re of conduct displays neither manly courace nor true love of country, and can only excite deep seated animosities, and endangers the peace of society. I appeal to all g.l citizens to discountenance a practice only worthy of persons who have no character to give- them influence with their fellow: citizens, and who reek a reputation for patriotism by a vile use of their tongues, while keeping their persons safe from the dangers upon the battle beil.- - - The sentiments of the Democratic party npon the subject upon which I have Spoken, are well expree1 in the preamble to the resolutions adopted by the late OhioDmocr tic Convention, which, I will read: ,,, . . "The Democratic party has ever been, and yet is. a law abiding prty. It asks nothing but its' right under the Constitution and the laws. It resorts to tin violation of either; it countenances no violation of either. It has n riht to all the' guarantees of public nnd private liln-rlr, und of property, contained in our fundamental laws.: uid it will surrender nut one of litem It lias Jie right to discuss public measures, and will disensthem. It has the rialil to propose and advocate that, policy which it deems best for the nation,and it will eiervise that right. -. It Jus a right to have its policy passed upon by the people at peaceable aud untrautmeled elect ion,. and it will maintain that right. If found ia minority its yields obedience to all liwful rule of the in tj or-, ity; If it be lite ivijorityiwlf.it, claims that its. lawful will be respected ( Whether 1m ii majority or minority, it obeys all laws thai are in force Those thai it dislike it seek to overthrow, not by violence, but by a legitimate repeal. Tlmse that It proposes, il reks to carry, not by force, but by legal enactments. ' And what it does In all these respects, it demands, and lnr a right to demand, that all others shall do. They owe the ' .!. -.' i. v '

same obedience to the Constitution and the laws

that Democr..ts owe. .They have the same interest to mahtain free government, lo protect liberty, to be secure' in their houses, persons and property, that Democrats have. It is neither their interest nor ours that despotism or anarchy should prevail; and if they wish to a.ert both, let them see to it in time, that they give no occasion foe -eatber-. ttav will d our duty let them remember to do theirs." . Fidelity toward the Government, on the part of the citizen is compensated by the protection hum he has a right to dem od from the Uovei ii ment, and I would not have it understood that we will urreinler auyof uur.rights.or afloat, them lobe lorn from us, without a struggle in iheirde fen.se, ..The most memorable periods iu the bis tory of our race cover glorious deeds done in the vindication ot the riglita ot tlie people, and it may vet-devolve upon the men of this genera tion to teach tyranny another lesson, and to fiunihh struggling ; humanity another example. Is it, indeed, the right of -the people, through the baJlot box, to control the policy of the foreminent? If so, to exercise thai right, they must have free speech and a free press; and, iu plain words, that means the right, without question or apology, fully : ami fearlessly to discus every aiensure of the Administration - The extraordinary position recently aeumed, that the Administration and the Government are one and the same, and thai criticium of its conduct w ill be allowed only to those who are fiiendly, and who ooint out its errors that they may be cor rected, is inconsistent. with that freedom of speech . neeesry to the maiulainance of free institutions. Who are to be cl.-ed as friendly, and therefore be alloacd to speak? The Administration is to decide that.' Who is to judte of the motives uf those " who poiut out error?" ,That also is for the Adminitration If the Administration in power may pre scribe and jude the tone to be adopted ty the citizen, and the motive that must influence him in (-peaking of its nets, and may close all oth er mouths, : what is to hinder the perpttuation of its power? When men can not speak what truth demands, but only as power allows, bold, honest and high toned men will not speak at all. and ail the avenues to station and power will be filled by fawning courtiers and crawling sy-ophants Louis Napoleon would ask no more; the House of IIapburg would allow so much. The power of speech was not corfeired upon' u, my fellow citizens .by man or by government'; it was' a gift from Ileivru, bestowed by that great Power (with reverei.ee be Iiis awful name spoken.) who endowed us with the wondetful faculties and qnalities of the human intellect, that we mij;ht exercise and enjoy it.. Shall we then abandon the free ei joyment of this rich and heavenly gift, upon fhe demand of any ninhoiity cave of .Dim from whom it came? It is not worthy of us, my ellow tiiizeiis, that we illier deceive ourselves, or allow others to deceive us touching grave and public matters, which we can and ought lo un lerstand. 'Interference with the freedom of speech or of the press; illegal arrests, long and horrible imprisonment without an opportouity of trial, forced trials before tribunal that have to legal authority, cruel banishment without the sanction of law, and any and every other act of usurpation have no' tendency to put down the re hellion, but are breaking the remaining bonds that bold our society together. The hopes of our future, of the prosperity of .the 'people, and the greatness antl power cd' our country rest upon our fidelity to the Constitution, and our support of the institutions that stand upon it, and every good man should, with all the energies be possesses, ward off every blow that is aimed at that sacred instrument The Greit Democratic HI Convention in lllinoia. An Immense Crowd Puisknt -Great ExTnustASM llo. W JI A. RlCrlARoSON PltESlDKXT SrKKCUF. BY MhSSISS VoOUHF.IS, COX, RlCH , ABnsox. Dkkit. Gkx. McKinstrt, Allen, Ediv, Mobrisox, Mekbick. ii C. Dka,'axd Othirs TnF. Resolutions Nearly Fifty Thovsaxd Dollabs Raised for the Suffer: ing Illinois TkoopsSpecial Dispatch to the Chicago Times. ' SrsiNCFiKLD, June 17. ' The greatest political meeting that ever assembled in the Western States, took place to day in response to the call of the State Central Committee for a grand Mass Convention of the Democracy It was a literal outpouring of the people. From early dawn until the cl.wo of dj, the Democracy streamed into the city in wagom, on horseback, and upon innum-rable trains of cars w hich ran especially for the purpose. T