Indiana State Sentinel, Volume 24, Number 5, Indianapolis, Marion County, 8 September 1874 — Page 3

THE INDIANA STATE SENTINEL, TUESDAY. SEPTEMBER ti. 1874.

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THE POLITICAL FIELD. CONVENTION COMMENTS.

THE PRESS OF THE COUNTRY ON THE CLAIMS OF OHIO AND ILLINOIS. ALL HAIL ILLINOIS. (New York World. Democratic.) The act of the Illinois democrats In Btriklng hands with the New York democrats on tne Utlca platform ol free trade, hard money and home rule, which ever since last fall has determined the crystallization 0f parties, is probably the most important event in our politics since the murder of President Lincoln grave over the Southern States to a costlier revolution than the war of secession, took the control of the republican partv from tu statesman and founders, i- and sta'ked. ita future hopes npon a coalition of Northern radical and Jobbers with Southern negr.es, carpet baggers and thieves. For this union of the democracy of the Empire states of the East and West upon a common platform which, while it holds the allegiance, maintains the principles and inspires the enthusiasm of evry unqualified democrat also satisfies those, whodurlug the war iwrtod left our ranks, that tne resaits of the war are no - longer challenged, and likewise summons all men of integrity. inteUigeace and property to the rescue of the government from th hands or spoilers, and to that wiser political and fiscal policy which our gigantic debt necessitates and our suffering tndastiles demand, Is do common event. It is big with the future deMlnies of the ' Union Itself. It set les finally and irrevocably 'What the timidity of Gov. Hendricks and ths Indiana democrats, the tern poil ring of Senator Thurman and the Ohio democrats had eemed ' to put in doubt, to wit, the democracy of democrats. Like the Utica platform of the ew York den.ocrats, ihe Springfield platform of the Illinois democrats pronounces a democracv bold aud incisive, pure and simple Like that, It establishes the n-organl-zation of the democratic party not by scattering and disbanding tu elements, but by excluding foreign elements, attracting homogeneous ones and crystalixiug them into a purer form with a cutting edge. Like that. It declares the whole democratic doctrine o free trade, hard money and home ru'e. Like that, wtt-i uncompromising sincerity it sets forth the vital affirmative principle with which it will meet t e living issues oHtate and federal politics, and asks no favoia and no votes of those who do not gi ve to theee prlncip'.es the'r firm and steadfast allglan ce s 1. Hard Money. The republican party has re- . ceded step by steo fr.m specie payments steadily during the administration of Preiient Grant. To fmuuo.UWiof broken promises to pay. it has added fU,0uu,ouu since 1S. President and C'ODg ess taking hand in hand that downward path In the closing hours ol the last session. The democracy of New York and Illinois unite lor specie payment. NEW YORK. I ILLINOIS. . 'We demand Specie "First The resumpraymen.s; for In the tion of gold and silver language of the Su- as the basis of the curpreme Court, before its rency : resumption of bench was packed to re-'specie payments as soon verse a righteous 'ecl-!as possible without dission, 'an act making aster to the business inpromises to pay paper terests of the country, dollars a legal tender la, by steadily opposing Inpayment of debts pre-flagon and by the payviously contracted, is ment of the national prohibited by the I on-jindebtedness in the Btitulion.' The coinage money of the civilised power conferred upou'world." Congress is an explicit denial of the power 10 curse the people wi.h a currency inconvertibe with coin. C "The honest payment of our debts and sacre J preservation of the pub lic faith." 2. Free Trade. Th republican party has converted the custom bouse rcachin ryof taxat.on into an anti-revenue machine for preventing the exchange of American for foreign products, and for plundering forty millions ol consumers for the b?neflt of a few hundred favored producers. The democracy of New York and Illinois unite for free trade. NEW YORK. ILLINOIS. "We demand revenue "Second Free comreform, to-wlt, that our oerceaud no tariff excustom houe reveunes cept for revenue purc,i,aii Im trnt from low'noses." and therefore pnsinctive duties on a few articles, not from high, and therefore less i to . .. . i n " i.i i uuciive auiie, -.nv articles: that the needless burden of a high protective tariff thai I ' no lonarer be added toi the necessary burden of I a huge pub lc aeoi ; aau since the power gra ted to Congress in the contitntlon Is limited to 1he collection of revel nae for general uses . only, we demand a revenue tar irr wLich aha. 1 1 stn enriching one section at the expense of .1'other sections a fw monopolists at the ex.Joense of all the people,' i a. Home Rule. The republican party ha tndii v enlarged the era and multiplied the obI. jects of political control, in all departments of government, federal, xtate and municipal. it t nounnbT the bivonet in Louisiana, a go ernor I. not chosen by the poople; It usurps in New .York the autonomy of this metropolis; it ruedwiles in Illinois with the food of private citizens. The democracy of cw York and Illinois unite n for Individual liberty ana nome uuie. NEW YORK. J 4 Special legislation favoring private Interests and all laws Infringing npon IndividHal rights are Inimical tot e publie welfare. .Ve point the conntry to the tried and historical principles of the ILLINOIS. Third. Individual liberty and opposition to sumptuary laws. "Fourth. Rigid re striction of thegovernraen s, both state and national, to the le lllold democracy, appll-l cable throughout our -nate domain of politi national. State and municipal life, which limit and localise moJt Jealously the powerIntrusted to public seivants." cal power by excluding heieiroai au execu ive inl legislative Intermeddling w tb the afairs of sojiety, whereby nonopolles are fostered, )rivlleged classes aggrandized, and Individtal freedom uunecesarlly and oppressively entrained." Upon this battle ground the contest of 18T6 will assuredly be fought. Ohio and Indian this fall area little out of line, fighting the devil with fire, using Mo. ionlsra to scotch republicanism in the Ouio vnli.