The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1874-09-30


revolution , which the lawful State government
was overturned aroused the most profound sem
sation everywhere. and nowhere was received
with more intnse indignation than in Indianap
oils. When the announcement made that
Senator Morton would deliver address. the
city the qui uiee. expecting not only a
righteous and vehement denunciation of the red
handed assassins who have kept the South for
years in n turmoil, bnt also elaborate and exact
statement Of tho merits Of the Louisiana question.
whereof the Senator, by virtue of his relation to
the subject, particui ,riy qualified to speak
Masonic HaII was early filed Fride night with
A.n sc throng of earnest and determined men, in
whose SET features could be easily read sonnet thing
Of a feeling similar TO that with which they gath
cred to listen to the same man IN the days when
the Southern rebels struck their blow az the
Union through Bcauregard's attack Sumter.
There was no mistaking the audience. 1t was a
demonstration that meant simply that the South
could have if it wanted it, and that but little
more of their murderous nonsense would be
tolerated without protest that would send
tho thugs and assassns covering with guilty
dread to the feet of the government they have so
long and so outrageously insulted and defled.
Governor Morton seemed to catch something of
the electric spirit that knit the immense audi
snee together. and his speech was one of the most
intense and indignant in tone, and at the
time clear in statement and eosent in argume INT.
1t will rank with his celebrated Masonic Hall
LEGATION and circulation than any document pro-
duced during the present campaign. Attimes.
He mounted above his physiCa al inhxmity.
and spoke as he dbl. other days when "a blast
At the conclusion of the Senator's remarks Gen.
br fefoh urging efSsa all h Citizens
fathers-to vote the Republican ticket, keeping
cam Prssen a. the only esns Whereby Borty
equal rights and equality before the law could,
for years ut least. be maintained
Coy. Baker introduced Senator Morton by
saying that it was pleasant. but unnecessary,
duty to present TO the audience the distinguished
Senator. After the applause had subs;ded the
Senator SPOKE rs follows:
Senator Morton's Speech.
Fellow -CTrIzKSs: I have spoken on this stage
number of times within the last twelve years.
but seldom under circumstances Of more import
10 nisht: order has been restored. The leaders
Of the bloody insurgents in New Orleans , have
few brief hours. have exchanged compliments
with General Emory. have washed the blood of
to dinner. The pretended Lieutenant Governor.
Before the dead had been buried. and before the
wounds of the wounded bad been dressed. that
.nthoT at Shreveport telegraph ed that all was
saet IN Northern 1 ,,. L ,s rio. T Mbd
ad Been mRasrsa at 'ea three
weeks b fore were certainly making no noise
were, not heard from. and those who we're
rsmtlng for thsT lives sGm day t. day and
We were told by Governor Hendricks the other
reconstruction
southern States was failure. and that tho prjn
eiples OF that system were essentially false. Re
syes not mo-, By m hns b@
enemies; By those who sought from the very first
to defeat It: by those who have done everything
The IN urlerers and desperadoes point to their
construction is a failure. AS well might we be
told that the crime, committed in m idst from
in Indians arc q failure. Whence comes the oppo-
sit;on to reconstruction in the South? 1t comes |
iron hos hn bel ut
have been abolished; from those who believe
that the coorsd msp should have ne voice IN the
rights. but should be reduced back to st.te Of
% sero the as shs ro be
The Northern democracy have large
st e. aaed tina. hsy has dono
thing in their power to defeat reconstruction.
ginning In their National Convention in lS5s
they said to the South that those laws were null
il cannot for one moment be denied that TIE
Southern people have been encouraged in their
and conduct OF the Democratic party o. the North. |
Ihe White l., hsGsuTrs OF the soqsh that At today
sttute the oppos ton party OF the South. have but
aasingle idea They are an armed ors anizetion;
be controlled. both in the State and in the Nation
by Whit T. nae rsS, ~ 9a, 'GOr
that they have no political or civil
They know of bus one distinction in the south,
and that is what they call the color line All
the South who understand the South. that we
aen the pstt vote 0 S not the GT
Rights Bill: that Is a msre pretext. L goes BAG
no peaes. no reeonstruction so long as colored
men have political and civil rights. That is the
The plano reco obstruction is based upon Repub-
iican principles in their broadess and widest
to all. r Sse fourteenth Amendment excludes
certain persons from holding ONCE. that is to say
ttnsn hfN had ken At he '
Con- stitntidn Of the United ststes in some ofiee
had s %s Sy R
teenth Amendment that such ,perssns |
snsss s Slate ss sss Nation to eoa Gsss
acts ss Of from erss s to ,m sbs
lmendn, emit that there are not now in all the y
Southern States one hundred and city men who 6
his is white mans government that it is not I
government of principle; that 1t IS not founded .
berty; but that it is = goyerniaant Of color. I
They invite all men to join them in the South; |
aize that principle, thst this is white mans b
tha that 'ha' the only has runs
through the government-the distinction of color. {.
he south within, the LAST two months. might E
top inquire What is the cause Of this new de-
= led thenss inio the belief nat shs PEes
he bird term; they bad said that the President Il
lad interfered on their side IN Texas and in c.
kansas and had deluied themselves into the e
,eief ii at the President had changed his ground,
md thew went forward believing that the power q
II the government would not be again evoked 20 T.
,rctect life. liberty and property in the b
south. In that they were mistaken The President 4
las declared his purpose to the whole power Is
u the government to protect life. liberty and b
property in the South and to suppress these dis
,rders. .;
he entire South. Every day the mails give TO o
1ou ana the dispatches give to you lseeoants of
lew N urier. crimes and outraSes without name Ii