The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1863-07-17
From the Indiana Journ
A lilI for Judge Perkins.

Judge Perkins Of the State Supreme
Court. tribunal protesting 10 lie high
above all partisan Influences or operations,
and TO be especially free from all contsmin :
alton Of partisan tricks and lies. made a
speech las: winter to the Democratic Club,
partisan society. on the causes and charac-
ter Of the war, in which he maintained that
the war was caused by the unconstitutional
aggressions Of the party in power on the
nights OF the Slave States, and justified the
rebellion as the natural resentment of hon
orable men at the officious and illegal med
ding Of vile " Abolitionists > with their at
fairs. He made the rebellion hasty, hot
headed, and rather illegal sort OF OUT
break. but provoked by So many ourages,
SO much insolence and suca infinite fears
for the future, that it could not but be ex
cused, if not applauded. THIS Is a fair and
candid statement OF the spirit and purpos e
Of his speech. Now We wish this stump
spea king Judge, this ermined slanderer of
his Government, this off ia! apologist OF
bellion, this exalted eu.ogist OF a cause that
began in fraud, and proceeds through muir
: der. TO end in anarchy, to read what Alex
ander III. Stephens OF Georgia said of the
causes Of the war Here is an extract from
his speech TO the Georgia Convention in
January 1861. Read it, people of Indiana
and see how rebel puts the lie upon a
Judge in loyal State who justifes the re-
bellIon
"Ths step (secession) once taken. can
never be recalled, and all the balriul and
whitening consequences that must follow as
they would see,) will rest the Conven-
ton for all coming time When we and
our posterity shall see our lovely South
desolated by the demon of war. which this
act of yo,trs tctH inevitabiy ,nvite and call
forth when our green fields of waving har-
vest shall be trodden down by the murder
Gus soldiery ; the fiery car Of war sweeping
over our land our temples OF justice laid
in ashes; all the horrors and desolaion of
war upon us; who but this Convention will
be held responsible for IL !? and who but Inn
pho shall hare gioen his rote for this unwise
and ill-tlmed measure las honestly think
and believe) shall be held to strict account
for this suicidal act by the presen; genera
ton, and probably cursed and execrated By
posterty for all coming time. for the wide
and desolating iuin that will inevitably fol.
low this act you now propose 10 perpetrate.
Pause, l entreat you, and consider for
moment what reason you can give that
will even satisfy yourselves in calmer mo-
ments-what reasons you can give TO your
f-llow-sutferers in the calamity that it will
bring upon US I? What reason can you gire
to the nations of the earth TO justify ii p
They will be calm and deliberate judges in
the case and TO what cause of one overt
act can you name or poiu, on which to rest
the plea Of justification ? WAat ri,gAt has
the North assaiied What interest of the
South has been invaded ? What j4stice
has been denied aud hat claim founded
in justice and right has been withheld ?
Can either of you to-day name ONE Gorern-
mental act Of tcrong deliberately and pur-
posely done by the Government a, Wash
ington. Of tchieh the Sonih has a right 10
complain? 1 challenge the answer.
Now. for you to attempt TO opsrtzr0r
sueh a Government as this, under which
We have lived for more than three quarters
of c-ntury--in which we have ga ned
our wealth, our standing nation, our
domestic ssfety-while the elements Of per
il are around us, with peace and tranquility
accompanied with uuboum,ed pro- pc rin
ard rights an asssiled. is tie height Of mad
sess. folly and riekedness. to shich l can
neither lend my sanction nor my vote
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