-y. But the union of Illinois and New York for fn-e trade, hard money and horns rule, resolves the present political chaos at the wist in'o order, and fixes irrevocably the dividing lin 1 between the two great political parties a deep dividing line o p lncipie older than the republic, yet new as the necessities of the present hour. PRINCIPLES, POLICY AND TRADITIONS POR HARD MONEY. (Boston Post, Democratic.) The engrossing topic in these bodies Is that of the- public finances, and it is" unnecessary to say that betweea sentiments of the Ohio and Illinois democracy there Is open antagonism. The former declared for the payment of the debt in currency, while the latter pronounced for its liouidatioa in the money that is current with the world. Were the secrets of State politics easier in all cases to understand, it might be possible to comprehend tne peculiar influences WniCIl nave liupuf-'i nu uiiimkcu mu r- yi rv-i Kjn Of sentiment upon the body of the Oüio democrats. The principles, policy and traditions of the national democratic party are all unmistakably on the side of hard money. It has steadily struggUd with what local influence it could aecumula e since the war against inflation and for a return to specie payments within a time that should not dangerously affect the vital interests of business and general Industry. The party, as a party, has never permitted itself to be questioned on t he soundness ol its faith in real money and the integrity of the pledges once made by the natiou. On the tubject of the payment of the public debt the Ohio conve ltl n opposes itself to every principle of the democratic party. It is gennfnely democratic on every other point but thla one of the finances, and here it shows its willingness to follow the lid of Thaddeus Htevens and Senator Morton, in the hope of catching a few votes, but with the certainty of alienating innumerable more. The Illinois democ acy pat forth the true proclamation on this score. . They declare for a return to specie payments as soon as it can be done without disaster to the business of the country, oppose inflation, and Insist on "the payment nf the national indebtedness In the money of thercivilized world." And the sentiment of the Illinois democrac j is that of the democracy of the country. On any other basis the publie credit crumbles away, and the national name becomes a synonymous for repuliation and perpetual disgrace. The Inaid ions influence thai has successfully eaten lU

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must be instantly cauterised and extirpated by the national democ- acy. or the evil will assume a magnitude beyond tie control of both political parties together. It will be Incumbent on the nxt auadrennial delegate assemblage of the national emocracy to lay down the established doctrines of the organization anew on the subject of the currency and the sacredness of the public pledges, and to extirpate by vigorous treatment the last radicles and vestiges of so dangerous a beresr as that to which the Ohio democrats have been at-dnced In committing themselves The declaration of the national c .nvention will be authoritative, and there is no room to question that It will be on the side of hard money, and an honest payment of the public obligations. THE RIGHT WILL TRIUMPH. Chicago Times, Prodigal Child. The action taken by theopposition convention at Springfield on Wednesday will give profound satisfaction to all the friends of a sound currency, free commerce, and national honesty. The platform adopted is in most respects admirable, and presents a most striking and grateful contrast to the long-wmded. obtcure aud amblgious declarations of political aisnonesiy usually put forth y party conventions. It is all compressed Into the space of 18 lines, and L a plain, bold, unequivocal fctatement of the position of the oppo sition on the great living issue of the times. Short as it is, it contains more than the rambling half-column pronnnciamentoof the republicans of Michigan and Kansas, nil thurnrk- rooted saurlans of Ohio, if a party espouses principles and cbeilshea definite purpjMes, ltnnas no wchmuu iu uw uf h"" " fooUca In expressing itself. It is only when nartles wish in to say nothing, seeming to say something, or to disguise dlsho est purposes, or to unite a dozen aiscoraani-eiemeuui oi oppo sition" in an organized cmtraaicuon, mat it. become necesnary. to mni Ipiy words. There is no attempt in tue ipnngneia platform to ride two rorses mere is no facing both ways. There is no expression that admits of two constructions, or is of doubtful meaning. Every sentence is as cle r as crystal, and not a wora is ca cuiaiea w mislead or deceive. With the exception of the first resolution, which was not at all Improved by the changes made after it came trom the hands of the committee, it is all that could be desired. It spurns repudiation In any form orgulse. It .gi ves no countenance u a curreuc., usctiu ,u.u or any otner son oi muunniuuu. un-ii for "free commerce; no tariff ror any pun-ose but for revenue " It provides for "individual liberty.and opposkioa to sumptuary laws" It demands that government be restricted "to the legitimate domain oi poiiticoi power, auu ex cluded from all lntermed Jllng witn me auairs cf society, "whereby monopolies are fostered. privileged clas-es aggrandized, and individual freedom unnecesrily and oppr ssiveiy e- ' strained." And finally asservs -tne ngui aou duty ot the State to protect its citizens from extruon and anlast discrimination by chartered monopolies " e w w Of the Immediate success of tbe new party Its friends may not be very sanguine. Of its ultimate success not in Illinois alone, but in the whole country, there can be no doubt. The people in ome parts of the country have been bad iv bitten by the paper-money sncke, and it may'taae them a good while to get the poison OUt Of their systems. But the majority of the oeonle are honest, and Dcing nonesi, tney w m eventually come upon theopposition platform. bee .use It Is the piatrorm oi nonesiy. n me new party shall be defeated at the coming election, It will have no cause for discouragement, the right will triumph a last. And for the Presen:, better dfeat in fighting for the right inan success in fighting for the wrong. NO DEAD HORSE. fSoringflrtld Republican, Independent. That opposition convention in Illinois, Wednesday, was not so fully attended as we could have wished. There appears, also, to have been a pretty heavy sprio kling of delegates who were for "dead horse" and other high flavored vland of that na'ure. it was expected and Indeed, Inevitable that there would be. Luckily, these delegates were in the minority. The Convention, as a body, was of another mind. It has made a good beginning, at least, to war 1 preparing the way of the coming