The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1866-06-28
Speech OF Gov. Morton at Indianapolis
on Tuesday, June 10.

| Speech Of Gov. Morton at Indianapolis
on Tuesday, June 10.
| Gov. Morton has made the opening speech Of
the campaign in Indiana, and mastery re-
view it is, of the claims of the Sham Democracy
at this time to the control of the Government
Gov. Motion was among the most active, eff
cient and patriotic of the Loyal Governors du-
during the rebellion. We should be glad to give
our readers this speech entire, but its length
forbids. We select the following extract, show
ing who the present
LEADERS OF THE DEMOCRACY,
are, and what they were doing during the war
| for the Union. The record is as true of demo-
Gratis in Wisconsin as in Indiana;
The leaders who are now managing the dem
| ocratic party in this state are the men who at
the regular session of the Legislature in 1861 de-
| cIared that, if an army went from Indiana to
assist i'll putting down the then approaching re-
| bellion, ii must first pass over their dead bod
| les.
They are the men who, in the democr attic
vention, on the Sth of January, 1862, gave aid
and comfort to the rebellion, by resolving that
the south had been provoked and driven into
| the contest by the unconstitutional and wicked
aggressions of the people of the north.
| They the men who, in speeches and reso-
| lutons, proclaimed that ''Southern defeats gave
| them no joy, and Northern disasters no sorrow"
| They are the men who exerted their influence to
| prevent their democratic friends from going in
| to the army, aud who, by their incessaut and
venomous ISLANDERS against the government,
checked the spirit OF volunteering and made
drafting necessity. And when the draft had
thus been forced upon the country, their wretch
ed subordinaies, inspired by their devlish teach
ing, endeavored, in many places, by force of
arms and the murder of enrolling officers, 10
prevent its execution.
They are the men who corresp0nded with the
rebel leaders in the south, giving them full in
formation of our condition, and assuring them
that revolution in public opinion was at hand
| and that they had but to persevere few months
longer and the National government would fall
to pieces Of its own weight.
They are the men who in the Legislature OF
1868, attempted to Overturn the State Governs
ment and establish legislative revolution by
seizing the military power Of the State and
transferring it into the hands four state officers,
three ofwhom were members of the reasonable
society known as the "Sons of Liberty"
They are the men who, having failed to over
turn the State Government by Selling the mill
tary power, determined to defeat its operations
ard bring about anarchy by locking up the
public treasure, and thus Withholding the money
necessary to carry the Government.
They the men who tor the purpose of pr-
vate speculation ard 10 discredit the State be-
fore the world, conspired to prevent the pay
ment OF tie interest on the public debt, by with
holding through Il lrduuuI6nI laW5ulL,Llo money
received ON taxes paid for that very purpose.
This lawsuit was frauduentiy smuggled through
the circuit court and lodged in the supreme
ceurt before the minute of the case had been
read and signed by the circuit Judge, or he had
been made acquainted with its character against
the credit OF the state.
They the men who introduced and organ
lied in this state that dangerous and widespread
conspiracy first known as the knights of the
Golden Circle" and afterwards as the "Sons of
Liberty which had for its purpose the over
throw of the State and National governments
Not all OF hem, it is true, belonged formerly to
this Infamous order, but such stood on the
outside had knowledge of its existence, purpos-
es and plane, and carefully conccaIing their
knowledge stood ready 10 accept its work.
TO accomplish the hellish work of this con-
splracy, military officers were appointed, militia
ry organizations created, arms and ANN unition
purchased In immense quantities and struggled
into the state, correspondence opened with reb-
ell commanders and military combinations agreed
upon, rebel Ulcers and agents introduced into
the capital and concealed in hotels and boarding
houses, and it was deliberately planned and
agreed that upon day fixed, they would sud. |
denly uprse and murder the Executive, seize
the arsenal and its arms aud ammunition, and re- |
leasing 5000 rebel prisoners at Camp Morton |
put arms into !their hands and with their scom- |
bined forces effect military and bloody revu- |
luton in The state. This dreadful scheme nee. |
-essarily involved murder, confagration, robbery
and the commission of evey crime which makes |
black the chronicles OF war, and yet it's au |
hors and abettors with the proofs OF their guilt
piled mountain nigh, are again struggling for |
power and asking the people to put into their |
GU lily bands the government and prosperity of |
the Stale. Some OF these men who are high in |
favor and authority iu their party and are large
y Entrusted with its management have here
tofOre occupied offices of great trust and re-
sponsibility, in which they proved to be recre,
ant and corrupt.
They ara the men who in the legislature of In.
diana, bitterly opposed and denounced every
effort to confer the right of suffrage upon sol
dlers in the field VINO could not come home to
vote.
They are the men who wrote letters to our SOL
dlers in the army urging them to desert and as
soring them OF support ana protection if they
did.
They are the men who Iabored with devilish
zeal to destroy The ability of the government TO
carry on the war by deprecating Its financial
credit They assured the people that ''green~
packs" would die on their hands, and warned |
them solemniy against government bonds as a
wicked device to rob them of their money
They are the men who refused to contribute
10 the Sanitary Commission for the relief OF sick
ana wounded soldiers, upon The lying and hypo-
CRITICAL pretenee that the contributions were
consumed by the officers OF the the army.
They are the men who excused Themselves
from contributing for the relief of soldiers tamil
lies at home, by the Infamous Islander that thew
were living better than they had ever done and |
~
wives
They are the men who declared in speeches.
resolutions and by their votes in Congress, that
not another man, not another dollar should be |
voted to carry on crue! war against their |
southern brethren.
They are the men who in the midst of the last |
great campaign of 1863, at the ZINE when Sher-
man was lighting his way, step by step from
Chattanooga to Atlanta, ana Grant was forcing
Lee bacb into the deences of Richmond in des-
perate and bloody battles from day to day; when
the tate OF the nation hung in the balance and
the world watched with breathiess interest the
gigantic struggle which settle the uues-
lion of republican government, assembled in
convention at Chicago and resolved that the
war was failure; that our cause was unjust
that we ought to lay down our arms and sue for
peace. 1t was throwing a mountain into the
Confederate scale to make the Union kick the
beam. II was bold and desperate interference
III behalf OF the rebellion. at the very crisis of
the bght 1t was an insult to the loyal armies
OF the nation, so vast, malignant aud deadly
tuat language can convey no adequate idea OF
IT'S wlckedness. And in future ages the histori-
an Will record the tact with astonishment that
me government at Its most critical moment of l.
life, when few hours, or few DAYS at the
tarthest, must determine whether it SHOULD live
or die, could permit large body of its enemies
to meet upon it's soil in peace and security and
publish fiagrant manifesto in behalf of the re-
bellion.
Now, do not mean to say that all the demo-
cratic leaders nave zone all these things, but
what 90 say is this, that the men who have |
done these things combined together, and
onstitute the teal leaders of the democratic
party. The few moderate men of the party /
have been stripped of all power and influence Ii
and are carried along with ii merely TOR NAM
oers and policy, while the living and aggress-
I'VE element which controls it are the ''SOns of
Liberty, and those who acted in sympathy and
concert with Them
Lney are the men who have perverted the
~; "oiu ueno eracy, from it's once honorable means
ing, to be shield and cover for reheIlIon and
Tor every crime that attaches to a causeIess and
atrocious Anvil war ''' anu
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