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Jn-iedonuse8S-fotheid*ip-BQttheisi-m-war, and will pledge himself to support the nominees of said election.As to wbat was 9aid, there was a gOMspeech by Mr. Anderson, % member of the Legislature from St. Joseph county, pointed, telling, and thoroughly rightin spirit, which we should be glad to give a synopsis of had wo space; after which the convention adjourned, with aresolution to attend the State Unionat®niNiX«L^etv;id dtrirvse-)SCestridlechis-Convention Of this day.Besides his feeble effort to have- the will of the people thwarted by giving all the business of the Convention intothe hands of the Committee on Rcso-alsoshould not have anticipated ffDin him under any circumstances. The deelara-j tion that negroes are swarming into thiscounty, and committing thefta nightly,1 he rauat hi,re Known tc beutterely false and * hence must have designed to humbug his correspondent into deserting. The truth is, as we believe,vr vthat the war has not added half a dozenlutions, Father Burk also proposed limiting tho power of the county andtownship committees to one year; but• *here again he was voted down, and the committees wcro constituted to holdnegroes to the population of Waynebcountv. One solitary ’'contraband” was brought to this place, by one of the sixty days boys, whom some of the se^ cession sympathisers threatened to prosecute for the offence. The contraband left for parts unknown a good while ago. Cun it be that his ghost still troubles friend Jeriison, causing him to see negroes overrunning our county wherenobody else can see any,and leading himthoir positions until thoir successors) . .____ . , _1 to charge thefts 01 wmtc vagrants (someshould be appointed.The committees, with very few excep tions, arc composed of excellent material. In fact, such has been the progress of Anti-Slavery sentiment in thiscounty, that it has become difficult for political tricksters to find “timber” suit **jable for their purposes. The peopleare all tight—far in advance of their♦assumed leaders. And, as we haveheretofore had occasion to observe*better establishedr£Bof his own political brethren, most l»ken!y) upon his imaginary army of negroes. Was there ever a more pitiable case of negeophobia, than one like that und;-r notice,which causes a man to renounce atonoo tqc claims cf truth, and tho obli-gationa of patriotism?Ilt;\nditsndir-N 'M11^ upatuolliing has been fhnn the fixed determination of thotpeople of Wayne county, and of the “Burnt District” generally, to manage thrir own affairs in their own way.We trust our Union county friend who sends us the following— doubtless not intended for publication —will pardon us for laying it before our readers. As an individual expression of wlnl we believe to be tho overwhelm-f*]More EvidenceThe following letter w;i5 written by of u prominent Democrat in Wayne coun-ral iy to u private soldier in the 14thingly predominant sentiment of Eastern Indiana,if not of tho ent;re West,on the great question of the day, we thought it ought to be published;Cottage Grove, Feb. let, 1863.f1:£tFFriend Julian:—I send yru enclos- flieIndiana Battery iit Jackson. Tonnes-led one dollar to pay' for the True Re-see. The writer was fljr. Buchanan's PUBLICAN. Although I am nnw takingSI.erPostmaster at tho place from which it several papers besides the True Rvpub*is dated; I KcftdJ I don't feel willing to dispensewith it, as it is tho most anti*s)avory,n *coatCentreville, Nov. 22d, 1862. Mr. Wm. H. Cloud: * * * * ThiAbalition war bss aaidvery hard times •°r poore folks. Common muslin is 11-iwcrthe 25 cents a yard and callicoe 2”in-cents par yard and evry thing in proportion and wee cant ern any more than when wee gout these things for less than it,jhalf what we* pay now. the negrows ar getting as thick as blackbeircs here and steeling is eoing on evry Night, {hnpo y ou fellows will quit fighting to free the negrows and the ware will soon stop. The Demoeracie have carried evry thing in the great otates of North audW ost.I wili send you sum papers this weekthe soldiers ar«* deserting very fust JoStedhan has lost 4 he has then advor-.tiied in this county papers there? is15000 thousan deserted from tho Now York rednc s in tho last 2 months. I hope they will all desort fore wee haveUp1vtaand consequently {best suited to my views, of them all.1 firmly believe, and have from Ihccommencement of the present war, that jo it would end with tho destruction of ^Cr;0Itpsif-that vilest of all sina, American Slavery, and unless it does, I shall consider that it has been fought in vain. Respectfully,Nathaniel Swatn.r»-LETTER FROM WASHINGTON.liefilen-tsfillCorrespondence of 7 rue Republic in.