The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1863-08-21
From the Cincinnati Gazette.
Governor Morton.

| Whenever public man is found. who i
heartily engaged in the work Of crushin:
! out the rebellion, he is certain to be be
smeared ali over with Copperhead venom
Governor Morton is one OF those men, ant
hence the vilest abuse is hurled at him b.
the Vallandigham organs. A specimen o
this was furnished in yesterdays Enquirer
The occasion of it was the action of ou
City Council in orderinga portrait of Gov
ernor Morton to be placed in the Council
Chamber. We do not propose to defend
Governor Morton against these Copperhead
attacks. as that is entirely unnecessary, 70,
the abuse of disloyal sheets has no bad eff
feet upon men who have rendered such val
liable service to the country AS the able and
popular Executive of Indiana; but We de.
sire merely to state briefly the history oil
this portrait business, in order that the
public may have view Of the low depth OF
meaoness to which such papers are capable
Of descending. In the summer of 1862.
when Cincinnati was invaded, the Commit
tee Of Public Safety required quantity Of
ammunition for artillery. They telegraph
ed to Columbus. and found an endless
amount Of red tape in the way. There was
TO time to be lost. The rebels were, it was
believed. approaching the city.
milton for the few gus that were here -
The Committee telegraphed Governor Nor
ton to know if he could furnish certain
quantity of a certain kind Of ammunition.
His answer was to the following effect -
4on can have all you want--have sent a
special train with the supplies you ask fol-"
Aud the special train arrived on the even
ing OF the same day 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 portal.
in the Council Chamber. By him Governor
Morton was asked to consent 10 the arrange
ment. Private subscriptions were obtained
to pay the expenses. and upon the subscrip-
ton paper will be found the names Of men
of all political parties. The City Council,
without dissenting voice. ordered the por-
trait to be placed in the Council On Der.
To Mr.. Terrence. therefore belongs the
credit Of originating the compliment, and it
is creditable to him and to the Democrats
who aided in the matter. 1t is no, a polti-
cal affair; had it been We doubt whether
Governor Morton would have acceded to
the request. AS it is. the affair is credita-
BILE to Mr.. Terrence and other Democrats,
who are not entirely blinded and degraded
by partisan prejudice, but are capable OF ap.
preciating the service OF public man, with
whom they differ in politics, faithfully. eff
ciently and promptly rendered, in behalf of
our city and our country. with this brief
history Of the affair, We dismiss the matter
The public will be at no loss to determine
as to the baseness of the motive that prom
pied the article in the Enquirer. The wri-
ter Of that article hates Governor Morton,
as all disoyal persons hates him, because he
has been successful in aiding in the des-
truction Of the enemy in front, and no less
SO in taxing care of The fire in the rear
@The monkey wrench" editor of the left
copies that which the Enquirer has to say about
the Governors picture and adds that the secret
OF the attention paid the v. by those origi-
mating the idea was, that ''they wanted contracts
of some kind" &c. Considering that it origin
ated with Mr.. Terrence, whose standing in the
Democratic party shields him from the imputa-
ton OF the jeff. regarding his motives, the con-
clasion Of the Gazette is irresistible, that abuse
of disloyal sheets has no bad effect upon men
who have rendered such valuable service to the
country As has the able and popular Executive
of Indiana" ae r -@-E