Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1866-07-04
SPEECH OF
GOVERNOR MORTON.
ArFaIgnment s. DenunciatiOn
Ofthe Democratic Party.
Examination and Endorsements of Ihe
constitutional Amendment.

Examination and Endorsement of Ill
Constitutional Amendment.
Telcgrapbie eCorrespondenee Cincinnati CommerC
- INDIANAPOLIS. June 10
The great Union meetings. in progress with 4
the enthusiasm that aforetime eharacterized u
meetings Of lOyalists during th dark days OF th
war. The Masonic Hall. in which Goyernor MOI
ton speaks, is beautifully decorated with a numbt
of the battle flags carried by Indiana regiment
i procured from the State Library, and crowded I
suitocation BY atleast 200 people thickly inter
| sions and thoroughly impressed with the necesSi
| ty of preserving the Union, National and other
i wise. The street is crowded fearfully a squar
each way,and the immense crowds will be address
| ed by various of the prominent speakers VIII
/ have been selected to give eclat to this openin
gun of the campaign, Between the hours of an'
/ s o'clock. 200 guns we're fired. and large bonfire
kindled at the intersectng corners OF streets lead
ing to the hall. A grand display Of hre- works j
| being made. prominent among which are rock ct
filed with fiery serpents emblematic of the infer
nal eOpperheads, who will first go up this fall
under the steady Union fire, and then as preeipi
At few minutes past O'Clock the meeting il
the hall was opened BY Major General George II
Chapman, President Of the Union Club, who said
that as the onening meeting it had been called t
place the Union party squarely upon the platform
Of the principles adopted by Congress. upon which
all good Union men must unite and for the success.
of whiehthe late great war had been SO successful
ly fought, it meet and right to invoke the di-
vine blessing in the inception of the canvass fOI
the life Of the country, and Rev DR.. Holiday, oi
the NJ. L. Church, addressed the throne of grace
on behalf of the interest of liberty and humanity,
and truth and religion.
platform. supported by Colonel Holloway. a gen.
eral Spontaneous outburst of applause greeted his
first public appearance since his return from
Europe. The Governor looks haggard and care
Worn-hardly so well as he has few weeks past
and had itnot been for his earnest desire that the
campaign upen the part of the Union men should
be opened with ali the enthusiasm that could pos
siby be impressed into il, as well as the earnest
desire Of his friends, he would not have disregarded
the advice Of his attendant physician and partici
pated in the activities and excitement Of an i'm
mense public meeting.
The Governors introduction by General Chap
man was the signal for saly" of cheers. when,
upon their subsidence, the Governor spoke as fol-
lows;
GOVERNOR NoRTOS's SPEECH.
Gentlemen-Did consult the improvement of
my health. or even common prudence, l should
not be before you tonight; but my earnest desire
to do what could to further the cause which must
be lost or Won in October as well as the solicita-
compelled me to overrule the advice of my physi-
clan and meet you again in public assembly
Since have been upon the stage my mind has
reverted to scenes of the past five or six years,
when upon many occasions we met here together
to consult upon the tremendous issue of the war
and counteract, if possible. the Vaccinations of
the enemy in the rear, no less than the deadly
efforts of the enemy in front. The development Of
the past few months have shown that the spirit
OI the OeMOcrallC party mas not improved.
SPIRIT OF THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY.
1t beyond doubt that the temper of the Demo-
cratic party is not changed or improved since the
termination of the war. but on the contrary II
seems to have been greatly embittered by defeat in
the field and at the ballot-boX. Itssympathy with
hose who were lately in arms against the Govern
nent is more boldly aYoWed than ever, and it be-
comes argumentative and enthu siastic in behalf
Of the right of secession and Righteousness of the
rebellion The true spirit of the Democratic party
N Indiana has recently received a remarkable IL
ustration that should command the solemn con-
some four or i've weeks since Convention was
leld in the city Of Louisville, composed in large
part of men who had been engaged in the rebel
lrmies. These men assemble in convention, |
proclaimed themselves members of the National |
Democratic party, and declared their unfaltering
ievotlon to its time honored principles. They |
indicated the righteousness of the rebellion and
declared their stern purpose to maintain at the /
'allot box the sacred principles for which they /
lad taken up arms. Prominent Indiana Demo- /
rats met with them in Convention; mingled their /
ears with those who Wept over Southern heroes:
Uttered glowing eulogies upon the memory of
,tenewaH jackson and John Morgan. and indor-
ed their most ultra and reasonable doctrines; /
nd to show the complete identity between this |
Ssembly Of traitors and the Democratic party of
indiana. the Indianapolis Herald, the organ of |
be party, in the broadest and most unqualified
manner, earnestly and enthusiastically indOrsed
s proceedings. resolutions and speeches. Tie
lat eytcerc rebels, and Northern Democratic lead
re- 6etteUiRg that the time for Furnishing treason has
one Oy, llOtc MAKE Ausie 70 QectuFG Ut teu
are been united lgith them iH sympathy, sentiment
nd purpose and that they will cooperate with
hem to the bitter end in restoring to them.What I
hey call their rights, and IN repairing the DANA
es done to them by the war, And to show that
MS malevOlent and reasonable spirit is not con-
ned to the Democratic leaders of Indiana, nu-
IN every part Of the United States,
lay be referred to. and especially the votes and
1eeches Of the Democratic members Of Congress.