}Washington, D. C., Feb. 20, 18*53.AeAi\ncItrrfiMr. Editor:—Baing in tho city on11business for a few days, I was attracted, b as most visitors are, to tho Hallslt;vlCongress.The Indemnification billwas under discussion. Tho Indianadlnegro** a noughthere and tins ware is delegation entered quite largaly intos-29ali-IPfor nothing but to d os troy the gov met «ind free the negrowos, and any tnons ” I that has to werk is directly intested inkeeping the negres in the south thesepatrols arc trcvling the country over now Beging clothing for tho ncgrews that you havo been helping to run from the south while thousand of the i-oldiers are suffring for the nesvaris of life I want you to right often and Let mee know wh»t the soldiers think of abilition ware, and mu« bee one geat foole that cannot see that this ware is f:r nothing elsce than yy free the ocgros. Your friend.B. JemtsoN.The original letter is in the of tho United Stales District Attorney, whn will give it tho attention that its importance demands.idds«e. ). is1is.‘IIihs.inth8.II.irWe clip the above from tholndiannp olis J urnal of Friday last. We presume the Utter of Mr. Jcmison is one of those alluded to by the Governor in' the extract from his speech at this plsci which we copied last week. We under-1 stand the letter had been in the Governor’s possession for some months, and hence our remark of Inst week, that we should think he would feel warrantedd«*:mI Lblt;fiPthe mutter. Yoorhces and iloliran, in speeches of an hour each, took occasion to show their attachment tv tho South, and their subserviency to slavery’, in such a manner as would not fail to suffuse the cheek of the listooer from their own State. They uttered tho most bitter denunciation of the government and its action, and plainly’ stated that nofh ing but indopendcnoe would satisfy the South. They of chewed all peace prnpo* L sUions on any other piinciple, but dc-manded the war should stop, the im men.se tax and drain on the life an.I tn asuro of the country mu»t be stayed, but not a word of robuko for the South, not a word of condemnation of rebels. They showed very plainly that their ^ sympathies were with the rebels and tithe rebellion. May, of Maryland, was'utnotioti**IIbSirHe was well*Uin taking some action in regard to them.A few words of explanation rill not tend to give the patriotic render a more favoiu'blc impression of tho writer ofthe above letter.Mr. ('loud, to whom it waa addressed,also belonged to thiS place, and bad r-! worked under Mr. Je,mi?od pt the shoe-making business—we believe learned his trade with him—hence Jemison’s [fi influence ^ver Cloud would naturallybe great. Cloud actually deterted—^ swhether aa the result of this letter, we*I8 j do not know, but moat likely in conso* e |querce 6f receiving similar letters. Thedid1-8,in the same catalogue, answered by Daily, of Nebraska, Thomas and Leary of Maryland; and Mr. Julian, of the Fifth District of Indiana,:^ took Voorhees, Holman, and tho Demo cratic policy genejally, under his cspe- ^ cial notice. His 9D3ech was full of in- jf(5 . .Intereat, abounding in Historical facts with regard to the secession proclivities ofj^ Demooiatic policy, that mado its advocates startle. They took.every possibles 1 4 •means to interrupt him, culling him to order, o., e.; but he was triumphant'* ly sustained by the House, und to and attentive audience of visitorsmembers.ClwIc81irClarrrin the gallery, as well a* thehe finished bis speech.BiClA»chTHo wincing of the Democrats was a ^ well merited compliment to Mr. Julian [siIt is cheer-25 notification here of Cloud’s desertion,igitnby the proper authority, wai accompanied by Jemison's letter.Wa publish the letter and tho facts connected with it out of no unkindOn theaj] feelings towards'Mr. Jcmison.contrary, we regret that a townsman and neighbor, who is not destitute of good 1.1 qualities, should bo found in £0 humil-q■ iating a'prcdicument, on ncoonnt of his y future reputation, if not hj^ presentNo enemy could baye plaoedopositionow'him so low as he h»B piaeed himself isj: the above letter, exhibitieg, as it doee,1.a ift i a reckless disregard of irutb, wS\ rS a.WOthcp a?idtntly fear him. ing to his friends at home to know that tie bolds to high a position in the House. He has been very much out of health for several weeks, and not able to speak much, butrever busy looking after his vote and the interests of his constituents. His speech will be published at tho request of bis friends, o that they who bed not the pleasure of hearing it can read itsole:Ji!ITo say that Washington is an un» healthy, unoleanty plaoa,is only,repeating what has beo« of(on said. The sun is now shining, the first time for three hiSnow, rain and mud have beenRttclt;w ih uiUItsdays.the order of the day. and the vast num*
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