Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1863-11-21
Indiana and the warbler Contra.t
with new xork-Puff Extraordinar
for Governor Norton.

NIX the respective pro uIancer . Nv ok
and Indiana IN Furnishing -odiers ior he ~ar,
says:
To What /. this VAT difference stirba,abs Certainly
70 any difference IN patriotism. We VIII not admit.
for moment that the Of be people 81 New York
nfso 70 those q Indiana, other STATE IN DE-
voton 20 the country There = probably no state which
has derived such immense sdvanta.e rom TIE Jnsn
the "Empire state. aBt enc which has greater
ownF 70 Ay difference IN the character Il the p0pEla-
ton. That ference & al IN favor - View York Our
cite. have isr greater proportion % hst hosing peu
arrangement and also vastly "a wealth available for
boan,ies in eneoars geDeni Of enilsmsA's
hAs Governor n preemuent devotion 10 the cause and
signal executive sbty. while New York has Cow
eIor Morton sem the beg nning q The w.r mas rads
business Under The rstea Of the Presdsntfor seventy
Eve thoussnd in three days be not only raised
I'd equipped. clothed the regiments which
The quota u IN state bat rendered twenty regiments
addition And when these were not socep;ud BY the
Government he mustered them isto the state service
put them ia camp, aDd bad them drilled, until the time
arrived when the General Government glad take
them when the Government had hrst-cisss arms
Governor Morton caused the State to supply them which
always secured the Indiana soldiers the post 81 honor In
the ibid Bedes by persona visits TO the
uents IN service he for himself that every want
promptly supplied. Permanent agents established
ali the principal points 90 devote special attention 10
the % the odisr and agent placed Ia ash
ington whose special business Il was to collect back pay
PENSIONS and other claims for dischargel volunteers To
keep alive the spirit Of volunteering Governor Morton
appointed committees prominent in every Con-
gre.si0nal District, county and t0Nn.hip assigned the
proper quota each, induced County Boards
additional appropriations for bOunties and by personal
visitation whenever there any ackness excited the
popular heart 20 the right patriotic pitch lie has carried
out The method so snergecay mat esen ne sohsef7
ydrt of TIE NIte, tohsre copp,rhsddsla Gerry Lrge'y
PrecaiLs, his been al ne Whae keff squire Hp % IL
The Of this regular system stimulating
snsnts and taking the best possible care Il the SOL
aiers when enlisted has been seen from the bezinning
efficiency
marked all the military history Of Indiana from the be-
ginning Of the The quota Of that State under the
fret call for 1900, six regiments. No less than
twenty ter dered ia three days. The National
Government declining receive than six the re
mainder were mustered INTO the state service put INTO
camp, drilled, and were eompteiy Rady for the field
when aerw ard called for Before ~ Secretary of War
stopped recruiting last year. Indians bad put no less than
sky three regiments the Il. ID. When Kirby Smith
advanced Cincinnati, Gov. Morton completed the
ganEation If twenty four regiments, mustered armed
and eqrpped and sent them into Keniuaky-a within
the short space Of one week. when Morgan invaded
the State Of Indiana last sumner though all the nation
troops within the STATE hac inst been Of IN thir
tys ia hours G. 600 militia offered, and Of these
81 O00 accepted, armed, equipped, and sent
forthwith after the invader Indiana supplied soldiers
enough to escape the first aft and GOV Morton ten
deTed the iieut 90 additional troops A bonus.