WHAT DEMAcRoTIo LEADERS HAvE DONE.
The leaders who are now managing the Demo.
ratio party in this State, are the men who at the
sgular session of the Legislature in 1861, declared
lat.< <if an army went from Indiana to assist in
utting down the then approaching rebellion II
Iust pass first over their dead bodies. /
They are the men who in the Democratic Com
ention on the Sth of January, 1862, gave aid and
1mfort to the rebellion, by resolving that the
outh had been provoked and driven into the con-
the people of the North.
They are the men who, in speeches and resolu-
ons proclaimed that Southern defeats gave them
o joy, and Northern disasters no sOrrow." They
re the men who e1erted their influence to prevent
cir Democratic friends from going into the army
nd who by tnelr lneessant ana yenemo US ISLANDERS
nteering, and made drafting a necessity. And
hen the draft had thus been forced upon the
'untry thelE Wreeened suoeralnates. inspired BY
leir devilish teachings endeavored in many pla-
IS. by force of arms and the murder of enrolling
fcers. to prevent its execution.
They are the men who corresponded with the
bel leaders in the South, giving them full infor
alton Of our condition, and assuring them that
EVOLUTION in public opinion was at hand, and that
ey had but 70 perseyere few months longer and
le National Government would fall to pieces of !
own weight.
They are the men who, in the Legislature of
63. attempted to Overturn the State Government
Id establish Legislation, revolution BY seizing
e military power of the State and transferring il
to the hands Of four State officers, three Ofwhom
ere members OF the reasonable society known as
e Sons of Liberty" y
They are the men who. having failed to overturn I
e State Government by seizing the military pow :
determined TO defeat its operations, and bring
,out anarchy, BY locking up the public treasure,
ID thus Withholding the money necessary to carry
the Government, ~
eeulation. and to diseredit the State, before the
Jrld, eOaspirsd to pFeUent the payment Of the interest
ths public debt by withholding through afraudu-
Mt lawsuit the money received from taxes, paid q
? that very purpose. This lawsuit was fraudu-
ntly smuggled through the Circuit Court and !
dyed in the supreme Court before the Minutes
the case had been read and signed by the Cir
1T Judge, or he had been made acquainted with Q
character. and was hastily decided by the Su-
.eme Court against the credit of the State. L
They are the men who introduced and organized
this state that dangerous and widespread con- l
tracy first known as the knights of the Golden .
Teis Gle a1d Ia aiteSTaTds ,tE as the Sons Of Liberty
ate and National Governments. Not all of them p
is true, belonged formerly to this infamous or
T. but such as stood on the outside had know
dge OF its existence, purposes, and plans, and l
refnlly concealing their knowledge stood ready e
accepts Its work.
To accomplish the hellish work Of this eonspira-
military officers were appointed, military or \
niZatiOns created, arms and ammunition pur- y
lased IN immense quantities and smuggled into i
Q State, correspondence opened with the rebel a
and military combinations agreed i
ION, rebel ot1eers and agents introduced into the
pItal, and conc ealed In the hotels and boarding.
uses, and II was deliberately planned and agreed Y
at upon day liked, they would suddenly up y
e and murder the Executive, seize the arsenal y
ID Its arms and ammunition, and releasing 9, 900 p
lsoners IN Camp Morton, put arms into their a
nds, and with their combined forces effect a I!
ihtary and bloody revolution in the State. This u
eadful scheme necessarily involved murder, 81.
cry crime which makes black the chronicles of r
VII war, yet its authors and abettors with the u
oofs of guilt piled mountain high are again
juggling for power and asking the people to put Ia
TO their guilty hands the government and pros n
rlty OF the State. Some of these men who are n.
gh IN favor and authority in their party, and "
c largely intrusted with its management, have W
retotore occupied offices of great trust and res
visibility In which they proved to be reereant II
d corrupt 3
They are the Inen who. in the Legislature of n,
diana, bitterly opposed and denounced every pl
ort TO confer the right Of suffrage upon soldiers n
the field who could not come home TO vote ~
They are the men who wrote letters TO soldiers di
the army, urging them to desert. and assuring 70
EN- OF support and protection if they did m
They are the men who labOred with deyilish or
al to destroy the ability of the Government TO OF
rry on the war by depreciating its financial of
edit They assured the people that "greenbacksO h
'uld die on their hands, and warned them SOL ce
lnly against Government bonds, as a wicked de-
e TO rob them of their money. or
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