Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1864-08-18

fayoredf he had distinctly stated that be was
for unfolding the government. IN all is constitu
tional authority, to the full extent of the ability
of the people, but TO the subjugation of States /
he was opposed. The policy now pursued was
fraught with ruin. He hsd said We had tried
three years of war and we should now try sons
thing else He repeated it, He was asked what
that change should be. He replied, first change
your rulers Put men of heart and intellect. Dut
statesmen in power That should be your first
step, and he doubted not il would effect the de
sired end.
He would repeat his question not yet answered
by the Governor what sort OF a peace did be ia
vorl Wha, sort OF a Union did be wantl This
question had not been replied to and the people
had a right to demand a reply. The general an
swer that be was for war until the rebellion was
suppressed would not do. What sort of a Union
would he have Would he reconstruct under
Mr.. Lincolns policyf Would be take Ben
Woods planl What would be dot
He asked also what was to become of the
100 600 negro troops. Were they 10 be given
all the privileges and rights of the white racef
The policy pursued must lead to this. The arm
ing OF them placed them OIL an equality with the
whites as soldiers, and must necessarily lead to
the recognition of their equality in other respects
Would the Governor when these negro troops
thrown among Us, after serving out their
the Constitution against them?
GOV. MoRroS's SPEECH.
Governor Morton defended his official acts a
Governor by the same turn of argument that hes
used at Greencaste and other places.
In regard to the proclamation, he said that the
address of the Democratic State Central Com
mttee assumed that violence was intended, and
called upon the people to If his friend de-
sired peace in the State, he should advise the
gentlemen who issued that address to recall it.
He read the address and his proclamation re-
speeding it. The charges that there was violence
intended were untrue. He denounced the docu-
ment emasatng from the Central Committee
He had on all occasions afforded protection to
persons and property, and the very man who
signed the document, j. j. Bingham, a liv
ing witness of it. He had given him protection
more than once But the gentleman referred to
the Loyal League as armed body. He denied
that the Loyal League was an armed body. The
gentleman could not prove il, and he (Morton)
knew il was not so.
In regard to the destruction OF the JefersOnian
office at Richmond, he said it done by sol
diers and he disapproved the act. DE said, how
ever, they were provoked by the articles of the
paper, considering them reasonable those
contained in rebel papers.
He again denounced the address with bitter
ness and warned the people against its teach
ings He denied that the polls in indianapolis
were ever taken possession of by armed men.
Mr. Mcdonald must certainly be misinformed,
for he would not knowingly mis-state He had
heard of disturbances at the polls in Alien and
other counties, but not of armed interference
with the freedom of the ballot.
The Governor then went into the usual state
ment of the causes Of the war-dwellDg long
and earnestly on his own position in regard to
it, but dodging entirely the question of settle
ment.
The President he said has made call for FIVE
hundred thousand men. A draft may be re-
qured in Indiana. You all know where stand
in regard to it, He was in favor of enforcing all
laws, the CONSUMPTION included Where does the
gentleman stand? In Fort Wayne, on Saturday,
a large mass meeting declared against the draft
In Hamilton, Ohio, just on the border they have
done the same thing. Ii is important to know
where the gentleman, dsting uished in his party,
and influential, does standi He should tell the
people. Will he advise you as good citizens to
submit to the CONSUMPTION, or will he do as some
other speakers have done, tell you to act as your
conscience dictatesl Such advice as that-and
some Democratic speakers had recently given
such-was equivalent to c0unseling an armed
resistance to it,
In answer to the question what would be-
come Of the $50, 900 negro solders2" he would
In regard to their equality with whites hereafter
there was no occasion to answer now. In regard
to the 18th article he would say that he would
enforce any and every law in the statue book
when called upon to do so. Does the gentleman
know any instance of the enforcement of that
law under Democratic administration. Was the
gentleman in favor of EMPLOYING negro soldiers?
He hoped he would answer, for some of his
friends he was told were hiring negro substitutes.
Mr.. M'DoSALD's cLosINs SPEECH
Was succession of sledge hammer blows to his
opponent, who had lodged all round the ques-
tons plainly put to him. He ought perhaps to
address him as Lieutenant Governor, as that il
all he claims to be when he talks of his eligi
bty for the Office he is canvassing for, that
of Governor. The Irishman's definition Of
Left tenant that he had left off being a
tenant and lived in a house of his own. This
definition suited MortoD's case exactly. He had
left off being a tenant of the people and owned
the State himself. He ran the entire machine,
legislative, judicial and executive.
: The Governors attack on the address of the
Central Committee was unfair and uncalled for
Mn Mcdonald defended it again and ably. The
Governor does not desire to remember the out
ages committed upon the ballot-box in Ind-
annapolis. He (McDonald) repeated his state
ment that the 7 LIST regiment had marched 10 the
polls by permission of the Colonel (Biddle) and
voted and held the polls Gen Darlington had
issued an order the day before for them to re-
main IN quarters on election day Col. Biddle
disregarded these orders, saying that he would let
them go to the polls and the judges should say
whether or not they could vote His authority
for this fact was Gen. Darlington himself They
did go to the polls-they did vote and they and
others did drive Democrats from the precincts.
This will not be denied
Does Governor Morton, he asked, deny that
when the May Convention of 1863 was held, that
the streets gittered with bayonets-that the
crossings were blocked with cannon and cavalry, |
and that artillery was ranged to rake the speak
ers' stand? 1t was true that the guns bearing on
the stand were not shotted. bat the gunners were
on hand and in position, and Ia nine seconds could
have raked the enclosure with grape and CAMS
ter. Did the Governor deny thisI What did It
mean! Are not such acts calculated to alarm a
free people? For two years We have bad no free
elections in lndianapos-we want them over the
State, and will have them.
He would answer Governor Norton's ques
(tions about negro troops. He was opposed to
their employment now as he ever had been.
This was a white mans country, and white
mans war All history taught the lesson that
the instruction in the art of war given 10 ser
vile race led to evil We must not disregard en-
tirely the teachings Of history. The negro was
an inferior race, and all the agitation about him
all the privileges conferred upon him cannot
make him the equal of the master race, but may
make him dangerous enemy TO the peace and
progress of the country.
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