Daily State Sentinel, Volume 12, Number 4313, Indianapolis, Marion County, 13 August 1864 — Page 2

THE CAMPAIGN IN INDUS..

GREAT POLITICAL DEBATE tweeai l.twrnsr O ' Inrmn WM Maw jmp UrDcnali "- Oidatea fr fivrr, h m mt Mpri InU tun tnw.i 10 kf ii mooto t riasr srwsxw. I.anm aso ÜEjrrtr?'. I rri'"i Iw- -4 nf thi. ignition It is that I hU sneak for one hour. an4 thsl Judge M P ball follow for an hour and a half, and I am to bav Um privilege of closing io a speavb of half en hour t Mk bt friend to rive hid t patient and candid hearing, and I nek of friend they ! ss the tamo patient snd candid boarlog, and that all part -1 m here until tbbj datcoflaton ia codod. 1 apeak to-dar, under drcumaUnces of great difficulty and eaarraasmeti. laboring under ore throw, which may prevent ma from filling my whwle wwt I may not tie able to bo boaii Oy all the aadienoo, hut ak ther forbearance and patient attention . Tboao are peculiar time, ai.d this po! campeiga ts a peculiar oi Much biatory hwi boon written within the pest three years tad a half And If ever tbato was a time when the people should be diapaaetonate, and huold en dear or to act independent I j of ptrt -in prejudieoa. and for the good of the wbohj country, Ikil is the time We hupe thin campaign will be a peaceful one amongst tite people VVe intend to conduct it io a gentlemanly way. and trust the meetings held will be free from efcitemeril ii d disturbance mr oo?rj,' nwiNirravi -atl uMatJÜ Since I ha?e leen OttiaM the Stet "I Indiana, my position baa been one of great difficulty ad emharrasii. ; I luve hid much to perform that ordinarily doe not i - vaon the Kxecutive of this or any Othe i - It bee been mr duty, iince the commencement of tbi? war, including troop of UM (JutM ' ll '- and of the Indiana !.. hundred and seventv regiments of men. I I organize them and appoint officer- foi '.hem, j been a great hbor iM responsibility. I he ap ' potntinic power t- -ne of great respoosiOility ana emban-aanroet.' And while I ntv proboblf odo mistake M the afspesnaanenl of ofhceiB in the army, I do congrat.dat myelf that the officer of the Indian troop, taken as a body, are the OSSBUfti f MM '!: I n ! it have been BOOt from aey other State; and tint the Iodise i troo that hate gone Itrt " affords me great pleasure to abate, that ipoo every field, tod wherever ti er , e . 1 1 : ..fti--. and men have behaved with i nll nitry, and redtlesa courage and devotion I country, that have not been excelled b t.ioo i other State. Applause J And IN will unite with me to day in aaytog that Indiarut, in a mili tary point of view and financial, occupit- i prouder poaitioti than ever heM0, Renewei pplaoao. I Hot only hate I bad great labor dOTolvia me, growing out of thi war. in the Ofwroisati m Ol trop-t, t-t m . i'ri- aikI if-i : 111 e in i civil point of view, in the oc unarj idmit-ii iti n of the ttovernment, have Ijeen ii; re-H ovr thoe of any former I re MASAOtMf.NT Ttlf I1NS' 1 Tb last Legi!. if ore. which met iu ti.t winter ol 163. adjourned without making ni ol the ordinary appropriation; without making ft proprtation-of ni trier tor the Atjlumi foi the insane, the blind, and the deaf aud Juni. t r the maintenance of the pooJteaUiawiea, or theeieil officers of the State, or tu organise Iroofi t' 0able InJiai.a Io do hot pari loyal State in fuätatning the QwOfrwteewl ia thi civil war. This adjourniut! t a with which you are familiar, lore the time lied ' r the Cnion raemVrs t the tl a state ot twhxgt A few days be adjou.tiUitnt, tbc c withdrew from that body to prevent the pas-sage bill. Thitbiil ol iuclt waa au I the M litari iti-uirectionarv measure, which, if U had paaood, would kn ovet turned the State (' ' ution of Indiana Kl every shape and turui. aid srMeh tvuuld hnve lrougbt revolutiou and w ai on the St iU T avoid tbe pasaage of th t l-ill and a!i ihe-1 U an i ties, L'uiou member were -omoelied ( withdraw from that body. ThJl jdjournmen'. without making these indiponawble appreptiotions, devolved a very great r-f onibilit ambarr i-no.nt u.ou me as Governm ! the Stale. I had one of three i i,rv , heforc me: I !. To call the Legislature back h; sW B. To break np the Aay I nuii an d pcuhentiaries.and send iiomc the insane, aud blin Land deaf and dumb ind to turn ou'. I tOCH Ij ll I nmatos of your penitential ic ' I lie saoney from other sources tor the nm ;. ot carrying on tbes, institution- I Ii i i precedents for each one of these courses, and had I ha right U choe that which I deemed b - M M", EATir mi.- EOI T. I could have callei bark the I. . ui. in extra session The Constitution gave me tinpower to call them back, ut it did sot aaeks h incumbent on me. It in diserotiowore power In 1H57 the Legislature adjourned without making anv appropriation for bencvolen' itititutioM Gov. Willard had the power to call an egtn sion, or to refuse to do it He refused to rail it back, and put his refusal on the ground that from his knowledge of the ri p1 who tosn posed IhjN body, they would do uj good if he .'item bock, let the consequence- be wh ir thoj night The same discretionary power which he wsrcaswd I had the right to exerciss I believed it would not only not do to call tbtui back, hut th rulhng them bark I shewWj ewdanger the i ice t the State ol Indiana. I believed t hettSJ to take any responsibility rather than to tike in' i k o! iovolving the BaaSS if rebrMion and civil w.r And in this con- In a w I was ustaine( by every Coiou man in Indiana Very many, also, in the Democratic party, jusUDej me iu rsa'oaäag to i all it back, and prou oiliest liiat Legislature the most worthies nni mUhicvoua body which h id er er met. Gov. Wdlard refwatd to call back r. I . iure of l""."7 tor the roaaon 1 have aawntioned. He wa - :i 1 ' i k tn ': . : - useftol own party. Tiie Democr tttc State coorenti : ifterward indorsed h'n action, and nv competit. i Mr. McDonald, was put on the sme ticket iti htm by the same par: v which that geotleuian rep resents here to-day I do not believe that the -ate of Gor. Willard makes my case any ItlOasg er, but it places mo in such I pOoH n that Mr McDonald has no right to ilnd fault with rov re iusal to call back the legislature rI.anghti nd cheer.'