Indiana State sentinel. (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1863-04-20
Use OF the secret service Fund---Duty
offhe Governor.

oil The nth inst We hnd the lOiO"'hs neh-
at is stated that $4,000 in gold was sent
from the secret service fund ofthe War Depart
ment at Washington to Governor Morton oil In
diana, to enable him TO carry on the State Gov
eminent for which the State Legislature failed to
appropriate funds, owing to actions feud
amongst its members"
From this announcement it appears that His
ExceIlency, o. P. morton. is attempting to carry
on the State Government of Indiana on his own
account. The Intelligencer. good authority,
says he has got $4,000 ia gold, from the secret
service fund of the War Department of the Fed
eral Government to enable him to carry out his
revolutionary purposes. We understand that
His Excellency has applied to the officers of
State, to the Sinking Fund commissioners, to the
Bank of the Stete. and to the commissioners Of
various counties for the means to run the ma
chinery of government not only without the au-
thority Of law, but in direct violation thereof. In
fact he is urging the Administration officers of
the State to assume responsibilities which render
them liable to severe punishment-to the penalty
of severe fines and imprisonment.
The Governor is evidently laboring nnder the
hallucination that he is the State-the govern
ment, and that all must yield to his wishes and
to his will. Like the frog in the fable ne is at
tempting to swell himself into the dimensions of
the OK, 5nt, as in that case, il will prove a dis
tinguished failure. he has gone up like a rocket
aud he will fall as the stick.
The Constitution says the Governor t" shall see
that the laws are faithfully executed" He has
only executive power. It is made the duty Of
the General Assembly to raise the revenue ne
cessary for the support of the State Government.
and to appropriate it. The Constitution and the
laws provide the officers who shall collect and
hold that revenue, and disburse it " in pursu-
ance of appropriations made by law" The Gov
ernor has no power to receive and disburse the
monies belonging to or received for the benefit
of the State. That is made the duty of the Au-
ditor and Treasurer of State exclusively.
The factions conduct Of the Republican men,
bers of the last Legislature prevented the passage
of laws making the necessary appropriations to
carry on the State Government. This action of
his party friends was advised and approved by
the Governor There is and will be abundant
means in the Treasury to pay the interest on the
public debt. to support the benevolent institutions
and the prisons of the Stase. and to pay all its
obligations, but the public money cannot be used
for these purposes unless the Legislature author
ICES it TO be drawn from the Treasury for those
objects. This is the law. and it ought not to
be violated. And there is no necessity that it
should be.
1t is the duty of the Governor to see that the
laws are faithfully executed. The Legislature
failed to provide the means to do so. What, then.
is the duty of the Governor 1t is plain and I'M.
mistakable. As an honest man, a good citizen,
and faithful public officer, he should discharge
that duty. The Constitution has provided the
remedy. 1t SAYS: "If. in the opinion of the
Governor. the public wilfare shall require it, he
NAV, at any time, by proclamation. call a special
session " II cannot he denied that a contingency
has arisen which requires the exercise of the pow
er thus conferred upon him. Instead OF applying
for relief from the secret service fund of the Fed
eral War Department. let him call a special ses
sion of the Legislature to appropriate the funds
in the treasury and the accruing revenue. to the
payment of the interest upon the public debt.
to support the State charities and the prisons-in
a word, to redeem the plighted faith of the State.
and its obligations to her creditors. We repeat,
this is the duty of the Governor, and it remains
to be seen whether he has the honesty aud the
courage and the patriotism to discharge il.
lincoln on the RIght of secession.
On the 18th of January, 1913, Abraham Lin
col. then a member OF congress from Illinois,
made a speech in the house of representatives of
the United States He was speaking Of the
manner in which the Texans had acquired their
Independence, and the territory claimed by them.
He says:
"If she got lit amy way, she got it by resolution;
ONE OF THE MOST SACRED OF RIGHrs-the right
which he believed was get TO emanciDate the ioOrid
The, right Of the people. If they hare 2 goUernmont
they do NOT like, to RISE DSHAKEIT OFF.
In the exercise of that right, the Texans shook
off the Mexican yoke. But how far? Did the
natiOn-did the PEOPLE revolutionize by lines?
Certainly not; they revolutionized exactly to the
extent they took part in it. = 1t was
this right of revolution, and it could not be a
perfect right If il could not be exercised until
every individual inhabitaut was in favor Of il =
IL would be no right. MinOrities must submit
10 majorities just so was the case with the
tories in the American revolution. They were
obliged 10 submit to the maiority-the great
body of the people who rose and put them down
by force"
Congressional Globe, Vol. Is. p. $50.
Here we have ABRAHAM LINCOLN, the present
president of the United States. declaring that the
right of secession is zone of The most sacred Of
rights . right which he believed was yet to
EMaNcIPATE THE WORLD.
Since the breaking out Of this rebellion. Nor
MAx B. JUDD. OF Chicago, Linco!n'S minister to
Berlin. said that Ito my certain knowledge, Mr..
LlNCoLS's attention has of late been repeatedly
called to that speech. and he has nerer rePudiated
the opinions then expressed, 80 that l have every
right to the presumption that he holds them still I"
No doubt at il.
Comment upon the above is unnecessary. Ma
LINooLY's exact words. conrrastel with the posi-
ton at present occupied by himself and his sup
porterS. is stronger than any case W. could make
out. Well may the Richmond Enquirer ex
claim. eve begin to love those worthy @onspi
%rators." Aud how rapidly we are getting them
all upon the record in favor of disunion, LIN
coin. GRIZZLY. SrEvESs-Tray. Blache and
Sweetheart
Two wears after Mr.. Lincoln spoke as above
quoted, JAMES T. BRADY, late Breckenridge can
didate for Governor of New York, made speech
in Castle Garden. New York. in which he SAID:
IF any member OF the confederacy be sustain
ed in the slightest violation of our national com
pact. then / have no hesitation ia declaring that
the sovereign state where rights are permitted TO