party in Illinois srd making its paths straight, it may not succeed in electing its men this year; the odds are that 1 won't. It is not at all essential, or evn Important in the larger sense, that it should. The essential thing was to break ground. That has been done. The rest will come in good time. COVERS ALL THE HIGH GROUND. Uochester Union, Democratic In Ohio and Illinois platforms were laid down and tickets nominated. However well adapted to their situation, and to the issues of their Stat and congressional canvass, tne platform of our friends in Ohio falls in general and intrinsic merit far below that of their brethren In Illinois. To declare In favor of "a sound currency," as the Ohio nlatform does, is to merely state a proposl tion not sol ve it ; is to evade an issue not meet it. The Illinois platform, in contrast, comes boldly to the front and says that nothing but gold ana stiver win iorm a sound currency. The Ohio platform favors. hll tbat of Illinois opposes. Inflation. The Ohio platform is silent on the resumption of specie payment; th at of Illinois demands it as soon as It can be reached witheut detriment to the business Interests of the country. The Ohio ftlatrorra holds the five-twenties to be payable n legal tenders; that of Illinois would pay the national indebtedness In the money of the civilized world. As both parties In Ohio are on record In favor of paying the five-twenties in greenbacks, the democra ic resolutioa is of local state applicat ion and has no general importance. That, as a question of the law of their being, the five-twenties are payable in the legal tender cuirency which was received for them. Is an Indisputable fact. But that question was made a political issue in 1WW, and it was decided in favor of the bondholders and payment in money of the civilized world. As a practical proposiMn, U thus stands settled, and the Illinois platform ii sound upon it. Beside the 6-2 's will never be paid until the democratic party comes into power, and as when the democratic party comes Into power the greenback will be made as good as gold, payment will be all the came whether made in gold or greenbacks. The Ohio resolutions with regard to other subjects are some of them well enough, and some not so well. Those of Illinois are less numerous, but m re to the purpose. The entire Illinois platform covers all the high ground for an Intelligent and effective campaign, and commends Itself to the approval of good government every where. A SIGNIFICANT COMMENT. New York Times, Rip. On the whole the democrats come oat badly from the conventions of yesterday. The open repudiation of Ohio can hardly ba counterbalanced by the action of Illinois, where the con vention was small, h rdly half its members be ing present, and where the specie payment res olutions were forced through against a very strong opposition. The republican showing is mucu better, ana it iokh now as ii me two great parties might divide with considerable distinctness on the financial Issues. NAUGHT IS EVERYTHING AND EVERYTHING IS NAUGHT. New Tork Tribune, Neutral. Is it possible to tell what the position of the democratic party of the country Is upon the im nonant questions of c trrency and finance from the resolutionsof the democratic conventions of Ohio and Illinois? No one needs to be told that tre question which most occupies the minds of the American people is tnis one or nnance. It Is not loo much to sa that it is the main issue betöre the country today. And yet here are two democratic conventions, held the same day in two States no far apart, taking positions npon this question almost diametrically opposed to each other. What, then, in this state of tnings, can any one decide as ,to the. position of the party upon i'T A democrat in Illinois is not- by any means a dem erat in Ohio, if these resolutions mean any thing at all. And yet there are people who undertake to think that it is a national party, that it has views upon finance, and is devoted to something that It call rlnciple. WORTH FIGHTING FOR. Chicago Tribune, Ind. They have finally, after much tribulation, given to the people of Illinois the only manly and sqiare toed declaration of truth that has been presented by any political organization; and, while this will not probably draw many republican voters f om their allegiance, it will enable the democrats and their allies to go into the canvass with alacrity and elan, and, when election comes, to poll their ful' vote, while the other side will find a large assortment of blanks In the ballot-box when the Jewels are counted. There is absolutely nothing to bring out the republican vote this year, except the fortunes of Individual candidates and the leg-work of office holders. The platform is a sham, and a cowardly sham. It suits neither inflationists nor the opponents of inflation, it is one or tnose uungs;not worth renting for. and naraiy worth nghtinz against. Whatever personal enthusiasm can be scuffled np, in the congressional districts. In favor of such chaps as U urlbat, and Cannon, and McNul ta, and thereat, will count In the election, but as for any real earnestness, based npon principle

and upon the desire to promote a particular policy, such a force and motive power is altogether wanting. Tue opposition have something with which thev can look honest folks straight In the eye, and, if need be, fae a frowning world; for, as Mr. W. R. Morrison said, 1 beaten on such a platform, they would not be dlngrac-d. Ihts Is no small thing to say for the democratic party. They have been accustomed to take defeat and disgrace out of the same pill-box, but they have only got to take ne this time in any evmt. The allies they have secured will stand by tht-m for this right at least. If they had come short, by even a very little, of tbe platform tbey adopted, these allies would have scattered to the four win's. The latter have obtained all tbat tbey asked for, viz.: an unequivocal demand tor honest money and fair dealing with the nation's creditors; and now it Is to be presumed they will wo k with earnestness and fidelity to restore the State of Illinois to the position she ought never to have forfeited, as a commonwealth having no bearings toward a hwlndllng currency, and no compromise to offer to repudia tors. ILLINOIS COUNTED OUT. Cincinnati Enquirer, Democrat. It Is foolishness to assert that there Is any essential difference of opinion in the democratic party West touching the question of currency. Indiana democrats adopt an expansion platform. The howl against it has little effect.

