The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1864-10-06

+ To lleir Gpl1ltlOH S> slaves Gr Tree men.
great change has taken place in
public opinion since the commencement
ef the war. When black man offered
his services then he was rejected He
was not permitted TO 90 into the ranks Of
the army. But who objects TO the en-
listment of negro troops now: Then.
strange Is it may seem, the loyal people
objected To the enlistment OF negroes be-
cause it had the appearance Of 4 wrong
against the master. You can now see
how very falsely yoa reasoned in regard
10 this question some three or four Years
F.. ago How strange ii is that we should
ever have imagined that the men who
/ had no right morally 10 the labor of the
/ negro. was being uniustly punished for
/ hiS diatoyalty, by being required To give
up his slave To the service of the eoun-
try-and Yet You did feel 50, and that At
/ the very same time that YOU were freely
+ giving up your own sons. under age,
/ who owed YOU three or four wears ser
Wee, and sending them into the army
J rather than 30 demand the services Of the
eoiored man. who owed no allegiance,
+ morally, 10 his master. You never
thought of such Il thing as asking the
/ Hovegnmcnt II pay you the value of
Four son : service in the army bat YOU
sent him freely, and followed him with
Your ardent, anxious prayers for his safe
" and the success of the great cause in
which he was engaged II instead of
Your son. one of these slaves had been
taken into the army. it would not have
cost his master one anxious thought be
yond the value of the negro ct in
spite of all these sideratious YOU
reasoned that il was wrong to take tho
Itp IN fr9 hi u Isle nj
put him into the field. But thank God,
those days are past
The people have at last come to real
- that they shoald not scruple To avail
themselves Of everything that is aestruc-
tive, or can be made SO. against these
enemies of their country. They have
further discovered that these black men
are useful and yalorous in the field. and
that they are Willing aal anxious to fight
for their country and for liberty And
why should they not he permitted to do
so: / need not pause for an answer To
this inquiry now, for | am well aware
tlat YOU would say in reply that the
President was only too slow upon this
subject, and that the blacks ought To
have been armed and put into the field
sooner than they were. You must not
forget, however, in Justice to Mr., Lin
coin. to remember how avcrse the peo-
pie were to that measure in the earlier
stages of the war, and the necessity un-
der which Mr.. Lincoln was placed of
keeping within the limits Of public
opinion.
He was wise in delaying that measure
for a time Indeed, it Is my conviction
that when the history of this war shall
be fully written. and the world shall un-
.Ia-s.apI % ,.anuIior lfftfaultia- anI or,
barassm ents of every sort and character
with which the President has been sur
rounded, it will be the general if not the
universal belief Of ail mankind, that he
was guided in his management of the
affairs Of this nation by a wisdom SUI
perior To any that man possesses
wisdom from ahOve---People may stand
here, and complain and find fault with
the administration. bat what say the
and patriots and philan-
tliropists of the world, about Abraham
Lincoln: You have probably seen in
the papers, an account Of meeting i'll
Geneva, where the whole people assem-
biel and expressed their gratitude to the
President Of the United States, for his
efforts To preserve and perpetuate human
liberty upon this side Of the Atlantic -
This was meeting of the only free peo-
ii il Europe, They denounced sla-
rerr. and cAecred you and Mr. Lincoln
S4ci i the opinion Of civilized and en-
lightened and christanizcd people every
wbere-aad will Won falter now?
What has been done SO far: When
this var commenced you could not march
4 soldier In safety across the Ohio river.
But Yoar armies went into the field and
victory attended them. Who hes fol
~ 4 ! I y
for them You alone? No. I am hap
py 10 say, that from the very commence
inent of the war down to the present
time, there has been one, who above all
others has had an ear ever open to the
cries Of the sick and wounded soldiers
Of the armies of the Union-I mean the
Governor Of Indiana. What other Ex-
ecutive has extended the same ready re
lief TO the suffering men in tire camp, OIL /
the battle fields and in the hospitals, that I
the Governor of Indiana has done +
Others have done well, but he has done
the best of all They came as quickly
s. they could but they could not come
IS quickly a. the Governor of Indiana. +
What soldier will desert Oliver T. Nor
ton now
The soldiers of Indiana are justly /
celebrated in this war. OF the hundred +
and fifty thousand men Sho have gone
from the Hoosier State not one has ever
turned his back upon the enemy or failed /
to do his duty, I am proud of Indiana |
Or all the States in the world there is no 4
other in which | would rather live than
Indiana. unless this party that seeks to /
bring about a djshonorable peace-that
ooks TO the destruction Of the Govern L
nent-to anarchy and ruin, shall succeed /
N getting the reins OF government into
Is hands, and then it will become unsafe
for loyal and honest men TO live in
Indiana
1t was regular organized system of
ying which packed the Chicago ConveD
ion for Mcclellan = Crisis
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