. j Hating refused caii tbe Legblatui i left the neit course wa to break up these S ae in atitution To send thi inane, ti e blind, and the deaf and dumb home cedent 1 he Legislature For ibis I hr-d a, orebad adjourned without There mouej i sftswssinj it he : deIired tin awooej making any appropti itn the treasury, but no law awl out. The Constifutsoi. U si.ould not be draau Inno under appropriations bv bw. the Uea.ur.v , e . Mv tuend bete w i Altürney General at tle lime, and t -s seltor of (o. Willard. and what wa their action The Constitution lequircd I hot sjaowOJ should not be drtai. Ironi the tie 1115 Kithei tlua ealt tbe Lestilnture Lac'. . U it; r.j I, terminrd to break up these iHaHMftMl snJ he old so. The Insane were M ittercil all over the Stale of Indiana, and the blind anJ . dumb sent home to ig the best the could I htat instit'jlior.s rrruained closed I r eveu tuo. At ibat time a change .init er Gti W and HcDooild s:.d other leider J the Dem ratio party i'l.ere was a Stsong convict ion in tbe popular mind that the lreakii.c in of thee sBBsWtfaOftJt was wrong md ut tiece T ben Gor. Willard, aar cean'teti'or. Mi M lhnald. then Atton ev QonOJ ii; Dodd, then A'i ditor.and McClure. Secretary of State, ut.itH inng tuet AwiÜa toi - he 1 tr r State, should pay money out of the Stet -re uryte sustain tbrse in There had been lu Leg -.atu;cui . time, aud these gentleman -;.ol wrif- :. i nuest asking Mr Jones to pay thip awjQSJ oi thetreasurv, confessedly r 1 instituuott of u Stete fl It waa right for the 1 rewnrr 10 pi this money tn Septemijer. to carry on tho--tutious. they oujcht not to have been broken up. If it wa not right to pay itout :n March It wanot ngnt to pn . . 1 thelwllewi 8sJ tt mber etwa puadie opinton had created a nresaurr: there fore the? adv isod tftsj rreaaur r of Mil .. pat out that money in direct violttioh of the ' n.i CooatitutKtn of tbe Slate of Inillaa t. and be d:d so The inmates of the-einst.. IV , ,(1 bask iad sustained by wbt 4 aw, 1.1 ,., 0 inron-Uluiiol 1 On: Som i bad iOsa exarapi before m. mt4 1 arte r sained I would not follow the bad exvmple of breaking up ahose institutions. At the same ime 1 determtned 1 would not violate the Con-

etHotion or any law of the State in carrying them on, bat would procure money in a legal and en-, atitationil wey Now what vis the etcose glren for aahiog Mr .lone to pay moaey oot of too Scale Treasury in violation of the Coajaaltot lonl It waa the argument of public neceitT. Tl erefore he waa reairad to aa h oith and thr Conatitution to payWt- out thi money. He was aoetained bv A Horner (General McDonald and Governor Willard, and waa ubaeo.oentlv indord by hi par'v Convention BAD rXAWFLE AV'OIDEO. i Jretmlnedl would avoid their error- and at the .aame time continue the institution. When the Legislature adjourned, 1 did not know bow the State Government waa to be carried on, bet I waa sustained in aiott unexpected rn inner Individual, counties, railroad companies, aud

oiebaukeveo, caoe toraard and contributed I c M r m u. - m . mowey muwaoapw or toaoa ror inc aupior these institutions, and not only for this but tor the purpose of carrying aw tbe recruiting service, I and to furniah military supplies for our Idiets in the field. 1 hey fur'nihed it that the convicts in your arleona might not lo turned oot upon so ciety before the espTra'.tar. of their -entence- Ttw t their aid I hare been able to carry on these State j institution- from that day to tbi. and expect to j be able to do an until tbc ext Legislature setnbles . But it has leen said bv my competitor, iu his ' Greeoca-tlc speech, that 1 have attempt i to bor row money on the credit off the Slate without the authority of law, and have transcended my du- ; ties and power? as the Executive of the State. 1 can only aay, if it true, the plea of puhlij : m . -it v in a god with me as with him. Ifhej could advi-e the (ioveruor to violate the laws in j 18oe4. the same argument is a good for me sjow. j Cheers I might ende? all they charge uuon me, and be able to say I am no worse than they j : If I hare -inned. yon have et me the exarot !o I havo but followed tt vo'ir fo - - i It en c wed cheers . itut I am not driven to that necessity, i be person who contributed thin money had the tight to furnili it They unr to t:ic and iaid. Take ibis money and carry on tbe.se institutions. We don 't w ant tu MtJ theo broken up Wc witit to -ee Indiana do her whole du' v to tbe government in this. war. You as Governor on tike uid disburse tliis inonry -o furnished They knew I had no livjbi to borrow ibe moner. but they relied on the good faith of the "state aud the citizens, und the subsequent action of the Legislature to reimbui -e it. knowing full well that they took all responsibility find rftah on themselves. 1'AVMLM Of flit: UfaaUBH M US fltftffl Mit. Iu this way I obtained money, not onlv fur the ordinary expeuses of the State, but to pay the interest on the Sute debt This paythent of the interest on the State debt wa- another ource of trouble Fo: when it was found they could hot drivr n:': tu rill the Lcgy-slafurt together on oth er pleas, they to'jk advantage of thi. They knew that the State had heretofore suffered in public estimation for its failure to pay the Interest on il State debt. Subsequent to the adjourn menf, they discovered that there was no provision to pay the interest on the St:ite debt, because no appropriation had been made. There w as the same law of 185? under which Whitcomh paid the interest, and then the Constitution of the Baste provided for the payinant of tbe inteiest from receipts from ttlwa, after the current expenses of the State had been paid. It hi the jarne provision under Whs ' 'iovernor Wbitcomb had paid the interest far two years. Governor Wright tor evej. y-ui-, tl,.- law not requiring that there should be any .special appropriation. But it was found out now that there wa-- ro law .'i the paw merit of U i.- intn. -t. In lh.'iT, when the Legislatured adjourned without pa-.ing au appropriation bill, that jues IsSSJ came up before GoSOTUOT Willard. My competitor was Attorney General at that time He then wave the opinio; that the law then ex hting was an nniopri .tL.u for the pay icent of the interest, and a perm iiK'i.t ippropriation. and Mi i. r thi 1 an Hoseiaor Willard jiaid the interest In ieg.t u to the pjajasoni of the ftateroston the public debt, aud the support of the itc in--ti'uions, the ci-e- ncrr reverstsl. There was uioney in the treasury to -upputt the inatitutftaae, but no appropriation tor paying it out. In regard to the iuiercst. thete Waf SO OOpswwrftation, hwt uioney to pay it from Mr. McDonald fatd the opinion then, tint the law authorized the payment of the interest. Itut where were they to get the money? There was no law authorizing f'ie (iovernor to borrow moncv tor tjjgsjotnco. liut he did borrow it, nd hi rrowssj it from the S nking Fund, $16it,fMM); b)rrowed it in tXftWM violation of the law. which provided that the fund should be loaned only on bond and mortgage. The Board had no authority to loan Gorernor Willard one cent, without bond and mortgage. 