The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1866-06-28

knowledge, stood ready to accept Its
work
To accomplish the helll-h work Of this
cou-uiaacv. military officers were ap-
pointed military organizations created,
arms and ammunition purchased IN i'm
mcu~c quantities and smnggIrd into the
State. correspondence opened with rebel
commanders and military combinations
agreed upon. rebel officers aud agents
introduced into the capital and conceal
ed IN hotels aud boarding houses, and IT
was deliberately planned and agreed tha
upon a day fixed, they would suddenly
upFise aud murder the Executive, seize
the arsenal and its arms and ammunition,
and releasing 1900 rebel prisoners IN
Camp Morton put arms into their hands,
and with their combined forces effect
military and bloody revolution in the
State This dreadful scheme necesssri-
" involved murder, contfagration, rob
berry and the commission Of every foul
crime which makes black the chronicles
of war: and vet its authors and ahbet
tons, with the proof of their guilt piled
mountain high, are again struggling for
power and asking the people to put into
their guilty hands the Government and
prosperity OF the State. Some OF these
men who are high in favor and authority
in their partv and are largely Intrusted
with its management, have heretofore
occupied offices Of great trust and
responsibility in which they proved TO
be recreant and corrupt,
They are the men who, in the Legs
lature OF Indiana bitterly opposed AMI
denounced every effort TO confer the
right of suffrage upon soldiers in the
field who could not come home t" vote.
They are the men who wrote letters to
soldiers in the army, urging them to de-
sert. aud assuring them Of support and
protection if they did
They are the men who lahoret wi Il
dcvilish zeal To destroy the ahliity OF the
Government to carry on the war 10y de
preciatinC its financial credit They as
sured the people that ''grecnhacks
would die on their hands, and warned
them solemnlv against Government
bonds rs a wicked device to rob them OF
their money.
They arc the men who refused to con
triIute 10 the Sanitary COMMISSION for
the relief OF sick and wounded soldiers,
on the lying and hyporritical pretence
that the contributions were consumed
by the officers of the army.
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ter than they had ever done, and hY
""i .''' VA
They are the men who declared in
speeches. resolutions, and hv heir votes
IN Congress, that not another man, not
another dollar should he voted I" carry
on , crneI war AGAINST their Southern
hretbreu
They are the men who in the mi l~I +
last great campaign of ls64, when ) .yr
man was lighting his way, step toy step,
from Chattanooga to Atlanta, AMI Grant
was forcing Lee back into the dctenscs
OF Richmond. in desperate and bloody
battles from dav to dav. when the fate
of the nation huno aIiiverinp in the bal
,tuca. and The world watched with breath
loss interest the GIGANTIC struggle which
wa. to settle the question Of Republican
Government. assembled in convention
at Charge. and resolved that the war
WAS a failure. that our cause was unjust,
and that we ought To lay down our arms
and sue for peace 1t WAS throwing
mountain into the Confederate scale to
make the Union kick the beam. was
L bold and dpSppTatp interference IN be
half Of the rebellion. at the very crisis
of the tioht. 1t vas an Insult TO the 10y
al armies of the nation. so vast, maIig-
nant and deadly. that language can con
yey no adeauate idea of its wickedness.
Ana in future times the historian will
record the fact with astenislment that
the government, Mt the most critical mo-
ment OF It's lie. when 4 lie" hours OF
few days At farthest. must determine
whether 1t should live or die, could per-
nit a large body OF its enemies to meet
upon its soil in peace and security. aud
publish tlagraut manifesto in behalf Of
tae rebellion.
Now, | do not mean TO say that all the
Democratic leaders have done all these
things, but what Il" say Is tins, that
the men who nave done theoe tnln@s are
com ninei toGetner' an" N9'a''"ie IN"
real leaders OF the behrcfAu~ party
lhe lew moderate men ri the party
have Neen stripped OF all power .'ad IN
ruenVc, and are carried at"n9 wtih Il