Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1861-08-15

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u From the Indiana Journal
: GOVERNOR MORTON'S SPEECH,
I AT the Rockville Union Meeting.
On being intro5 uced TO the meeting
Gov. Morton made a few remarks on the
condition of feeling existing in portion
of the country, and continued:
REPUBLICAN GOVERNMENT. eie.
! All Republican Government is based
upon the principle that whea the will of
the people has been expressed through the
forms Of the Constitution. all parties and
all men must submit, Unless this prin-
ciple be unconditionally admitted, Rcpub-
lican government cannot exist for day.
For illustration of this truth. might re-
fer to the history of Mexico, where each
election is followed by revolution, where
the minority refuses to submit to the ma
jority. and fly to arms for the redress of
every fancied grievance. Such has been
the history of Republican governments in
France and other countries in Europe
Every officer of the government, when
properly elected, becomes the officer and
agent OF the people, whether they favor
his election or not. and all loyal citizens
recognize him as such. .ist
Mr. buchanan when elected, although
did not favor his election. became my Pres
dent, and any insult offered to him by a
foreign power. or any resistance to his law
fnl authority by domestic foes. was an in
suit and an injury to me and every citizen
Of the u. S. Some people there are who
are so Incredibly stupid as to be unable to
perceive any difference between the Gov
ment and the mere agents who carry it on
for the time. Government is intended to
be permanent. while the officers by whom
i. is administered are ever changing
| Washington, Jefferson and jackson, have
passed away. but the Government they
administered still lasts. and trust viii
last forever The men who now control
public affairs will in few short years
pass from the Stage Of action: but we
trust the Government will survive them.
The man who wonld refuse to protect the
Government merely becasc he did not like
the men who carried it on. would display
as little sense as the inebria,e who should
refuse to protect his dwelling from the
flames because he did not like the agency
, Of water.
PARTY QUESTIONS.
This is not a war of parties but of the
whole people. The interests involved
rise as far above mere party considerations
as the heavens are above the earth. The
man who stands aloof from the great con-
test higgling about his party, is short
sighted and fails to comprehend the time
in which he lives. Parties can only exist
in free government. ami when the gov
ernment falls. they fall along Wi h it. The
Democratic. Wing and Republican parties
have each sought to administer the govern
ment. Blu, If the government should pass
away there would be nothing left to al
minister. If there is any poor partizan
here to-day who believes that. after the
government has been destroyed. he will
} have his party left and may enjoy that. |
yield him mp in despair. The Almighty
has enveloped his intellect in eternal
night. anu foreordained that he should 10 q
fool for ever and ever
LIScoLS's ABOLITION WAR.
The charge Is made in this county that
this war was begun by Lincoln to bring
about the abolition of Slavery. The man
who makes this charge is attempting to
commit fraud upon the people and trea-
son against the government. Every in
/ telligent man knows that before Lincoln
! was inanguratcd the rebels had an army of
thirty thousand men in the field, and laid
scigc to Forts Pickeus and Sumter; had
robbed the Mint at New Orleans of half q
million Of dollars; hal planiered various
Forts and Arsenals oftwo hundred thou
sand stand Of arms and FIVE hundred pieces
OF artillery: and confscatcd the debts due
from citizens of seeded States TO the peo-
pie Of the North. thus robbing them of
hundreds Of millions of dollars, had muir
tlcred or driven out from the seeded States
every man of Northern birth or that en-
tcrtainel lingering attachment for the
Constitution of his country. 4'r
The object of a falcshood SO foul and
monstrous IS not to be mistaken. Itis to
distract the people of the North and palsy
the hands of the government, that it may
fall an easy prey to the scouatlrels who are
seeking its destruction. This would be its
effect, if any it had. and must therefore
be its aim. - si'H~ .5f i'aei-
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i But it is said We must have peace. and
conld have peace if VIC would. Its sweets
are as delicious to my taste as to that of
any human Icing. But when say this
mean, peace that is safe, peace that is
crowned with liberty and the blessings Of
an enlightened civilization. I DO not mean
that peace which is the sleep Of death;
which is purchased by foul dishonor; nor
that peace which is but another name for
submission to tyrants and traitors. 1t is
utter folly to talk about peace without
pointing out some method by which it may
be obtained. know Of but two con-
ditions now upon which peace can be had
The first is by submitting to the disrupl
ton Of the Union and the destruction Of
the Government. The second is by the
submission Of the traitors now in arms
And appeal to you to-day to answer the
! question in your own hearts, upon which
Of these conditions do you demand
peace? Who are the men flat are thus
clamoring iorpcace upon any terms p
They are lot the Union men Of Kcntucky.
of Missouri, of Tennessee. of Maryland or
of Virginia. But they are small clans
ScatferaJ tlro,xIo.,t d,o Nortbor,, Sto &C.