1 have understood that Mr McD-u aid adv i.-cd the G JUi:ui-.ioners Is lend Gorornot VTillard thai money. Although the PnaadaaW of the Board of Commissioners pMttetsjd against it a- illrc!, the Commissioners otcd to let Governor Willard have law money. " Jen. Dumont was President of the Boord at lhal time, and he aid the loan was in violation of the law. and entered hi? protect against it 00 the reeordi pi the Booed. But (iovernor Willard ot the money and paid the interest. 1 have their example before me, and it goc further then ne cesiutry to sustain me. In borrowing money in 1838, it was in tipren violation of the law. 1 am i.ot here to lind f iult with them. But after they have done this thing, I have a right to ii.-i-t that they shall nor arraign me for not going as far u they wen Now the money to pay the reel is there The Treasury of the State of Indiana to day has more money in it than ever before. And it is said the officers even talk oi getting 1 new afe.be ause the old one ; ?o full they can hardly close the dooi; What was 1 to do I felt as deep au ftstaW N 1 1 hey in atotrtiHiinf the credit of the State ol Indiana, and MSoissd if I could procure the money on any terms I would do so. I succeeded in doing -o. A hou-e in New York city, long connected with the ban king affairs of Indiana, without asking an agreement at my hands, relying on the good faith of the State, that she would U t allow lit 1 credit to be wrecked, came forwaid nud ashranoed Ihi money. Tbey have uiade tSr.epaytnont ol Jil'0,tWtl cash, f löÜ.OlM) in all. and arerenly to pay the interest on the first of January next, or until the Legislature shell provide lor Its payment. Io taking this moncv i have not violated the laws of the!:i.i 1 might haot goany as ftjtf as my contetiior did in lN7, or a- Gos Willatd did. to su.stain the ciedi' of tiie State. buf I have U-en enabled to mv the interest without violating my aiagle haw on m part. But it 1 hid done so, and felt un -c!t ealici t trample on the 1 iw . 1 would have h id too ime necessity and iiistifii itioo aa thosr- ii Lv gone behrc me nubIk necessity. I have -noken tl.n- long in regard to matterot State .oaicy. and h iving ot-eu ii limatedj) conrl w th the atl airs ot the Slate tor three years and a half, it is, n-per that I should speak ol -e thing I hare not d tie o with any feelins;s of egotism My friend recently mtde , s(teeeh io which hi a- tiled my administration . and 1T bethinks I have done anything wrong it is Iiis piece a.n,ii Pf iiileqe forrificise mv course. But if I taave ahowu that, any tOlii; a a a r be C jmplain of be ' - te'ii rutrty ot rrtm-Cil, y ou a a a a m , ' e ins ar--umeii's aii.i ae. larati.ms ur w:ia' tncy are orth l-Miohtci ai j c hrets iie h tho right lo csn i a mi j.su.t! il re ws). bt I have the 4 tic ri?ht to canvas hi. nat 1 or 1. ojC-tsTios-l no call ittention to the greit nfictial quet us whi'di aveswhadjow erwry tbiag of mere 9t0te or iiaiividuai interest And it Is not for mr opjneirl to .ay 'hv ; not his place to stfik on aasjaaaal sjwssaisaas. fot the nwsafaaw of the s- in i' regard ( national irtairs is of grWt importance. If Im . I . i.v .itive of the State, shall Left be di-T -el to -ustain the govrnmei.t if hiampath t t only with the goveriiment in - e.T rts to sjpnrets the rebellion, but with tbe rebellion itself h.- it in his power so cast difOeuities in 1m w tiie government i:i carrying out iti objoci Hcuca it becomes of reat importance to k:;jt the potition of those who - :rdidite- for l c office of toauo: mr rAPTnTT on mr w n I an yoti all understand my po-iti.-n in V i 'i if an I think the part 1 have taken inlt. and wht 1 heretofore sai l on the subject. Ore eoCcient ta enable ail to änderst and w here I stand In a few word, lam in favor of u taiuing the rational government in maiotainuug vu-i tioi4 .. .. L'iMMU, oi .;.u.v..,.h me re hellion by force of fux, .ui compel ling the pew!ij' : ine ler-ii . .ie- v. e. : ,er. nnd aiegittMO IO t.'it i LW- ai i .aierunMa-u oi the L'ni J !Hale R i.y.'j;! 11 I lo know irom my trernJ. who ts; rg ai'O 0 ior ll.e rcspuns.ble pos ' ' Kxecutivc ! our is'ate, before I12 leave tbia and. jo-t wherj ne Hand oc this practical, momentous o west ion. He made a apeeeh at the Convection whirb nominate! him. to which I'

attention briefly He aayt: Bu the frequently asked if I r,MU,,luili m I V a am in far or of a rigoroua prosecution of the Wsr? I answer, and aar: To this mt, prosecuted by 'he Administration. Ism utterly opposed I believe it isttended with unmixed evil, aud I would be ft!-ls my country if I d. l not say to Tbie m ght leave the impretaion that it mightbe prosecuted ! some way. or upon ome poller in wbicb be might be in favor of it If thei !- any such av or policy, he should give ut the benefit of it so that von can tell whether his way or tke President's is the better. To say that he is m farorof a constitutional war, pros--;'e i for a constitutional purpose, i- . er? a getters I proposition with which few would tike i--ue. hut Which amount- to nothing unle-s it is e 1 plained id applied t lite case in hand. It iit be much like Mfing that and two make four n he n nny be true enough, but unle-s an application be made of it, it i- clearly imm -terial, and amoonts to nothing De- be mem to say that he is oppose t io the war. unless it COO be o prosecuted as to preserve slavery in the rebel Slates; or does he mean to say that it the President commits an unconstitutional act in the prosecu'ion of the war. he will therefore oppose tbe war and the Government altogether, and become a neutral, or take bis stand on the side ot the rebellion But the rebellion is wholly unconstitutional . for the rebels have rejected the old Constitution .nd made fot themselves a new one Such a position would not be consistent. Sunpose the Pre-ident is of the opinion ihat trie de struction of slavery