The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1863-08-13
The Strength fthc Loyal states.

John Morgan's expedition has come to an
end and we are not likely to hear anything
more, for some time to come, ofthat renegade
Kentuckian and his once famous troop
Their fame has been on the wane ever since
Buell. was removed from command in the
West. Against an active and determined
man like Rosecrans, Morgan struck in
vain.
1t is not improbable that the rebels were
induced to attempt an invasion of Indiana, by
the success of Col. Griersons ride through
Mississippi They were foolish enough to
think they could do this with as little danger
or molestatiqn as Grierson suffered The COM
parative condition of the loyal States and those
under rebel rule can now be seen in the light
of the results.
Grierson rode through the heart of the State
of Mississippi without opposition. He found
no lack of rebel officers anxious to oppose
| him; the Governor called out the people Il the
rebel generals used every effort to gather
force against him. but it was impossible. The
State had been exhausted there We're no PEG
pie left to defend it, successive conscrptionS
had emptied every home.
How was it in Indiana? That State had
contributed more troops to the defense OF the
Union, in proportion to its population, than
4 any Quiet DldIO CACcpG 1ALlhOio' w 90 AA0Aoho
defenceless, like Mississippi? Did Morgan
ride like Grierson, unarmel2 An address
lust published by Governor Morton to the Of
ficers and soldiers of the LEGION, and ''Min-
ute men, of Indiana, relates, with just pride
in the strength and patriotism of the State,
that ''within forty-eght hours after the call
was issued (for citizens to defend the State)
not less than sixty-four thousand men had
rendered their services and were on their way
to places of rendezvous, while many thousands
more were preparing, but were notified to re-
main at home. Within three days thirty
thousand men, fully armed and organized,
had taken the field at various points to meet
the enemy" Well may the Governor add
''This wonderful uprising will exert
marked effect thfolghout the Country, ex-
hibiting as it does, iR the strongest and most
| favorable light, the military spirit and pat
riotism of our people" 1t will have an effect,
also, on the rebels, and the experience of
John Morgan's army, will not encourage an
other rebel invasion Of Indiana.
The Iuckless invaders were hunted from
place to place they got no rest, were allow
ed no time even to destroy property, and
were able to do nc damage in the State be-
yond plundering and numbering few de-
fenseless and surprised citizens. Gov. Nor
ton writes cat the first landing on our soil,
the rebel advance was met and fought by the
lneighboring Legion, and although our fof-
ces were few in number and were driven
back, they gave the rebels a clear foretaste of
what they might expect when they penetra-
ted the interior of the State. Within ten
hours after they entered our borders their in
vason was converted into rapid and despe-
rate flight. In whatever direction they turn
ed, they were confronted by large bodies of
armed men. Wherever they approached the
river, with the view to crossing, they found
large bodies of troops prepared to dispute
their passage. In half dozen cases, they
were offered battle, which they invariably de-
clined They lodged and ran, by night and
by day, and finally succeeded in making their
escape over our eastern border into Ohio"
If the citizens of Southern Pennsylvania
had rallied like those of Indiana, they would
have saved themselves from heavy loss.
Any one who compares the results OF Grier-
sons with those of Morgan's raid will becoRz
WINGED that, while the Southern States have
been exhausted by the war, the Free States
are still fresh, and could, if their armies were
beaten to-day, raise new armies, strong enough
themselves to put down the rebellion. Free
dom, which has made us populous, energetic,
ndustrious-which has made our whole pop
ulation interested in the defense of the Tn
ion, is telling strongly in our favor, Slavery,
which confines education to the few rich
which keeps the many poor in poverty and ig-
norance, and which is denied to part of the
population all human rights, is now telling
against the rebels They may fight brilliant
Iy; they may at first out-general US; but ~
the long run the strength Of liberty will tell
already it begins to tell. Let any one who
doubts compare Mississippi with Indiana
~ Y Eoeniag Post, July Il.