The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1874-09-22
1.-THE DARK AND BLOODY GROUND. "
ILL-FATED LOUISIANA.
HER PAST, PRESENT, AND FUTURE.
SENATOR MORTON SPEAKS

his ADDkfss AT Masonic HALL. LAST NIGRT-
THE SITUATION REVIEWED -wBAr ux
THINKS OF RECONSTRUCTION IN THE sot77-TT
Masonic Hall was full to OVERLOOKING last
night, the occasion being the speech Of Sen
ator o. r. Morton. AS a necessary accom-
paniment, music by a cornet band and pyro-
technics were abundant on the occasion At
about o'clock Senator Morton entered the
hall, assembled the platform and vas 20
ceived oy round of applause by the audi
ence. soon alter be was briefly introduced
by Gov. Baker, and spoke as follows:
FELLOW ITIzENs-I have spoken firm tbis
stage p number or times within the last twelve
years, out seldom under circumstance. OF more
Importance than tonight. 4 II is quiet Tonight
o. der has been restored, the leaders OF fhe
bloody insurgents in New Orleans have surrer
dered the offices they held for a few brief horrs
nave exeh l1 ed compliment with Gen. Emory
their gloves and gone home to dInnrr The mr.
tsnded Lieut. Gov. Penn telegraphed TO Den.
buried, and before The wounds of the wounded
had been dressed. that
ALL WAS QUIET IN NEW oRLFANs
The authority at Shreveport telegraphed that all
was quie I'm Northern Louisiana--that vasso.
suppose, at that time. Those that had been
murdered al Coushatta some three weeks
before were certainly making no noise
were n h. ard from and hose who were trer,-
Ding from day TO day and from night to night
were making nodisturbsnce. We were told by
Gov. Hendricks the other night that the system
of reconstruction of the rebel States was = fail
ue, nd thai the principles OF hat system were
e ,,s ntsiy false. RECONSTRUCTION Is not fail
ure; IL has been delayed and re-
tarded, not by its friends, but
have zone ever yihing 10 obstruci H. The mur
derers and despei ADDE'S pointed TO their own
construction is a failu e. AS W II might We be
told tina, the
cRIMEs THAT ARE COMMITTED
In our midst from day to day are evidence that
our crimiOal laws in Indiana are a faIlure
Whence comes the opposition to reconstruction
in the south7 1t comes from those VIII believe
that slavery ought not TO be abolished; from
those who believe that the colored men should
have no voice IN the government, should not en-
joy civil political ris hts, but should be re-
duced back to STATE of ieonage, as nearly
pc sible to I e condition OF slavery before the
war. IL comes from them. The northern dr.
/ m"cracy have a large responsibility in this con
/ nection IL must be said that they have done
/ everything in heir power TO defeat recOnstruc-
/ lion. They have denounced the pfiucipieF
| OF IL from the beginning. In their
Soui h that those A. were null and void be-
cause they were uncOnstitutiona anu &c can
not or one mOmeBt be denied that the -outnern
people have been encouraged by their resistance
/ to the reconstruction laws; by the attitude and
i cOnuuct OF the dem cratic party of the North.
The white leagues of the South that to-day con
stltute the democracy OF the South-the oppo6i-
ton party of the south-ihey have bnt
| Their single idea Is that this government should
be controlled, both in the State aud nation, by
NJ right TO participate In it.; that they have no
civil or political rights that white men ara
bound to respect. Tney know of
BUT ONE DISTINCTION,
and that is what they call the colored line All
/ IL
to belong to that party. And we ars
told BY men in The South, who understand
the South, that shall ave no peace there
so long colored men have the right to vote.
II is not because OF the civil rights bill or OF
a mere pretext 1t goes back to the startinz
point. They tell there can be no reconstruc-
ton so long as the colored men are allowed to
! have civil and political rights, and hat IL the
Is based upon republican principles in their
broadest and widest sense, upon the prin-.
/ ciples of equal justice to all. The fourteenth.
| amendment excluded ceitain persons from
| holding Office; that Is TO say, those who had
once taken an cath 10 observe the constitution
o. the United States in some office and had corn-
mitied perjury by
| GOING INTO THE REBELLION,
| We provided In the fourteenth amendment
that such persons should not be eligible to hold
office either in or under the State or national
government. But se have, by repeated acts
of Congress, fsr reduced the disabilities
made by that amendment that there are not now
In all the southern States one hundred men who
are not legiblH 10 hold office; that FIR az asa
Utilities on account OF the rebellion are con-
GER ed, they have bt en- removed except as 10
mere handfull. We are told that this Is a white
| man = government; that IL Is not a government
| OF principles: that IL is not founded upon inn
mutable principles of Justice and of isSsrfv-
but that it is a government OF ceior: aad thew
invite all men To join them In the south. They
ask ask the question, whether Of republicans or
hat narfr DIos f.us
this is white mans government, that colored
men have no natu: al rights, and that there is a
government through all Time, and that Is the
distinction of color. There has been a recent
outourst OF murder In the South within the last
TWO months. might stop TO inQu re what IS the
cause OF this new development. this new
oUTPoURING OF BLOOD.
IL Is largely caused by Misrepresentation. Yney-
have deluded themselves into the belief down
there, that the president was on their side. Thev
have talked about the third term, aud they
rights bill, that he had interfereei
10 their state, in Texas and Arkansas They
nave deluded themselves iuto the belief that he
is on their side and tans they went forward be-
lieving that the power Of this government
governments in the South. and Iife liberty ana
property. In that they were mistaken TAn--
pls pau Inc president has dec AIRED his pur-
the government to protect .berty, life and mon
cry, and 70 suppress these:iisordes.
This ouiburSt of M rder extends IN rouob Tho
entire south. Every day the mails come TO Won
sndthe dispatches come to you, giving accounts
ew murders. wrongs and outrageS without
IuinDer. 1 have no time the strength n,
enumerate them, but can only refer to them in
g neral. ard point out perhaps a few 1 viii
commence nrst with the State of Alabama
Alabama Is the see ne of murder daV after dav
There IS no safety for the life of a re-
publican In Alabama, be he white or
olack But these crimes fall chiefly en- the col
ored people; they are hunted like squirrels;
men go cunning for them. Whsn they are
murdered In g,oups OF a dozen, or in crowds
you hear Of ii, but
THE SOLITARY MURDER,
killing, shooting in the lonely fields and In the
forests, the public hear but little about that.
just read letter to-day, written by CHARLES
Hays, member of Congress from the State Of
Alabama. He represents the largest republican