The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1865-01-19

ami Capt. John N. Commons have PERFORMED with
efficiency anil to ny entire satisfaction the laoors
aPPera,a,Ins I e iAelF asski .o s9sa :. - ne new an
held by Col Terrell who has been appointed Adjutant
General. which office has been most ably flied BY Gen
Lag Noble.
ELEcrIoSs ASD cossPrRAcIEs.
while engaged in civil of gigantic propor-
results have bcen peaceaolv and readily acque.ced
in and the bitterness and personal mosities which
usually engen ierei IN such contest have passed
away sneeiily and perfectly at any former period
in history. The ability OF the people to
together under sucA circumstances, and peaceably
elect chief N maEIsrle, mas been regarded alike BY
the friends auf enemies Of republican institutions
the great Of tasr saPlcity for selfgovernmsnt,
an accur lin lF wc hut that the result Of the late
elections has ma - 4 profound impression throughout
the oli world, has vca renewed assurance of the
perpataity al 0nr G0vernmsut.
/ congratulate on the returning harmony OF the
people state and that the dangers which threat
enei with internal dissensions, have apparently
passed away. some misguided persons who mstook
the bitterness Of party for Patriotism anil ceased 70
fell the obligations Of allegiance % country and
G,yernn mt conspred against the State and National
Governments, AMI sought by military force - plunge
as toto the horrors of revolution. secret oryanxs
ton had been formed which by its lectures and rituals
inculcatei doctrines subversye of the Government,
and which, carried t. their consequences, would eYi
IDENTIFY result in the disruption AMI destruction of the
nation. The members of this organization united
bv solemn oaths, which, ii observed, bound them
execute the orders Of their Grani Com mnaniers with
delay question, however treason lbe criminal
IN chi ba | believe
great majority of its smbers Regarded it merely
political machine, AMI did not suspect the Interior
trcasonable action contemplated by its Leaders, and
upon the discovery Of its character FASTENED
afure all connection with it, Some of the chief
sprlt0rs have been arrested and tried by the Govern
m mt and others have fed their schemes have been
exposed and baff.1, and may reasonably hope that
our State may not hereafter be endangered and dis
honorei by n, ren,wa Of these insane and Grim nal
designs.
TIE WAR.
We are in the midst of bloody civil war, forced
upon the G. lvernment bv TIE rebelous inhabitants
Of certain States. The theory upo1 which this war
bugun the pre:en led right of State to with
draw from tre Union whenever its rights under the
Cons stitntiol of the United States were violated,
of which violation il had the exclusive power Judge
and determine. This claim founded upon the
dogma that the Union a compact of sovereign and
Independent States, to which they were parties IN their
municipal character that the United states not
nation, but aggregation of nationaties united in
copartnershp for certain purposes and upon certain
conitions which contained in the articles of
partnership known the Federal Constitution. The
exercise of the right of secession withdrawal from
the Union, justified by the allegation that the
people of the Northern States had violated their
sttutiona obligations by refusing to capture or per-
NIT be captured in their midst, fugitive slaves es
Gaping from their masters AMI by various other acts
Of hostility 10 the institution of slavery and by the
further declaration that there was good reason to be-
licve that the Government of the United States under
the administration OF Mr.. Lincoln, would perform
violence subversve of the prosperity and
the existence Of slavery. To havo conceded the right
claimed and permitted anv number of States peacea-
bly, to withdraw from the Union would have involved
not only the destruction OF the Government but the
absolute dissolution of the Nation, breaking il into
many fragments as there are States, each claiming
sovereignty and Independence to all the others
When the begun, therefore, there was but one
Of two things for the Government to do either 70 sup
press the Iebelon and assert its integrity Nston
alb icae is authority and confess itself without
to enforce its DEGREES and perpetuate its existence
by concedng the want of national unity and the right
Of secession. 1t be admitted that between these
two there middle ground and the Government
forced n n
AMI national death the life only be preserved by the
total suppression OF the rebellion that menaced it
Between these couenn- theories there could IN the
uf the case be m compromise, as they were
utterly antagonistc irreconeabe. The rebellion
begun upon alleigci right upon which it must
stand fall, and resisted by the Government upon
the ground that its own life could not be preserved,
ii the existence ot this right in any manner
any extent conceded.
1t Is hardly worth while to consider what would be
condition il this rebellion were successful. The
thourhess stupid mind cannot fail TO perceive
that the several States fragments of happy and
powerful repIc could not hive together in prosperity
and D. ace but that following upon war, anarchy
AMI til, structon of personal liberty. would nevita
bly, result, be succeeded by the night despotism,
buryng in utter darkness the fair hopes and glorious
prospects which illuminated national horizon.
Whatever il may cost US 20 preserve the aion, We
NAV be assured il will cost everything 10 lose it.
refusal prosecute the because it IS expensive,
would not be unlike the case of man W ho should re-
solve TO die because the employment of phycician
would em5arass his financial aftirs Nor would 1t be
less absurd refuse to sustain the Government and
prosecute the upon the pretence that by doing
constitutional rights and personal liberty would he
endangered. when know perfectly well that if the
rebellion succeeds, civil and religious liberty and con-
stitutonaI rights, of whatever kinf will be over
whelmed in one common ruin.
Let us hOpa that human slavery, which has ever
been the source Of national dissensions and heart
burninEs which from tho beginning has arrayed our
people into classes, and frctted them into mutual
hatredS and tor the preservation and prosperity OF
which it has been S,lcunlv avowei that this mighty
and mIst bloody rebellion were begun and are
prosecuted has received It's mortal wound and viii
500 he ned % n iNlthSOmP
tvrauuies, from which there is resurrecton.-
Should ths Congress of the United States pass joint
resolution prohibit slavery, involuntary scrvituie
throughout the United States. | do most earnestly
hope that the people of the several States viii hasten
give tasir solemn sanction, that il may pass
into fun iimsnta law and 70 10 all the world,
thA: country is in fact, in name, the land
Of the free, well as the home of the brave"
o. 7. MORTON.