is an important inirumeu Mtity for the destruction ot the rebellion, and -uppo-e t de u'entleuaan differs from him on that '. whose opinion i- to govern? Lincoln PreViJcnt uid McDonald i- not; Lincoln ia acting under oath of office, and McDonald is not; and Mr McDonald has no right to o c :py v.lOsition of a neutral between the Governme::' and the rebellion But. in fact, there eon be no ntuii ii in this war. There is no half-way hoajas); there is no place in the Constitution where a man can stand midway between the re bellion and the government. The gentleman's proposition amounts to this: BesSMsM this war is prosecuted upui a policy which he does not sp prove, he is opposed to its farther prosecution; is in favor of its abandonment, and of bringing on the country all the consequence- which attend defeat, dishonor and dissolution. But the gentleman ;oes on to 101 that he is ; : )ed to war for the emancipation of negroes, or for subjugaliug the Southern States What does tbia mean? If it mem- anything, it means that he is opposed to a war for the suppression of the rebellion; it means that he is opposed to ub juc itir g. conquering, coercing or compelling the people ol the Southern Stato, to yield obedience to fftsj Constitution and lawsoftbe United State To sav that he is in favor of the BSWSSWeaSSOO of ti.e Union, hu' sjtBsnsssJ t the subjugation of the rsjhjaj State, j f-quivalent to saying that he is -ires to preserve the Cnion, tj'it is oppose! to the u-o oi ..ny meant for its preservation I once heard a candidate for the Legidattite, who was ask d tbe juestiori whether he was in favor of the M line law, and as he desird to get the votes on both sides, he answered by saying that he was in favor of the law. bu' op;osed Io its execution. My friend is in favoi of law nd high judicial authority, and I will read an extract from a let ter addressed to him by Jude l'erkiuü, hin IMOeftatt on the ticket, and present Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, written only nine months ago: th: viiwsoi nrnes rnasginn. "1 MB, gewaftSaseWj as I have been, iuot unestly opjtoscd to Mi Lil coin 'a civil administration, believing it to le controlled by the radical Republicans; but I nm for continuing to give it a fair and ?ufficient supoort to the vigorous pros ecutior. of the war a- piosecuted; and to that end I am fur aiding the Govtthmerit by ah reasonable and proper means in raisftaw the nocesawrj volut ilea -oidicr and in providing the funds rctpiiied to promptly t;d libel ills pes them moie IfbeiaHjF than the private .-TduMei u-e now paid.' In annahm partoj the lottor the Judne aays: "Wc shall conijuer the .South." The ver thing mv friend say he ) opposed o doing. Lauli!ci MWe ena annihitnin her. It Deity does not prevent, twenty powerful States can couu,uei. can annihilate ten wt-ak 000S.M "W!nt we hove ou hand at the present time the co:iuest of the south t v wat. This. I have attemn'eO to BWOW, we have got to do. We have got to fight her t the point of submission, let the rncsdental consequences to her, or to her instituti .'tj-, br what they m av . asnl we I: we got to do it undci the lead of this radical administra tion. This is galling to my Democratic friend. Well, hoe oe you going to get out of it? What are von to do? Why, if 1 were ou board a "ihip manned bv pi; ate-, and it was about to; sink, I would aid them in keening her afloat. and running her into Inn hot. "Well, the job first on hand, then, disguise it as wc may. is to subjugate the south; this is the poin'. in progress at which wc luve arrived, and this is one ol those jobs, which, according to the old adage, 'i WwH done if it Were done quick ly." It N mercy to the f-outh that it be done quickly. The mote dispatch the executioner .iseo, the less the -'.flu 'i g.-. of the ictim." And finally he said: "I then, am for a speedy coupics ol the south, BO that war and strife may cease, and peaceful MaasQ abound again through out our land' This wsj the position os Judge Perkins nome ight or nine months ago. Where the Judge, stands now I cannot tell you, nor is it material that 1 should. Hut as my friend heie i- fond of j legal aiithoriiy, 1 reler to the Judge lor ihe pur pose of showing that he u-e- the words "subju gate' and "conquer" in the sense of a suppres sion ol the rebellion, an I that bv the nower of arm-. nOJAM Vl KSTIO.NLl BV TilK OOVEKNOU Now , my friends, it i- laswertnnt that my com pntftaW, Hi .McH oiald, ihoadd teli you where be 1 stands on this grear nation ai qnestion Hereto ! fore hi-! mgu ge ha, u ' i-'en -a-'h as to b atld lac'ory to the people a large. It ha- been a little on ihe one side and a little on the other, but ' it will now be a very sim:!e and easy thing for 1 him to tell you ju-' athore he doe- tan I If a m in is io t voi of aeetninjiig Ltni föovc:nment. and if he ; fta tavor of angpresnftag the reneiwen, there is no ditTictil'v in making himself under st cd He can hud an sbundanee of simple English in which t. t-xprcs- himself. Hut if. on the conirarv, he hj not m tntSJt of -upnres.ii c the rebellion it be hi m fnvor nf abandoning the war, of giving BO all, and acknowledging our- f seilt.- defeaU i If '? just U c isy foi him lo say that nln Re haa words to te'I yon where he stand- 011 this ruc- important uesiion if he ; chooses to tell you Aud vou have a right to ; kuow it. for ever a mm w:;s called upon to defiin ! . :., now i- that lime. If you are sn unconditional peace man. in favor ot abandoning the w ar. ot giving up all the ground we have gained, giving up the Mississippi river aud dividing this great Union of ours and our lathers, you want a mm who will carry out your policy. Hoi it. en tf.f Bontmrr, vou are in favor of sus a " ar tainu-g tin- G. 'eminent, and beüere there is uo way ot t :iK' ai-i "I the piesent difficulty but vj Ighlfi .t, you wanl n man th.it hoititho . -a me view- But how can you choose tbe man who terrain- the opinions you hold, unless he speak- ou; pfoiilj mm : titimtt ill Forthepur jx.-e -f !.!. 1 .o aoaawawJaor üeßi e bis position, I will ash him these question: Are you in fsror of irosecuting the anv pi 1 ;. -uonree-ton itic STig Iti r.. ICllion? If wc oui.lou tut ai. Jo iu believe the asjhs ul 8tatea will retoro to the I'uion? If t ot, then how do you propose to leatore the Cnion bv the abandonment of tbe war? wht not 1 rta I Ten w mt BsnsH VVe all want Mface. 