Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1864-01-12

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coxeruor Norton at Cambridge.
Governor MoKTos made speech At Cambridge
on the 5th inst in which be attempted 10 justify
his violations Of the Constitution and l.ws of the
State and his gross usurpations Of power The
sum and substance OF his argument Is this: that
the majority Of the last Legislature. the Secreta
~ Of State. Auditor and Treasurer and Attorney
Gereral were disloyal and he patriotic and pure;
hence be claims that be justified ia placing
his will against that OF 4 majority Of The people
Of Indians The officers Of State whom ma
iorty Of the citizens elected Governor MoEToS
says could not be trusted with the custody Of the
State arms and rather than they should be made
the cusiodians of the property OF the State. he
recommended to the minority of the Legislature
the revolutionary measure OF seceiing-playing
rebel upon a small scale-and thus defeating the
will of the majority Aud this Is the man who
80 furiously denounces tile rebels Of the South.
for refasing allegiance to the Constitution amp
laws of tie land Governor MoRroS goes still
further. and gays that civil war would have en-
sued II be bad not taken the bit in his mouth and
trampled the Constitution and laws. which he
had solemnly sworn to obey when he assumed
the duties OF his Office. under his feet If the
Governor OF the State. whose duty it is made to
see that 10 laws he faithfully enforced. himself
becomes law CONTENDER and breaker.
with what grace could he condemn
Others for following his examplef Governor
MoRros admits that he i carrying on the State
government in violation OF law but his apology
L., e III. fho If he tha
Legislature to pu, the arms of the State in the
CUSTODY Of the State officers "would certainly
bring civil war in our midst" Who would have
precipitated the State into civil war; Certainly
itwouid not have been Democrats. Then the
Governor comedies that rather than obey the laws,
~ submit to the will OF the majority, his political
frien.s we're ready to bring civil in our
midst" This is the very crime which the Gov
ernor charges upon the rebels. th,t rather than
submit to the wl Of tue majority. as constitu-
tionally expressed. they brought civil war upon
the country. 05uch are the conclusions of the
Governors logic-that's the bed he makes up
himself to lay npoo. There - an old adage, OH
exemplfed. that curses like chick ems come home
TO roo-t
revolutionary action exposed the government in
the payment Ut he interest upon the public debt
and the arrangement he made with WISsLow.
L.SIfR & Co. to pay it, he takes occasion in his
speech . State officer wronglully. He
says that that house wished TO be furnished
With list of tn holders Of the State bonds. bat
"this the Auditor of State refused to give him
.
There is no truth whatever in this statement, and
we can conceive Of no object he had in
ustering the falsehood but to disparaee
the Auditor of State and exat him
self. The of the charge is the truth
Of the matter The Governor well knows that
his milit ary Secretary and head of the Financial
Bureau Of the Ereeuiioe Department Of Indiana
called at the Auditors office. and was. without
delay. Furnished all the information desired in
regard to the holders of the stocks Of the State.
With the full knowledge that all the information
which the Auditor OF State had in reference to
the matter was furnished to him cheerfully aud
cvurteously. he tells the people of Cambridge
that the Auditor refused to give himself or al
low 70 be copied from his books. the names
Of the holders of the bonds We pre-
sumo the Auditor has no disposition to
complain or Interfere with the legislative any
other department. OF the State government, bet
seeks oIly TO f,ithfully discharge the duties i'm
posed by law If His Excellency had less ambi
ton in attempting to control other independent
departments Of the State government and reu
dered obedience to the laws prescribing his duties
as Governor-avoding instead of seeking TO
usurp powers not belonging to his position-re-
membering that it was 1.-The violation of law that
brought sin into the world and all our woe" and
the troubles entsilesi upon nations. states and in
dividuss arise from the sime cause the Gov
ernor vodld perhaps win Tor himself higher re-
in the minds OF honest men, than he can
attain by the pursuit OF INSCRIPTIONS schemes
for his own elev ,tion and sr,ndizement
"Whut they Claim-W hat they Did,