Ohlodemocrats, with greater deliberateness, on broader grounds, and In unmislakeable terms, demand a constant Increase of the currency, to keep pice with the business of the c rantry. The Missouri democratic platforrn.hlch we print this morning, la almost a copy of the res olutions of the Ohio democracy. At all events we find in it no declaration for contraction, no demand for a return to specie payments, and we do find an opt n son concerning tbe payment of the five-twenty bonds, which. In to far as It Is not substantially the same w.th the Ohio resolution, goes further than that in the direction. of the Western idea. Illinois must be counted out of any surveyor the West with a view of getting the sentlmentof the pople upon this currency question. There has been no expression from the democtatlc party in Illinois. The peop.e of tbe party have not had voice in tu la matter equal to the sound of a pin dropping on the snow, save through the grangers, largely composed of democrats, who made such pronounced declarati n . in favor of n Increase of currency. that their Chicago organs, depending upon Lastern bounty, deserted them. SOMETHING THAT CHINES. Cincinnati Commercial, Ind-l The hard-money platform of the Illinois democracy was adopted by a three-fourths ma jority of the convention. The democrats qf that State are not likely to take Governor Allen or anybody else for president on a declaration in favor of an indefinite iasne of irredeemable currency. Like ISa in Cox, they want something that "chinks," and are for any policy that will give them money good the world round, dollar lor dollar. Tbe platfarm adopted by the democracy of Illinois is remarkable for ita brevity and clearness of utterance. There will be no difficulty In construing iu A man, though a fool, need not err therein. It was not concocted like the long winded Columbus platform, to coaceal rem opinions. It has honestly and trankness of expression to recommend it. It demands (1) resumption ot specie payments as soon as possible without disaster to the business Interests of tbe countrr. and no inflation of au irredeema ble currency; (2) tree commerce and a tariff or revenue only; (5) individual liberty and opposition to sumptuary laws; (i) restriction of governments, State and national, to their legitimate powers, and no legislative and executive intermeddling with affairs of socieiy; and ö) the protection of the peop.e from extortion and unjust discrimination by chartered monopolies. On tnesecleaxly stated propositions it would be possible to organiz a gret national party out of the dlaffected elements of the corrupt repub.ican ana auapiaaiea democratic parties that would restore public confidence iu political morality, and givetone and character to tbe administration of national affairs. It is npon such a platform, without other Issues crowded into it, that we yet hope to see a political organization that will sweep the country In 186. AS 0TI1EKS SEE US. THE SPEECH OF THE HON. JOSEP H E. M'DON ALD IXDIANA POLITIC I REGARDED A? REDEEMED. Among the many favorable comments on the recent speech of Judge McDonald the follo wing from the B wton Post will serve as a specimen. The Post is the organ of the democrats of Massachusetts who have stuck to their principles through a series of defeats that vouM have discouiaged less honest or less earnest men: Tbe chairman of the In diana democratic central committee, the Hon. Joseph E. Mcdonald, has m tde an ad dress in answer to Senator Morton's recent speech, which at onoe places the party in that State npon the high level of the national de mocracy. Accep'-injj senator Morton s position, that the history of parties afford indication of their fundamental purpose and principles. Mr. McDonald traces the growth of the reDUbJlcan party oi to-aayirom ineoia federalist party, with its centralizing fea ture.?, and its subordination of tne right ot local self g )ern man t and the reserved Dowersoftue Sta'-ea to thefaderal government at wasmiigiuu; nuun iuo uoui'itiaut principle of the limited s jvereignty of the a. . .tt . utt uÄ .1 4 : general government and the supremacy of the States within their own spnere is tue foundation ol the organic law, aud the dem ocratic party of to-day still maintains this idea and w Known as tne oniy pany tbat has persistently demanded a strict construction ot the constitution, honest administration of puolic affairs, and a total a'istinence from all interference on tbe part of the federal government with the local affairs of the several states. Another legacy ot the federal and whig par ties is thi party necessity of aijus ing the I tariff nnon the basis of Drotection. a prin ciple which runi directly into class legisUuon, or the payment or counties to certain industries at the expense of others On tbe other band the democratic party has ever held that it U not one of the duties of government to discriminate be tween its own citizsns, but to leave each as tree and untrammelled as pos ilble, and while recognizing the necessity of revenue to support the government,' has insisted tbat the object ot revenue laws should be revenue alone, with no taint of clas legislation attaching to the system. With regard to the redistribution of national bank issues, lor which Mr. Morton claims such potency, Mr. McDonald designates it as a "bold humbug," which presupposes the theory that tbe section from which national bank notes are issued will re'ain them as circulating medium witbin