he entrance of the large deputations from rdjoining counties was an event of special interest. These triins of wagons came, in m iny instances, fifty aid a hundred miles, bringing w'uh them tenis nd nil the. equipments of regular encampments, which were pitched in the outskirts of the city on Tuesdav night, making the country round about alive with camp fires, and resonant with tie shouts of the Democratic yeomanry. On Wednesday morning, early, these deputa tions firmed in line and entered the city in wa.ons ornamented with evergreens, and th?v were full of the wildest enthusiasm. The train? of w icoi s were literally miles in length.' By 7 o'clock in the morning, the city was filled with a bnsv crowd which gradually tended to wards the Fair Ground, although it was understood that there were to be no regular proceedings until 12 o'clock. The special trains seon commenced arriving. At half past 7 the trains from Chicago c-ime in. bringing 30 or 40 cars loaded down with the inemfwrs of the Invincible (Jlub and thn Derr.oc racy of Chicago. The lnvineiidcs were re resented by about l.ltr members, who entered the city 5n regular procession, headed bv a fine bind. Trains arrived every hilf hour during the fore noon, and although it seemed that the city could hold no more, they continue 1 to come wiihoct abatement' : The' hotels were merely headquarters for promiscuous tbnnss, who crowded them to overflowing, without bore of obtaining either acoommKl aiioij or refre-htnent. The day was intensely hot. nnd very 'little com 'ort ronld be obtained tn the streets of the city. s, yTi'i? current sei' corf! friu dl v toward the Fa'rtniuud,' hieb v.K ali ant a mile and a half from Um ritv. There a sp ice -f several acres was soon filled acm from" the trrand stand, whiih accommodated about ;1'I,0')() persons with seats. " . . The impatience of the assemblage, which was carried away with tine erand impulse of euthusi asm, caiiswd n immediate organization.- --. Speak'Kg cnuimeoeed at least two hours before the lim appointed . There was then assembled in the city and on the ground not less than one hundred thousand persons -of all ages mid sexes, the nnj.Vuv I whom mere on the ground. No words can describe the scene wbcb ensued upon the collection of thi vast ns-emblage The an resounded with the wildest tdiout., in hieb every voice of the tens of thousands seemed b'ended, while music from a score or bands added t the clamor, aud continuous salutes from million placed in the lenir il area completed the uproar The road from the town to the Fair-Ground ws literally thronsed uith men, women and children en loot, while the wagons plying bick' and forth almost oticcuied the light in clouds of dust. t'i' It would be impossible to enumerate the details of this aiiiniated ccne, or to do justii-e to the oveiflowing enthusiasm which infused the whole. It was au exhibition of spontaneous feel inc. such as is very seldom seen in popular assemblages. When speaking began, the crowd divided into several different divisions, each of which w&s addressed by di (Terelit speakers. An organization was effected at 12 o'clock, in accordance with the programme. Hon. W. A. Richardaon was elected President, and Judge Charles II. Constable was one of the Vice Presidents.; - Speeches were made by Hon. D. W. Voorheea of Indiana. Hon. S. S Cox of Ohio. Hon. W A. Richardson. Col Dicker j J '. II Robinson. J. R. Eden, W R, Morrison. S S Marshall. Hon. J C Allen. Hon J. C. Robinson. J. F Spiinjjer, of Illinois, and C. R Kibben and (ten M 'Kii stry of St. Ijouis. and ex Gov. Reynolds and others, from the different stands. Their reraaiks were all characterized by a firm and uncompromising hostility to the .measures of the present Administration, and were received by the audience in the moft enthusiastic manner. Without any exaggeration, it was the most animated scene of the kind ever witnessed in the Northwest. The tellinj hitsof the speakers kept up a continual oproar of applause,-which whs resounded in deafening shouts from one end of the incloevire to ihe other. ''' " ' , 'One of tve m st exciting incidents of the after-, noon Occurred sfter the reading oT the resolutions, 'a hen fieri. Richardson announced lo ihe! ahdipne? a number of liberal .donations to the soldier' aid fund, with the names of the donors. The audience pave a sncces.-ion of cheers for, each of the nmes announced, and then commenced a voluntary subscription,' which, amid an unroir of cheering, speedily ran up to several thonsand dollars. The bunk notes came in over the heads of the audience to rapidly as to require

three or four persons on the platform to receive them,'and but a few raomouts elaji-ed before all available hats were. filled, and others had to te borrowed. As An unpremeditated and spontane ous outburst of generosity, it was" nnequaled. The same enthusiasm and liberality prevailed at the grand stand lor the reception of donations to the soldiers' fund. This enterprise wts initiated by the CetitralCoimtMee, to eowmemct, as far as possible, the evil affict of Gov. Yates' action in defeating the passage of the soldiers' re lief bill. The subscriptions were generous be yond belief. i The people 'came up unitedly, and paid their money down aith the fullest confidence iu-iu honeL.jd.rpos.iC It ..only . needed,. Lhe. announcement that Gov. Yates was to have no band iu spending the money, to induce every man to give to the extent of his abilities. Iu this way the receipt of '-the .day footed np Lite magnificent sum of $47.500. -. A laree portion of this was in sums .of $i, $10 and $20; but many single sutscriptions ran up to $JÜÜ and $1,001). It was one of the grandest exhibitions ol puV lic generosity ever recorded. t Among the subscrioüons fron Chicago wus one on a telegraphic dispatch from Messrs. Torner & S dway, of that city, douating $100. Sir. Geirge Judd.of Springfield, and .Alex. Starne, State Treasurei, gave $50U each The enjife demonstration may be set down as one of the most fuccesful in all respects' ever he'd by the Democracy of the Northwest. ' Notwithstanding the immense crowd, the undoubted enthusiasm, and the consequent coufuMon incident to FO'.h numbers, thete was no disorder, no oui'ireaks. and no trouble. ' There was but one impulse animating the whole, and that was enthusiasm for the cause, and a determination to sustdn it by every means within the power of peaceable' and law abiding citizens. The Convention dissolved at nightfall, and ihe crowds separated to seek their homes.

