Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1860-03-08
The Campaign Opened in Indiana
RATIFICATION MEETING AT .CREENCASTLE
Verbatim Report Of the Speech of IIon.
III. =. Lane.


III. y. Lane.
! Especial Report for the Cincinnati Gazctte.l
I Pursuant to a call issued some weeks since some
two thousand persons assembled in Thornburgt
Hall, Greencastle, Putnam county, Indiana, to lis
ten Hon. III 5. Lane, who proposed 10 speak up
on the issues osthe clmpagn, which he opened
The roa,ls to town were exceedingly bad, and but
few OF the residents of the county beyond the town
ship were able to be present, yet the Hall was com.
fortaby filed, and extra seats had to be provided
for the accommodation OF many guests.
Mr.. Lane was the only speaker. He said:
sAIuTAToRY.
Through the kinddess and partiality ofmy friend.
of the State of Indiana, in convention assembled
| representing all the elements Of the opposition 10
the present party in power in the administration o
the affairs of the State, have been nominated for
the Office of Governor; and it has become my duty
and it affords me great pleasure to be permitted
to meet the people of Putnam county. whom have
known for so many years. to announce to you my
sentiments in reference to ourS State policy. Many
! of YOU have known me from my youth up.-seme
! of you have known me since the days Of my child
hood, aud could but feel pleasure in meeting YOU
! But the pleasure of this meeting Is lot unnii ed
| with painful considerations. | miss the kindly
greetings of many of my old friends who have gone
heace. some to seek homes elsewhere in the flr
" est, and some too seek home in that far off and
| itoui hHooc uOuGuc
! No traveller returns.
| rem ,mber the faces of McGahcc, of Roberts
of Johnson, OF D.. Cowgirl, and of many other scar
red veterans in the political contests of times gone
by. Immense applause.
i am here, then, for the purpose of disabusinc
your minds of prcjulcc (if prc,ulicc against me
exists in reference TO the exciting questions in
yolvcd in the approaching contest
| A PERSONAL PLATFORM.
Tae Office to which aspire, State Office, is al
ways of importance 10 the people of the State
The constitutional powers and duties dcvolring up
on your Executive are important in their bearing,
for veal for woe, upon the interests of the mill
ion and b If of people now occupying the great
commonwealth Of Indiana. To your Executive .rc
intrus;cd many high duties; in the e. place, 10
that the laws faithfully executed; and in thi.
hour, when treason is abroad in the land, AMI the
very air is darkcncd with rebellion, it is peculiar
ly important that the laws be faithfully executed
In all the relations of the State OF Indiana to hcI
sister States, if should be elected your rcprcscn-
tativc, shall in spirit of courtesy and comfy
Weld to all their Just rights and, God being m,
helper shall demand all tie rights ofthc Common
wealth of Indiana, and of all her citizens, howeve
humble or exalted may be their condition. Long
continued applause.
! STATE POLICY.
In reference to State policy, the first thing tha
should attract attention is the matter of econo
my in our administration of public affairs. The
people are over-taxed. That is not rs il should be
Every dollar of tax drawn from the pockets of tho
people for the purpose OF corruption extrava
gance IS oppression and extortion The govern
mcnt should be honestly administered with the ut
most economy that is consistent with the publ,
well-bcins.
believe the aff,irs OF the State OF Indiana have
been grievously mismlnagcd by the Democratic
Administration, and shall now proceed to show
the truth Of my assertion.
| A few yeats ago Congress donated to the Sat,
vast tracts of land, known rs tho swan, luids.-
They were to be drained, and the balance Of incom
derived thercirom Nas to be set apart as fund 70
the education of the children of the State. Your
Gov. Wright said in many messages, that aftc
draining the swamp lands thus given us. million
Of dollars would remain as an educational fund
Now, gent, men there is not dollar remtnng il
the treasury from The swamp lands. A million O
dollars has been squandercd uneier Democratic rule
OF misrule. One of two things must be true
Either Gov. Wright did not unlerst,nd, when ht
made that assertion. what the Lands were WORTH OIL
he was endeavoring to deceive You in reference t
their true value We all believe that he did know
this thing. He was familiar with all the interest
of the State. Then il lac had the means OF know
ing and was honest. and with all his faults. he nj
ways held the interests of Indiana dear his hear.
he Is surely good witness. even to my brothers o
the Democratic purity. and We have il proved tha
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where, cannot tell.
You are tod sometimes by Democratic orator
! that every blessing ever showercd upon this coun
try, past, present, and to come, Is owing TO TN
Democratic party; if the shines or the dew fall
from heaven it is by the Favor of the Democrats
: party peculiarly. NSw just ask them of the swan
, land fund. There is million worse than gone
for it has been used, as I believe, to corrupt an
demoralizc the politics Of the State.
THE NEW PENrrExTfARY.
Look vet little further, for am not here to dc
fcnd any thing. Ny position here is that of publ
prosecutor. arragn these men Of this party wit
the people for my witnesses, and verdict of guilty
guilty, will shake the country at the October elcc
! ton. tt
!, Look at another matter. At the extra session O
your legislature, and agin at its regular meeting
!, Governor Willard recommended the establishment
of another penitcntiary. The legislature passed
, law carrying oat the recommendation. Governo
Willard thereupon appointed three Democrat
commissioners to carry out that law-commissos
. crs of his own selection and party. These mel
examined different sites with view to the location
and reported; but Gov Willard refused to carry ou
his own law, tied the hands of his appointces, am
at this time the penitentiary is not located, an
f Governor Willard says it shall not be under his ad
minstration. If this were a recommendation o
anybody uthimselS here might be some excus
for it, buthe first recommen-s the establishment
in two messages, aud after the expenditure Of man
thousands of dollars he refuses to carry out his ow
, law Ithought at first hewas in error, but havin
considered over the maftef1omewhat, I am satsflc
that he is correct. for if the Republican party grow
and swells in the coming six months as it has in tn
J half year just ended, we shall not need even on
: peniteutiary Ia 1ndiana. Applause and muc
laughter. - H''''' -
) might cite you to other misiecds of the Demo
l cratic party. might show you that the constitu
tiona rights of the State stricken down by tn
insolent, corrupt, and unconstitutional decision
party majority in the Senate Of the United State:
but IL appeal from Casar drunk TO Cesar sober;
> here is the popular sovereignty to which appeal
appeal to the people to rectify all these evils an
! all these wrongs 80 So s-.Ef a
III NATIONAL HATTERS. f,t<
> SO much in reference to State policy. Thore ar
other laws affecting the interests Of the people Q