The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1867-03-21
From she Washington Chronicle.


From sae Washington Chronicle.
ssrsnsde p 0vernor orton.
Last evening the numerops frhnds:of
Governor Mdton. of Isdiana. nov a
Senator from Mat tate. rendered hip a
supplementary sereaade at the Nation -
al Hotel. Several hundred persons were
assembled in the street. and the spacious
parlors were also thronged with Indian
ians, many of whom were accompanied
by theirwives and daughters. After .
few airs- he'd been played by the hand.
Governor Morton appeared upon the bal
cony, accompanied by General Wash
burn, and was received with cheers. The
latter, on the part of those present, then
delivered the following congratulatory
address:
Governor MORTON: Permit me, on
behalf of your friends from your own
native State. to congratulate you upon
this other acknowledgment of Your
inert We are proud of our noble State
Of our glorious record upon every bat
tie field from Pea Ridge to Petersburg,
from Atlanta to Spottsylvania; we are
proud of our statesmen, OF White and
Wright, Colfax and Lane; and to- night
we hail with pride as noble patriot
wise statesman, and soldiers friend, our
Senator Called to the gubernatorial
chair at an hour when brave men might
we'll quail and doubt. yon have 50 con-
Quoted your administration as tn not
only receive the praise OF loyal men
everywhere, but the bitterest maledic-
tons and curses of those who would so
ruthlessly have torn down our temple OF
liberty need not tonight refer to the
debt of gratitude We owe you. Our
State, by the unanimous vote of the
Union men, have endeavored, so far as
in their power, to pay the debt by elect
ing you to the noblest gift within their
control at time when they felt we need
ed strong heart and a clear head. NY
fellow citizens of Indiana, allow me to
congratulate you in your good fortune
when the waves of revolution, bloody,
dark and terrible. threatened our noble
State, when our frail ship seemed found
ering amid the storm of n civil war, with
her sails tapping in the breeze, and her
tim bers creaking to her very keel, while
the lurid lightning of An evil ambition
was flashing along her mssts, now toss
ing high on the waves Of internal feuds
or sinking deep into the troughs OF
financial ruin, when others prophesied
disaster and death. our pilot, with a firm
hnnd and steady nerve, relying on that
. over-ruling Providence that shapes our
ends, rough hew them as we will, un
needing the erowlings Of his almost mu-
tinous crew, held the ship Of State upon
her course and cried to the engineer be
low, ''put on the steam," and now she
energies from the waves and clouds and
lightnings' lurid fash into the haven OF
peace, let us thank God for giving US in
the hour Of our need such a pilot as
Governor Morton. Ho g.
Governor Morton then arose amid loud
cheering, and spoke as follows:
REPLY OF SENATOR MORTON.
GENERAL WAsHBURN: I shonld be most
server TIRE nIE.-As-=A.> a.AlseHa.t that ! da.
passed upon me to night l am willing,
however, to think can safely accept to
myself the purpose through all our trials
to do nv duty To the kind friends who
have rendered to me the honor Of this
serenade return nv thanks-thanks for
the compliment and their presence here
to night--but canot receive it ali to
myself; l must insist that it is chiefly on
behalf Of the State we love so dearly.
For Indiana we claim no sovereignty
Her people are but part and parcel OF
one indivisible nation; but We do claim
that thew have done their duty under
irving circumstances, and that she is q
noble and patriotic State, and we love
her not with selfish love aside from
that of the nation, but as the State from
which we come. 20.
Indians, under circumstances OF diff
fculty and trial that did rot surround all
the loya al States, or perhaps no other one
in equal degree, did her duty more MOLLY
through the war She sent moro than
225. 900 men into tue armies of the Re
public, for the purpose, O: suppressinG
the rebellion and there were no men
who went into the army from any other
State more gallant, more devoted. Of
more patriotic than those from Indiana
viii not claim that they acted With gal
lantry superior to those from any Other
States ALI that can claim justly, i:
: that they acted with gallantry not less
distinguished than that which belongs tt
the soldiers Of any other State in the
Union, rfrs. ssh .rp-es ira Er4hravr
No Indiana regiment brought disgrac,
upon the dag No great disaster can b.
traced to the blunder or incapaeityR o
any one Indiana officer. se sd5 asdT
.rs We have State possessing soil o
unexhaustihle fertility, refreshed ant
gladdened everywhere by streams OF 1iv
ing waters, and possessing, an abundance
OF the finest timber. Nearly one fourth
d of her area is . coal7 feld--not situated
= in rugged and barren mountains, but ex
tended under fertile plans and beneath
Smiling fields and fruitful orchards.
43as Her population Il growing with Aunex
ampled rapidity. She has gained NOR
than 4OO, 900 since 1850, and according
: to the present ratio of her increase vii
have more than two millions in 1870
She has more than $500 miles of rail
road in operation. and nearly one thou
Z sand more building. She has the laraes
school fund of any State IN. this Union
and has i sy stem of common school