1 here ii no man in all the lar.d mere earnestly in favor of peace th in I am. But I w u n peace tut i honorable, a price that will be enduring I do not want n peace the inevitable result 9! which will be to transfer the war from Virginia, South Carolina and Georgia t- Pennsylvaiii 1 w York, Ohio and Indiana up-o?e we tskc up with tbe nroposition of ihese peace men, and w.tbdr iw our armiee from in fronl -i the rebels, dv we thereby gain peace? ' Voices. "No, 1,0. ' ! Suppose that Shermm ahaMafti Wathdcaw irom Atlaata. and come m ithward. uoe.- anv man doubt that Hood and his retel forces would follow directly and wilti to Louisville? And think vou thev sould hesi 't t . ro-s the Ohio river? Xo, Ibev v. : oasis lie too iiaj py to inflict u;on Irdiana and Obi -ne -.no ooi :-p thi-r l-o-p carrit-vl into M-i. viand and rtnosylvania if vou want to have the w ir tt insferrsd to the soil of odiana, you ft ive nnj Ig j;ursue the polio dictate-! hv lhee ne-ce men. and you will have It st once. But it you w.n: to keep ibe hi; fr Irom you, vou mu-i prosecute the work already so far adv.icced to a successful completion You iau' suprre-- the rebellion within therebellioua StateAnd. as Judge Perkins say; "We shall conquer tf S-oith " The job we hare n band." be

to call your

oy. dlguiae it as we mar. is to ubiugate the

South, and it ia one of those jobs which, accordi IJ J .1 II I A - iu; io i oe oia auage. -ia wen woww it h wero uone quickly ' " AppTaaee and c beers Look at what ha been d-ne? More than half the rebel territory haa already been conqaared Vv'e have our hands on what remains of it. GenraU Grant and Sherman hare their ha ode on the throat of the rebellion, and thev will not let go until the monster vield. unless they are pulled offbv the oearc men of the North 'Great ap piause j 1 es, we will conquer the rebellion, we will r ru-h it out. unless wc be defeated by its friends in the North, who are dividing tbe people . r 1 i' lemnt ine to naralvze iir it .-. rrnmer.t in its efforts to conquer n pence and ma:nt!im yortr I'hertir ; It e neu ted cheers i What nas V'rxiNALO POSE? I have endeavored to sustain the Government irom the beginning of tbe war. I may have committed many errors, and -may be guilty of hortcomings, hui I have tried to do my duty, and congratulate mvself tint I have done some thing for my country. Cheers If my friend and competitor for the high office tobe conferred by your vote, hat done anything as a patriot a .a.. a swsl ' wa a a. uuring mat time, he win ten vou wnat it is Liughter and cheers If he his given his in 1 fluence to -ii-tain tite (tovernment. he can tell you when, and where, and how. If his voice has been raised io speech, in behalf of the Government, and for the maintenance of its armies in sustaining its rightful authority and the supremacy of its laws, hia words may be poiuted out in ti e records of tbe dav. But if, ou the contrary, he ha found fault with the Government and tried to divide the counsels of thoe who support it, he has thu given aid and com fort to the enemy Von have a right to kuow what he has done. His record is a public one, and he is responsible to you and to his God for his conduct He i epecially responsible to this pe ple now, who-r- -1 , (Tragen he is soliciting. Mv friends, we ell have a duty to perform, but the man in office especially has a preat duty to perform in these critical times, and the greater j the influence the greater the responsibility . If; my friend ba rallied his party to sustain the ; Government und nut down the rebellion, he' should have the credit lor it. Bui it. on the con trary, his influence has been exerted against the Government, and in favor of the rebellion, by ; weakening and paralyzing the hands of those who stand by the Gvernmont, he should he held responsible hy this people, as he will be held ' responsible by his God. The Governor here closed, seal tooh his anal amid"' enthusiastic apolausc. :t. pi of Mr. tlrDonalil. Fr.Li.ow Citizln: As you have aftrendf beard Irom Gov. Morton, the object of our visit on this occasion is to discuss before you the poll tical issues that ate involved in the present poli tical campaign in Indiana, I desire to unite with Gov. Morton in exhorting you upon this occasion, th it you each consider the high and respon äible position which you occupy this day as citizens of this great State, and that nothing shall be done thai is not becoming free American cii .ens, who have com together to consult for the common weifme ol the country. Therefore 1 hocc that the same good order which has characterized this meeting Ihne far w ill continue till the close. In coming before ou a daj, although my name has been iden'ified with the politics of In diar.a for nearly twenty year, it is the first time I stand in the face of an audience In Liporte county, 10 address them on political topics. And I am here under no ordinary circum.-tnnees. I well understand the deep and heartfelt interest that throbs in the breast of this entire mass of neonlc; ü.d I know the cause- that have called up that interest, and 1 simoiY ash ot vou, mv r I friends, for 1 hope I mar eat you such, who stand opposed to me in political opinion, to grant hall tcasonable iequct, that you will believe I have jut as much at stake iu this gteat country of ouis as vou have; and that I have as earnest and ardent a desire 'or the general welfare of our ! common country aa you have. Much a- we may ! differ in political opinion, our iuterests are one. j Those who lomiMjso the party to which 1 be : long :;re not alien- to th Ee country, that by I me : etrange mischance hue hoco me located here; but J the are .free American citizen-, who enjoy, in fouiuiou w ith others, the right of controlling this country, as the sovereign power iu whose hands j its destinies are placed And it is iu this light I desire you to look q on ssH meeting to day. If yo.i do this. I have 110 other favor to ask, except to scan well what 1 may siy Uf IE! or oov. morion - .idmiximc m ion Governor Morton h.is presente! bis vieas. covering, fir-t the main feature-' of hi- admini.