The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1870-05-03
JOHN w. BURSON..COL. S. ORR.

JOHN w. BURSON..COL. S. ORR.
Sometime ago we took occasion to Nc
tice the fact that our old friend, j. w.
BURsoN, Esq, was a candidate for the
State Senate, from the ounties of Mad
ison and Delaware, and 10 express our
satisfaction that so good man should
be proposed to represent the people Of
those counties, in that body. We notice
that an aspirant for that position, one
Col. Samuel Orr,-has put himself for
ward and is asking the Republicans to
send him to the capital to represent
them. Now, an outsider, we would
not suffer ourself to interfere in making
selection Of a candidate for that Dis
trict; yet. judging from the past record
CT Col. ORR, We opine that his claims TO
the support of any real. live, genuine Re
publican therein has made him as much
ofan outsider and alien, as We might be
regarded, and hence our position is at
least as tenible as his, and our right to
interfere is as valid as his is to ask Re
publcans for their votes. Such being
the case, we feel no hesitancy in saying
our say about this specimen of Orr, that
looks to us like bogus. We are be-
lever in the do ,trine rs taught by the
professors Of true christian principles,
that the "vilest sinner may return and
become as good as weak humanity will
permit one to arrive at perfection in this
life but we acknowledge that we can
not and do not have the same confidence
in the reformation of political sinner
particularly one who, when the South
ern Dem ocratic Slave Holders Rebelli>
on first broke out, took an active part
like Col. Orr did, in giving "aid and
comfort to the enemy under the cover
Of sustaining the constitution. ALI
White Water or ''the waters of Lethe,'
either, cannot wash away this stain.
Even services in the army, afterwards,
cannot atone for this political sin. The
treason of an Arnold could OF be wiped
out. The only cure for betrayal and
unfaithfulness, was practiced by Judas,
and we think Col. ORR might profit
by his example, instead OF asking the
Republican Party,--the only party that
stood firmly by the country and the old
fag-to endorse him by giving him
nomination to the State Senate
That we may not be accused OF mis-
| representing the position occupied by
Col. ORR, we copy the following resolu-.
tons which were written out and offered
by him at Democratic meeting held in
1861, at Selma, Indiana:
"SELMA, December 5, 1861. At
meeting of the Democratic Union Asso-
citation, convened at Wilson's Hall, in
Selma, Delaware County, Indiana, the
following preamble and Resolutions were
unanimously adopted Whereas, our
country is now involved in civil war and
in difficulty nprecedented, and whereas
these difficulties have been fomented by
the secessionsts of the South and the
abolitionists of the North
LIST, Resolved, That we regard the
constitutions as the fundam entail law of
the land, no less binding in war than in
peace, and, as law abiding citizens, will
give our support to all laws passed in
accordance Herewith.
I'd, Resolved, That we Weld to none in
our attachment to the constitution with
all its checks and balances and that we
will adhere to it in letter and in spirit.
Sd, Resolved, That we are in favor Of
the Union as it was formed by our faith
ers and of giving to every section Of our
country the rights guaranteed by the
constitution rs interpreted by Washing
ton, jefferson, Madison, Monroe and the
Supreme Court.
hot I, ~,
culcated by the Abolition party of the
North--of no more union with slave
holders-no more slave States-no more
slave territory that we can no longer
live together part slave and part free
but mus all become one or the other
are principles as much subversive of
the true principles of the constitution as
disunion ITSELF
Other resolutions, completing the Sc
ries, were added to those offered by the
Col. Resolving that the Democratic
party had always stood by the constitu-
tion-that it disapproved of freeing and
arming the negroes--pronoucing both to
be unconstitutional and inhuman," etc.
This is sufficient, we think, to place the
seal Of condemnation on this aspirant
Tor prominent position on a Republi-
can ticket, and who, if he is to be believ-
ed, would not fail to deceive the party
he asks to assist him; for he AYERS that
he had "neyer made a speech or cast
vote, that, under similar circumstances,
he would not do again. We think the
Republicans Of the District, have more
, sense than to trust him. and will trium-
phantly nominate for their standard
bearer, Hon. JOHN w. BURsoN, who has
always been consistent Republican-is
an honest and capable man, and whose