Year: 1862

men necessarily required great many cat
tie for their support. and, as il happened,
one man had the contract. Well, itturn-
ed out, by subsequent Investigations, that
every hoof had been driven into one gate
end out at another, and in again at the
same gate, until the same cattle had been
paid for several times over. and the amount
Of the fraud was millions. There have al
ways been frauds in the English wars,
and we know that we have had frauds in
our American wars. There are frauds in
every country. We cannot expect that
there should be none in the present war.
At the same time it is my conviction that
the present head of this Government is an
honest man. All that l wish is Mat he
had liale mo,e back bone! Loud ap-
plause. | did not vote for him, but / will
support him to the extent of my power for
the sake OF the country. have said on
former occasions that believed that this
country has had one great man within the
last twenty years, and that man was Ste
phen A. Douglas. Ishould have reioiced
to see him at the head Of this nation, but
1 am willing now cheerfully to forget all
that is past. and support the administra-
tion with the power that possess. AndI
would urge you. my fellow citizens, to
stand by the men who are in authority.
whoever they may be; and above all. do
not weaken the arm ofthe Government by
sending men to Congress to pull down the
Administration.


Now. I would like you to show me in
any of the published speeches delivered in
this city before the convention on We'd
nesday single sentiment that pledged
their support to the Administration in its
efforts to put down the rebellion. No such
thing. 1t was nothing but one tissue Of
OF misrepresentation and insinuations the
purport of which was-that it was the OBJ
ject Of this war to pull down the Constitu-
tion and free the slaves. If the question
is TO be raised whether slavery or the Gov
ernment survive. | say, let slavery co.


Cheers. Iwould never have laid my
finger upon the institution, but inasmuch
as these rebels have imperiled the institu-
tuition by their wilful acts, now let them
take care of it if they can. Cheers. +
|. for one. would not vote to emancipate
the slaves and settle them in this country;
but if il is part of the policy to set them
freq and colonize them in the manner [
have before indicated to you. remember
you have no stock in the institution. and
let those who are guilty bear the conse-
quences. [Cheers.


My fellow citizens, It may be part of
the policy of these rebels to invade your
State at no distant period. They know
that it is the stout hearts and strong arms
of the great West that are to save the Gov
eminent. and that there is no hope under
heaven for the Southern Confederacy. un-
less they can overrun and divide the peo-
pie of the Western States. The fate of the
nation depends uprn you. Forget your
party, forget your prejudices. and remem-
Der that you have more at stake. in this con-
test than any other people on the face Of
the globe Let it never be said that @
draft was necessary to bring the people Of
Indiana to the defense of the Government.
Let me remind you. as humble citizen Of
the State of Indiana. that the Government
is looking to you for hel p in its hour of
darkness and distress; while on the other
hand. traitors and rebels are looking TO
you for division and disloyalty to your
country. May you, one and all, forget the
past and be united, for the peace of the
Union. of your State and Of your country.
demand that you stand up as one man for
the laws and the Constitution. loud
and long continued apaplause.)