Meetings were held during the evening, bowever, at various places 'in the'eity, which were addressed by numerous speakers of note." Hon. R T. Merrick of Chicago, addressed a large and enthusiastic ' audience in one of bis best, efforts. - The following are the resolutions adopted by the Convention: Th Democracy of Illinois, n mass convrntlon assembled, In v ew oftbe alarr.ilnr encroachments on popular ud individual rigid, tiy tbe Federal am State AdmiriMrti Iii, do declare Hint tbe Corf titutiun of tbe Ua;te1 S at- s is the supreme law of the land, as well in time of war as in time of year. We will oey It on all orraMons, and in that ohedierice we will exercise all the privilrgpK, and claim all the immunities, fruaranteed by thai instrument. Prominent among there guarantees are the following: "Congress hll make no lw abridpna the freedom cf speech t of the prws, or the rinht of the people peacefully to a-weniMe aud petition tue Govern ent for a redress of erie varices. ( "The rieht of the people to keep and bear arms f-La!I not be Itifrmsed. 'The riirhl of the people to be aecore in their persona, houses papers an1 efTer.ls azainst umevombl relies ani c:2uris fhall n t be violate!, and r.o wamntt'ball Ismie l ut upon prolin'ile cans, supported by o th or affirmation, and parti, tilarly de.-criblnsr the place to be searched and the m r-'oiis or thinps to lie -ixel. 'Xo psrson be held to anwer for a capital or otheri?e infamous crime, unless on a presentment or iudirtmen' of C.ravA Jury, except in O'ex ari.-ln in the land or naval forces. cr in 'he mill ia when in actual acrviee In t tne of war or pMhiiedanirer. . "In all criaiinal pro'ecutions the accused fcbalt enjoy the ruht to a speel and aib ic trial by an impartial jury of the Srte and disirirt wherein the criminal rhall have been c 'mmitt-M, which district t-hall bave been previously a-s rrtaiia d bj lw. Whieh jrn rantee have each been repeatedly viola'ed by the IVderal Administration in the exerci-e ol nrbitrnry power without -action of law, but In direct conflict therewith. The Kediral Administration has, through itsag- iits and suhordii ote oHi er, Kued and e: forced orders abridging the freedom of speech, aul has asumeil to limit itsexerris to those only who wiuld (lavishly laud its policy and indorse il a measures. . . It ha-(ought lo restrain freedom of the pr tw, by making use of the militarj power to wipp-e a th publication nf publ'c Jounul in loyal States, for the only ofTense of diffi-rit-it frm Ihe Admi ii traiinn on m "asu re of pu lie licy o' vital interest to every cliien. It ban with indifference an ! niibont rebuke pecn the military power attempt to deny the people of loyal ?ttes the rirl'.t peaceably to assemble and pelilii n th" Gove muirnt for repress of griet ance. It ha permitted the issuance and enforcement of military orJe-s preventing the peep! of the loyal States from leepiti- and 1 ariup arm. It ba raurd ci Irrtf of Ir.j al States, where courts of justice wen in full a-d un-iistructed opera ion. to b seizvl without warrant of law. and f r p'etetideil offense, trniixHTi('d out of the State and biyond the district wherein snch o (Ten sea were charged to have been committed. ' ' - It ha caused citizens who were not in the land and naval forces, or in tl e militia when in actual service, to beheld to ancr for pre t- nded oflen.-e-, without iiidiclnient orpresentment or a tSrand Jiirv, and declined thi rieht to a speed v and public trial by an impartial jury of tbe Stato and district. w herein lbs oflVnfrea were charged to bave I een cemmit'ed It lias, under pretense of mili'ary necessity, assumed the powers and asen f IheViuht to proclaim ai d extend marti-il law over States where war does lint exist, and b suspended the wri of habeas corpus in direct rioition of the I onsiilutio, . , It has. in luvsl States, pursued In general a pilicy the direct tendency ;f wliicli is to render the civil subordinate tn the military powr. 4 In con iemation t-f these evera! acta of Usurpation, we ndopt tbe liytrn.iiro of tbe Oli'o Stste Democratic Courentp n, nod d'clnre that the'a-re, itnpri-on ment, pretended trial m J actual banislimenf of Clement L. VallandtKham, a citizen of the Stat of OliSo. not belonging to the land or ns.val forc of tbe Untied Slate, nor lo.the militia in actual service, by allegrd military authority, fur no other pretended crime than that of u'te.rini words of legitimate cri'ici-m on the conduct of the Adii.irration in power, and of appe ding to the b .IM-box for a ehonRe of policy said arrest ani military trial taking pUce where the conr's of law are open and unobstructed, an-l fur no act done within the sphere cf actire mili'ary oreralions In carrjlns on the war we regard as a palpable violation of the f regoinx p oviin of the Cunstiiution oftbe United Pta-e, nnl ve further denounce said arrest, trial and banis'-m .nt as a direct insult offered to tbe ovrrcljrnfy of the people of Ohio, by whoe oraidc law it is declared th -t ni person shall be transported out of the State for any offense comm tted within Ihe same: and we unite with our frllow-oitiaen of Ohio in their rail noon the Prc-i lent o the L'n'ted States to re-tore C. L. Vallarnliirham o his home iu (Jhio. That the recent sui pre-siin or the publication of the Chies Times should receive tbe rebuke of nil lawabiding lit ieu. and receive tlie condemnation of impartial history. 