Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1864-08-11

that il is either for the welfare or honor
OF the State that special session should
be called. and sixty thousand dollars more
OF your money expended in re-enscting
the scenes OF last winter. II you desire
the passage of these laws. you have it in
your power to make your Representatives
obey your will"
Afterwards, on the Goth Of September.
1898. Lieutenant Governor Hsmmond, in
public speech. referring to the sane
subject. employed the following language:
"Governor Willard would have con.
vened the last Legislature Immediately
upon lis adjournment. but o. nothn.. had
been done by the Republican Senate. he.
as any sen ible mon would. demanded
guarantees that they would proceed with
the necessary Legislation. They hal al.
ready coIsuTed a whole session passing
only two lays-ore about bills, an the
other to secure their pay. What couli
Governor Willard do with such an un-
principled set of fellows but demand
pledges of them? iis conceded n great
deal to them in doing this; for violators ol
the Constitution. AMI perjurers ms res poets
their caths concerning it. can only. by the
most charitable man in the world be sup.
pose'i capable of living by pledge hon
esily demanded"
i, is true my competitor says he advised
Governor Willard to call an extra session,
hut it is equally true that whatever he may
have said privately to Governor Willard
that publicly anil before the comfy he
cndorsea and sustained his administration
On the 9th of January. 1858. the Demo
cratic State Convention adopted the fol.
lowing resolution as a part of their
platform:
Rcsolced. 'rha! We endorse AMI approve the
Conducted by Ashbel .. Willard, the hero oi
the fierce fight of lSJf.
The same Convention nominated Mr..
Mcdonald for the office of Attorney Gen
eral. and he accepted the nomination, al i
accepted the platform. and l have never
vet heard Of his having spit upon it. The
| fact Is. the action of Governor Willard in
refusing to call al extra session was for
mally approved anil endorsed by Mr.. Ne
Donald and the Democratic party OF InJi.
ana. aud when he arraign, me on iha,
charS, he stulri!ies hi, own snl the record
OF tho party which he represents. lie fur
ther charges that after the Legislature al
;ourned without making appropr alton,
that | seizel the entire power of the State
Government as by revolutionary authori-
;y. bnt will quote his language:
''As soon as the Legislature hal al.
journei. Gov. Morton at once seiz.d the
entire power of the State Government as
by revolutionary authority. anl has con
trolled the affair. OF State mp to the pres
ent hour according t. his sale will aud
inclination. anl without any reference Ia
the other branches of the Government"
must met this broad statement hy an
absolute denial. 1t has m, the slightes,
foundation in fict. AMI / defy Mr.. McDon.
all or any one else to .aow where have
usurpei single power or exercised any
authority not conferred upon me by law.
lie attempts 10 make ont The case by
showing that | procured money with
which carried on the Pententiarics anil
Benevolent Institutions. anil kept the ma.
chinery Of the State Government in motion.
But a very little consideration will show
that this proposition is absolutely prepos.
,erous. 1t is true might have broker up
the Benevolent Institutions and turned
their inmates ont OF doors ss GlvernJr
Willard and Mr.. Mcdonald. his Attorney
General anil conf lential adviser, did in
1857. But there were persons and coun.
ties who came forward and tenlered INC
the money with which to support all these
Institutions. not tue money of the State.
but their own money. They sail 1--WE
are not willing to have the machinery OF
the State Government stopped; we are not
willing to have the State disgracel before
the world as it was in 1857, anl we there
fore provide you with the necessary means,
taking oil tn, risS anl responsible ty upon
ourselves. Ii ths State shall hereafter in
spirit Of good faith. REIN jurse us. well
and good; if not. we prefer to lose the
money to having the State di,honorcd
But upon that point we have no fear. and
are willing to take the chances" Now,
when l took this money and applied it to
the purposes f,r which it was contributed.
what law did I violate? Upon what pro-
vision Of the Constitution did | tram pie?
II the parties Contributing this money had
applied it directly to these purposes,
without my intervention. the ease would
not have been different. 1t is simply the
case Of one mans paying ano,her's debts.
against which there is NO law. human OF
divine. II the creditor accepts the money
the debtor may or NAV not, in his own
good pleasure. reimburse his fricnl who
has paid his debts. but snrely the friend
by so doing has committed no offensc.
But upon this point I must be allowed
to express my antonishment that Mr.
Mcdonald should have venturel TO prefer
charge against me. Surely. his desire
to assail me has Overleaped all discretion.
He cannot have forgotten his own record.
deliberately made in q Similar case, but il
he has L will refresh MS memory AMI shat
of the public. As before stated. in 1857
there being no appropriations to carry on
the Benevolent Institutions. they were
broken mp. the inmates scattered, and tho
Institutions remained empty for more than
six months. The Constitution then a
now forbade the taking of money from the
State Treasury. except upon appropria-
tons made by law. Bnt OH the 10Th OF