The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1875-06-03


ton have all passed away, and the anlmOsi-
ties of that war are buried in the grave
with them, but the Declaration OF Inue-
pendence is more popular than ever before,
aud the nation IS preparing 70 celeorats
il next year, to celebrate in a grand and
impressive manner the great centennial
event of our independence. The principles
upon which that war was fought, trust, are
moro broadly cherished to-day than ever
before. better understood, certainly more
generally applied, and SO / trust it will De.
with the principles for which these men
died, and for which you. soldiers, foughs IN
the last war We can never appreciate
the sacrifices which these men made- we
can not appreciate the SERVICES rendered py
the living soldiers now before us. Men wnO
left their families, their homes and all the
comforts and pleasures OF lie
TOOK THEIR LIVES IN THEIR HANDS,
and went to the field with the under
standing that many of them, perhaps the
majority of them, would never return, who
risked everything, endured everything that
their country might live. / say we never
have and never can appreciate the service
and sacrifices that these men have made
The confederate army displayed valor and
high courage. Nobody denies that.
The majority of the people OF the
South, perhaps through vicious
education in regard to slavery, and the
motive and origin OF our government, were
sincere; but, sitter all, the great 1act re-
mains that they fought on the wrong slde;
they fought against their country, against
liberty and humanity. We can not
not nut them on the same level with
tie Union soldiers in regard to pensions
nor in regard 20 honcrs without dishonor-
ing the principles for which these men
fought. If there is such thing as right as
distinguished from wrong, If there IS sucn
a thing as good cause as distinguished
from q bad cause, then these soldiers were
upon the right side, fighting opon the side
CT God and humanity and their
country aand the others were upon the
wrong side. 1t is an important principle
never to be forgotten that soldiers who fight
sgainss their own country never deserve
we'll of that country. While We have
buried the animOsities of the war, while
we have forgiven the precipitators of the
rebellion, for none have been punished and
all but one hundred have bsel made eligible
TO the highest Office in the land, yet 1t does
not follow that we are TO honor them or TO
hastow upon them rewards. forgiveness is
divine, but that don't necessarily carry
with it honor and reward. / have never
thought I should do such thing, but be
lieve now that l am willing TO vote for Dill
next winter, taking away and relieving
them of the last
DISABILITIES GROWING OUT OF THE REBEL
ION,
to take effect on the 4th of July next. 50
that all men of whatsoever race or color,
and without regard to previous condition OF
servitude or of arms, that we may begin the
next century upon equality before the law.
IApplause1 And may God put it in the
hearts OF the people every where, North and
South. in all its fulness and extent,
the new birth of the United States
and administer justice, humanity and
charity, and the exercise of each and all
these gifts and do those things that they
would have others do unto them. Permit
me to speak to-day somewhat of the part
Indiana borein the rebellion. As the gov
ernor of the state during the war, and hav-
zetion of the armies that went
| forth from Indiana, feel
deeply upon this subject. L take just
pride in the glorious part which Indiana
| bore in the struggle. which Is my excuse
for speaking OF it very few minutes to day.
When MIR. Lincoln made his first call for
| $4,000 men, requisltlon was
made upon me, as governor of the state,
/ for six regiments, the quota
OF this state under that call. These six reg
| iments were TO consist of $40 men each. I
| issued my proclamation asking for volun-
teess. A prominent paper, published in
the city of Indianapolis, said that when
| Governor Morton gets six regiments OF
i men in such a cause we will all know it,
| And yet before the end of the wsr
there had been mustered inTo the
| services of the United States for the state oi
Indiana POS. 1867 men. There were
INDIANA SOLDIERS KILLED IN BATTLE,
or died while in the service from disease
| their names and places being sll given in
the records, OF commissioned officers 652
of non-commissioned officers and pri-
Yates 23,764, making an aggregate o
"a, ,4l6. OF the Indiana soldiers mus
| tered into the service, 1879 were not &c
counted for. 1t has been estimated by tht
adjutant general of state, Gen. Terrell
| VINO has perhaps the best sources of iLtcr
nation upon which to make Ii, that of thi:
number 5000 were killed upon the field o
battle or died in remote hospitals
or by the wayside, or perisheC
in rebel prison pens aud of whose fate nc
record was made. This added to the othe
would make 30,4l6. BY the census OF lS7
Putnam county contained population o
q, $50, so it would seem that the state o
Indiana lost nearly 5000 men more thar
the entire population of Putnam county
But that is not all. There were many thou
! sands of men who were discharged on &C
count of wounds and disabilities from dis
ease. They could no longer serve in tn
field, and were discharged, consequent,
they did not die in the service. They ar
given. Or this number it is esti
mated that $1,000 died from disability
; from wounds anc disease contracted in tn
service, which, added to the other sum
would make 5000 men given by indians
in that struggle. But the amount does no
stop here. Oh, no. Many thousands o
men served until their times were out o
until the end of the war, ha
their constitutions shattered b,
disease and by hardships ant
whose deaths have since tina
time been fastened by these hardships
wounds or disease incurred IN the army. So
counting the cost of all
THE MEN WHO LOST THEIR LIVES
upon the field, or whose deaths were occa
stoned or hastened it will sum up to perhap
$4,000 or 60,0oO, possibly 10000 men, and tn
amount still goes on from year TO year
Since was here have heard of the deatl