1 hat the arrest of Hon Charles II. Constable, Jnde-e of the F -urth JudicTd Circuit of the State of Illinois, for a nerejndicial opinion, expressed while in discl arge f bin sworn diit:es nndee the Coustiiudon of the State, was a darinn and dinmai-ous exercise of arbiuvry ower, and. If persisted in, w II strike the noblest and safest department of he Govt rnnienf, and the only sure shield of tbe citizen from the awauttt of aruitrary and despotic power. We, in like manner, parlicnl jrly denounce the arrest and present imprisonment of AV lliam II. Ooslin and other peaceful citizens, and demand thir release, or, if charged with crime, their trial according to course of civil law. ' . . That ihe numerous arrest", br mere military power, of citizen of lllinol luve been so man r violations of both our Federal an I Stale 'outitutiuu, aud a direct insult to the people of the Slate. That the ru'ht lo elect public officers and decide que tlonsot policy at the ba'lo'-box. derives its value from freedom of speech and of the press; (ti at, as these are hoth natural and constitutional right., and Iheir exerc re dsn--gerous to tyrant only, we w.ü. as a duty to ourselves and our cr n'ry, :efcnd and maiut dn them against all the tiemands of power. He warding 'he State of Illinois ft a sovereign power, ubject only to the. t!tititutiii ot tbe United States, we dec are that the peop'e of thisState bave tbe soleaod exclusive riht of goveniing tb- nieUcs as a free, sovereign and independent State, an I does, and forever shail, exercise and enjoy every power, Juris-tict on and riirht which .8 not. or miy not hrrcafter be, by them expressly delegated to tbe United States, or prohibited to ihe Mite by, the Federal Constitution. That, as one of the leading objects Ic good government. Is the protection and recognition of individual rights, therefore we assun-e that no persou In this 8aie can, in any; case,, lie subjee'ed lo martial law. or to any. penalties or pains by virtue of . that law, except those employed in the army or In the military in actua servce. 1 bal the declartion of martial law. and the subsequert prohibiten o all redress for wrongs in the court, in places wher war doe not exist, will not be tolera, cd In id's state: and that martial law can not, and ougb not to be, declared except In States or pirt- of States ha which, ' beyond controversy, the civil law is utterly powerless, ither for protection or punf-hnvnt. That the sufety of our State depend upon the strict confines ent of each depar'ment uf our Stale irovernmcnt to the discharge of its appropriate duties ander Ibe (Jonslitut on; that any alien. pt on tbe part of one 10 wi Id the power vested by the Constitution in auotb'-r of ibee department-, 1 revolutionary in character, destructive of our representaHve form of covernment. and, If perntxted in, productive of anarchy and civil war. That we condemn the recent act of Gov Yates, op assuming the power to dissolve the General As-embly and' dis-per-e the representatives of the people, as a high-handed n-urpation nnd exercise of arbitrary power, subversive if liberty and destructive of self-government an act producing a practical suppresion of the legislative department of covernuient, and intended lo concentrate in the hands of the Eecuive the powers vested by the Csmitotion in the leginlalive branch. - ..-. That it is tbe tiworn duty of tbe Governor of tbe State to protect her citizen" in the extrrise an I enjoyment of all iheir. constitutional rights, and we have beheld with indignation, not only the failure of Richard Yate. Governor of Illinois, lo perform Ids duty In that respect, but bis actual participation in the violation of those rights. ;- Thaf, as citizens of the United S'ates and the State of ll'lnois, we will obey all laws whilst Ibey remair on the statute hook. If right in our judgment, we will endeavor -to perpetuate them; if wrong, e will endeavor to effect a remedy in a constitutional manner by procuring their repeal Yhen doubts elsf as to their validity, we will appeal to the proper judicial tribunal for a deci-ion, and cheerfully abide the retail. ',,. 1 bat we denounce, as heretofore, the rninofu heresy of keorsskin, and declare tbar we would bail wiih Joy tbe man: festal inn of a disposition on tbe part of the seceded States to return to their alieginnce to tbe Con- ; stiiution, in which event we would cordially CO operate with them in procuring a recognitio of their, right, and sucb guarantees aa would secure to them a equality . with the oiher St tes under tbe Federal Cm HtitutioD. That the further offensive prosecution of this war tenda to subvert the Constitution and tbe Govemmeut, and entails npon this nation ail Ute diMStroua consequences of -misiule and anarchy.. . , That we are tn favor of peace upon the basis of a res- j torstion of the l'wi n, and for the accompli bmeot of which we propose a Nsti"tisl Cnei tion to ?et:le npon terms of peace, which ball have In view tbe reMnraiiec of the Union aa it wjs, mil tbe. secariug by const it u t on -al amendaicut such rights to tbe several elates at d the people theieof, as honor ami justice demand. That we denounce as libellers of the Democratic party,' and wiliful Instigators of mischief, those fanatic who are engaged in representing; tbe Demoerscy as wanting sympaihy for our sol tiers In tbe field. T hose soldiers are our kindred, our friends aud onr neighbors, wbote interests are identified with ear own, wbose prosperity I our

