Brownlow's Knoxville Whig. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1866-1869, 1868-02-05
Awake. RenubllcauIs.

The speech of Hon. Oliver p. MoztoE, Senator in
| Congress from Indiana delivered before The SOL
ders and sailors Of the District Of Columbia, on
the evening Of December 3Oth, Is a startling indct-
menl against the rebels snd copperhss5s Expos
ing their treason during the war; he tears the mAak
from their reasonable preparations, disclosing 8
programme Of unparalleled revolution, Eepudistiea
and anarchy. Gov. Morton is the man 70 do The
work. During the gloomiest period Of our strag-
gls for selfpreservation, the copperheads Of In
dihns vigorously assisted by the rebels Of Kentucky,
succeeded in defeating the Republican party Of that
! State by majority of ten thousand, and by the
election Of Democratic Legislature the whole
Democratic State ticket. Their frat set was to
take from Ebe hands Of Cor Morton, the patriotic
Executive Of the State nearly all his powers, and
70 connde them 70 committee consisting Of the
newly-elecsed State officers The sons Of Indiana
we're in tho field lighting to preserve the life Of the
Union and the rebel and coppsrhead intrigues lied
the heart Of every patriot with dependency and
fear But the indomitable Morton was not discouT-
aged. Calling around him few independent spi-
rits, and armed with proofs Of the difabsciion Of
the Democratic leaders be arranged q series OF
popular meetings, and invalid az be was, traverssd
the State from end 20 end until he aroused such an
excitement and indignation against these desperate
men, that in the succeeding year the tide was re-
versed, and the power Of the government restored
to the hands Of its true friends. Among other tro-
plies Of the prompt and persistent efforts Of Gov.
Morton and TIE Republicans Of Indiana, was Che
exposure Of the infamous cabal known AZ the
knights Of the Golden Circle among whom were
soon discovered some of the very officials who had
been elected on the copperhead State ticket. To |
arrest and bring them 70 judgment was one of his |
first acts
Impressed by the perils that now surround the |
Republican party, and convinced that all that Is
is to awaken that great organization to
full sense Of its invisible power, Gov. Morton has
devoted himself to a mastery and thorough expos
ure Of the designs Of our political enemies. The
Washington Chronicle summarizes the main points
Of Gov. MoTtons speech as follows
The enemies Of free institutions are encouraged
by the belief that the Republican party has been
demOralized by the recent elections but when they
zoe upon what issues that great organization can be
rallied they VIII realize 70 their bitter that the
energies that reelected Lincoln in 1854 and re-
Duked his perGdious successor in 1866 are rapidly
vitalizng and crystalizing for summer triumph /
IN 1868. The question now, more than ever is
0hethsr the traitors or the patriots shall rule the
american GoUernD1eHt7 As Senstor Morton saws /
There are two ideas paramount in the American |
mind, antagonistic and irrecencilsble, each strug
Cling Tor supremacy-one Is the justice and proprie
y Of the war TO put down rebellion and preserve
he integrity of the Union the other is the right
illness Of the rebellion and the wickedness and in
Justice OF the Government of the United States in
putting it down by force of armsn
If the latter triumpbs, not only are the authors
IF the bloody conspiracy which came so near over
brou 4ba ell |,
al their hateful theories endorsed and all their
lark designs encouraged. The able Senator from
Indiana shows that if the Republican party is beat
IN in the coming elections, the rebels and copper
heads are committed by all their record Il
First-To place under the feet of traitors the
whole loyal population Of the South white and
black
Seeond-The payment Tor the emancipated
lsves, as proved by the constitution Of Mary
and, ia which the General Assembly of that State
8 pledged to pass no laws providing for the pay
nent by the State for slaves emancpated and 70
.dopt measures to obtain from the United States
for such slaves; by the action Of
Georgia In her constitutional convention Of 1866 II
md hv the late resolution Of the Democrats in the
Of Kentucky, taking similar grounds
with their brethren Of Maryland.
Third-The assumption of the rebel war debt,
which the Senator shows will be the inevitable re-
ult Of Democratic triumph next year, by point
ng out the fact that the Southern Democrats and
Tebele pas All theit nOnOy anu pIVPeJby lnVo OOn~
tolerate stocks and bonds and that they will never
tax themselves to pay Northern bond
holders, OF act in concert with Northern party
that proposes TO tax them for that purpose. Il
Fourth-That the success of the Democratic par
iy next year viii certainly result in laws TO pension
the rebel soldiers, their widows and orphans upon
the Government Of the United States-a fact start
lingly proved by the manner in which the Union
soldiers are prosecuted and denounced and socially
and politically ostracised in the rebel States Of Ken
lucky, Delaware and Maryland.
Such are the main points of this mastery Rd-
dress. They viii go straight to the heart Of our
patriotic people like strong religious truths. Act
ing upon them and discarding all divisions, with
Gen. Grant for our standard bearer, we shall not
only complete reconstruction in the South but con-
soidate the Republican party into an enduring ma
tionsl organization, BY a sweeping triumph in the
November elections