Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1864-04-09

On the ZoQ uaN OF tcOruarN, lcof. OlNtI
Morton was nominated by the so-callcd Unior
Convention for the office of Governor of The
State, an office the salary whereof he has beer
receiving, and the duties of which he should have
been discharging, for the past three years. Our
attention has been called BY the Daily Journal, 9
paper in his employ, 10 his uterances upon accept
ing that nomination, some Of which we desire tc
notice, for the purpose not only of showing the
hypocrisy of the man, but the malicious partisan
falsehoods of the assertions made by him. Hy
pocritical because intensely partisan, whilst he
proposed 10 discard party
First, he spoke as follows of the
LEGISLATIVE ACTION.
4 seemed appropriate sion pass in review the
political flair of the STATE du ing The pst two years
NJ desired not to b. misappreherded mi-under
stood. NJ had taken such a could gain from off
eal duties and frequ n illness 10 put in writing wna he
aboet e. say. Re then read ~ follows
oOPrERHE 40 ACTION ~ THE LEGISLATURE
The beginning OF tie late ~esson sg lied IN the
House by j. absurd AID ins ulting
uiionarV.
The Constitution impose. The obli afion upon ihe Gov
Of communicating with the Legislature by
from time, and imposes like ubIiga'iou upon
the Legi, receiving considering
sage Ia I'll -char.e OF th Obligation the Governor NJ
biz semi annual meS>a.e To the Se.sIe and ouse The
senate received tn and or red TO b" prn e
the House REUSED , r turn q il to he
Governor, aud passed re>olut recr ing opting
the message ,he Governor 'f New Yo k laugh er.
q n
end. In" House hat begun IL legislative course By a
insult 10 tn EXe' w. by iag Olaon of
the Constitution which it had, but few hours before,
10 support. The oldIionary policy naugu-
rated pursue with ssg vulei ard open us-
regard utUndl obligations Its time chiefly
n>umtd by the irod cti"n OF d loyal reoutios, the
of fac and tre,snnab intended
eNcit the peopi inst til Cove lnen and destroy
it, ~er TO Supprr-S the rebellion
The necessary and le-sna subjects OF legislation
ii,reI Iarded kep bark, ai from appropria-
ton for their per diem and m ase wtich WIS
e. ou thr hrst das Of the Every other ap
Dropriaon absolutely Suppressed uHtil Friday. the
lts day "f the session, when il known that
quorum present IA The House I dunn Jour
mi, Feb. -, 1864
Before dissecting these extraordinary state
m ,nts, the attention of the reader is asked TO
certain provisions of our Constitution. First, is
Article g. Sec l !: The powers of the Govern
ment are divided into three separate departments
tho legislative, thc executive, including the
admin Straive, and the judicial and no person
charged with official duties under one of these
departments, shall exercise any of the functions
of another, except as in this Constitu ion ex-
prcssly provided" Rv. Statutes, p. AS.
1t will be observed that in this section the
Do,rerS of Government are distinctly divided into
three co-equal and coordinate departments; and
so, bv implication, bv the Constitution of the
United States Art. |, . and 3.-l Rev. Stat
pp 20, 20 and 90.
An able writer upon the Theory of Govern
m ,nts, saws: "When the legislative and cxccu-
live powers are united in the same person, or in
the same body of magistrates, there can be no
liberty" Again: There is no liberty, if the
judiciary power be not separa ed from The legis-
.ative and executive" Montesquieu, b. ii ch. g.
So Blacks Comm, LAG. So Dr.. Paley SAYS :
The first maxim of free State i, that the
laws be made by one set of men, and admins
tered by another" Moral Philosophy, b. 6, ch g.
-, tha Ell. rail- tho ion ,f Tar
Hamilton and Madison. advocating the ado tion
of the Constitution Of the United States, Nos %
and ~. il is said "The accumulation of all
powers, legislative, executive and judiciary, in
tie same hands whether of one. few or MANY
aud whether hereditary, selfappointed. or elec
tive, may be Justly pronounced the very defn-
ton OF tyranny" See. also. Elliot's Debates
,53; Jefferson Notes on Virginia, l95.
Il is NOT alone the remarks of Gov Morton
which calls the attention of all thinking men TO
these first principles OF Government, and awakeS
alarm at his manifest desire to depart therefrom,
but that attention is quickencd. and the alarm
deepcned, hy his evident inclination To follow the
lead of the President of the United States who
by his Proclamation. backed BY military array,
has attempted 10 suspend the functions of the
Courts in the North and seeks TO lcCi,late for
the South who, at the very beginning of this
war, set al naught and directed shiS military
officers TO utterly disregard, the decision of the
highest judicial officer il the United State
that of jude Taney in the Merryman case.
KeeDng in view these general principles of the
Government, and the fact that each coordinate
branch thereof is equally eutiled to the respect
of the other branches, we look with a-toni,hmont
at the very first line of this carefully written
speech, rs given in the Journal, to-wit: Cop
perhead action in the Legislature" Now if it
was simply Oliver F. Morton who was thus
branding the legislative department of the State
with vile epithets, and referring TO it in slang
phrase il would b. exactly in place with hi, an
teccdents. hi, habits and his tastes. But when
the Governor Of 4 State, containing ncar mil
lion and half of inhabitants, undertakes TO
give scmi-ofcial statement of The action of a
coordinate department lie should. at least for
the time being assume 10 be gentleman if he
is not in fact.
The same STYLE is kept up throughout the ex-
tract which we have quoted above. H. CHARGES
the members of the House of Representatives
with having acted in an absurd insulting. re-
voluiionarv. unconstitutional manner" and with
having ut e~ed disoyal, factious, and treason
able sentiments.
l. ought not 10 be forgotten tina, the peoplc of
Indiana had rejected Morton "a an aspirant for
Governor. and elected Willard that il was only
bv beinc. tackcd on to the tail of the ticket. with
the Hon. Henry :. Lane rs leader, that Nor
ton crent into power, as IL were, bv the back
stairs. Notwithstanding this he thus puts on
airs. and in vile language arrai ms those who
were elected directly b. the people TO fill the
paccs thew occupicd-did not come in bv acci-
dent.
Blu why all this ciatter. such as a ishwoman
of tn, strand would make. SIMPLY 10 cover up
the infamous conluct OF himself and his friends
at tha, legislative session he had advised them
10 so act: and when the public indignation is
abou. to b. visited upon them. he is the trst TO
cry OUT, thief theft! If h. can clear hirscl
and his friends hv thus crying CUT. he will be
satisfied if not, his desire is to- at anv rate save
himself bv abusing the - Hou~e" without anv
discrimination as 10 his friends in il
he saws the "Hou>e" woull not receive his
message. and insulted him by adopting "A resolu-
tion approving that of Governor Seymour of
New York What are the facts. not bare asser-
tons but facts they appear of record-a rec
ord ordered and approved bv the legislative
BODY. to-wit the BREWER Reports of the Journal
and Debates by \. & w. III. Drapicr1 The ses.
sion to which he alludcs commenced its sittings
on the sth day of January 1868. AT 10 O'Clock
in the forenoon. The roll was called and the
Senate organized, and thereupon Mr.. Claypool
of Faycttc, Republican. offered a resolution as
ollows
ReSairei That the members q this Legislature si
vote for no man TO- ofce not in favor vgor.
ou< prosecution o. the wa and Tho unalte IL
opposed ne of State States from the
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