pleasure, whoer sufferjrg i otir pr.in, and whose brilliant

achievements are our pri !e and admiration, frotuptly rushing to arms, as ibey did, in answer to tlie call of tueir country, tb y merit oar wannest tbank , our syn-rathj and our -upport; and we earnestly request tbe Ivivenimeut or the I vwd Males t withdraw the procktmancn er eniancipatiou, ai d ra rmit the brave wns of 111 not to ntjht only n r a lie lu on, tüe Consiilulion, and enorcruieLt ol the laws. Tlie. f prising of tUc rcopIe-Entbu. Niaatlc i'.cctlng of the Ifetiiocracw at Logantporl-Tucnly Thousand Present A Hold and .Manly Speech Ijr Col. ä rati am rilrlt. Jbe largcst.at-iniosl enthusiastic ateeticgerer assembled in Northern Indiana was beld at Logausport, u Saturday, the 13ih in?t. SaiiutL A, Hall, Esq , Editor of the Lopirusport Demo crat, was chosen 1' resident, and Vice President and Secretaries were pelei ted from tlie nine adjoiniii! counties. . Eloquent and enct tiveFpeeclies were made by. Lion. David Tiepie and Hon. D. W. Vooeble, at the day meeting, and al night by II. 11. Docd, Esq , of thin city, ami Samcki. fl. II amill, Esq., of SulJiran county. The hour for. organising the meeting having arrived, the Chief Marshal. (Jol. Fitch, called the meeting to' order, and Fpoke as folio wg, amid repeated bursts of applause. 'Col. Fite raid: ' . . We have sei!iiIed lu counsel relative to tbe conditiou of.ihe country, aud to Mh.ipc our politi cal aciitui with reference to the same, but few dats tince il was inUer of grave doubt whether military usurpation would jermit us thus to asscmoie without struggle fr lie liht; ibougb had the ttrui:tile couie. iu lesuli wu'ilj not long have reiuaiued iu doubt. Happily, liuwever, the conservative element of the Administration,' uu ally so fra ill s to be irapetcepiiblc, was triuntpbautly developed in time to check Gen. Bunt aide'a and his echo. Gen. Hiscaii'. illegal and tyrannical course, and thus pie.-erve ihe peace ol the Northwest, 'f lieie can not lie a doubt, had that course been existed iu, il would have pro Toked resistance have led lo disturbances, and coUUitiiis between the military authorities and almost to civil war iu our. midt. WJdle confident of tili, I am equally confident there will he no organized resistance to any law of Congress, or of a.Sl.ue, or to any proper, military order looküig directly or collaterally to a virous prosecution of the war. . There m iy be individu als, bad men, here and there, who may attempt resistance to the conscription. Such men would resist any law which conflicted with their inter ests or convenience; but there will be no organ ized resistance, no resistance by community or bodies at least by Democrat. The Democratic pirty h is ever claimed to be a constitutional, law abiding pwrty. aud will continue to deserve ihe appellation.. It ii the duty of every qood citizen to oppose any resistance to the law. If any fee! aggrieved by the law, or its administra tion, deeming either unjust, tliey can appeal to the court. The courts and the law must be sus tained, whether against the private Citizen, or civil or military usurpers. While thus expressinp mv confident belief that Democrats will sustain cheerfully all proper war measures, I know them to be anxious for peace: and they will not bold that man guiltless of crime who continues the war one hour after an honorable peace cm be attained. They would be unwilling to impose unjust and dishonorable terms upoo other? tliey certainly will receive none such themselves. (Jen. Durnsidc by his order 38 and his manage ment ol the civil military affairs he arrogantly assumed here, has as satisfactorily demonstiatcd his incompetency for the administration ol such compound duties as did his Rappahannock opera tions his unfitness for tlie discharge of the purely military trust confided to him Defeated there by our enemies, he uproars to come here to vent his spleen upon his friends. He and H iscal! men of yesterday will be forgotten lo morrow, or remembered only for their futile attempt to establish a tyranny which in its success would only hare damned ihem to deeper infamy. For assembling here, to day, you will be de nounced as copperheads und traitor?! Our politi cal opponents have often heretofore, and always unsuccessfully, endeavored t cast odium on our party, to prevent accessions to its ranks, and de ter it from tarrying out its principles. Their measure of cue ess now will be less than hereto fore. We can triumphantly appeal to history to decide with what party rests the most taint of treason. . Tbe Democratic party found this nation an in faut and raised it to a giant: they found it a fee ble -Republic struggling for existence; and so uiamaed its affairs as to make it a nation of power and prosperity unsurpassed. In this con dition of power and prosperity, the Republican party found it. That party is yel scarce eight years old has