Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1864-08-16

the necessary expenses Of the benevolent IN
stitutiOns of the State, and the northern prison
and for the relief of sick aud wounded Indiana
soldiers: said loan. with such reasonable in
terest "a may be allowed. 20 be reimbursed
and paid 90 the Auditor, Of the county Of Marion,
| by the State OF Indiana, IS NAV be provided for
by Law hereafter. And IL is further ordered that
| upon filing the Governors receipt for said sum OF
SlO,OO0 with the county. and that the said Au-
] ditor issue a warrant in fa,cs of the said Gov
/ ernor for the said amount"
Alb that is voluntary payment is its aud not
loan 70 the State of Indiana, The Governor
says the terms of ii are 10 be determined by leg.
isston hereafter But here is a loan to the State
I of Indiana. TO be expended bv the Governor.
Ali they could not say of this loan as Shylock
TO the Merchant of Venice.
sThate him. for be isa Christian;
But more for that. IN low simplicity.
He lends out m oney gratis, and brings down
The rate of us-ncs here in Venice
IL provides for such interest as might hereafter
be stipulated by law. intending that the Cover
nor's friends in the Legislature should come TO
his rescue hereafter, and cover up this great aud
as have said before monstrous usurpation.
Another couniy-ihe county of Decatur issued
| the following order:
THURSDAY MORNING, June IL, 1863.
IL is ordered by the Board that there shall be
appropriated out of the county treasury the sum
of 81 900 to be loaned TO the State for the pur-
pose of defrayiBg the expenses of the benevolent
institutions of the State and the relief of the sick
and wounded soldiers of Indiana. The Auditor
is hereby authorized to draw a warrant on the
Treasurer for said amount, when the same shall
be receipted for by the Governor in his official
capacity.
That receipt we have not been able TO obtain
but here IS the response TO the INQUIRY after it:
GREESsBuRe IND, Aug 1864
As promised saw our County Treasurer again
and asked for a copy of Gov. Morton's receipt for
theS7 900 loaned by this county Hebecame angry
swore that no damned copperhead should have il
except they got It by process OF Law. saving that
! no capital should be made GU. OF the efforts of
our worthy Governor to preserve the credit of the
State. Laughter
I shall read one more This is from Warren
county Now the Governor SAYS these parties
! came forward voluntarily and rendered this mon
| ey 1t was not borrowed and there is no obliga
ton resting upon the State to refund it. And
say there is no legal respon siblity:
/ "ln response TO the call of the Governor of the
State of Indiana for loan from the counties of
this State for the purpose OF carrying on the be
nevolent institutions of the State. is is ordered
! that loan of S5 1000 be made 20 the Governor
/ OF the State of Indiana TOR that purpose; that
county bonds 10 that amount shall be issued
! payable on the lst day of March, 1865, at the
| office of the Treasurer of Warren county. Indi-
ana, aud that soon a. the said bonds are all
! sold the County Treasurer shall hand the pro-
/ ceeds over to the Governor of the State of Indi-
ana and take his receipt therefore, officially on
/ said Governor. And il is further ordered that a
certified copy of this order be transmitted to said
Governor By the County Auditor to notify him of
| the said order "
Now here is the receipt, the only time we have
| been able to get this bond executed by the Gov
| ernor for this money which he said ne never bor-
rowed:
| EXECUTIVE DErARrNEsT OF INpiAEA,)
/ BUREAU or FINANCE,
Indianapolis. Ind, Aug. "a, 1863
| Received from the Treasurer OF the county
/ OF Warren, State of Indiana, the sum of 81,
| 800, loan from said county, to be used by
me in my ofieicial capacity as Governor in de
isaying the proper and necessary expenses Of the
benevolent institutions of the State and the North
| Prison, and for the relief of sick and wounded
| Indiana soldiers, said loan with such reasonable
interest NAV be allowed to be reimbursed and
/ paid TO said county Of Warren by the State of ln-
diana. As may be provided by law hereafter
7 o p MoRToN
Governor Of Indiana.
/ Signed 30 p Morton. Governor of Indiana"
! not o. p. Morton in his own right but 20. p
! Morton, Governor OF Indiana"
! ] have 10 call your attention. my fellow c;i-
, zens 20 but one other fact in this report He
| says these were mere voluntary payments. ana
there Is no obligation 10 paw either she principal
or the interest. and yet in this very report j.
! shown that he has already paid the citizens Of
WaYDe county upon their loan the sum of 81 2JU
| interest This amount according TO the report
of his Financial Secretary. has been paid out of
/ this very fund that he has gathered Up from
these quarters. In fact, this repor. of his Finan-
! cial Secretary reminds Us of a report made by a
/ road supervisor. He was rather eccentric, a
singular sort OF fellow. but had been elected road
supervisor. At the close of his term he was in
formed that il necessary for him to make
out report. He had kept no books and knew
nothing about forms, so after studying on il for
short time, he got up this kind of q report:
''A estimates paid in,
| All estimates paid out"
! Laughter That is about the character of the
financial report Of Governor Morton and his FL
! nancial Secretary?
Now. my friends, the matter that brought up
this discussion grew out of declaration made
by me. and which | repeat in your hearing. when
| accepted the nomination for Governor | said
10 the convention that if should be elected
/ Governor of Indiana | should take an oath to
support the Constitution of the United States
and of the State of Indiana, and would endeavor
TO perform both branches of the oath | stated
further that was candidate for but one branch
OF the Government; that IL was divided into three
! coordinate branches, aud if | should be elected
| should undertake to discharge but one, and il
the legislative or judicial branches should disre
gard their duties, after | had done all could
the responsibility OF failure on the part OF any
co ordinate branch should rest upon their heads
and not mine. And | now repeat. il YOU want
your State Government carried on By the one
man power. don't elect me lApplause.
Now my friends, propose to come to another
branch of this discussion, and shall dispose of
this az frankly. aud hope satisfactorily, 7
have OF that which relates TO our State affairs.
| know each one OF you understands me in re-
fully understand me on the other branch
never come TO tine discussion OF the questions
springins from this civil war, but what nv heart
feels ready 10 bleed ia the contemplation that the
greatest country the sun has shone upon is
rent with civil ieuGs. and dTenched IN lreternal
blood; and We have progressed to the third year
OF this civil struggle, pictures rise up on the imagi
nation more fearfully clear and distinct than in
the beginning. They enough 20 make any
who loves his country hang his head in sor
row, and weep for the desolaiion that has been
sweeping over this land. / said on s. former oc-
. casion, in speaking Of this war, that its causes
were by no means hidden in secret; and believe
the historian will be compelled 10 saw II sprung
ou; of the unsse agitation Of the question oil
slavery between the Northern and Southern
States. II the principles OF our Government
I had been fully and fairly administered and