The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1864-07-13

On his way East Thursday June goth, Gov. Nor
ton stopped Centervlc, his to mer place OF resi-
dence and in the evening ma lie speech TO large
number Of citizens assembled TO hear him. In the
course of his remarks he took occasion TO reply TO tie
lying charges Of Judge Perkins made At the same
place the Saturday previous.
Gov. Morton said:
stopped here today M way East being desr-
Gus To meet nv old friends and ncghbOrs after the
long absence made necessary by dutes in National
and stat. affairs. This has been sad day IN our
OF CenterviIe; day Of general mourning as you
c;rred to the grave the body OF young, gallant AMI
proven officer, one who WAS an honor % himself and
who fell bravey in the front, setting gallant example
which others will do well to follow All remember
Frank Bezen aud all may remember him as credit
to this town All regret his loss that OF gallant
soldier and gentleman. These sad occurring
all the land the loyal States ami for them there
isl fearful re responsibility-a vast guilt psr
sons, p,rtes bodies OF men for these events Let
us examine well-let US see who are Responsible for
these terrible events. Things have transpired within
the past three years which have made you almost
sick Of humanity, and have inclined you 70 despise
race. You have witnessed the qualification of
history in speeches and publications which told you
that the dread responsibility for this war; rests with
the Government of the United States and with the
loyal people Of the North These have told you that
the North the aggressor and the South the ag-
crossed upon, and they have said here persons OF
official position in this State-that the responsibility
o the with the people of the United States
and the Government.
Let US recur briefly the history OF the origin of
ina. mans memory is so treacherous that designing
men taking advantage of it, have found occasion to
insist that the Government is Responsible and not the
rebels. You remember when in 1850 South Carolina
.on, ON, f,lIow.d Inv Georgia and AIabam, anl
Others until by the 4h of March, ls6l eleven States
10, f.a.,., - h,d forn.d a now govcrnn,ant
a.. Jo;na,ad . ors.d.racv Resore President Lincoln
was inaugurated the government had organiz d
mj an n ;bo 81 ~ lamar is6I two months beforo
T;ao,., ;a,,a,,rI ,har d.rad 10 fire up.p Fort
G,, i ah .s "a .ns IN p;d.nt tbev had not loss
Ga "a ma ~ 80 =; ,h 6aId With whom 70 wage war
Ne, oI, III; hn, !, ~ nov, n matter of PUBLIC history
-. ~. y .i,', 80 = 80 - ~ -, - r,;nr RI, +, tla adj
~ :;. 80 ~ p : pahar. Cobh ,ba1 Secretary of
n'a.l ~, r. ~ a'lon ~ =, ,:,;,, d.rnr, 10 t,ntyun
i .ho Ii."s :, % -; us - al. -, !, I'll ,ba
tne nation ana oriig aissis ,t,t i, - ~ g. Nn,h ho
y Neeieeaiy "a " 81 . ~. - notai. .onI3 a,s;Iy
i.oa ,ha; bands uno them when the time sbould
p"ee WI ~ a., - IT., Sa.ra,.ry of ,ha N,yv
, " " ~. ~ 80 - ~ ~ d .haroa 80 tre,son ma ana,,od 10
as pa,t -, u a. .l anu @ ot,, ), The Pacifc Ocean
nd Md;terranean Sea and AT the hour of the break
a'i s 90 o.; 81 .ho hin Of our naxv
ing o"t vi ,he wa. no -. u ~ t I'll thnsa veil
Ion oe "a, Lc ,h ,,eonie dem,gogpes dare to
~; ~, a.. .r,s,;,.r ~ ,ba short memory of men
~, T;acion tered the var nnon tbs once peaceul
onnn,rn
Th var ON the mart of the Gov.rrmept is defensive
NJ NJ I;,ooIn .ntered ,y,on the DISCHARGE of his
duties as President. he found not 5000 men at his
d;snosai az an army Yet he took no steps to raise
troops or procure vessels until after Fort sumter
u no fund 20 OoO rebels in arms with forts and ar
s.n,,s onr doch Yards and Norfolk and New Orleans
;r ,h.r hands rssdv To- wage war in terrible earnest
Al -, 49,, r.r;nc, a., sbrrt r,.mor;es 70 III come be
e an H. ~, - w. ~ no,,tv and say Thai we the
I ., ,b Nor,b and the C;oyernment Of the L nited
Stats are r.,ponsibe for this war This is the time
- e .rer ,,nn should deal honestly Inv themselves
ami their (;oyerpment This Government is now in
the very hour of IL, destiny this campaign this com
ing election may determine its fate. Both
terribly imnortant for would not defeat in this COM
inc election he equally disastrous with one TO our
arnies in the field? appeal TO YOU, would it not be
,h ,o ''>
Rssac, The army cannot he ustancd without tn,
Gnvernm,pt. The C;overnmsnt cannot be su stained
;,hout the neople and the question comes b. ok TO US
u;i ys do Il, WE can to sunport the (ioyernment? In
this camnaign men are mer, nothings-.trifcs light
as when we consider the vas, issues at stake the
terrible inheritance of the occas asion What are our
individual lives in IMPORTANCE compared with the in
terests of this country this vast commonwealth of
liberty? If ever there was a tim. when men were
c,d unon IN law ssi every selfish personal interest
IN hahais ot ,Se 1;ovsrnm.nt. II il now We are
aging defensive war and every interest personal,
mbc or private is bound up in the conflict We cam
not IMAGINE a relation we sustain in life which will
not ha ,f.ced for GOOD or for evil by this conflict,
which ;s not ;mnlicated in th;s cause Everything
that is dear to US in life would be swept away,
the results of this war disastrous.
am for pe,ce | desire it. presume, as much as
any pe,ce Democrat IN WAYNE county But these
men saw fiat (;overunant stan in the way OF peace
VI. - - - 80, ~ So,,. s,v LOT ,,s abandon
~. var H. us v,th,r,w our armies Let ~ arrange
the difficulty in An entirely peaceful manner Now let
us suppose for The sake OF argument that this plan
w Il, hiring us re,cc Let us see what kind OF peace
i. will, bring us II would bring us the complete dis
solution of the Union. We. of the North would find
the Ohio river 10 be our southern line; the Mississippi
our western boundary. and when YOU cross them YOU
will find yourselves in hostile territories This loses
us the Mssissipp for mercantile purposes except on
such terms and conditions as thev IF the South might
pn,scribe Thus we would find ourselves shut off
ifrnm the West bv Missouri and from the - nth bv
and this would he the first OF
a peacc obtained bv such terms What Other CON
seauences would follow? Could we hold the northern,
eastern western and middle States together under
these circumstances? These Peace Democrats do not
say that. But they want Northwestern Coniedera-
cy and nnexltion 10 the Southern Contederacy. We
must then seek outlet for commerce down the
Mississippi. This would be sure to follow; they
would command their terms. and the result
would be our anne xatson 20 the Southern Contede-
racy
but can we obtain peace even on such terms were
We 10 aecedc 10 them?
Suppose Grant were TO be ordered back from bs-
fore Richmond 10 the Washington fortifcatons and
TO the baltimore lines. Suppose Sherman
dered back from Georgia TO yie-would all
this give US peace? No. answer Most assured
ly the rebel army would seize advantage Of the op
portunity To follow on our rctreating forces they
would cross the Ohio; they would march to the cap
turc of Inlianas capital: thew would revisit on US
their own bitter experiences carving the war 10 our
homes a. IL has been carried 10 theirs Then is not
the man insane who will continue to urge that we