The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1864-10-01

tour years ago, and an intense parti
san, but who, nevertheless, is pa
triot, and has attestcd his devotion /,
his country in a way which Morton
Lincoln, Carrington & Co., never
have and never will-by service o.
the battle-fieds- addressed a larc,
meeting OF his fellow citizens Of Ma
r;lrion county, at indianapolis, on tho
. 18th inst. We publish the following
eloquent and truthful extract from his
remarks, and commend them to the
sober and careful attention Of those
Republicans who wish to vote honestly
and undcrstandingly. Bear in mind
that these are the views Of an ardent
republican soldier and statesman.
PUGLIc lMMoRALITY As ILLUSTRATED Dy
THE STATE ADMINISTRATIONS.
They need not 60 10 Washington, how
ever, TO behold cvirenccs Of public delin-
quency. While debt is piled upon debt, and
the country has been constantly linking
deeper and deeper toward bankruptcy and
while generous and patriotic people have
been pouring out their blood like water, our
own State 10 foul with men who are feeding
aud fai,enng upon the spoils Of the country.
These men stealIrom The past. the present
and the future. The existing wealth Of iheI
country IL the product of the labor and care
both of The past and prese nt; and, 50 far
a. We are going upon credit-and b.licvel
We are going on almost entirely so---in this
terrible conflict the means that we use are
he producer OF future ioil and care. There
lore, say, the pubic thief Of to-day ste ais
not only from his fellows, he robs also his
deed ancestors and his unborn posterit,.
am aware that 1 may be told that AL
make the char e TOO broad. wish il were
posssbfr. I couidtnen ufford 10 90 correct 4
ed. u The Stale could thereby escape the
shame. But let me ask you II inst an ces sol
not readily suggest themselves! II you re-
me ember any one three years md halt agu,
comparatively poor, If not indeed, poor be-
You'd comparison, who has since grown
ricn in otiIce, tell me how be has become
80? Did his salary do ii! Tint was only
Two Or three thousand dolIars year at most
snd, even il il bad oil been saved, IL would
not have enabled him % purchase ihas fine
iarm; 70 have built that magnificent house,; (.
q hsve invested those many thousands IN
bank stocks. The duties OF nis office doubt
less required oil his time, ald ali his encr-
gies. lie could do nothing else; hud mol
Time Tor spcculalon; no time Tor his ownl
affairs; tui his Affairs have. nevertheless
taken care OF thcmse s,and made him rich.
Hence he i able u pay $50 600 for q farm,
many thousa nj dollars tor bank stocks. and
his friends are equally prosperous on sala
ries fer Ices thnn bis own. know il mas !
been said tina, in one instance The inrm was
a gilt from wealthy friends, as 4 tribute tol
dlsnieres,ed patriotism aud self sscriicincl
virtue. But then il was further said ths !,
these generous friends had been iavoredl
with contracts BY the subject Of their bounty
Out upon such gifts. II was Tor them that
the great Lord Bacon--.1he highest.
wisest meanest of msnkin''-was in peach X
ed, degraded, fined and imprisoned. Out
upon them! They are the oauc oi public
adm fetal rot al the root oil
public morality and tree institutions. From !
the highest civil magistrate, down to the !.
petty captain and unimporant clerk, ihcrel
are instances where each and all, wiihll
salaries far less than sufficient for decent. .
support, have realizcd fortunes which hon.
e., men would never have enjoyed.
Another evil indicative OF our approach !"
ing downfall, and making il necessary y
20 vindicaie The mora government OF God !.
may be traced in the habilua dsreg " Al !.
Tor official obligation. Thc rtav-
ing of VI elections, iaclous resistance To 4
The regular business Of Legislation, and b. II I
ing 10 prevent the passage Of undesirable !"
measures, all are out steps toward thai
broad and bloody revolution thar has
been desolating our country for the last
four years, and Is still going forward, to !.
end, when aud where, God only knows-I.'
Twice, in the recent history Of Indano. y
has the minority forced an adjournment oflss'
The General Assembly BY such revolution. . !.
sry measures, before the nee ary appro. :.
,riations were made TO pay the interest on y y
he State debt, support the public charities. y Z.
ind carry on the government. Fast upon y
he heels Of the wicked failures OF duty, y
rave followed each time, executive usurpa- a
ions still worse than the causes 10 which, = y
. The false reasoning Of misguided par,l- i;
ans, they owed their origin. - !,
,IFFEREEcE BETWEEN GOV. WILLARD AND N
Gov MORTON. st
H. 1867 the Senate refused 10 pass lhelIn
necessary appropriations; and thereby left
he Executive and Administrative Depart. AZ
rents without the means necessary 10 carry Ith