Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1870-08-04
Governor Morton's Speech.

Governor Morton's great speec
delivered at Terrehaute, Ind, n fe'
! days since, is one that should b
read by everybody, and we rcgre
2 that we cannot give it entire in tn
columns Of the HERALD A por
ton Of it, however, is more inter
| csting to the people Of that Stat
= chan to anybody else, as it has ref
erence to some local affairs. We
present, however, that portion o
it which relates to National affairs
and which we think cannot fail tc
interest our readers, and therefore
ask no apology for deyoting SO
much of our space to the publica-
ton of the following extracts
from it,
DEMOCRATS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE
WAR DEBT
Politicians, my friends, are com.
planning much to you about the
war debt, and about the manner in
; which this debt was to be paid
The Republican party is held re
sponsible by Democratic politi-
clans, as if tins debt had been made
for the benefit Of the Republican
party. This debt was made to pre-
serve the country, to raise armies,
to pay them, and to equip them to
put down the rebellion, and the
men who made the rebellion, and
who continued it, are the>men who
are responsible forthe debt Voices
-"Right, right, that's so!"F Who
made this rebellion? Who was it
caused us to incur this debt? And
who are to-day justly responsible
for it in the opinion of the world ?
Well, my friends, ! can tell you,
and my words cannot be gaiusaid,
that the Democratic politicians of
the North are largely and chiefly
responsible for bringing on this
war; / speak that which is matter
of history; and who know it b.t-
ter than the citizens of Vigo coun-
ty, that but for the course of the
Democratic party in Indiana and
other States, we should have had
no rebellion, And but for the
course of the Democratic party it
would have been abandoned at the
end Of two years, And but for the
conduct of the Democratic leaders
we would to-day have had no ma
tional debt
Why, perhaps. no manin Lndi-
ana, it may be in any other North
ern State, is more responsible for
bringing on this war than your own
distinguished representative, Mr..
Voorhees, Cheers. Why so p
Because before this war he advocat-
ed the right Of secession; because
he made the people OF the South be-
lie've that the Democratic party of
the North would never submit to
have them coerced to remain in the
Union. Why, my friends, on the
Fourth of July, 1860, he made a
speech at Charlottesville, in the
State of Virginia, where he address
ed many hundreds of the young
men of Virginia, and he there ar
gued straight out the right Of soces-
sion, the right Of a State to with
draw from the Union if she saw
proper to do so, And when North
ern men went down to the South |
and argued to Southern men the
right of secession we should not
SO much blame Southern men for
embracing that doctrine. AS be-
tween the Southern young man who
embraced the doctrine Of the right |
Of accession and the man from
the North who went down
to argue it to him, where is
the greater degree Of guilt?
| mention MIR. VOORHEES, as prom
inent ir your district, but he is on
ly one of hundreds, and it is now a
lacras well settled as any other,
and the Southern people will ali
tell you so when you 60 among
them. | don't care in what State
you travel, you ask the men who
we're engaged in rebellion, and they
will tell you that had it not been
for the encouragement that they re-
ceived from Democratic leaders in
tie North, they never would have
embarked in the rebellion. But
they were led to believe that the
Democratic party would hold the
Republican party and the Govern
ment still while the work Of seces-
sion was consummated, and in that
belief they engaged in it. And,
my friends, we know that they were
tired of it at the end of the first two
years. They wanted to quit. but
the Democratic leaders ofthe North
told them to hold on, to persevere,
thai they must soon come into
power in the North; that the Dem
ocratic party was everywhere gain
ing ground, and that when they Sc.
cured the control Of the Govern
ment they would make peace, and
allow them to establish their Con-
federacy. And believing that, they
held on through 1868 and 1864. |
mention these things that you aIllt
know, al d that can not be denied
by any intelligent and truthful man.
simply for the purpose Of placing
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