-tra 1 tion of the afl'iirs of Indian 1, and seooodly. the great national pie-tion that i- at this time throbbing the heirt of every American citizen. I pro pose to take up this discussion in the order in which he has presented it, an 1 first ex mine his official record And I desire to say here that I will ic.ve nothing to -.. f Gov. Morton, except :i- to bil political it-cord. Personally hamd I have long been friends friends when WS tood shoulder tn shoulder iu the Democratic cohorts of old, and we still remain friends, although he has separated himself from me and my hou-e-hold politically. Langhter j I shall deal with his political record freely, and discuss it in ihe spirit which is becoming in one who desires to nr'sent his views to an enlightened audience A DJO l R.N MENT OK Till L sT Lr.OI-l. ATI UK. Governor Morto:. b:in ky telling yon that the Indiana Leglslatore in 1 tr 3 . adjourned without making the necessary prorisioM for the administi ition of the tae (tovernment, and lie undertook to tell you how they came to so ad- J journ. fn this point we shall differ somewhat, j and it will be tor you to judge which is right I Governor Morton insisted thit Ihe Republican i minority withdrew from their places for tbe sole j purpose of defeating what was known as the milit ay bill, and which "broke down the Constitiüioti of Indiana ail nt once," as the Governor lays, and "would have inaugurated refM?llion.'' Now, let me call yonr attention to the political position of affairs in Indiana iu lb63. In the canvass of lbfci the eople of Indiana had spoken iu favor of the Democratic candidateaft sr . and nad elected a Lct'i-Iature democratic in both branches, the majority not being lets than 1 nt.injti. II 1 understand the principles Oi reDublican covemment under which we live, it is that the majority shall rule: and when the people of Indiana, i:i lfj'2, cronounce! against Govcrnor Morton, aud elected a ')emociatic State ; ticket, placing a majority of Democrats in both ' branches of the Lswsiatweo, thev expecte! them lo cirry out tl eir poiicv. and that the minoritv should ield to it, ui;!r-5 they adopted the nrinci p U of tin- secessiooSSSS, and eudeavered to secede trom the majority ! "Loighter and cheers. Ftit that Legislature did not get ort irved b" fore ti-o Hef,ubl:c:i minority hegen holting, be- I OWWaw the Democrat6 would not agree to elect to the I'nited States Senate such man as 1 tj thought proper to dictate; and the Senate was fur ; two days without a constitutional ;uorum to do j husines, because 'he friend of Governor Morton ; withdrew from their plav-s, and t-n days before ' 'he clo-e of the ses:.on this Repnidicwi minoritv withdrew fr - rn turned. that Irfidy nntiio vet again re ril). MlLllAHV PILL. Whaaa ihe wi'hdiew on ih "döiii ot February, the military bill that Governor Morton ha- sWOfcen of lud been :nzro-ed for a third readin?, and waa left aasowest the lfinished bwsiness on the calendar of the Hou-c The next day theie w.i I mass convention held at Indianapolis by the . political friends of Governor Afoi too. the met. claiming, to be the Cnion patty of Indian i What secret counsels took pi a re weie rot di.-cio !. hu on tbe next morning thirty-six Republican member ol "the House, in pUce of repairing to the; Represer.tativ Hall, took pt? me on tbe cms tor Madison started Souih laughter and chers, asnj never igain retumel until llnttaaatfM had expired by limitation. Gov. Moriou says th e niiiiiry bill waa t'te Ml of all itiipjit es 1 have never examined it ' with much care so ag to co r ist it w:th the law j 011 the rl-it ute book which was placed thete by his friends in le"l . and do noi auoa that it is more iniquitous thin the present law He ssys j that it took Irom the Governor all tbe powers of the commander of the military forces of the j State. A ell. the law un der which he is now act ing no only gives him all bis power, but it goes ' iurtber. and author zes b:oi to legislate, and add ' to it any provisions he may -ee proper. I doubt j not it suits, him better than ihe bill which failed ; to become a law. It place- the organizing power 1 ot the military not in ihe hit d- --t the Governor, h-.it m the Lands o a: Kxecviiv. C un.il aad vested in ihe people ihe poe; 0 elect all their officer s tiom Colonel down. Bot. it it "broke ibe PsssSBStaWiwta ol Inoiana down all around, what harm eooli ildu as 1- r as thfS c -urt- exi-'l 0 determine the onstiru- , tior.aütv ot ihl law. If itats uucouatitutiona it is not to be presumed that ibe State courts would enforce it

An unconstitotiooal law it void, sod when pronounced so Is at an end. I wish to show you tbst this bill which the friends of Gor. Morton defeated was used ss s pretext to cover op their rerolutiooary designs, for when they bolted, that law ws virtaallv dead. It had been engrossed on the 25: b of Febrr ary , and waa left am mg the unfinished business. How stood the unfinished business before that body at that time? There stood before that bill, to be acted upon before it could be reached 8 House bills. 28 that had been engrossed but not reported. 17 on second reading, 33 Senate bills Over 100 bills stood on the cilendar of the House to be acted upon be

fore this military bill could be reacht-d, and but ten days' time remained To take it np out of its order required a two-fourths vote, and unless thane men had voted for it, could not have been 1 reached In reply to this portion of my argument, in a I speech some time since, the Governor saya: "I chimed there might have been other means employed to defeat the bill He knows there was. and by strict exercise of rule and law, br which this very bill, which he 1 contends was revolutionary might have been de feated What. then. ws it that caused his friends to bolt After they bad remained several days away, a delegation from the bolting members, who were then at Madison, as close to the realms of Jeff Davis as they could go in safety, waiting upon the Democratic majority that still remained faithful to their post, and pro posed terms of settlement That if the majority would do so and so, they would come back and pass certain bills The propositions they submitted were ten in number, the last of which was that the Demo crats should pass no bill or joint resolution of a political character. Now, they demanded that before they would return to their seats in the House, and diss these measures and tke from Governor Morton the tcrrirde responsibility that the Democrats should pas no bill, jointly or otherwise, of a political character, that is, that thev should do nothing displeasing to this mi nority. But it has been said that the Democrats had not prepared their appropriation bill. It was well knoanto (iovernor Morton that tbe-e mat tet were in active preparation; that the commit- ! tee was adding to the ist such items of expendi- 1 lures as weie necessary, and would have reported it in cood time, if the minority had been In their I places. In addition to providing lor the interest on the State debt, they also provided for the Ex ecuti M ii.