Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1863-04-23
SPEECH OF HON. SCHUYLER COL.
slias FAX,
Before the Uuion League ofPhiladsl-
phia, April 9th.

oS1uio tue uliJu LelSue Ol Enlidl9i-
phia, April 9th.
GENTLEMEN: That which your chair.
man has read to you is far more eloquent
than anything you can hear from the lips
of an lndianian to o-night. 1t is mailing to
the counter the false charge of these Cop
perheads. that the people of the loyal
States have rebuked the Administration
for maintaining the honor Of the county
in the present war. Applause. a short
time ago these men clamored for a nor
vigorous prosecution of the war. They
then concealed the rattles of their tail, !,
and when, by the absence OF our loyal men
In the field. they obtained power. they
threw off the mask, and said, .'this is the
verdict of the people, and the people con-
denim the Government. 1t was false.
AMI now Rhode Island and Connecticut are
speaking out in thunder tones to nail the
falshood to the head. L was glad to listen
TO the Governor of Indiana tonight, in
the able. logical, and exhaustive speech.
OF which you have toasted for the last
hour. and | desire here, as humble citi-
izen of the State of Indiana, to give my
testimony to the manly heroism with which
he has confronted the foe in his own State.
as our brave soldiers are confronting the
foe in the South. Applause. He bore
himself nobly in the crisis of the Legisla-
ture. know how that Legislature was
elected. for | passed through the canvass
in which they were chosen. 1t was the
absence OF sixty or seventy thousand SOL
diers that gave this assumed majority to
that body. The minority in that Leg
islaturc represented the majority Of the
whole people. and they were faithful to
their gallant friends who had gone forth to
meet the rebels. When we hear, as our
Governor has told you, that this majority
had endeayored to depose him as the COM
mander in chief OF our Militia, his friends
the friends Of the country, and the
friends of the soldiers in the field--left
their seats in the Capitol and broke quo
rum. There are now NO appropriations TO
carry on the expenses of the State for two
years; but the loyal counties have prolfer-
ed their aid; and should our Governor
come short of money to pay the interest Of
our State debt, rather than he should con-
vene that traitorous Legislature again,
will come down here to this city, and ask
for loan that the wheels of the State
Government may be kept moving. Great
Applause. My friends, we have passed
through severe ordeal; we may have an
other one to pass which may be yet more
severe. The Governor has intimated to
yol to night. that we intend to meetevery
issue like men. 1t may be possible that
within the borders OF Indiana, we may
yet see an armed resistance of the Knights
of the Golden Circle. But with the pow
cr OF tn, State in the hands of loyal
Governor, AMI surroun ed by thousands
of loyal men, youwill see that the draft
will he executed in that State in spite oil
everything. Applaose. These men
who desire such an outbreak against. the
has been already remarked, who are re-
sponsible for the draft 1t is they who
have discouraged volunteering. 1t is they
who have refused to contribute to the iami-
lies of the volunteers. 1t is they who have
sent from their homes disloyal letters all
through the army. 1t is they who take
up arms to sustain the leaders at home
1t is they who denounce the Administra-
tion and the war, and seek by every pos
sible way to bring this country into dis
ruption. When you say that in view of
the fact that volunteering has ceased among
the white people. and that the negro should
do his part in the contest, it is they who
resist any effort to place the negro where
he can be serviceable in putting down the
rebellion. 1t is because they did oil this
that the CONSUMPTION act is necessary
When we assembled last year in Wash
ington. there was cloud of gloom over
our couutry's prospects That cloud has
rolled away. and our hearts now bound
with Joy. Can you tell me why so great
a change has come over the hearts Of all
loyal men? | attribute it to two causes,
Both of them potential. In the first place.
.he trumpet blast that came from the army
when the soldiers found they were to be de-
serted by the Copperbeads, when they had
assembled--not as officers, but as regi-
ments-to express their condemnation of
Northern sympathizers, and to send back
from their camp-fres these words: 1--WE
have endured privations here; we have en-
dured suffering and trials here. Some Of
us have lost limb aud health in the coun-
try's service. We long for the loved ones
at home, whose love and companionship
are dear as life itself Yet we cannot con-
sent that this flag which floats over
US shall be dishonored. Though we long
| for our homes, we implore you to consent
to no dishonorablc peace that will bring
us back with this banner trailing in the
dust" [Great applause. Such was
the noble, the patriotic, the sublime sacri-
flee which the soldiers of Indiana were will
ling to undergo rather than consent to the
Vaccinations of the Northern sympathi-
zers. ri1is4 soe -. .lslf 4foa .ea--krs s
The other thing which has tended to
dispel the despondency and create bright
hope for the future, that which has, like
an electric shock. stirred the people to
their inmost depth, is the organization of
these loyal Leagues-(applause )--reali-
zing that in organization there is strength,
there is power. there is unity. The price
of liberty is eternal vigilance IApplause.
j know, my friends, that your attachment
!, to the cause of your country is greater now
than ever before. Much as l have loved
that flag from infancy, ] love it more to-
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