The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1866-08-07
Gov. Morton lori $ Speech
At New Albany, Ind, ! July TlIy 18th. st p.
He Reviews the Declaration that
the War was Just and
Necessary,
Dwells on the Equalization of
Representation,
Advocates the Constitutional
Amendment,
And Denounces the Democratic
Policy. faf4
NEW A1pANY. INp. July IS

were pEeSeHLs
At2P. NJ, Governor Morton appear.
led, accompanied by General Gresham
and others. The Governor seemed
weak, and was assisted to the stand,
where, taking seat, he delivered an
eloquent address of nearly three hours,
during which he was frequently greeted
with Vociferous applauses.
GOVERNOR MOTIONS SPEECH.
Some three or four weeks ago a DEM
I.ocratic convention was held in this city
I at which a candidate for Congress was
| Messrs. voorhees, and Mcdonald, and q
series of resolutions adopted.
The resolutions were evidently in
i tended to inaugurate a new policy in
the Democratic party, and to enable the
party, If possible, to relieve itself of the
odium with which it is now loaded
down and by which it must ere long be
| carried to the bottom.
The second of these resolutions de-
clares that "the war was just and neces-
sary to prevent the disruption of the
Union and the overthrow ofthe gonsti-
tution," and thanks the soldiers for
their valor in preserving the nation.
Sixteen months AFTER the war, was
over, the men composing the iconVen-
tion discovered for the first time thatthe
war was Gust and necessary" on our
part-a truth which had been arrived
at by the great body of the people of
the United States more than five years
before.
How it happened that this discovery
was first made at New Albany, or by
what means the truth broke in upon
minds so politically benighted and SO
far behind The age, does not appear,
Nevertheless, New Albany was Sc
lected as the place of revelation, and
the politicianA there assembled the
ton of the new truth. -
This resolution is a complete and ,un-
reserved confession of the disloyal and
treasonable course pursued by the So
called Dem ocratic party throughout the
war, and "a full admission that their
principles and practices were hostilelto
the Union. The whole country will re.
gard 1t as a dying repentance, forced
from convicted criminal who is stand
ing. in full iViewsof the. scaffold, 4bnt
will regard 1t as confession, springinE
not from penitence of the heart, but rom
hopes of pardon and renewed life. The
men making this confession ask the
country to receive 1t as an evidence
that they have from the first been in
favor OF the war, and demand that they
shall be received as good Union men,
who have protected and preserved the
country, and not as friends, aiders and
Allow me to say to them, their re-
quest Will not be granted. They will
be held to the record, and cannot be re-
lieved from their great responsibilities
by the cheap discovery that the war
was 'just and necessary,n sixteen
months after 1t was ended.
It is true, our Savior, in his parable,
described those who icamecin at the
eleventh hour, as having received as
much pay as those who had worked all
day; but still IL must be remembe
that they came in one hour before the
work was done, and helped to finish it,
come in until sixteen months after the
work was all over.F1 n
e1fthe war was ssjhst and n
as these men now say, why did the
Democratic party through ghout the war
denounce It as unnecessary, tt,lltoly and
ItncoIlStit titlltiOatdlg and ass SeEty that itrRas
forced upon our Southern brethren by
a wicked invasion of their rights? II
the war was Just and necessary" !" why
did Democratic members of Congress
vote against all eupplies Of men and
money-against all appropriations and
measures necessary TO carrylion the
war, and do all in their power, by their
speeehess to- discourage the loyal people
of the North, and encourage the disloy-
| al people of the South2 . If the war was
i sjust and necessary why did Demo-
cratic politicians throughopt Indiana
discourage enlist ments, labor to keep
i Democrats from going into the army,
and exhoft the people 70 resist the
dratR If the war was sjust and neces-
satys why did Democrat politicians
argue that the Government could moi
coerce aStateI and that each State had
a right to judge OF the inffaction of the
CQnsti ton, as well as the remedy
and peaceably TO withdraw from the
Unioni according 70 the determinati ion
of Its own WHY
nHthe war was Just and necessary y
why did the Democracy of Washington
county, in meeting held at Salem, in
\ February, 1851, resolve that IL asepa-
Il ration took place between the North
and South, the line OF separation mus
4 run north of Washington county; and
u that If they were compelled to light OF
either side, they would be found fight
Ing in the armies of the SouthP
0 "the war was just and necessary ,
n on our part, them of course, the rebel
lion was wicked, and rebels onghtto bt
punished and excluded frpm Congress
IfHthe III ar was lust and ihAeessary,i ,
tilsWhysdfdI the Sons OF iIilbaft NJ couBnfrl
) 70 0soVeTtufn' the State 6oveFnmsnt 70
: lease rebel oners, sei1e ans endia
I murder the iSe and precipitatl
4 Indiana into rebel li0ni 81 li75s
5 II 9the war was just and necessary
why did not these men encourage en-
2 ltRtments, enter the army themselves
contribute to the Sanitary Commission
{ help 70 support soldiers families ant
: unite in doing all those things whicl
should be CheerfullY pefformed by eve
j ~ loyal and patriotic citizena
:. u - the war was Just and ueeess8Ry
Why did Denoeratic politicians 20 B
Ohlcago, in the midst OF the las
great camp OF 1854, In the yer,
y. crisis OF the tighe, and ll1ers fe DIV
that the war WAS vic ed and uneoasti
fnHonat on our parts n it " IS y iail
! ures and We ought TO lily dow n on
arms and sue for p etnel
s III 8h6rl, 4 war was just an
> nece why did Dem6cratl
= until sixteen months 1ller & was oVeI
: and ilfer tlley had done an the harI
they could and v Ellen their I'D ion [
X the Govern N elIt eoal q 0sno goofl