its limits. And while recognizing the difficulty of tbe financial situation, he maintain-, the reliability of the "old fashioned ideas springing from democratic principles.' Among these, first, is the necessity of a specie basis for the circulating medium, of a commercial nation. To recover from our present abnormal condition, in which specie is an article ot merchandise, and a depreciated currency Is the medium of domestic exchange, it is not necessary that the government should violently interfere, but that it should steadily look toward resumption and constantly stimulate produc.ion, aud remove obstacles from the path of reviving trade. Mr. McDmald also protests distinctly acrainst that new development and centrali zation found in the proposed interference of the federal government with corpora tions chartered by the Stat. under the p!ea of regulating commerce, and couples wi'h this the alarming growth of official corruption under the fostering care of the republican party. Twelve investigation committees, during the last session, were unable to get to the bottom of this pool of corruption; and the party, for which Senator Morton claim? the powtr of purifying Itself, has been able to punish no one for betrayal of official trust or for filching the peoplVa money, but has rewarded Richardson for tie Sanborn business with a life office and be has Been, without indignation, Shepherd reappointed by tbe president to the position from which he had been ignominiusly expelled. Mr. McDonald well styled the administration of this party a "school to teach how crime may be committed with Impunity."

TEMPERANCE CONTENTION. AN ENTHUSIASTIC ASSEMBLAGE

THE FIRST DAY'S SESSION. ORG ANIZ ATI ON AND A PPOINTM ENTS THE ADDRESSES OF THE EVENING THE WuM EN ELOQUENT OCT DOOR EXERCISES. The opening session of tbe State temperance convention was held Wednesday in the First Baptist Church, beginning at 2 o'clock p. M., and was largely attended, there being delegates present from all parts of tbe State. The time of the afternoon session was principally occupied In permanent organization and the appointment of the usual committees. Tbe deliberations are conducted in a very orderly way, doing mach credit the ladies, who.e talents in such matters, it is well known, have not been ex.ensively cultivated. The convention opened out with the promise of very great success. It was called to order by J. J. Talbott, of New Albany, who nominated Mrs. Harvey, of this city, temporary president. Sue was unanimously elected, alter which Mrs. Finch wachoson temp jrarv secretarv. The fallowing ladies and gentleman occupied place' on the stand: Mrs. Bolton, Cleveland; Emma Molloy, Elkhart; E. B. Reynolds. Winchester: Mr. sallle C. Jackson, Jefferson ville; Mrs. O'Flynn, Mr. J. J.Talbot, New Albany; Mrs. Kelly, the Kev, U. Marti nd ale, Bluffton; Mr. Brookbank. Mrs. Schaff, tbe Rev. Mr. McCoy, and Mrs. Martha Valentine, Rich mond. DR. B ATLISS' ADDRESS. The Rev. Dr. Baylies, upon taking tbe chair, said: Lad Iks and Gentlemen: I have been elected, as I understand, to preside over this convention, and not make any particu'ar sp?ecti. I leel, however, that under the circumstances, it would be proper for me to siyjustaword be!ore taking my chair. I should be insensible if I did not feel myself honored in being called to tbe position to which you have called me by your vote. I perhap need not say to you that my heart is In this work, and that I count it an honor to be identiü- d with it. I fael it an addi tional honor to be called to this position. I fel like congratulating the convention, first of all that there are sj many persons present thu early in its de.iberations. I was myself a little apprehensive that possibly just at this time there wonld not be a very large repre sentation either from the capital of the state, or from the cities and towns outside. But I am agreeably surprised and very highly gratified tbaf so nnny persons are present at the opening ot the exercises. Then, I feel like congratulating the convention that our work has begun just as it has. I was taken a little by surprise, not that I am not accustomed to being invited to go down upon my knees, but I have never had an invitation ofthat sort under such circumstances as these. I thought as we were kneeling be fore God and solemnly singing the words of the hymn of cons ecration, Mr. Bayliss here repeated the hymn that when all the conventions, educational, political and reformatory, of the United States adopted this mode of beginning, and go down solemnly before Uod, and sing a consecration hymn to start with, I will risk the politics, the reformatory institutions and education of the conntry, fori tell yon among the nations of the earth THAT NATION IS SAFE, and that alone, that fears Gd. And so I feel like congratulating you that our work has commenced In this way in the far of God, and I hope a point will be mada of it, aud I believe a point will be made of it. We are here, as I understand, to promote the tern perance reformation in the State of Indiana a far as our influence may reich. We are here for the creation of and to Intensify a public ooinion on this subject. Public opinion is not a test of the rightfulness ol law: that is to say we are not, as a major ity, to make and unmake laws because. for insne, if it so happened that some particular ward in the city of New York was made up of thieves, the probability is, if they had their ways tbey would repeal all