controlled the Government two years, and where now arc our national unity and prosperity which w ere the envy ol the world? Iu eight vears, wnh the aid ot their co-workers o. the South, thev h-ive destroyed the work of fifty year. ...... It is well known that the persistent agitation of one suhject in connection with national poll tics, and in the halls of the National Lejrislature was the remote cause of, and the immediate pre text for, the existing war. It is equsllv well known that the Constitution took (hat imesiion out of the hands of the General Government and left it with th er espective States. Disregard ing this disregarding these constitutional ohli gations. disregarding the decision of the Supreme Court, disregarding ihe warnin: ot almost every eminent statesman among lis for the last quar ter of a century, tjjal its continued .agitation would lead to disaster aud disunion, they con tinned its discussion and efforts at national le isla lion on the subject. The consequences are now upon us. 1 Ins same party had a majori tv iu the National Hollge of ReDresentative. dur inx the season of l(-60 61, and the same party controlled) tin ao ealied Peace Congress w hich assembled in Washington during that winter, to devise, as was purposed, some plan of Teconeilia H tion between sections. Was the power the par ty then possessed used to promote harmony to save the Union, to preserve reace? Quite the reverse. They rejected the Crittenden and eve ry other proposition looking to that result.-al though thev could have conceded that without the sacrifice of an? principle, or the freedom) or life of a single individual ( and knew that though not all it asked, the South would nc cent it, ArA peace and the Union be preserved Bad odious as has been the conduct of those in rebellion against the Government, I w ill do the leiders of the rHellion the justice to bear testi monv that a majority of them, the most talented and influential, were anxious until the last mo ment for a reconciliation Thev would have ac cepted tlie Crittenden, or ant similar compro mise, with alacrity; with that in hand, they would have returned to their constituents, and appealed to them to stay all violence would have pointed to that as a proof that the North was not their enemy did uot desire or intend 10 disregard thir lights and overturn- their domestic institutions and would have urged them to continue upon the preat hizhway of national power ami prosperity upon which we have so long been fellow travellers. But neither that, or aught else, would the Republican n-irtvcrant not even a declaration of tlie undoubted constitutional rights of the South.. It desired, iu the language of one jof its Senators, "blood!" and oh! Grent Father, a hit torrents of blood they have evoked! I would not, whisper a word, or cherish a thought, which would iu the slightest degree dampen the ardor or lesson the exertions of our soldier. in ihe field; but would by every act and word encourage and cheer t hem to a faithful performance of their arduous duties. But we in civil life h ive our duties Ikealsr. which it equal ly behooves us to . discharge. The soldier and citizen have a common duty. 1 he former vol niiiecied to do battle against an armed enemy, for ihe restoration of the Union and supremacy of the Constitution. - V e must, through the bal lot box. struggle for the same end staud firm azainst those whose acts tend in a more insiduous measure to the destruction of both. The soldier and citizen. have reciprocal dn'ies. We have a right to expect the former to discharge to the utmost their duty in preservation oftbe existence and . integrity of, the Goverumeot with which our interests as well aa theirs rre so inti mat el y linked; and. they in return have a right to efect we- will not in the r absence permit that Government to be usurped or perverted to their ruin mhen they return to civil life, as well as ours. From the nature of iheir duties, and their absence from home, ihey tecess-arüy can not take un active part in shaping the politics of the country or policy or the war. 1 hev can only obey its order and fight its battles. They have n tight to expect of us, that if the policy of the war is changed from that of one to restore the Union and preserve the Constitution, to one for the mere furtherance of seifish, personal, or politi cal schemes, we Khali bring It back lo iu original design. They have a riht to require that we shall not, iu their absence, permit their fathers, brothers and families, to be robbed of their rights by . military usurer who may drop in every. Tilage and hamlet bis orders to "suppress," or "arret" and imprison. They have a. right to require of us that we shall see that their homes, when thev return to them, are still homes of freedom. C. B. Lastelle, Esq.. from the Committee on Resolutions, repotted the following: We, the Democratic and conservative citizens of tbe counties of Cass, V bile, Pulaski, Carroll, Fulton, Miami

