The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1864-03-30


We published in our last number,
statement of the facts concerning Gen
Meredith connection with the Fugitive
Slave Law. while he was Marshal of this
State From that statement, it appears,
that the INSCRIPTIONS assaults made upon
the General, by his enemies, for the pur-
pose Of in;uring him, have only had the
effect to produce development of facts.
which place him before the public in
more favorable light than ever.
Thus does the engine. which malice
designed for the overthrow OF a brave
soldier, recoil upon its base contrivers.
Thus does Gen. Meredith, through the
vain arts of his enemies, stand disclosed
as friend and deliverer oft the oppressed,
instead of the tyrant and oppressor they
would have him thought TO be. He has
shown by his conduct in this transaction,
that he was in time of peace. true sym
pathizer and friend of the slave; and the
country knows, that when this war broke
out, which was to decide the destinies of
millions of that oppressed class, he did
not hesitate TO grasp the sword, by which
alone, their letters could be stricken from
them.
We challenge the friends Of Mr.. JUL
an to point out q single human being,
upon the face of the earth, who has Sc
cured liberty through his exertions yea,
ra%t hay -
whose liberation he has in any way,
materially contributed We concede that
he can talk very finely, about the bless
ings of liberty, and the horrors Of slavery,
bat achat has he donep VIII his friends
tell US? ACTIONS speak louder than
words and in this practical age, men
are apt to demand, that those who pro
fess to advocate important doctrines,
should .show their faith by their works"
Dir. Julian knows very well, as does
every sane man in this land, that the
suord and Jayonet, are the only effective
means, by which slavery can now be de
stroyed Without these means, all the
oratory and all the legislation of Con-
gross, from now till the end of time. viii
be in vain. Why then does not Mr.. .Ju-
liam, if he is so terribly in earnest in
this matter, hasten to take up arms and
deal some actual, c5ectipe blows at the
monster Slavery; instead of contenting
himself with remaining in inglorious
ease at Waslinot and Illuminating,
from that safe distance his empty rhetoric,
and useless bills which the monster
merely, "passes by as the idle wind, which
he respects not We believe the homo
rable gentleman claims to have, at least,
as much mental capacity as Gen. Mere
dith-in physical vigor he will not deny
being his equal-and, if we remember
right, he was, only a few years ago,
pronounced by that eminent Judge Of
such matters, Miss Anna Royal, Of the
Washington ..Huntress,' to have "a re.
markedly fine figure for military officer"
With all these advantages in his favor,
and the incentive of q great principle,
urging him forward, why-we beg and
implore to be inform ed-acLy does not
this great champion Of Freedom, fly to
arms, or rather, how is it possible that he
has been so Tong restrained from doing
SO? Or, ifhe feels himself too old or in
firm for the task, why has he not sent
forward his son, who is in the bloom and
vigor of youth, instead of slowing him
away snugly, "out of the draft in
lucrative clerkship at Washington? VIII
his friends be good enough to answer
these questions?
As we have seen. Gen. Meredith has
proven his faith by his uorks, both
in peace and war. He has adopted
the only efetual means by which
the cause of liberty can be advanced.
He has given up himself and two sons
to the cause. For that cause, he has per
illed his life on many bloody fields. He
has, in one night, by the potent argument
of arms" liberated ten fold more slaves
than Mr.. Julian, and all his stay at home
friends. have been able to do, in the
course of forty years
Friends of Freedom in the 9Th District,
thus are placed before you two candidates
for your suffrage-the one. 4 man of
words-the other, of noble and heroic
deeds! Choose We between them, as 70
which one is most worthy of your sup
port.