Fifteen regiment, will be ready in fortnight which
will more than meet the last cali Of the President More
over several q the I'D regiments being brought
home AID recruited their original strength while
large details 10 be TO other regiments in the
field which reduced below the minimum While
to the field a nimum Indiana has always made
point MI her regiments the maximum Of Her
regiments In the service number 49, ami in three
week. they will number lS+ Such Is the record OF a
has benefit ef whole souled,
ed, iour handed Executive command
We have lrequeety borne willing testimony to
the energy exhibited by Gov. Morton in raising
troops an' organizing regiments TO send 10 the
seat of war. and We should be the last to detract
from his well earned reputation in that regard
80 o.. IL
ticIe the above-which it is clearly evident.
had it, origin. or at least It's prompting in lndi-
annapolis rather than the Times ofice--to pass
without a few words of comment
In the first place, then the Times assumes
that there can be difference between the people
OF Indiana and those of New York in regard "a
their patriotism or their willingness to serve the
country in the field. and hence that the only rea-
son why there Is difference in the number oi
troops furnished lies in the fact that Indiana has
Republican while New York b IS a Democratic
Governor. A few facts will plainly show that
this il not the cause of the difference When the
war broke out and the seventy FIVE thousand
volunteers were called for New York like Indi-
ana, hada Republican Governor, in the person OF
Hon f.. D. Morgan. since elected to the Senate
Not only this but to facilitate him in the work
OF organizing troops and giving them efficiency
the position and title of Major General con
ferred upon Gov. Morgan. but which, BY the
way. has not been bestowed upon Gov. Sey-
mour, his successor.
The war has been in existence in two years and
half, during twenty months of which time Gov
Morgan Governor OF New York leaving only
ten months under Mr. Seymour administration
We presume Gov Morgan's heart in the
work" OF raising troops for the war, and yet what
was he about during all the time Indiana was sc
busy organizing her regimeutsI He closed
with the double authority OF Governor of the
State and Major General Of the army and yet
there never was time during his administration
When the quota OF New York was FULL He had
double the time Gov. Seymour has had in which
to raise troops, and yet he failed 10 accomplish
the work 20 near TO his "heart"
The attempt of the New York Times aud liz
propretors to take from the people of Indiana the
credit for the promptness and patriotism due
them IN filling their various quotas OF troops. ana
TO bestow that credit upon Gov Morton. is 10 use
a very mild word extremely ungenerous. With
out disparag ing the patriotism OF New Yoik, we
undertake 10 say that the difference between the
two States IN the matter OF volunteering lies al
together in the people of the States respectively
aud not IN their Executives. Ii not. why is II
that the New England States behind M then
quotas of troops As well as New York; Surely
their Governors have their "hearts in the work,
and their people whit behind And yet
with their zeal for sbOtiouiSm with all the ap
peal, that have been made To their patriotism
through speeches and newspapers. ANA appeals 70
their pockets through extavagant hOuntIeS offer
ell tor soldiers, they are behind Indiana YES. be
hind New York The truth IL, the further We
get away from that GeteS.abIe, puritan, abolition
influence the more numerous are the enlistments
Thus, New York has done better than y es Eng
land Ohio better than Now Ork Indiana better
than OHIO. and Illinois better than Indians, and
this without regard 10 theiI Executives, who
however for the first year and three quarters
of the all Republicans, a they still are witt
the single exception at Gov. Seymour
The people of Southern Indiana will see how
their services and efforts regarded by this
eulogIst OF Gov Morton, by the sentence we have
placed in italics ia the extract above. Our read
ers know how muchJus there is in this iing
Southern lndiana. They know that this cop
perhe.d" portion of the Stale was the first 10 re
spond 10 the call ioF troops when It became evl-
dent that there was 10 be in earnest. They
know that the Districts in which Gov. Morton re-
ceivel the iewest votes and where his influence
was smallest, seht the largest number of volun-
teers 10 the held ana in the shortest time, OF any
DISTRICTS in the State
Governor Morton has acted energetlcally anc
promptly in our military affairs. lie should hay,
due cre1it therefor for lie / entitled TO IT, Blu
10 the people. who loved The Union, who knew IL
value anu were wiling 10 make great Sacrifices
to maintain IT, is due the Chief credit Tor the glo
rious part which Indiana has played in tins con
aict They have sacrificed much-sufiered mucl