-on, i r the Executive office, for the State Prison, North and South, Deaf and Dumb Astluius, the Mililarv Contingeot FuiiO lor Dis tbled Üoldicn of $10(1.000, and 1100,000 for the Indiana I.Piion. to provide for tbe defense of thr 1 tturder. Why would not Republicans come up; a:.d pa-s all these measure.-? I might tell you why, becau.-e it required that this $HH,000 should be expended under the direction of ihe Secretary ot 'täte, and not under the control of (iovernor Morton, and therefore his friends would have ' rone of it. This is the secret why these n, -n, when thev found themselves at Madison, -o far I from dutv and their State, would not come bck. j In this very proposiiion, the 5th, that there should be liberal appropriation made, the same aa last session, to be expended by the (iovernor , There is nothing in the Constitution of Indiana that makes the Governor the purser of the State, ' or places the funds under his control. I'ndou St edlv the friends of Governor Morton, in lP6l,j took note of this military fund. The expendi tuics had been made through other agencies, and j why? because these other officers are required to 1 give bond and security, the Governon gives none The Go rentes aaya nfter the Legislature nd 1 joumed, he had to adopt one of three courses; ti.--t, to call an extra session; second, to turnout the haanfH of the asylums; third, to procure , money. He decided not to cill an extra session ' of the Lsghdntdro. He correctly says this powei rested in the Governor to call an extia session has to be exercised with discretion. I do not ! 1 think, when the State is left without necessary laws to carry on the government through the or ! dttsarf and accustomed channels, it is the duty of 1 the Governor to legislate himself; not to assume the pnwi ia ol other pans of the Government,! but to call hack the Ligtihitnro and place upon j thein the responsibility. Hut he says Governor ! Will.inl did ju-a he ii i. and I say that there Gov. Willard did wrong, and I said so to Gov Willard, acting aa Attorney General. 1 asftl so to him as his legal offn er, th it there was no law by which these institutions could be carried on i and the expenses of the State met; and it was 1 his duty to call boek the Legislature to hj the necessary laws. He -ivs that when Gov. Willard refu-ed to call the Legislstttre together, I joined in a resolution rnqooathlg the Treasurer of State to advance, out of any money in his possession beI oing to the State of Indiana, sufficient funds to support the Indiana Hospital for the In-ae, and the institutions lor educating ihe def. dumb 1 1 1 a 1 1 11, w a a a I anu ounti 1 nat much 1 did. when I could not prevail upon 00 WKtard to call the Lei;latuie together and procure legislation, I did sub sei ihe my name to that resolution, and tedd Mr Jones, aa Treasurer of State, that if he went on to sunt ort tiie mstitwtions, I would stand by him before the Legislature. And I did. Put now (iov. Morton desires to make me res;onsib!e for tbc executive action of Gov Willard Ap piause. I acted then jest as I would have acted if I had been Attornev (eneral under Governor Morton. 1 won! J have said to him, it is your duty to call back the Legislature snd throw up on them the responsibility of pissing these laws. Let me cll the Governor's attention to this subject He says that he has never called upon any one to violate a law. In 1659 the Leg isla ture of Indiana, a majority of whom were Repub licans, in condemn 11 ion ot the course of Gov. Wiliard nnd Tre-urer Jones in paying the dfbtl of the State, passed a law by which they reorganized the treasury system of the State, making pr ivi-ion that the Auditor of Sr ite should d'aw no wrT-rt and the Treasurer pay no warrant, unless there weie funds specially appropriated ior that purpose remaining unexpended. Iii IMil Ibe LL'is-Uture passed a law containing tlii- provision and that law was approved ; 1 . : - i ..if .1. i . w-. 0 OIMCIIUM .Ii MM'i:. II llIU I IL'.t-UICI Ol -"III' ahull pay out any public money in any other1 mamner twain that prescritietl by law, be shall be a 1 t ueemeo nutj ot a misdemeanor, anu nneu in any -urn not less tnan 500, nor more than $;". .!. i imprisoned for 0g year " That law in 1861, received Governor Morton signature and sine tion. and yet in his address to the people of Indal isa, prefacing bis report nf the Financial '. Secretory, he say-: The Legislature of Indiana, in adjourned on the Uth of March, without miking appropriations for defraying the ordinary and extraordinary expenses of the State Oot son men?. The former apnropri itions for theb-nev olent institutions, etc., had been neurit or rpuite exhausted,'- etc. Now what did he d'oT "The Auditor and I rcisurerof State, upon being con suited by me, decided that not a single dollar, in the absence of appropriations, should be drawn from ;he public treasury for these of ject -Now le tnya you. that in the face of the law he signed him-elf, he went to mem, and they re fused w h til To violate the law he had signed! Cheers ' Wh-t higher compliment could hp have paid to these officer- than is paid right here The action which be said was endorsed hv ihe Democratic party 1 was condemned by the Leislnttve power of th? State, and yet he went to ti e Auditor acd Treesurcr of State and asked them to ;" out money in violation of law. ' iveruor Morton interrupted the speaker and said: Vou inisui. Jtr-ioit I my language. I do not say I s-kef theui to oay out any monei . Sir McDonald continued, and reid from the Governor's report: ' Tbe Auditor ;,d Tieasurer of State, up.-n beinr consulted hy me, decided," etc That is his exact language. In this "me report the Qoeotoue sags that he was furtuuate iu being able to obtain these fumlAnd here i ihe reritt of his 'Financial Secretary." And by the way. did vou ever bear, among the asjhjajri of Indiana, of a Psnohoftal Bureau? I? there ms law f.r i How di 1 it come into astiatoncel It was called into existence by the iiotent power of your Governor. Here is the ii nf expenses of this Bureu. as fur nihed by the F?ni::cial Secretary. Sow, I have :,oth!.. i i mv apaint Co. oc' Terrc!!. lut ;h..t there .-honio be any such thing e" b! ,. .,- tba Bureau, outside of law grafted on to the Exerotive power, taking in the ministerid branches of the Government and consolidating (hem with the executive, is a thiug lhal will in luture be re garded as imposuihle, and will look back through the records of the Sute to find evidence ot auch a fact Rut here it i shown th it fJovernor Mor-ta-n got in--, hfti hSSStftl U m varius souues, the -urn ot f4ftw,i95 s-6, und that he expended of thit furn $617.!'.' 1 I leaving a balance of $247. -96 72 PIL OR, pip Not oOVLKNoll MoRlo.V H.KIn aoMT Govti nor Mr '.un tuiys he did not borrow (hi uw'" Lei me re t you what he id in his sne.-h ut ireetii'ittl th nthr dar ti-jotin? my statement tht "aa aoon as tbe Legnlature bad adjourned, Gorernor Morton at once seized - . -

