Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1861-12-19
THE REPUBLICAN.
Serenade to Gov. Morton.

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sp.cchss ofHe Governor, Hon.E No Ksl. ]
lcgy. Hon. 4Mr. zColfar. HoasJohn j.
Crittenden. and .Senstor Lave Of Ind.
In Washington. ON Saturday night, 7lh
inst = the band attached to the 10Th Iadi-
ana Regiment made its appearance at
Brswa@ Hotel, where Cox, Oliver p Nor
ton, of Indiana. was stopping, and after
playing several patriotic airs. loud calls
were male for the Governor, who was in
troduced from tie balcony of the hotel to
the multitude beneath. and received with
tumultsous cheering Governor Morton
said: - 80
SGe1ateme,a Of the Band OF DIe Ysnetecnth
Indiana Regiment:-This tribute of your
regard tonight is peculiarly acceptable and
grateful to me. l wish to say to you. to
the other members of your regiment and
to all the Indiana troops upon. the Poto-
mac, that though absent from your State
you have not been forgotten. The people
of Indiana are watching over your welfare
with the deepest solicitnde. They have
heard, with much pain, that your regiment
has been afflicted with Sickness but, on
the other hand. they have received with de-
light the assurance OF your spirit. your dis
cipline and your thirst for the contest
We claim that the State of Indiana, in this
contest, stands in the front rank Of the
States that have done we'll in this war. but
we ask no moro than is due to the other
loyal States. ~ = Ie1rgar fll
According to the doctrine Of State
Rights, my friends, the citizens first love
IS 70 his State, and the next to his country,
If he has any. Our first love is to our
country. and our next to our State. l can
assure you that in the State Of Indiana,
from which you have been absent some
months, the determination that this war
shall be prosccutedto successful termina-
ton is becoming deeper and more intensi-
fed from day to day. Not one disaster,
nor twenty disasters. can abate the strength
Of that determination. They can only in
crease it. think speak for the people
of Ia'liana when l say that they will give
the last dollar and the last man. to bring
about the restoration Of this Union and the
suppression Of this rebellion. ["That's
So" and cheers You have taken mp
arms in the hottest canse for which men
have ever voluntarily left their homes and
gore into the field. An attempt has been
made, aud Is now being made, to destroy
our Government, and. in doing that. to
destroy republican institutions. The pre-
tcnded G. Government that has been setup in
tho sccesicl States can now scarcely be
called republican in form, so little have the
people TO 10 with it.; and this being so, we
have the best evidence for saying that.
should this rebellion be successful, a re-
publican form Of government will not pre-
vail in the seeded States. | can. there
fore. declare with perfect truth tonight
that republican institutions arc now on tri-
al before the world. Ii we are successful
they will be sustained; il net. they will
not be sustained. =
This wer. on the part Of the North. has
thus far been maintained for the suppress.
ion Of rebellion and the restoration of the
Union; and rust that. for this purpose
It will be prosecuted in the fntuFe. While
We hold ourselves at perfect liberty TO re.
sort to the use OF any means known to the
laws Of civilized warfarc,si in order to sup.
press rebellion and restore the Union, We
should, at the same time, be careful to ab
tain from the use Of any means which
from the nature Of the case. might max,
the restoration Of the Union impossible
s("Gooi.'' and cheers.
To me the prospect is cheering. en-
terrain no sort Of ioubt that we shall tri
umph in this great contest The loya
people Of this nation have the power. ant
they have Just cause, which, Of itself i
greater than all else. 1t were to double tn
final success Of truth and Justice to dou
our ultimate triumph. ALady sacrifice
must be made. much precious blood mus
be spilled, and vast treasure expended. bu
all these things will be accorded cheerful
~ by the people of this country for. tn
preservation Of the Union and our republi
can institutions. l am happy to say tina
in the West, from which come. the pros
pect is much brighter than it was even
kentucky as redeemed. Her people have
by overwhelming majoritics. pronounce
in favor Of the Union. and l believe II n
disaster occurs-and see no cause VIII
disaster should occur-that in few week
Kentucky win be relieved from the pr,
sence Of an enemy. and that even Tennel
see will be rescued from the jaws Of this r,
bellion ami restored to loyalty IrG ood.
anil cbeers.l Tho same may be said
Missouri. Maryland is now safe in IL
folds of the Union. n voice-"That
so. am from Mrryland. p and applause.
There is this to be remarked, that wha
ever ground we have acquired We ha'
maintained. We have not gone back
'flc satisfactory evidences are also man
fest that in every Secession State. excep
perhaps. South Carolina, Ia voicc--"D-
South Carolina. there is an ardent 10y
Union feeling. which only requires liz.
nourishment to show itself in greater fore
IGhsers.l II exists in North Carolina
Georgia, in Alabama. in Louisiana. and
bclive even in South Carolina herse
though there is less of it there than al
where else. In point Of fact, the heart
South Carolina never was in this Unto
That's SCI She had more tories wit
in her limits during the Revolution tn,
.aliltho other colonies pus together. and h
spirit Of terrorism which then prevail