The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1863-02-26

invoke, if it were not impious, any pow.
er in Gods physical universe. would
blast them with lightning; | would rain
upon them the showers of fire and brim.
stone for which they are now as ready as
Sodom and Gomorrah were in the olden
time. [Applaus, in the galleries.
The Presiding Officer, (Mr. Clark in
the chair.) Order!
Mr. Lane, of Indiana. But, Mr.. Pre-
sideut, I have perhaps dwelt at sufficient
length upon these arrests and their ma
ture. l come now to another, to me
somewhat interesting, branch of this dis.
cussion, and that is the recent elections
in the North and Northwest, and partic-
uarly the election in my own State. <''
The distinguished Senator from Ken
tucky has characterized these elections
as one of the most glorious moral tri-
umphs which has ever been achieved
Now, sir, what elements enter into the
constitution of glorious triumph? First,
/ suppose, the agents by whom the tri
umph is achieved; secondly, the means
resorted to; and thirdly, the results s.
Now, propose to show that there is no
single element constituting this glori-
Gus triumph l will show YOU that it
was consummated by fraud; that it "was
conceived in sin and brought forth in
iniuuity;" that the most monstrous frauds
upon the ballot box were pcrpetrated-
frauds which have no peral|el in the his
tory of the country, except in the Kansas
election case, where the Cincinnati Di-
rectory was voted alphabetically at the
E polls-and which were almost equal to
that. That is the "moral triumph that
was achieved in the State of Indiana;
=, and how achieved? In order to know
. precisely what was meant by that cleo
y ion, and what is its deep significance in
the country, let US 60 back to the time
when the party was organized who We
are told triumphed, and look to their plat
!, form of the 9Th Of January, 1862. Sew
! enteen resolutions we're introduced intc
their convention, and eleven Of khoSe
resolutions comprise simply deDu GI
tions Of the President They tool Il
every single act that he had PERI 1
for the purpose Of supporting III 5ss.
ernme ne and putting down the ak
!, and denounced them ssyiosim -,
Of the Union, yet deaonnciD1 -,
. g,r rTrurusc- - i-ndS
: ; the t reservation Of IN y. 80. 70. q 81
- of tho Union. YET i 80. 49,: g ~. q
q, power Of the Constitutil ..ns M
: Constitution itself 49, ,..s s.y. ~
Now, sir, what wers 80 ssss, I'M /,
, ties of that platform np{n WIN f
; grand "moral triumph" vss achieve "
One resolution from that convention ktl
ported to indorse and ratify and set II
the resolution Of Mr.. Crittenden st tb..
extra session, leaving out a part of that
resolution, which I shall present to vim
dicate the truth of history. Mr.. Crit
tenders resolution, as introduced and
passed, contained this clause:
THAT the present civil war has been
forced upon the country by the disunion,
lists of the Southern States, now in revolt
against the General Government, and in
arms around the capital"
That is the declaration of Mr.. Critten
n den's resolution When the resolution
was introduced into the House of Repre-
y sentatives, Mr.. Burnett, OF Kentucky
|. moved to strike out this first clause
v Mr. Reid, of Missouri, voted with him
= Burnett and Reid arc now secessionists
o now in the secession army. Burnett pro
/. uosed to strike this clause of the resolu
:, tion OUT and failed to accomplish it in
). patriotic House of Representatives; bu
IS when this Sth Of January conventio
:, assembled, they struck it out withou
Y ceremony, and pretended to pass tn
:. Crittendeu resolution without any refer
!. euce to the cause of the rebellion, with
= out any denunciation upon the guilty au
thors of the rebellion. Is it not strang
- coincidence that a Democratic conven
q, tion should succeed in doing precisel.
, what rebel traitor attempted to do
: and only one single man voted with him
. There is another strange thing con
. nectcd with that platform upon whlcl
this great moral triumph was achieved
! After going on to show that the Presl
\ dent had violated bis oath of office, hat
" usurped authority, had oppressed cltl
;. zens, that he had not conducted TINS Wa
. under the Constitution for the preserva
. ton Of the Constitution, they resolved
;, not that they are in favor of a'igorou
- prosecution of this ar-far from it, bu
i that they are in favor of a vigorous pros
: ecution of war waged under the Constl
|, tuition for certain purposes. They tel
- US that there is no difference in the ap
s plication of these two little articles, h
:, and a. Irecolect in the early history G
e my practice as lawyer, that man cam
It It to grief by the misapplication Of thes
:, two articles. Instead of taking the hors
y which belonged to himself, he took
4 horse which belonged to his neighbo
" and the penitentiary was the result
i Laughter The proper application
~ these little articles makes much diffe
~ ~ ence. The whole tone and temper
. ~ that platform is kindred with the tor