laws against thievery 'and robbery. The test of the rightfulness of law is sometbiug els? than Eublic opinion. We are fighting this battle, owever, in the conduct of a State government a government of - the people, and this will always be tbe case in a representative form of government where the power Is wi h the people. It has always been the case, and always will be the case, tbat public opinion will have very much to do with the efficiency of the law. The politics of the country reflect our opinions and our behavior very largely. It therefore become all important in this State that we should have a strong public sentiment on tbe question of temperance, and when publicopinion and our wants are pretty well settled, the next election will go in a certain direction, and we shall not find much difficulty In the way of enforcing a guod temperance law. We had an illustration only a while ago. There was A TREMENDOUS EXCTTMENT. We had ' a meeting in the Academy of Music and. the people filled it from the lower floor to the uppar gallery. Churches were filled on Sunday alternoon, and the effect was most marvelous. The men charged with administering the law in In dianapolis felt weak. That is to say, they were losing the power to execute the law. Butthflv told me not being a smoker my self that the tide of public opinion was so strong In -Indianapolis that even a christian could not buy a cigar in the drug store, They insisted that the Sunday law must be obeyed. They went through two or three Sabbaths about on that key. I refer to tbis to show the tremendous "power of publio opinion when It Is awakenea. we are here to awaken and intensity public opinion on this subject throughout tbe entire State. Tbey tell us that tbe' temperance law ot this State des not satisfy public opinion just now ; that the majority of the people are not in favor of it. I want here to record my decided opinion that that is not true. I firmly believe thatth majority oi the people in the State ot Indiana and in the city of Indianapolis are not only nor'opposed to th?ij present law, but they are heartily in favor of a law quite as stronqr as the present one. The law is not a dead letter because the majority of the people are not in favor of it. The law is powerless, because the minority compel us either to have an everlasMng fight or ele quietly bear it. Now, what we want is a sentiment strong enough to keep up the conflict. I hope that in your deliberations the discussions will be so conducted, and that such work will be done from the beginning to thi end as will promote this great object. We are not here as politicians as I undersland it. We are here in the name of God and humanity, tbat we may be able by the grace of God to put down the wrong that : crushing the very M e outot tie nation; and may, God bless us in our work and bring us to a large success. . Applause. EVENING 8ESSION. The auditorium of the church was crowded to it fullest capacity in the evening, many being compelled to occupy the aisles. The audience was composed of representatives from every part of the State. The meeting was called to order by Mrs. Uarrah, one of the vice-presidents. "Our Battle Hymn" was sung, when Mrs. ITarrah read the eighth psalm. Mrs. Prot. Harrison followed in prayer, earnestly Invoking the Divine bless

ing upon tbe temperance cause and the deliberations of the convention. Afr the song, MI will slug you a song of that beautiful land," Mrs. Robertson was introduced and delivered THE WELCOME ADDRESS. She said: Cbr.stian men and women ot Iudiana, I come forward in behalf of tbe C. W. T. U. to bid you a cordial welcomewelcome to hearts and homes yea, thrice welcome to the precious fell wsbip which we shall have in Christ Jesus our Ird. I do not say ladies and gentlemen I say men and womer, for when we step out from tbe ranks ol busy life to twome coworkers with God, we lay aside the tinsel and trapping-, the froth and foam of fashionable lire, and have a right . to go bacn to tbe grand old names that God gave us at the beginning, when ' be looked upon his work and said we were very good. Aye, tbentbe morning stars sang together for'oy. How metninks the crimson clouds veil with blushes this reeling, staggering, drunken world lest the whole aoiverse should burst into a wail to see how God's imaz i has been defiiled, degenerated. Whv, to-d..y it is said there is not a nation on the globv that has not intoxicating beverazes. Our Antipodes riot , in opium and hasheesh, while our Antiscian neighbors send in the ruder but not less deliterious beverages bearing tbe unpronounceable nauiea of African barbarism-or South American fargon. But while the opium eater lies almost insensible in his drunken slumbers, and the hasheesh votary r-vels in elvsian fie'd. it i reserved to the refined, cultivated, enlightened nations of the earth to prepare the diabolical compounds that transform a man into a raving in id man or an incarnate fiond. There are some exceptions to the first part ot

