The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1864-09-10

" '"""p'' ~ u occFtt pOlucal O
4 ghnizalion composed ~ his bitte, parfiso
'iends, and has been Ior -eas. ,ime pas
and 's now arn,ng them with ths arms
The Stale.
lie has brougb, into the State. Mussa aci,u
!. set,s troops (hundred days men) and h. s-s,
tering them IN different paris % The 81
h who say they are 10 remain ID tlse State IN
:lIil afler the election.
n What Is al; this for!
:. Have the acts u Gov Norton IL orhe
prospects been such as 10 inspire con6dcnc,
M his Protessiousl Has be. MOI pcr,n.tte,
sImectlngs ot his political opponc uls 10 b
broken up by mob violence nn.icr his ver,
eyes. and seen prominent cilizcns com Dos.
ling them fleeing for their lives before nobs
\ Of bis political riendsl
Has he not permitted number Of NO vvs-
IpaPsr Offices Of The State 10 be broken an
by his friends without furnishing them pro.
l,ection OF administering Word " rebukes
Has he not stood by when hundreds Of
the Citizens Of our State have been arrested
apd thrown into prison for polca reascns
ana many of them hurried % dangeons be
ycnc The borders Of The State Without iater.
venins ior their prolcciions
We know Of an old man being throw y
into The Marion county jaii, WITH out ev On
beng charged with crime. aud Jetaned for
weeks upon M order from his Ad5nrant q en-.
eral. the present Republican candidate for
Clerk Of the Supreme Couri, and when 81
Republican lawyer Of This city|
'mPortuned him 70 interfere 10 secure the
Old man bis protection, he was hauahril,
told by Gov. Morton thai . person who was
50 soiielous about disoyaI person could
not DC very loyal hinseli.
EARLY 10 the session Of the Legislature III
1863 abe following preamble and resolution
were passed:
"Wherca~s Thg Secretary Of WARM hjs
last offciai lepori. has dec cIared m at ,he sev
era' arrests made fhrcushou, tIsc United
States were made by me advice and will, tbel
consent Of the several Governors thercof.l
herfore be i:
"i'esoIved. That iiis ExccIlency, Cover
'or ., 7 Morton, be requested to furnishl
hls House with the facts in regard 10 the
frests that have been made in Indiana.n
Week after week passed. and Governor
ior'on did not answer the Legislature, anil
hey adjourned without his coniescendinr
D answer,
u Morton was not responsible for these
rres's, why did he not answerl
Morton has been active IN stirring up s,rifcl
mong The people Of the State lie has. by
4 speeches and ac,r, sought 10 in : pire thr
cl'si that his political opponents wcrcl
altors g The Governments; IL his recep-
% speeches % % our gallant veteran vol
aieers. large proportion of whom ar, Il
cmocra,s. he and hi- assistants have told n
em. u-inr such dignihcd fitlcsas Copper /"
sads nnd l,nIicruut. tha.th Democrats ofl
diana are the same mcn they have been
,hiing down South, and who have bccni
aying 1he'r companions. aud has sought 20 \
'press them with the belief that the Dem -
'racy we're hostile to soldiers. !"
All this Morton knew 70 be false, and to ]. 4
cvcnt The dctociion Of his miserable fraudl
and his friends have procured prohibi. I.
IN upon the circulation of the DcnaocraticI
pcrs IN the camps.
VIII Morton BE- kind cough 10 inform the i,
'cp'c Of Indiana. What one constitutional
ovision o. statute be ever respected, whenl
stood In The way Of the qualification oil
; ambition, rr the advancement Of his
..Isan purpOs,sl tlO
IN conclusion. We desire % say 10 Gov
nor MvtIon !hai Tho Democracy of Indiana Y
sirc nothing but the maintenance ol the
~, aA hc preservation VI order; that
~ claim the rgit 70 have d fair and iree
'eiion, that they can have mo- con ;idencr
hls promises uplilhs iornls ilcs the an some
dcncc q his sincerity: tlm, they arc
roughly acquainted with thtir rights,
the additional iact that he msy Jus, as
Y bc lnlcrmed nov ~ hereafter, that
y Ny not ipscud 70 b. frightened BY hir
eats, ot awed by BIZ vverpo~cnng dignity