The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1863-03-06
RICHMOND, WAYNE CO., IND, ma rch 6, 1863

that State has right TO secede. wilhou
reference 10 its effect on the other States =
Hence | arm for the Union. | intend 4
stand by the Union SO long as l live. an
shed my hearts blood, If needed, as q lba
ton for its preserva ion.
There can be no government unless tn
laws are enforced. What is the languag,
oil the sympatbiZers with Southern rebels
Z" am Tor the Constitution as il is, and th,
Union rs il was.' They are giving tn.
enemies of the Union aid and comfort b,
their clsmor. When these cringing. fawn
ing. sycophsn:ic set of fellows. are talking
about dividing the Union. North western
Conied-racy. peace, armistice, etc.. they
laugh at You, aud hold you in utter con
tempt. No terms will suit them bette
than the acknowledgment Of their indepen
denee.
Let me ask the rebel sympathizers of In
diana, why You are sympathizing with them
why your bowels of compassion yearn fo
them. Why. you forget the Union men
then? You will not sympathize with US
but you would compromise with traitors
Never. Union men of those sections o.
c1untry. whose necks rest beneath the iror
heel of power, ask you to carry out tho
Constitution. l do not demand !, for them
as a privilege. but demand it of you as
right, that the traitors OF this rebellion shall
be put down. Why? Because ",he Uni
ted States sHALL-not may-guarantee tc
every State in the Union a republican foru
of government" ] call on the sympa:hiz
ers here, demand, in the name OF the Con
slitution as tits, protection and support. AND
the guaranty OF a republican form of gov
ernment, for the Union men of the South
And, pardon me for my remarks. ask. il
the name OF the Constitution for the relic
Of that portion OF the people in nv Sta: c
east OF the Cumberland mountains. who. MOI
excepting yourselves. are the most loyal
people OF the Nali,n. because they have
dared to be loyal in The f,ce Of dea b w lille
some OF you have been loyal. because you
have not dared to be otherwise. We are
10y al in our principles, aud we have dared
to speak aud maintain them. l demand of
the sympathizers a morsel Of their sympa-
thy. for the Union men of the S,uth You
answer. +" Compromise" What will You
do with your humble speaker, and those " ho
have stood by him Z? I suppose these sym
pathizsrs, like the rebels, want to me
hung.
The redemption of that brave people has
been postponed long enough. l nolify the
people of Indiana. that, il the effort is not
made soon, l will come 10 Ohio. Indiana
and Illinois. and plead With you for a
chosen band of men to go with mo and
redeem East Tennessee. Cheers.
Talk about being tired of the war
know it is terrible. aud realize its horrors.
but these are incidents Of 4 civil war. The
ruin that has come, the blood that has been
shed. are upon the heads Of those who pre-
this civil war. and not on ours =
You who have brought on this war. have
forced this ruin. set brother against brother.
orphaned these children. widowed these
wives. and filed the land with mourning
you have done all this, and let me ask you
rebel sympathizers to lift up your hands and
see If they are not crimsoned with the blood
OF the victims OF the rebellion Whether it
comes sooner or later. justice will come
The slower its pace. the surer is its blew.
1t will come. il we live; and if not living.
" hen we are dead. Sooner or later, justice
will overtake those whose hands are cr.m-
soned with blood.
Tired of an eighteen months war? Your
fathers fought for seven years to establish
this government. and you are tired Of fight
ing eighteen months to defend it. So far as
am concerned, l am ready to fight seveo
years, thirty years, and would not stop
then. What is a war Of thirty years, when
you look at the vast results to how from it
ton of a government which will live in
future ages. and revoluionize the gov
Of the world ? Nothing. You
are laying the foundation OF a government
which will endure while the SIN rises and
sets. say. TO day, not from impulse, but
from cool reflection, if my life was spsred
700 years, l would fight on aud fight ever.
would war against this Southern aristoc
racy as long as tie Moors did against the
Spaniards 700 years ago.
Governor Johnson also referred to the
,allantry of Paul Jones, who refused to
when his ship was sinking. but
II am just getting ready to-
j ,ht." He also quoted from the Knoxville
Register an editorial article, in which The
ebellion was de>paired of, unless dissensions
It the North weakened the Union armies
The editor remarked that the quasi rebel
ious attitude OF the Governors vi New oTk
md New Jersey had produced demorsliz =
ion in Burn>id-'s army. just AS the same |
attitude of their symalhizers in the North /
vest had prevented the advance OF Rose /
.rans' army.
The effect of compromise would give |
,treng h % the rebels. You have commenc-
d the demoraliza ion here. An armistice /
will increase it. When divided, Ole hal, /
,ontending against the other. they wonld
urn their invading armies on us and con /
,uer the North The very state of the war
adica,es the speedy suppression of the re
,elion II we prosecute the war. with the
.dvance of the armies of The Mississippi, il /
would soon be opened. East Tennessee oc-
.upied by Rosecrans. and the great railroad
.rtery OF the South cut BY our armies
close blockade OF Galveston. Mobile,
Charleston. and other porss--would confne
h. rebellion so narrowly that II would die 10
IS own feeble struggles.
Why has not this been done ? Lincoln
,as made some blunders. but tha, is no /
eason for attacking The government. He i.
%, perfect. but l sustain him 10 putting
own the infamous rebellion. and in every /
,her measure which is right. We are 20,
ommil,ed TO his blunders. When the gov