Year: 1864

I


inc our best blood and if bitter Oaths registered
/ against them in bereaved hearts, they must not be
surprised.


of the Democratic peace doctrine, which Is: that Is


Constitutional 70 secede. Dodi and Valandigham do


not argue save that this rebellion IS right on the


ro,,ni hat auv State has the right TO seceie-Ind-
1 lana for instance at any time THIS Is on the


powers o. the State rights and State sovereignty
1 iiea,-We will look into it for a moment When the


Union was forIne there but thirteen states out


of the present thirty four These thirteen formed


the Union, which other States have since been ad


mitted Large portions OF territory were Purc1asei


by the General Government; every State was admit


ted BY act of Congress- and yet Peace deHagogues


talk of State sovereig and try TO deceive thls


-ople with their gabble OF State sovereignty. With


territory bought by the General Government OUT OF


the nations treasury, States have been iorIn-d Con
gress authorized them To pass state constitution
! AM then admitted them into the Union. And vet,


YOU know these rebel demagogucs talk OF the STATE


rights Of these very States arrogate to them the rgh
to secele from that Union at any time! Is not 'his
too monstrous? And vet by this argument they seek
/ t. divide u.s. What Is the loyal view OF the case


the yeiw which the truly loyal nlnd conceSes! ~ Is
! that we form mighty nation in Union, in which


alone is strength. Our Union Is made up oil


States, States OF counties, our counties OF town


ships but the township is part and parcel OF the con


v the county the State and the State of the Union


which the great central power to which our aiiegi
is due.


| had designed in coming here tonight, to say


few words in relation Indiana affairs in par.cuAr


which will be- in measure, personal necessarily. IN


the Indiana polls Sentinel of last Monday noticed
partial report o sp ech delivered here on Saturday
last by Hon. Judge Perkiss- AS have that report
in nv hand and as it was published from his own
manuscript, Judge Perkins cannot complain of beng
| misrepresentei This speech is an attack upon me,
in my own town, among my many friends ana negn-
bors, and propose to reply 10 it here Judge FER
kins has been down the heels with his party for
| some time past. He has been every side OF the
etfuson comes forth presume, as work which
shall rcnstate him with his party. now propose 70
let you have Judge Perkins for the war and Judge
Perkins against the war you shall see In the re-
nor tofh NJ Ia
l find:


The committee. after short absence, returned with
Judge Perkins, who introduced by the PRESIDENT
and proceeded to address the Convention. He remark
that before proceeding to his speech he would nouce
for moment fact that had just come TO his knowi-
edge the most alarming character fact admitted


in an official document He had lust learned that the
public treasure of the State in fact IN the breeche
pocket of Governor Morton, in his illegal Bureau OF
Finance. The amount that had been held thus during
the last year nearly million OF dollars ana now
thus held was over two hundred thousand dollars.
What 10 be done? Here the purse and the sword
united. This the course of all usurpers-
The Republicans broke up the Legislature nine days
before its expiration the last being the proper days
for the passage of appropriation bllsand appropria
tons not being raised the Governor refuses to trust


the representatives of the people, seizes the public
treasure, and without giving any bond spends 1t at
his will. Thus did Cesar Cromwell, and others. 1t
the most painful usurpaton he had vet heard of.
Morton had doubt done it, thinking was right tor
him To usurp in time of trouble but this was a
monstrous doctrine If so, an Executive had only to
get up trouble TO enable him to overthrow the Const-
tuition and laws. He trembled when he thought OF
this usurpaton. He had hoped If the General Govern-
ment went overheard, might save liberty and law
in the State


The poor Democratic candidates this year, viii have
run, unless Morton is an honest man, against COM
petitors, and Morton's Bureau of Finance.