and Howard, assembled in Vass Convention, at Loginsport, fur tLe pur;ne of deliU-ral ng uptw. aid exprrnsinr our s mimesis tn regard to tl.e perdvus condition f our Government, and the rig tils of tie people, do declare and resi.'ive: 1. Tbat we are, as ever, devotedly and unalterably attached to tbe Cidn, the wbule Lniou, and nctbuig but tbe I'aioti, or tlie Stated 2. That we ars in favor of, and wiH ever maintain, a strict compliance with the Constitution cf the I'nited MatiWrUi ad Ua frt. sjm! by a.l persona. " 3. That we win, at all times and Iu all places, sUnd"by and support tbe Government f our country in whosesoever hands Jlie same man r-e always hoIJur the Ahnintst ration t' eieof to a strk t accountability fur tlie due performance of ite tmst .?..: . ' 4. TL at, as tbe Union and tbe Government were created by. and can only exist in virtue of, tbe Constitution of the laaial twf. whdi as -taw auwa mf the one aw4 I be has is of Uie other, we hold that ta rt-d instrument to be the supreme law of the laud, for Ibe Oovernmrnt etjumly of he Administration, tbe Mates and tbe peer-le. And we declaie that tbe t-anie. end all rights exi-tinr thereunder, must and ball be naaiitannel against ail violations whatsoever. . , ---?- ft. Wa therefore ds-tiounce lLo attempted secession of tbe Soul hi rn Mates upon a plea of au "inherent right of self-govenmient," and the atfrmpled substitution of arbitrary power by the present Administratis n upon Ihe ph-aufa "military necewjiy," a. ti-isnt VMJaVtms-o f jbtlfUrr and spirit ol that non-U iiis'riirmit, a tnk)t lo tbe wisdom ai'd patriotism of our fathers, and a? cr tnes against fto rovrnuifwt. And at Wciaroftiat the Union OiUst be restored, and the Constitution preserved, in spito of both attempts. 6. That foe recent aasanlta' by the Administration, nd certain of it employee, upon the f acred rifaa-f

ireeaora oi spetcn, n"ioui I tbe press, freeeom ot tlie person, and tbe Iriaj by jury rixhu i-uaran'eed by the Const tuli'-n and tbe laws of cur eouMry to every Aniericau etilen, (heu not in the midst of actual hostilities.) Justly deserve, as they receive, the overwhelming rt-buke oi a tree people. And we give notice to all whom it may concern, that .w will never burrender tkese rights to tbe demands-of any despotj-m whatever. 7. Tlial tbe administration of the novemment. eolh State and Kational, are in all ces entitled to the support of every citizen, while in the execution of the laws; and that tbe law should tn aU cases be steadi y ctVtTved and submitted t. If unconstitutional or opress1ve, we wdl loik to the proper judicial Tribunal for their abropstiot, r to the ballot-box lor their repeal On th ttl.-Jiand, It is equally theduty ofthe Administration to see that the laws be failbtnlty exemted. and tbe rights .f the j-e- le protected. And we hold that it Is not only ;he rijiM, bnt it Is the duty of the American people to eritieise and discos the acts, the sentiments and tbe policy of their public servants, in whoever ap3city they aiay bate placed thenuand if foiinJto be wise and patriotic, to approve and upport them: if otherwise, to endenm and Je t them frvsn office, through the med'mui of the ballotbox. K. That tbe recent trial and banishment from bis native State of the Hon C. l Vallandigham, of Ohio, for tbe exercise of the freedom of speech, by a despotic power usurped by the present Administration itsappojntee, in direct violation of ibe Constitution wbh-b thev bave worn to support, and of the law whicti tbe President blniM If but n cenlly af prorrd, ii.dirsos a degree f perfidy and tyranny grossly m.wortby the Representatives of a free people; and we denounce tbe same as a i agrtnt crime spannst Klerty. ' 9. That tlie recent act of secession fiom tbe legislature of this Stste by the Kepul Iii an Representatives thereof, in clear iolatior of their official oaths, and of tbe conftdrnce of tbe Tople reposrd in them, whereby the Interest of tbe people, the bono- of tbe State, and tbe relief of onr sick ami woui ded soldiery bave been grossly set at naught, meets v.ita our unqualified con!cn:rial on. And we point to this ct as one of many other gniu to kUow tbe iucapaci'y of tbe leader t tlua party fur the dne anniinisTation of the lios eminent, and as unworthy of the confidence of l iie people. 10. Tiiat Uovemor llorusj baa not proved w r by of the confidence rcpose.1 in bun. in permitting tbe arbitrary a rre-ts of citiaena of the Stale without writ or warrant, their imprisotitnrnt ti'l:';t u;iictnint cr trial, ctid their rfisdiarge wjiboul apo'ogy or aionenit-tif; and e insist for ihe future thst be give snore bestl to the protection of the people of Indiana in their rights as ritixens of a free an loyal Stale. 11. That we applnnd the gallantry and pood co-aduct of the soMi-ry of onr Stale in every field in which ;hy hre been placed; that we feel a just prvieinibe adni:tled fact that the name of Indiana ba never been tnnislit-d by tbe wast of valor be'ore the eremy, or o" magnai imity to tbe ht-lpless;- an 1 we hereby extend our irarmcsl esteem to themselves, and Ihe as-uranre of cur sympathy and aid to tlir sick and wounded, aud to their larubcs at home. When the 8th resolution, in relation to Mr. Vallandigham, was rc id. the President proposed three theeis for Vl!andigham and free speech, and the thnnderiug response from thousands of fieemen told how wann a place the persecutors of that gentleman had gained for him in the hearts of tho-e who only knew him as the victim of usurped power. When the resolutions were all