The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1870-05-24
OLIVER p. MORTON.
From the Louisville Commercial.

From the Louisville Commercial.
It is always safe for Democrat edi-
tor to abuse Governor Morton. In no
other way can he better emphasize his
devotion to his creed. In no other man
ner can he more highly commend
himself to the leaders of his party
But no other device can be more certainly
dispel any doubts as to his continued
and eternal fidelity to the lost cause.
Does the Democrat heart grow weary
and faint; pitch into Morton. Does
the Democratic spirit flag and falter;
denounce Morton. Do signs of demor-
alization and death forbode the dissolu-
ton oe the Democratic party; damn
Morton. Are news scarce. topics few,
politics dull, newspapers tame, Demo
Gratis disgusted; give Morton blizzard.
Acting upon his principle, the New
Albany Ledger recently devoted nearly
a column to unmixed vituperation, and
denunciation Of the Senator. We ven
ture to say hundred similar diatribes
have previously adorned the columns OF
that paper. It is safe to say hundred
more will. But somehow the illustrious
Senator lives on, his fame growing
brighter and his name dearer to patriotic
hearts, as the years wear away. Neither
do we see that his natural force is abated,
his wonderful energy relaxed, or his
splendid abilities weaked by the storm
Of invective and calumny that has fol-
lowed him from the commencement of
the rebellion to the present hour, and
that will follow him while foiled and
defeated rebel lives lingering on to
deride the mercy of the Government
I. IL -
Tended and saved it.
The Ledger commences its article with
the avowal that 'samong all the promi-
nent politicians of the present time there
is not one that we can call to mind who
has so little true craftsmanship" It
closes it by the prayer, "God spare the
country from the control of such public
men," Here is State craft and piety
combined; by q minister, too, for we
understand the editor of the Ledger
prefixes Rev. to his name and occasion
ally officiates in the holy desk. Such a
combination is enough to give us pause,
and we should tremble for Morton but
for the recollection that the editor
aforementioned was recently ousted
from consulship, and loyal man, who
neither prays publicly nor breaches SO
unctiously, put in his place. Bearing
this in mind it is not difficult to under
stand why Mr.. Morton has $50 little
true craftsmanship" It is easy to ac-
count for the course abuse of Morton in
this article, when it is recellected that
no one but a tcharlatan," 'trimmer,"
a "disgrace to American statesmanship''
would have ventured to suggest that the
consulship an Naples should be held by
some one competent to the place-some
one who would not misrepres ent the
Government that paid his salary-some
one whose fervent piety and burning
zeal would not exhaust itself in playing
toady to prominent rebels who had left
their country for their country's good.
How the light breaks on US when
memory wakes. In view of all these
ber that this man Morton, s'utterly des-
titute of craftsmanship" is to day fore
most among the chief councillors of the
State, honored, admired, reverenced,
ard that he bids fair to rise even yet
higher. The infatuation, the blindness
of the people whom he represents is
marvellous. The editor of the Ledger
knew that Morton was a charlatan and
disgrace to American craftsmanship a
year ago, He found it out jnst before
he left the consulate at Naples. He
discovered it just so easy as he sadly
picked up his hat and bid loved Italia
good night. No doubt then he prayed
in bad Italian as he now does in worse
English, God spare the country from
the control of such public men,
We have given the opening and clos
ing sentences of the Ledger's philippe,
and injustice to the writer, and that we
may seem not to mangle it, beg leave to
give one from the middle. 1t is as fol-
lows: His Morton desertion of the
Democratic party, it is we'll known, was
prompted by his over-weaning ambition
for place. There we have it. Morton
deserted the Democratic party. There
he sinned beyond all hope of pardon.
He deserted the Democratic party when
the Democratic party deserted the coun-
try, as did thousands Of others since
known throughout the world for their
chivalrous devotion to the Union, their
faith and patriotism, which faltered not
when the very air seemed charged with
treason, and which quailed not in the
darkest hour of defeat, of humiliation,
and of sorrow. Morton deserted the
Democratic party Of Indiana, but the
Sons of Liberty did not, neither did
BOwles, nor Dodd, nor AthOn, high
priests of the order Of Knights of the
Golden Circle. They sought for q
northwest passage, but Morton stood in
the way. He had deserted the Democ-
racy. They endeavored to detach In
diana from the other loyal States, and
form ''a Northwestern Republic" an al
ly to the Southern Confederacy. Nor
ton, the deserter from the Democratic
party, detected the conspiracy, arrested
the conspirators, and blew their schemes
into fragments A Democratic Legis-
lature attempted, by refusal to pass ap-
preparation bills and adjournment, to
block the wheels of government, and
thus prevent the loyal men Of Indiana
from assisting in the suppression of the
rebellion. 1t sought to interpose Indi-
ana as barrier between the Northwest
and her armies and the legions of Johns
ton and Bragg, q most shrewd design