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


scent specials. ~ ceats pr line.
~ ADVERTISE nlents shenla he handed in On Nea-
lay zflcTueaps = insure Insertion
aries, ard a. iisttine for pay and plum
der and not 70, principle. and Thea treat
ment of Union soldiers now is precisely
uron that theory They appear to be
heve that the adherence OF soldiers to
the Union party, is for the sole purpose
Of getting office AMI Official rewards.
and Il il happens that soldier fails 10
receive nomination for an office, an
hundred Copperhesd. run after him and
whisper treason IN hi, ear. assert that he
has been betrayed, and assure him that
If he viii hut desert 10 the enemies, AMI
join the ranks Of those who fought
against ham, they will not only forgive
the fact that he was Union soldier, but
will take him 10 their arms and cover
him with rewards, Just as the devil Of
fered our Saw Tor. all the kingdoms or
the world it he would but fall down and
worship him, when in point OF fact the
living old lascal WAS only a tenant at
will himself aud hadn't a foot of land to
give How the gallant soldier who per
He'd his life Tor his country. and has re
turned maimed and shattered from the
battle. must feel dishonored aud humili
atei when lie finds himself treated as "a
mere mercenary. and is approached 10y
CopPerheadS with arguments and temp
tations which stain his manhood and IN
suit the memory of the dead who fell in
battle by his side Themselves regard
ing office getting, IL the sole business of
life, and that Governments were estab
lishef only to pro, itie hungry politicians
with lucrative places. they are unable 10
conceive the idea OF The patriot soldier,
who loving his country more than wealth
luxury. aud the comforts of home laid all
these together with his life, a. cheerful
sacrifice upon the National altar
WORD 70 VOTING MEN
And here let me address a word IL
the Young men Of Indiana You are
just starting III life. with the world be
fore YOU, where and how to choose BE
ware how you connect youy fortunes with
dccaycd and dishonored party, indel
bly, stained with treas on. and upon whose
tombstone the hiatoyian will write .'falsc
To liberty, false 10 its country, and false
10 the age in which il lived The Dem
ocratiC party has crime for which his
tory has no pardon, and tire memories
of men no forgetfuincss whose color-
grow darker from age TO age, and for
which the cNecrations of mankind be
come more bitter from generation to
generation 1t committed trea sern against
liberty in behalf Of slavery , against civ
ilization in behalf OF barbarism AMI III
chronicles will be written IN the same
volume which records she most danger
Gus and malignant factions that bavp
ever afflicted gov srnment or retarded
the progress Of mankind The rebel
SsF
Graded in its lap, nursed from It's breast.
and cherished aud sustained by it, until
it perished by the avenging sword of the
Nation. and il must soon be folIowerT 10
the tomb hy its guilty parent
The Federal party opposed Size war
# 1872, and died from the effects OF II
in few years The Wbig party OF
posed the Mexican war in 1896, and lived
but SIX vars longer. yet these parties
medltated no treason. and when the con
fict began did not eyrpathize with the
enemy, or give him aid and comfort, bnf
gave their earnest and hearty support
10 the Government and the army How
then. shall it he wah the Democratic
party : the parent Of the rebellion, who.
while the southern wing was in arme
against the Government the Northern
wing gave TO i material aid andcomfort.
and cheerel II on in the deadly contest
OUTLINE oE ooIPE4sftt -, HfsroHa- n y
rassh
p The history y. Enfliafsa during the late
rebellion - peculiar and differs i'm rnauy
important respects from that OF ana 9th
er State. During the regular session of
the Legislature IN 1861 the pemecrstit.
members with few exceptions denonpe
Ell the Government with great bitterness
laying All blame for the conflict wbi~Ie
seemed 10 be approaching upon the peo
pie oft3e North and asserting that India
ma should not Sake any part III IL against
the peOl lie of the South When, however
the war was began by the bombardment
Of Fort Sumter. the wave OF en,hnsia.rn
and patriotisrH which swept over the
land submerged all parties, seemed to
obliterate party lines and for time over
whelm the factions and dislovai leaders
At the end OF six months, however, the
heads OF the Dem cratic leaders began
to appear above the surface and a visi
bic and vigorous effort was male to re
organize the party upon the basis Of op.
position TO the war, suspending hostili
ties. and negotiating the return of the
rebel States TO the L Union BY giving them
new guarantees for slavery. and if that
did not succeed, permit them TO go in
peace. Connected with this were exilib
tied strong predictions for North west
ern Contederacv, and it was argued per
sistantly in their speeches and papers
that the interests of Indiana were ex
clusivcly with the slave States. aud
whatever could he was saif 10 excite
prejudice aud hatred against the State,
in the East
The first convention held IN the Uni
ted States after the beginning of the wa
was IN this city. on the sth of January.
Icb2, wherein the Democratic leaders re
solved strongly that the people OF the
North were wholly TO blame for the ex
lsting conflict and should be compelled
TO 90 the South Justice, which would
bring il to an end. During the spring
and summer of ls62, the treasonahIe or