The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1864-10-06
Governor Morton and His Iraducers.

] There is no man perhaps IN pubic Of
fee or conn ected with the Government at
! the present time who has been more
. bascly sIandered by political enemies
I than Governor Morton, none for which
( there have been such persistent efforts
made to- misrepresent and find some
\ ground FOR impeaching Lis official acts
7 as well as forinjuring his character, b"th
A. a public man and private citizen.
No,uirg has been left untried that deVel-
( ism ingenuity can suggest. nothing TN
said that Inalace and the foul tongue OF
Z Islander can invent. Yet he stands to day
unconvicted-we may say unaccused,-
Of single act, in his whole public career
( OF which he or his friends need feel
ashamed We say unaccused, for altho
/ charges without number are made against
him. yet they are all OF 4 general, vague
j and Indefinite character, without name,
/ place, time or specification, and general
/ Nv Of an inferential character. lie has
: been abused, slandered, misrepresentcd
and suspected Of Official misconduct
yet no man was ever more falsely and
uniustly accused or suspected than he
We say this because we know it. lie can
defg his enemies and slandercrs. and he
does defy them. lie has delel them
from the start and challenges them to
specify and to prove a single act Of his
which has been wrong, or wherein there
has been ali improper or misuse o. use
for private purposes, o! the public mon
ey. But they have failed 10 do it. They
cannot do it.
And here we wish to state a fact in
regard to the accusations against the
Governor by his traducera. which we
doubt if the people of Indiana are aware
Of Yet it is something which they
should know. When the last Legi,la
| ture met, in 1868, tile Governor, in view
of the charges which were being made
against his Official conduct and his misuse
I of the public money, demanded Of that
body an investigation, and one that
should be thorough and complete. To
ward the close OF the session a commit
tee was appointed, consisting we believe
Of three members Of the house, two Of
them being Democrats, with authority to
set forty days after the adjournment
Of the Legislature. That Com.niftec
did set, III this city, to the end Of the
forty days, and every facility that was
possible was afforded them for their in
vcstgaton. When near the close Of the /
r. a.. -
know Of them if they were likely to make
a report. Their answer was that they
could not make one. or coald not COM
pIcto the investigation, as TO do 50 it /
would be necessary to 20 to New York
City to investigate the contracts aad
purchase Of arms, Clothing dc, which
had been made for our soldiers; bat that
they could not do SO, Is they had neither
the time nor the necessary funds TO de
fray the eXpenses-that the forty days
were nearly up, and the Legislature had
made no appropriation for such an cX-
penso.
Gov. Morton then told them that he
would see that the money should be forth
coming 20 pay their per diem and milage
Il '''> "ou'o 60 an" In oFaeF tA"' l4efe
shooi' 'e no 'a'i0Fe ana no excuse 0"
lhoit part NC are" eheeA lof The heoeS.
s'''y one 'louS''n'' ""I'''ts ana give II .
to them, aud they went. And what did
they do, and what discover? Nothing?
in'> NI'' Oh % Ne" Oh Il anu INV '7''-
s''e" ''ie "'ol' Oh tue 'F'h'"e'ioh''--
'He poi'''''Se "i arm : "i'li''ul'l'Io" 'o'"LN
e'S "h' other outntS' "'lleh II became
necessary Tor the Governor 10 make 1u-
rug me '''7' ear oi 'i'e "'r'--''e Gen
t''' ,'o' e'l'Ii''"t not oeI"s aoie "' '''"'
''i'e 10 Iufi'I'" 'he SoidieFS WIN lHt>e
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