This statement is from Judge Perkins, Judge OF the
Supreme Court of Indiana, of considerable note,
well advanced in years, and who ought to have some
regard for truth when he makes such positive state
ments in such sensational forms, not one WORD OF
which is truth-not word, say And yet he
comes before you, people of Wayne county and as his
report states makes these statements in the most
sensational form something Just learned, as "a fact
which had just come 10 his knowledge" He states
that Governor Morton had .seizei the Treasury and
disburSng the funds OF the State in most Illegal
manner-not one word of which IS Ii is all ut
tery false. Governor Morton never seized one dollar
msappropriatel cent Of the funds Of the State.
Judge Perkins charges the amount which he says l
seized at million of dollars. two hundred thousand
of which he says have still on hand. Why has Mr..
Brett not heard Of this Why has il not been abroad
that the Treasury doors have been forced by armed
guards Because the story is utterly false, answer
But it intended to go abroad over the land, this
story of Gov. Morton having misappropriated the
State funds when those publishing it knew to be
trely false. The facts in substance, however, are
these The legislature as YOU are aware, broke up
without making the appropriation necessary to carry
the State government IN all It's various depart
mants leaving the benevolent institutions with
out funds What was 70 be done hao elther 70
call the Legislature back and ask them 10 make the
appropriations, make the appropriations without
calling the Legislature back. There twelve hun
drei thousand dollars in the vaults of the Treasury
locked against me is there now You paid your
taxes people of Indiana and the money is there.


And yet with a full knowledge of this fact, in an at
temp. make call back that REASONABLE LeGsla-
turc, Judge Perkins here and SAYS that have
seized upon the Treasury But the highest comp-
ment he or any oi his party can pay to me IS the iac
that they cannot attack me administration with
out stories utterly fse This Legislature assembled
the first THURSDAY after the first Monday of January
1853, AMI from the very hour OF It's beginning bills
ami resolutions introduced 10 break down the
power of the Governments in Indiana. The military
bill, 70 place the military power in the hands of the
Avfsf f--a
was introduced BY Bayless w. Hanna. Chairman of
the House Military Committee. This bill proposed 70
place the in the hands of four Copperheai
State officers, taking all military power ont of the
hands Of the executive, depryng him also Of all con
troll over the Legion.


This bill would alone hare brought the State of In
diana in direct conflict with the General Government
would have created rebellion and Of discori
and blood in every one of ygur now peaceful counties
tell Won, its passage would have been utter ruin
with the anarchy it would have produced. And they
declared thev woui pass nothing until that bill was
passed they had the majority, and were determined
10 use the power II gave them; every other measure
was put behind that bill. in after It. That bill
was fought for fifty DAYS they expected TO pass
il ever NV veto. So, when its passage could no
longer be prevented the Union members withdrew and
broke the quorum.


This bill which they so eagerly sought bring into
force as law, tramplei upon the Constitution in
less than seven eight particulars. 1t would have
brought Indian into indirect conflict with the National
Government in every county and the Union of
the Legislature were right IN doing as they dd-But
the Copperhead members Of the Legislature said to
them, "if come back VIII do the thing
again The Uncu wanted the appropriation
bill passed the Copperheads said they would do moth
i-r until the military bill acted upon As soon
however. the Legislature thus adjourned. the
Auditor AMI Secretary said they would paw
until by act Of Legislature they should be
required 10 do The Copperhead members were
thea jubilant; they said. will have call back
now. else all the machinery of your State Govern
must stop its work YOU are helpless with
assistance. But the other hand came the loud
demand that this should be done the Union men
said not u call them back 70 their infamous work
that the voice Of every Union of Indiana was
against it. Am right IN this assertion Cries OF
"Yes," "Yes," Always right" determined, then,
carry the State Government without them-witA-
out their assistance. for the time received en-
couragement and assistance from various counties.
railroad companies and private individuals. had no
lack of support, without the of the which
the Copperhcsd officers kept IN the treasury, locked
against me- for party purposes But soon we learned
that there appropriation bv which to draw
money from the Treasury 10 paw the interest the
State debt in New York Mr.. Rstiae had said so, IL
said, and then came the oPnlen Of Mr. Hord. the
Attorney General ~ thai scS- This but another
attempt 10 drive into calling extra session Of
the Legislature You sli remember how Indiana suf-
fered from the psynlsni Of the interest her
debt in lS4l. That disasterous business placed your