The daily Evansville journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1862-1863, 1863-07-02
Honor to Gov. Morton of Indiana.
Speeches by Gov. Morton, Gen.
Hiram Walbridge, and others.
rFrom the New York Times June 81. ]


Morton, of Indiana at the invitation of
d. r. Martin, Esq, President of the
Ocean Bank, and Col. Frank Z. Howe,
took pleasure trip down the Bay in order
to obtain a view of the harbor and for
tifcations of New York. Among the
guests invited were Major General Wool
and Staff, General Hiram Walbridge,
who had just returned from the West; s.
L. Hommedieu, formerly of tie Gin
cinnati Gazette; Mayor Hussey, ofCleve-
land; Colonel Baker, of Ohio; Charles
Gould, Mrs. General N. P Banks, Mrs.
Martin, Miss Martin, Mrs. Frank E.
Howe, and others.
The harbor revenue cutter, George E.
Winants, was generously rendered by its
commander, Captain ]. c. Lowber, for
the occasion. The trip down the Bay
was most pleasant one. Dodworth S
band, under the able direction of Mr..
Deacon, enlivening the scene by playing
patriotic airs as the vessel ghded through
the water, aud the various vessels in the
harbor dipping their eusigns in honor OF
the guests there were on board.
Shortly after passing Fort Lafayette
the guests were invited to descend into
the cabin and partake of a cold COLA
ton. Thanks to the sea breeze, ample
Justice was done to it. At the conclu-
sion Col Howe introducing Gen. Wal
bridge to the company; said it was their
intention when they started to see if for
ty or fifty American ladies and gentle.
men could not get together for the pur-
pose of enjoying themselves without any
speech-making; but the experiment had
failed He had been requested to call
on one more eloquent than himself; he
alluded to the gentleman who had just
returned from the West and whose speech
though not yet familiar to us of the North
was still ringing with patriotism through
the Western States. He therefore beg
ged to introduce General Hiram Wal
bridge.
SPEECH OF GEN. HIRAM wALBRIDGE
Ladies and Gentlemen: Since the first
hour of the attempt to overthrow our
American constitutional Government, tc
the present moment, have never hesi
tated on all proper occasions to bear my
unequivocal testimony that this contest
should never terminate until the old
American flag floats over every inch o
the soil of the United States. as it die
when the rebellion began. Cheers.
Ny recent visit to the West has convinc
ed me that the millions of intelligen
freemen, who now and hereafter will in
habit the great valley of the Mississippi
and also those whose homes are upon thu
great inland seas and Northern lake
L. ct.n&,.b fho
nent, never mean to have this nation di
vided. cheers. l am gratifed tha
upon this occasion we have an opportu
nifty of doing honor to one-Gov. Morton
of Indiana-who, as the honored repre-
sentative of sovereign State, has from
the inception of our domestic trouble
realized that secession was national sui
eide, and that all the energies of th
American people should be called int
action to resist the monstrous heresy-
| [Great cheering. Opinions by thos
| claiming to be peace men have recentl
been proclaimed, that this contest mu;
terminate, because, as they allege, {
our inability to command success. LIE
the recent patriotic response of the Stat
of New York to the threatened invasio
of sister State (Pennsylvania) be th
only and triumphant response to thos
who would basely abandon contest tha
is to decide forever the whole destiny {
our American Republican institution
I ICheers.1 Let them not be deceived
The National Democracy and the Coz
stitutional Union men of this counntr
will never abandon this contest Will
| - {bo lon1
But, ladies and gentlemen, l hav
been beguiled to trespass upon your il
diligence longer than l designed, and
beg to conclude by expressing the earl
est hope that the great and gigant
!. West, with its free, active and intelligel
population, its great natural advantage
!: for production and manufactures, ar
its unrivaled navigation, may continr
to flourish and develope in the future
: in the past, and desire to connect wit
this wish the name of one of its most di
! tinguished and honored citizens-I pr
!. pose, therefore, the health and happine
I of Governor Morton of Indiana Gre
! and prolonged cheering.
SPEECH OF Gov MORTON
: Governor Morton, upon rising, spol
| substantially as follows: He said he W
u here simply on business connected wi
( his State, and that he did not intend
,, appear in public in New York, but t
ii invitation of Colonel Howe was so irl
| pressible that he could not resist it.
Since the commencement of the W;
I he had known no party. The appoil
ments he made would attest the truth
+ what he said If an Office was solicit
i, for any man, he did not ask what We
70 his politics, butts he for his countr
/ Is he for the Union and the Constitutio
I Is he for the suppression of the reb
, lion at any and all hazards2 If the {
! swer was in the affirmative he at on
J, took the applicant by the hand Ci
plause.
The rebellion must be suppress
He listened with profound astonishmt
= to those men whose arguments were
IT favor of peace. Peace meant the d
X truction of the Northern States.
| must fight and triumph, or the Uni
i j.