Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1872-07-04
Senator Morton PAYS his Re
spectS to Hendricks.

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There was a large political meeting on
Saturday at Greencastle, which was ad-
dressed by Senator Morton and General
Browne The assemblege was enthu sias
tic, and the General feeling was that the
Republicans would cast a larger vote in
Putnam county than they had since 1866
Senator Morton, i'll the course of his
speech, replied to an attack made upon
him by Mr.. Hendricks, as follows: Be-
Mr.. Hendricks, i'll his speech before
the convention accepting the nomination
for Governor, referred to me in the follow
ing language, for the wisdom and pro priety
of which you can Judge:
''He who, in October shall vote the
Grant ticket in Indiana. and he who in
November shall vote for the Grant elec-
toral ticket, is casting a vote for not only
Generel Grant, but for Morton, tor
Chandler, for ConkliRg, for Cameron,
and for Butler, Applause 1t will he
understood sooner or later and it rnay
as well be understood now as any time,
that the controversy is not SO much be-
tween the man who may be agreed upon
at Baltimore and General Grant, as be-
tween the Baltimore nominee and The
surroundings of General Grant.
Il am not much afraid of a one-man
power. l am not much afraid when one
man shall stand up before this nation
and assume the responsibilities of what he
may do; but afraid ofthe Government of
an irresponsible band of men. | am afraid
OF Jne power behind that one mana pow
er held bT one man not directly response
bic to The people. LApplau e.l When
a President stands up before the people,
alone responsible to them for what he
does, he must bow to their clearly ex
pressed and welldefined Judgment, but
when he is surrounded by those who
make gain an advantage out Of his ad
ministration by controlling his policy
and patronage, and who are permitted to
approach him early in the morning and
| late at night"
When Mr.. Hendricks says there is dan
gerous ring surrounding the President,
of which | am member, he but repeats the
vulgar and idiotic slang of the day, in
which is intended to supply the place OF
| fact and argument. If it were true, as
he says, that a vote for the Grant ticket
! would be vote for Morton, | must be al
! lowed to suggest with becoming modesty
! that a vote for Merton has always been
better for Indiana than a vote for Hen
bricks Had Indiana voted for Hendricks
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Governor, it is not difficult TO understand
what would have been the consequences.
Had he pursued the same course as Gov
ernor that lie did as the leader of the
Democrat paIy throughout the rel ellion,
Indiana would have been rent with civil
war and drenched with fraternal blood
In escaping Hendricks as Governor in
1860 the State escaped vast calamity
which would have eXtended 10 the Nation.
The detection of a single Northwestern
sitate, through Ii the action other Executive,
might have made shiprcck OF the Union.
! Now that the war is over the debt of
/ Indiana paid, and her credit fully restored,
Ii is possible She might survive Mr.. Hen
bricks as Governor for four years, but ii is
reasonably certain that such an experiment
/ would have been fatal during the war,
! Humble as my political and official record
is, am quite willing to compare it with
that Of MIR. Hendricks. l was in favor of
putting down The rebellion. lie was not
/ was in iavor Of using all the means to
preserve the integrity of the Union. He
was opposed 10 every war measure. 7
eXerted whatever political and official in
tiuence | had 10 carry on the war He
cast the whole weight of his influence
against the Government. lido not remem-
Der speech he made Throughout the war in
regard to ii OF which he would now dare
to quote a single sentence and " hat he
now most desires in taking leave of the
principles he has advocatd all his lie.
is to leave behind his record and cover the
past with oblivion. Ii there be any act OF
speech OF his election as Governor, am
Ignorant OF it. for he has now accepted a
lplatiOrm which sets the seal of condem-
nation upon his whore political career and
places him before the world as peni-
tent.
Again Mr. Hendricks says in his speech
to the convention:
The State of Indiana, should | be
elected your Governor, must all the time
as far as my influence is concerned, main
tain a friendly attitude and relation to-
wards the Federal Government; but at the
same time. all the rights and powers o
Government which are reserved to the
United States, must be spected-every
one Of them" Shouts of Applause, in
which voice was heard ''Ihat's Buis
ness.
This is the language of menace and iol
ly. 1t means, ii it means anything, tha
he would use the military power of th,
State to resist what he would regard a
r du lulIdC1OH Oh tHe IlSulS Vi lie -otdtt
and after what the Nation has passeC
through would be criminal if it were no
ridiculous.
} He speaks of the Government of tn
United States as ifit were that of for
eign country, with which he would main
tain friendly relations" so long as it dit
not invade the constitutional ri hts o
Indiana, of which, of course, he as tn
Governor would be the Judge; but hoy
he would break off friendly relations
with the Government, or resist what h
would consider violation of State rights
e or renew the rebellion, he does not say.
e The'way for the Governor OF State t
d preserve friendly relations with tn
Federal Government is to yield obedienc
tothe constitution and laws of the Unite
States, according to his oath, and if h
J does not he will disturb those ''friend
ly relations" as. will anybody else VIII
: violates the law. Ifhe talks thus in 1877
how would he have acted in 1862. whe
he condemned the actions of tn
Is Government as unconstitutional and
V usurpation? When Mr. Hendrick
/. talks aoout preserving friendly relations
Z withthe Government OF the United State
= If elected Governor he is but reproducin
ID the absurd jargon of Southern Governor
d before the war. 1880 1a