The daily Evansville journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1862-1863, 1863-07-31
Governor Morton.

Whenever public man is found who
is heartily engaged in the work of crush
ing the rebellion, he is certain to be be-
smeared all over with Copperhead venom.
Gov. Morton is one of those men, and
by Iu0 dIiduIIlS Ssain organs. n specl-
men of this was furnished in yesterdays
Enquirer The occasion of it was the
action of our City Council in ordering
portrait Of Governor Morton to be placed
in the Council Chamber. We do not
propose to defend Gov. Morton against
these Copperhead attacks, as that is en-
tirely unnecessary, for the abuse of dis
loyal sheets has no bad effect upon men
who have rendered such valuable service
10 the country rs the able and popular
Executive of Indiana: but we desire
merely to state briefly the history OF this
portrait business, in order that the pub
lie may have view of the low depth of
meanness to which such papers are capa-
bic of descending. In the summer of
1868. when Cincinnati was invaded, the
Committee of Public Safety required a
quantity of ammunition for artillery.
They telegraphed to Columbus, and
found an endless amount of red tape in
the way. There was no time to be lost
The rebels were, as we believed, ap-
preaching the city.
There was not a single round of am
munition for the few guns that were here.
The committee telegraphed Governor
Morton to know if he could furnish GER
tain quantity of certain kind of am
munition. His answer was to the fol-
lowing effect: q You can have all you
want. Have sent special train with
the supplies you ask for" And the spe-
cial train arrived on the evening of the
same afternoon that the request was
made. One of the members of the Com
mittee of Safety was Joseph Terrence,
ESQ, late Democratic candidate for
Mayor Of this city. With Mr.. Terrence
originated the idea of placing Governor
Morton's portrait in the Council Cham.
ber Bv him Governor Morton was ask
ed to consent to the arrangement. Pri
vate subscriptions were obtained to pay
the expenses, and upon the subscription
papers will be found the names of men
- IL ->alitianl raa rites The City Conn
Gil. without dissenting voice, ordered
the portrait to be placed in the Council
| Chamber To Mr. Terrence, therefore
belongs the credit of originating the
compliment, and it is creditable to him
and to other Democrats who aided in the
matter II is not political affair; hat
it been we doubt whether Governor Nor
ton would have acceded to the request
AS it is, the affair is creditable to Mr.
Terrence and other Democrats, who are
not entirely blinded and degraded b,
partisan prejudice, but are capable of ar
I preciating the service of public man
with whom they differ in politics, faith
fully, efficiently and promptly rendered
in behalf of our city and our country
| With this brief history of the affair, w
dismiss the matter.
The public viii be at no loss to deter
mine as to the baseness of the motlv
that prompted the article in the En-
ouirer. The writer of that article hate
Governor Morton, as all disloyal person
hate him, because he has been success
full in aiding in the destruction of tn
enemy in front, and not less SO in takin
care of the fire in the rear Cincinnd
Gazette.