read, they were, on motion of Mr. John T. 1'urssell, unanimonslj and enthusiastically adopted. Inpiasa's Rou or Honor We hare. b?ea favored by the author, the Rev. David Stevenson, with the perusul of the proof sheets of the tint chapters of the work ou which he is actively enpaged, entitled "Indiana's Roll of Honor, and Patriotic Dead, with liioraphicni Sketches." It will be recollected that the Legislature at its last session, by a resolution unanimously passed, made it the duty of the Stat Librarian to prepare a registry oftbe names of those who have fa lien in the service of their country during the present war, with full particulars as to their service, and wiih sketches of the battles or rkirmisbes in which they may have been engaged. The resolution sets out particularly what shall be doue. This Roll was to be made out for presci ation in the archives of the State, and contemplated the publica i ion, which was provided for in another resolution. The arduous task was entered upon by lir. Stevenson with alacrity and real. It at once became n labor of love with him to rescue from oblivion the names of the patriotic men w ho had sprung to arms at the call of their country, and had fallen in the struggle, either on the bloodstained battlefield, amid the diu of arms, or by disease in the distant hospital. In collecting .he material be must necessarilv becomef.i miliar with the history of every regiment in Ihe service, iu orsranixttiou, its mart lies, and its t-er rices in the field aud in the camp. . - ilr. Stevensou at once decided to nake bis wotk a history of ti e Indiana regiments, and this will necessarily trake il a complete history ofthe war. fir everywhere on the long extended line of operations have linlin.a troops been engaged. It will t once be seen how valuable the work will be. Eveiy man in the Slate will have au im crest iu it, and it should, as we believe it will, have a place ia every household within our borders. ..- The ability rf Mr. Stevenson to mike Iiis woik intet esting to the general te-ider is eminent-: ly iiiusir.iteo in I lie proo f sheets l.efure as. I J is Style is chaste and elevated, and his descriptions praphirand complete, ait hunt be:ng prolix.- Tbe history of the three moiilln regiments will give the cle-jc-si view of the npeniug campaign in Western VirgiuM that has vet leen written.-? ! The people of the State w ill be waited upon by n een 1 3 to stiliscrihe for this work, the first volume of which will be put to press immeuMlely ; and we feel assured th.it few aill be found to turn coldly away from il. ' . ...... For the State Sentinel., The Home Guard liaised In Kuala County. RtsHviLiE. IxD,Jurl7, 16C3. Kpitor Sics'Tixixi The raid into Rjsh county which was made on the 14th inst., by Home Guards, were those from Knihtstown, only numbering from twenty to thirty, ns near as I can gue.;s from the liest information I hare at present. - They succeeded in doing nothing but capturing a goose. As current rumor has it, they probably came down here to show their new britches which Uncle Sam furnished them witlr lately.' Coming without authority of any color whatever, they concluded somebody would bate lo become responsible for their acts, and finally," I supjKise, arrived at the conclusion that they themselves would have the debt to cancel, left the county without committine any acts looking toward violence, wiih the exception of, when tbey hd nearly got out of the county, lhay came along here a firmer was plowing near the road" and ordered him to halt. ' The farmer did not pay any attention to ihem, but kept plowing ahead. They said halt again, or ' we will shoot you.' The farmer never let on, but kept on at his work. Tliat did not f uit thera exactly , it was rather cool for a hot day. ro tliey fired their guns off in the air over his head, and I suppose left scared as usual. The cowardly rascals did not make any attempt looking to violence until they reached the extreme northern end of the county, as stated above. The farmer was a Democrat, of course. The w hole thing was a grand failure. Yours. ' - J. S. Mc. P. S. Hon. T. A. Hendricks addressed a large meeting ot Ihe Democracy here lo day. with telling effed. ' J. S Mc. Thk Abolition State Coxttxtio. Despite the most desperate efforts, the Abolition State Convention at Columbus, yesterday, was not half ns I.-irse as the Democratic Convention of the 11th. An important feature of it was a nroces-' sion of negroes, to show the advance which has been made in carrying out the doctrine of negro equality by this party. The following ticket was nominated: - Governor John Brcugh. Lieutenant Governor Chas. Anderson. Supreme Juire Hocking Hunter. Auditor J. H. Goodman. Treasurer 0. Volney Dorsey. ' ' Hoard of Public Works J. M. Barrere.' The friends of civil liberty, and the opponents of despotism, must beat this ticket 5U,WU Totes.' Cincinnati Enquirer. f5TA boy named James George was run over vesterdsy eveninjr bv an express wajron, near the Bates House.- He was stunned, and it was at first though he was fatally injured, but after beintr carried into a drug store near by and restored to eonsciousness be was able to wak borne. tjjy it is ntn giving iu mm vomiort to tne rebellion to pU Hooker forward to tgU Lee?