this statement, I know, but In the main 'tis true, and to-day the enlightened nations of the earth are , . . ,THK BEST ALLIES satan Las in the work of ruinina men through strong drink. "If the light be in the darkness how great is that darkness.' Aye, its high time that the christian nations of the earth should rise and put away iriit-ir um&uc. auu tor mat purpose we are convened to-day. For all great results are the aggregate of individual action. The sun shine has its brilliant rays, and the tearful devasting flood is composed of drop3 of water. It is to excite and intensify individual action tbat the friends of temperance have agreed to meet, talk over and pray oyer our work, and sympathize with and for each other. Blest "be the tie that biuds our hearts in mutual love. This work begets a kiosliip a fellowship, that makes every earnest worker reach out to every other earnest worker, and call him or her friend. THE DEVASTATION OF THIS KING of pjisons. We fear our faith is in vain. My brother! my sister! surely the blood of Christ has not lost its efficacy. The stone that was cut out of the mountains without bands, and promised to roll on till it should fill the whole earth, surely it has not met an insurmountable barrier. Oh, ye fainting one, listen to Jesus! Does your fait n tremble to-night. The vanguaad of reform is already in sight, I hear tbe onward tramp of her armies, shouting as they come. Men have a right to say whether death shall be dealt out to them. Our hearts to-day are full of joy at the very sight of your faces and yet language is to barren and our tongues to weak we cannot express our welcome as we ough But faith carries us forward in though to the time now many days hence, when we, our work done, shall gather at the river, and our Jesus, tor whose dear sake we have tried to work here, shall bid us welcome to heaven, welcome to mansions, welcome to crowns, welcome to rest, welcome to peace, welcome to everlas iog life; no pain, no sorrow, no sighlDg, tor all tears shall be wiped off from ail faces. . And , they tbat be wise shall shine as tbe bruhtues of the ferma,3 . l i .1 r iL.. ment, and they that turn many to righteous-! ness as the stars, lorever and .ever.", Applause. .... Mrs. Jane K. iiowney, oi ureen castle, was introduced, and delivered tbe response, as follows: BESPOSSE OF MRS. DOWNEY. Mr. President: It ia aim ist ueedless for me, on behalf of tbe temperance workers of our State, to say that we heartily respond to your call, and meet in convention at thi time, and tbat we gratefully acknowledge and highly appreciate tbe cordial welcome extended to us, and the generous hospitality of your city homes tendered us, through your representative, Mrs. Robinson. This is but a natural result of our work, for when people are laboring together in a common cause, and have a common interest which is near and dear to every heart, they forget their selfishness and lose sight of formalities, and their heart, and hands and homes are open and free and all leel like brothers and eis'ers and join in glad enthusiasm and thanksgivings to God, who permits them thus to ruw-l and commune together: and we . would be especially grateful lor the privilege of meeting at this time, for prayer and coarse! and consideration of the great question which, in order to its complete success, must become tne one grand absorbing theme thronghout tne length and . breath of our land, and I pray God that the praver accompanying the call for this convention may be answered, that its chief obiect tnav be met in our gTOwtb, in spiritual lite and power, and that the homes . throughout your city Jnay, indeed, be blessed with a newinflusion qf zeal for the living God, and 'that we who share hospitality may also share this greater blessing and carry it with us to our homes, so that the . results of our coming together may be a felt powr for good throughout our entire State." But why : ! THIS GREAT MOVEMENT: t There have been temperance revival,1 teui perance agitations calling for temperance conventions in days agone, but never in our history has such Interest been manifested in this Bubject as now; and why? The great God is moving at the head ot our army, touching men's hearts and consciences, and making them feel their personal responsi bility as no earthly power can make men feel. Our eyes are being opened, and we are waking up to a sense of tbe danger to which our country and ration are exposed, and men are coming to tbö rescue and we do thank God for it. Hence our forces are not marshalled and led into the field by officers in cockade and plume and hurried into tbe ranks at the beating of clarions and the sound of martial music. The rattle of musketry and the roar of cmnon are not heard in the field. Yet a great battle is be ing fought.' And for what? Is it f r territory? No. : Is it lor power? No. Is it for man's dorr? No. Is it to breik the chains of mere temporal servitude? . No. Is it to serve .any purpose that may be prompted.and a glorious assurance attends tbe cry that ascends to a God, who is no respecter of persons or places, and whose ear is ever open to the cry of the needy and helpless ones, and from whose bountiful stores none need ever be sent empty away; so not only from the costly church edifice, or the palace ot the rich, but from every heart in every hovel in every city, town, village and hamlet may ascend one united petition for the salvation of our homes and country from this blighting curse of intemperance, dictated and fed by tbe various passions and ambitions of men? No. It is a baUle of thought, a battle for principles, for a principle that lies at the foundation of the peace, prosperity and happiness of every

home in our land, and also lie at the foundatiotof a preparation for tbe en joy meat of a brighter home in the better land beyond. Ltence no carnal weapons can avail anything ia this warfare, bat all over lha land is beard the nnnH ,f ihM,.n.

