The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1862-10-03
DESTINATION.
,iior Citizens offks Fifth District.


regiment in Kentucky. was nominated by
the Union Convention which assembled in
this district. as n candidate for Congress
The purpose of this nomins,ion was to
unite and organize he opposing sentiment
which was known t. exist TO the election
ct CIV Julian TO Congress. No ono Sc
rioutly doubted that Mr.. julian had con-
tiaaously misrepresented the wishes and
sen imenis eff a large msjoriiy of the peo-
rle q. the district; bu, looking to his per-
sonai promotion ard aygranlszement. he had
thus far succeeded Ia securing an election
by indirect mesns. which direct popular
vote an III, merits would have defeated.
The denunciaiory course parsued by him
in and on, Of Congress. against The Admin
istration and those who were couduc' ing
the bloody war IN which our country was
unfortunately iuvS lved, and the importance
of sustaining Mr.. Lincola by every word
and deed which pure love of country
could inspire, seemed TO render This Pc
culiarly tit occasion 10 select those. what
ever their merits in other respects. who
were known 10 be Internationally in favor
OF the vigorous prosecution OF fhis war.
for the single purpose Of suppressing the
rebellion; in favor Of the Constitution and
the Union with all the rights secured under
each and both, that peace and happiness
might once more reign triumphant in our
land. 1t was thought that the return to
Congress OF one who endorsed the senti-
ment that the commencement of Mr.. Lin
coins administration was the continuation
of the reasonable policy of James Buch
anan, and who advocated the prosecution
of this war, even though the rebellion
should cease, for the utter abolition Of sla-
very, would operate rebuke coming
from the loyal friends of the Union, aud
the supporters Of the policy of the admins
tration. And such must be its moral effect.
The reelection of Mr.. Julian to Cong TESS
is the endorsement Of his ultra anti slavery
notions. by which he and his allies in the
north. cooperating. but for opposite reasons,
with Secessionists of the South, the one indif-
ierent to the fate Of the Union with slavery,
the ether equally Indifferent without it, have
at last succeeded in a period of profound
peace. and happiness and prosperity. in
wrecking the hopes of generations to come.
and drenching the land with fraternal
blood. Mr.. Julian and his allies may tau
talizingly exuit in the necessities they have
cast upon Mr.. Lincoln TO overthrow slavery
and every other obstacle which stands in
the way of maintaining the supremacy Of
the laws, but they will be brought to realize
in time, under the curses of an indignant
people, that the offerings on the altar for
the preservation Of the Union and the re-
storation Of peace, will no, atone for the
crimes of those who invoked. by their con
duct, the power of war, and brought tears
and desola,ion 10 homes not their own.
In tho nomination thus unsolicited and
voluntarily rendered to me, fellow citizens.
Mr.. Julian aud his friends saw nothing but
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war through this district. To them. the
solution to my earnest appeals and sacrifices
of health in behalf Of the cause of the
Union, was secret aspiration to . seat in
Congress. Gov. Morton, as he will in form
any one. called me TO the position OF com
mandant of this district without any previ.
Gus intimation to me to that effect, and l
entered upon my duties with little else to
encourage me than consciousness CT la
boring in q cause which was the first anchor
of freedom and the last hope of humanity.
My hypocrisy consisted in being the spon-
taneous choice of the conservative Union
sentiment # the district, and in persuade g
nearly twenty four hundred peaceable, con.
servative citizens. 10 relinquish their quiet,
prosperous homes, for the prva,ious and
vicissitudes Of war. II / acted hypocri-
tically, | was less fortunate than my com
petitor Mr.. Julian, who, while processing
equal zeal for the prosecution OF the war,
succeeded in keeping his political friends at
home as the.faithful guardians Of the ballot.
box. where their efforts, though not less
serious to the interests of the country, could
be exerted with less personal danger -
themselves. |
No doubt was entertained of my election
if sustained by my democratic friends whose
confidence l had previously enjoyed. i
had joined the democratic party 10 1854,
from sense of right and duty and not
from any desire or hope of political posi-
ton. My motives would hardly be i'm.
pugned in this district. l had heretofore
enjoyed their confidence and had been hon
ored by them, for which feel profoundly
thankful. But the democrats deemed il
proper to withhold their support from me,
whose election could not be more certain,
and bestow their confidence on Mr. Edmund
Johnson. whose chances for election were
too slight to approach even possibility
AS an independent organization this was
the right OF those whose political confidence
l once enjoyed, but claiming as l do to be
unwaverIDg in my belief Of the sound ness
and correctness Of democratic principles,
voting and acting with steady persistence
for the triumph of democratic rule and doc.
trine, l cannot avoid asking my old political
friends and associates, what is there in Mr..
Johnson's record which makes him a more
reliabls democrat than myself! We advo-
Gated the same doctrines of our prototype,
Douglas; exulted together in the ascerdancy
OF his great genius, and when he fell by the
hands of Southern traitors. martyr TO the |
cause Of the Union. the friend Of Mr.. |
Lincoln. the advocate of the vigorous pros
ecution Of this war, the justifer Of this !
administration, we incurred together the |
national calamity which deprived the Gov
eminent of its ablest defender in the time OF /
our deepest affection. He says he is 10 ia
vor Of the Union, in favor of prosecuting the |
war. Where is the difference? l answer !
it is in Endorsement Of the 9th Of January
Convention resolutions, which never could
indorse, because l regarded them as mean