The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1863-11-20
Credit due Gov. Morton Of Indiana

We are glad to see In An Eastern paper
of the character and circulation of the New
York Times, an article giving Gov. Morton
the credit that is due for the extraordinary
energy-the real executive abiLity-he has
displayed during the war. The Times. in
contrasting the rosi,ion of Indiana with
that OF New York. says:
To what is this vast difference at,ribu.a-
blel Certainly not to any difference in pat
riotism. We will no, admit, for a moment. /
that the masses of the people OF New York |
are inferior TO those Of Indiana, or any 9th I
err State, in devotion TO the country. There |
| is probably no State which has derived |
such an immense advantage from the Union
as the Empire State and not one which
has a greater interest in It's preservation
Nor can the difference be owing TO any
difference in the character of the population.
That favor is all in far greater proportion OF
that floating population from which soldiers
can be drawn with least arrangement oil In
dustry; and also vastly more wealth svai!s
BILE for bounties in encouragement OF enlis1
ments.
J, The difference is principally due to the
fact that Indiana has Governor OF pre-
eminent devotion to the cause. and signai
, executive ability, while New \ ofk has not.
, Gov. Morton. from the beginning OF the
!, war, has made the military einciency ana
honor of his State his private business.
/. Under the first call Of the President LOT
. seyenty-five thousand men. in three days be
: not only raised. armed aud equipped and
S clothed the six regiments, which was the
h,,f nd l
/ addition. And when these were not &C.
/ cented by the Government, he mustered
them into the State service. put them IN
e camp, drilled them. until the time came
o when the Government was glad TO lake
n them When the government had no hist
i class arms, Gov. Morton caused the State
to supply them, which always secured the
Ie Indiana soldiers the post Of honor IN the
. field Besides, by constant personal visits
4 to the regiments in service, he saw Tor him
d self that every want was supplied. ferma
C neut agents were established at all the
A. principal points 10 devote special attention
d 10 the care Of the soldiers, and an agen,
Ill was placed at Washington whose specia
rs business it was to collect back pay, pensions
OF and other claims for discharged volunteers
b. To keep alive the spirit OF volunteering
e. Gov. Morton appointed committees
lh prominent men in every Congressioha
IS District, county and township, assignee
I'D the proper quota to each. induced County
III Boards to make additional appropriation
ed for bounties. and, by personal visitation
whenever there was any slackness, excite
he the popular heart to the right patriotic pitcf
Is. He has carried out this method so energet
We ically that even the Southern parts OF tn
on State, where copperheadism very largei
on prevails, has baen all the while. kept squar
he to its line of military duty.
IL The result Of this regular system {
An stimulating enlistment, and of taking tn
lie best possible care of the soldiers when en-
est listed has been seen from the beg'nnin
of in the signal promptness and ef1clenc
u which heve marked all the military histor
le OF Indiana from the beginning of the wa
~. The quota Of that State, under the first ca
in for rs, 900, was six reg iments. No les
oss than twenty were rendered in three day
10 ceive more than six. the remainder weI
ie mus tered into the State service, put in
lie camp, drilled, and were completely read
I for the field when afterwards called 70
1t, Before the Secretary of War stopped re
cir cruiting last year, Indiana had put no les
than sixty three regiments into the fel
ass When Kirby Smith advanced on Cincinna
le, Gov. Morton completed the organization
iSWCHty -iOuE IcSlmcuts, nuStcTcC,
ne equipped them, and sent them into Kentuck
's' all within the short space of one weel
- When Morgan invaded the State las
~ summer. though all the National troops
the State had just been sent off, in thirt,
six hours $4,000 militia were offered an
Id Of these $4,000 were accepted, armed an
equipped, and were dispatched forthwith
after the invader. Indiana supplied soldier
De enough to escape the 6rst draft, aud GO,
" Morton rendered the President $1,000 ad
ditional troops as bonus. Fifteen ne,
regiments will be ready in fortnight, whic
9! Will more than meet the last cal
Of the President. Moreover, several Of tn
old regiments are to be brought home an
recruited up to their original strength
while large details are to be sent to othe
reg men,s in the field which are reduced be
TO low the minimum. While many otbe
States have sent most of their regiment
into tie field at minimum, Indiana ha
always made it a poin. to FL her regiment
pm TO the maximum of l,O4S. Her regiment
Id now In the service number 119. and in tire
20 weeks they will number 1874 Such is til
n. recoad Of State that has The benefit Of
- whole souled, clear sighted, 6rm handet
so Executiye