The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1872-08-23
SENATOR MORTON ON THE STUMP.
The sIanaers on President Grant Refat.
6ohoW Horace Greeley L~bored for the
tis tTinsssESe ef the ku.klux Bili-Hendricks,

The sIanders on President Grant Ref.te.
q the Ka.kssx BsSieifs aHs e..
War Record. "''c N'
Senator Morton addressed large anc
enthusiastic Republican Meeting at La
fayette. lrd., on the 25th of July. VIZ
present a few extracts from his speech
Senator Morton said the country was enioy.
ing general prosperity under wise admins
tranon, which was assailed by scarce anythips
except personal attacks, not by any PROPOSE
ton OF better measures of the Government.
These attacks were mostly made by men who
we're distinguished only as takers, not as dsers
Now man who has always succeeded NAV be
called fool, but he il preferable to speeb
makers who have been failures as generals and
statesmen. he recomted the leading meas
ures OF the Government and their effect on
the business interests of the country.
Replying toMr. Hendricks speech at Indian
apolis he said: =
Mr. Hendricks made the astounding decia-
ration that he had been in favor of the prose-
eution Of the var and the suppression of the
rebellion, and charged me with having calum-
mated hun upon this subject. He said that
had known all the while that during the first
month Of the war he made br1ef publication of
his views, in which he said that !" he regarded
it the duty of citizens to respect and maintain
the national authority and give it An honest
and earnest support during the continuation"
Of the war, until in the providence of God IL
might be brought to an honorable conclusion.
He did not undertake to quote . sentence
from this document, or tell where it could be
found, nor giys=.;J description of it by which
anybody could hunt it up. I must confess
that have no knowledge Of it. and am sur
prised to hear Of its existence. II he pub
ished such q sentiment during the war it has
escaped everybody's recollection, and was aot
repeated by him at any subsequent time dur
inn the war, or for years afterwards.
Mr.. Hendricks made many speeches during
the war, and, 80 far as known, he did not in
any one Of them advocate the prosecution Of
maintenance Of the Union by force Of arms.
On the contrary, his speeches were devoted to
the condemnation of the Government and criti-
cism of every war measure, aud it must be
said that heSspared no argument that could
possibly contribute to make volunteering un-
popular and consumption necessary. And
when conscription came he denounced IL as
unconstitutional, tyrannical and wicked. When
Mr.. Hendricks claims that he was War DEM
ocrat he trifes with public intelligence and
the recollections of men and contradicts the
recorded evidence of his opinions and aston
ishes his most intimate friends. He owed his
election to the United States Senate by the
reasonable Legislature Of 1868 to the fact that
he was . recognized enemy Of war, and had
more power and influence than anybody else
to cripple the administration In its prosecution.
He says. as an evidence that he supported the
war in 1863, he voted for the army appropri-
alton bill. In regard to this I can say that at
that time his vote for it in the Senate was not
necessary, and it would have required more po-
litical courage than Mr.. Hendricks generally
has credit for to have given vote In Congress
against any appropriation for the army, and
think his friends and mAe will agree with me
that this is the first time they ever heard of
that vote. and that he has never boasted Of it
before several weeks ago.
Mr.. Hendricks, in accepting his third nomi-
nation for Governor, announced that he had
.urned his back upon the past for over, and
looked only to the future; but he seemed now
to be not satisfied with turning his back upon
the past, but he Is attempting to reverse the
past, to obliterate his snti-war record. and ap-
pear in the interesting characterofa q War DEM
ocrat whose lAbore wero crowned with sue
cess in the suppression of the rebellion, all Of
which will be received with surprise and per-
haps indignation by his I'D friends. the Sons
Of Liberty. Another statement in his speech
must have severely taxed credulity and recol-
lection of his audience, and for fear ehAli be
suspected of misrepresenting him will quote
the passage. Speaking of myself, he said !:
/" In more recent speech he has called my
sincerity in question. in that said I had turned
my back upon the past; We stand in the pres
ent, and only look to the future. No fair
minded man understands this language as =
desertion OF convictions OF right, or an aban-
donment Of essential principles. This may
illustrate. Iopposed the amendments to the
Constitution, for thought then as / believe
now that during civil war. and until passions
excited thereby have cooled. the public mind
il not in proI er condition safely to change the
foundations and framework Of the Govern
msnt-"
Mr.. Hendricks gave the country to under
stand that he opposed the twelfth, fourteenth
and fifteenth amendments only because he
thought it was q bad time to attempt to amend
the Constitution during civil war, and while
passions were excited, not that he had any OBJ
lection to the amendments themselves. Thif
pretension is like other attempts to appear in
the character Of Q War Democrat. It is per-
fectly notorious that Mr.. Hendricks voted
against and opposed the thirteenth amend
ment because he was in opposition to the abo-
lition Of slaves, not because OF the time when
the amendment was brought forward. 1t Ii
perfectly notorious that he voted against and
| fought at every step the adoption Of the four
| teenth amendment, bitterly denouncing every
provision Of it ss subversiye Of the spirit and
genius of our institutions. 1t is also notorious
| that he voted against the fifteenth amendment
denonncing negro suffrage and political equal
| ity in their consequences as immoral and de-
structive of our institutions. 1t was because Of
| the horror he entertained of dreadful conse
| ouepces that he advised the Democratic mem.
| bers Of the Legislature Of Indiana to resign
| in order to prevent ratification Of the amend
ment. have no objection to Mr.. Hendricks
chan ing his opinions in regard to the war an(
amendments and everything else, and turning
| his back upon the past bu when he under
takes to reverse the history VI the times ant
appear in character which belongs to others
he places those with whom he was then in con
| dict in q false position He and / were In
political conflict during the war, and il he wal
In favor Of it's prosecution must have beel
| against It, and the next step for him to TAX
logically will be to assert that was opposes
| to the war and doing all in my power to max
the rebellion success. while he was in favo
Of ;t, and his efforts were finally crowned wit
victory.
Ser stor Morton read from Mr.. Greeley's ae
ceptsnce speech the declaration that he wa
no less Republican, and they no less Demo
Gratis, than ever; and then read Greeley
past opinions Of the vice, ignorance and COZ
ruption of Democrats, and asked what b
meant by saying they were no less Democran
The rebel Semmes has just written lette
To a friend that he had not gone to Creole.
but Greeley had come to the captain OF tn
Alabama. which was true. Southern Demt
m,ts are the same, and now only resort to
strategy TO divide the Republican party. II
takes Democrats only few days to abando
the principles Of their whole history and pr
fess to believe in Republican platform, no
long win it take them il they get into pow
TO abandon these new pretensions Of principle
Tho plaza In the Cincinnati platform Q
vbich this contest IL really fought in Il
South Ia that of non-interfersnce by the Gei
ersl Government in the Affairs of the Stats
| which Is understood to mean that the Admin
trstion shall stand neutral between the Southel
, Democrats and the colored people, and n
execute the Ku-Klux law, or enforce the amen
meuts or Legislation carryiLg 6 them ont. Hora
+ | Greeley was not content with urging the X
| Klux bill in hls newspaper when it was pen
ing, but came to Warrington and used b