The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1871-04-15

safe anchorage for him was q lee
shore and hurricane for the 9TH
.r. Governor Andrew never heard
If domestic disturbance in Mas
tina. the police could not
luell. His legislature was as 10y |
al as himself. His State was as
prompt to give as he to ask. Rich
Boston was O safe dependence for
money. His recruits were not re-
leased by hostile judges, his en-
rolling officers shot, his soldiers
coaxed home by hostile parents,
his deserters protected by armed
organizations, his whole territory
at times a bubbling caldron of To-
cal riots, political murders, and
disloyal conspiracies. His life
was never in peril, and his family
harrassed by daily information of
it. He never had to fill his quotas
without dollar in the treasury;
to protect the States credit with
the Supreme Court protesting
against its legality; TO resist leg
islature that openly avcwed its
purpose to strip him of military
power. and but for f'bolt" would
have passed the bill to do it; to
manage the civil administration
without a cent of appropriations,
and with State officers opposed to
every act; to raise money without
taxes, and construct a new treasury
and new system OF finance for
the emergency. He never had to
do all these, and meet rebel inva-
sions at the same time. and track
down reasonable consriracies like
that which came so near to releas-
ing the rebel prisoners and turn
ing them into an invading army.
He had no force to organize for
home service as well as national
service. His work was ell Of a
kind which was Morton's enjoy
ment. Morton's work was that
which Andrew never knew, Of
which he probably had-no conoep-
tion. With home difficulties out
of the way, Morton would have had
just such task as Andrews. As
it was, he had all to do that An
drew had, and so much more that
that call" was very little. II any
New Englander doubts this, he
will find abun dant proof of it in
the Report of the Adjutant Gener-
al of this State, Vol. 1. What An
!. drew might have done in Morton's
: place we do not propose to guess.
1t is enough that he was put in n o
such place, and if his religious
enthusiasm makes him, with his
: light work, "nobler figure" than
: Morton's successful completion of
> his gigantic work, why, religious
3 enthusiasm" is good thing to
' have, particularly after the work is
4 done, and the credit is to be award.
r ed. We don't think any Indiana
a man ever invited this comparison,
e but no Indiana man ought to let it
: pass unchallenged.
e As to the Senator's inability s.tC
t comprehend what the sober judg-
: ment of the country demands" ar
J, opinion might be fixed more sure
e ly If we knew what sthe sober
s judgment of the country" does ''de
b mand." Upon the four specifica
It tions assigned under this general
s charge his conduct in the Sumner
Il case, his advocacy of San Domin-
It 60, his opposition to the Civil Re-
Il form bill, and his support of strin
q gent legislation against the disor
y derly elemen of the rebel States
: it might be suggested that thes
n are matters of opinion, and tn
" Boston critic is assuming goo'
: deal when he takes it for granite,
81 that he "colnprehends what tn
! country demands" and that it de
d mands just what the Senator oppo
is ses, Or opposes what he supports
X If he knows this he knows NOR
E than any other live man, or dea,
,r one either, if the dead know o.
st more than the spirits Of Frankli
is and Jefferson appear to do, in tn
I'd reports of mediums. This way Q