- w. krw9uwo V church bt-l!s. as div alt-r dav. dav after ay, they rin ou'. tbe so! mo call to prayer. to prayer, ism iol work by means of H I'M AS AGENCIES. and while we f- 1 thxt no arm hut m God cau -ave, no voi-e but ihe voice of God can reach i he conscience, aiid no luv but tbe love of God can touch the hearts of men bent upon evil, we also recognize th fact that accompanjlng this faith and praver 'uuu hup, earnest, energetic wora. It We all thonffht alike all fait alitra my all had the same promptings and motives to aotion, there would be little need of tbe work which we reel lies before us. But so long as tbe light ol I f wait an entrance to a heart ClOSBd hv douhtnr lonr rr m ntTrxmta judgment or is weighed down by a load of sin inn guni ana misery, fast so long is it our duty to labor to remove that doubt, en.iKMbvu tuai uuaerianainff, relieve tb&i burdened hAart ana mAa 4trance of the light. There ii no questioa about this matter. The dntv ot CbrUtian people stand out and shine aloft like that stars and we have . bat to open our eye to eee- them, and while the charilie that soothe and heal and bless are showeredr at oar feet in abundan e, shall we refuse or neglect to offer them to the perishing ones around us? God forbid. But with this bertV. of which we an nmnrfl mil an justly boast, there comes A FEARFUL RESPONSIBILITY. which is bot mrtiallv realized tv ... J the masses, and but poorly comprehended" In its moral bearings by the lew who hold the wins or the majority in their selfish urasp with what result. The rood andthe virtuous have slumbered and slept, and. have allowed the ever wakeful enemv. i the form of unprincipled demagogues, through decade a'fter decade. tO take UD the Ignorant ma&aoa nt rnr An country, and the large pliable foreign eleä n m 2 4 ? 1 . .a uic-ui. txmiii iaj uur eines, ana educate mem to the belief that all law and order is contrary to the spirit of the free government whose protection they seek. And with thia influence upon the law making power, when we luuik. ruuuti auu see me harvest that we are rearm c the harveat of rioanlat.ta misery, wretchelness, .crime, and woe that is but the legitimate outgrowth Ot the Siucle seed of intemoeran. i it anv wonder that th anftarlno ones who have hitherto been atlnnt. am ready in the strength of God's grace to use every means in their power to check tbe advance and crush out and destroy this terrible evil and with all the opposing element arrayed against us. I verily telieve that the noble, willing, self-sacrificing women, encouraged, upheld and supported by the christian men of our country, could today say to this monster, thus far and no farther. At tbe conclusion of Mrs. Downey's address, the following programme was announce by the business committee lor this morning: Devotional exercises at &1S o'clock, to be held by Mrs. Martindale, of Richmond. At 9:30 the business of the convention w ill begin, when the report of the committee on plan for aStateorganiiation will be made; at 10 o'clock reports of tbe temperence work by counties will be called for; and at 11 o'clock the ommittee on resolutions will report, which will close the morning sessions. The convention then adjourned. TEMPERANCE TALK OUT DOORS. MRS. . M ALLOT, THE WOMAN ELOQUENT THE EXERCISES AT THE OLD FRANKLIN LIFE IXSVRANCE BCILDIXG. A large audience congregated at the open air temperance meeting in front of the old Fra .kliu building last Wednesdy to hf r Mrs. Emily Malloy, of Elkhart, f peak. Mrs. Malloy held the crowd in a wonderful manner, considering the fact of its being an oatdoor meeting. Her speech was a remarkably strong one in a logical sense, and created considerable favorable surprise. The following is but a brief svnopsis of the effort: Already every State In the Union has ielt tbe thrill caused by the appliance of tbe galvanic battery of God to tbe corpse f temperance, by tbe hand of woman. We have discovered that rnm is king, and is controlling society. Only impress the people with the authority of tbe law, and the victory is inevitable Some of our publio officials ned an application of the B titer law, and this is tbe reason toat tbe judges and proseecuting attorneys get so sick when a liquor case comes up before thetn. On account of unjust decisions of whisky judges and the imperfect work of prosecutors a certain class of men are calling tbe law a failure. If more whisky is sold under the Baxter law than nnder an unrestricted license Jaw, then why this howl about tbe repeal. One would suppose they were self ' sacrificing. But figures don't lie; and they prove that the Baxter law has ben .a magnificent success. Six hundred and seven saloons were closed during the year ending in January, and there is a corresponding decrease in the criminal records. The indifferent are aroused. As is usual in all caees of sickness there is a good deal of officious advice. The good nurse, when the child is sick and objects to taking medicine, gets its head under her arm. holds its noe, and compels it to swallow the dpee. , I am glad that the republican party has turned over in its bed and taken ( ' THE NATS EO US MEDICINE without much grumbliug, and tbat ita pulse already begins to beat more healthfully. Bat I am sorry for tbe 'stubborness of tbe democratic party-in persisting in the attempt to carry this bilious matter around in its stomach. Temperance has got the , politicians by tbe ears, and we women are ' waiting the result. II temperance don't whip, then we are going into the battle. I have no word of reproof for our foreign population. They would be good citizens were they Americanized, but the sooner this foreign element learn the meaning ot democracy the better it will be for men and women ot America. The women who appeal to you against the unjust decisions of this freedom and right element are mothers and sisters who gave- their husbands, brothers aud fathers to their country. To all you who put your name to a saloon keeper's petition, when you see a drunken man reeling along tbe street, say to your souL "Done by my written request."" When you see the ragged forms of those poor little outcasts whom the world calls drunkards' children, remember your written request. When your son is brought home at midnight a mere mass of humanity, and is laid in at your door so drunk tbat he knows no one, think of your written reqnest. This awful responsibility rests with you. Hierher than legislators, higher than judges on the bench, higher than whisky rings, is the will of the people. SECOND DAY'S SESSION. WHAT WAS DONE YESTERDAY THE FLATFORM ADOPTED THE EVEXING'd SESSION OUT DOOR EXERCISES. The State temperance convention reassembled in the First Baptist Church, yesterday morning, at 8:15 o'clock. The attendance was considerably laiger than the