the entire power of the State government, at by revolutionary authority, and has controlled the aftaire of the Stats up to the protect boor, secording to hit sole will and inHinstlon. ar d without any reference to the other branches of govern ment. He thfo aays: "I must meet this broad täte met. t by un absolute denial It has not the slightest foundation in fact, and I defy Mr McDonald, or any one else, to show where I have usorped a single power, or esercised any authority not conferred upon me by law. He attempts to make out the case by showing that I procured money with

which I carried on the Penitential ..: 1 benevolent institutions, and kept the machinery of the State government io motion; but a very little consideration will rbow that this proposition is absolutely preposterous." Now, what he says is this: that there is no money borrowed on the faith or credit of the State, to carry on the government, but that these men voluntarily came forward and phicod the money in his band, end thv iher. - , obliga tion on the part of the Sute to pay it There is no legal obligation. I grant; but whit are the facts? Here is the order of Marion coontv. bv which $10,(100 was placed in his hands: "Ordered, that the sum of $ 10 IHM) be snd the same is hereby ! appropriated from the Court House Hevenne, : from the county of Marion, to the State of Indi- ' ana. to lie used by the Governor in his official 1 capacitv in defraying the nccestajy expenses of. the Slate. Said loan, with such reasonable 111 terest as may be allowed, to be be reimbursed and paid as mar be provided by Uw hereafter And it is further ordered that upou filing the Gov ernor's receipt, the Shid Auditor shall issue his wtrrati' in fator of the said Goveanor for the said amount ' And this is the "voluntary pay men " It is not a loan to the Stute of Indiana! It could not be id of this loan as Shylock "aid to the Merchant of Venice: 1 "l bat him, for he la a Christian; Hut more fur that, in loa simplicity, lie lends out money gratia, and brings towu Th rt of asaoec here in Venter .' The Governor's loan provided for interest to b'9 friend who came to his re-cue air McDonald read, also, the orders pased bv th counties of Dc-at'ir .nd Warren which were similar iu language lo the one given above In applving thruueh friend to the Treasurer j of Decatur county tor a copy of the Governor's receipt, that officer became angrv, and swore that no J J coppei head should have it. except by procen of law, and that no capital sliould he made out of our noble and patriotic fj vcrnor's efforts to s.ve the crelit of the St ate IsaagftwaV and eii. crHre la a copy ot UM of the Ciovernor's receipt-: "K. t'Tl I DkABI MK.N'T, t "Indianapolis, Ind., &c. MRenttrei from the Trea.-urer of tbe county of Warren. Slate of Indiana, the sum of $25, (Hid, an a loan from siid county, to be ued by him in his officicial capacity as Govern r in defraying the proper and necessary expen-o- of the benevolent institutions," ftc. Signed "O P. Morton Governor of Indiana. And not in his individual capacity. Now 1 will call attention to another fact The (iovernor says these are mere voluntary payments, ;in,i th it there is no obligation to repay either piincipil or interest. BjI the fact is, that this report ot his Financial Secretary shows that be hx? already piid the uin of $1,200 as inter est. This official report of the Financial Secretary reminds me of the report of an ignorant road suuervisor, who tl the close of his term ol office was informed he mast anke out a leport. Having kept no account, he cut the matter short bv Mfrngl "AM -tinnt. I jtaitl in, Ml -timatt s paid out." Thi will be about the sum of tbe official his toi v of Gov. Morton's Financial Secie UM I Laughter : The discussion of this point pw out of a declaration mode by me when I agreed to run for Governor, that if 1 should be elected I ahwntd take an oath to support the Constitution of the United States, anl the Constitution of Indiana; and further, that I would be a candidate for but one branch of the State government; that it was divided into three, and if the Inglnlntiei or judiciary should neglect their duties, ihe responsibility or the failure of either should rest upon their heads and not on mine; and I repeit here now, if you want the diff'eieut branches of your Government carried on by the one Baaa power, do not ele me Applause and laughter. mk nnoataua wan vitws I never come to the discussion ot questions a a as a eonntcit'i wiin me emi war. out mv neaat is readv to bleed at tbe coniemplation of this great OOUntry of ours rent in civil feud and diencwed in fraternal blood I hiv- said on foTaaOTPOCW -sioua thai thi- ewuees of t lie war were by no meat s hidden In seoet The histoiian will be com pelled to s;iv that thev have sprung from the un w ise SSjaVatftsn of the nwOaSAeal of domestic slave ry, between the Northern and Southern States. If the principle of our Federal Government, allowii : t'i each State the undisturbed riyht to control it- domestic institutions, iu Its own way, hid been maintained, thi- eoveinment miht have continued throughout all time. 1 1 ha.- been the intermeddling d die -ection w ith the affairs of the other that has divided our country into sections, until the election of a sectional President upon sectional issues transferred the controversy to the arena of arms I wish to show that this is not mv judgment alone, and I will here read the fir-t resolution adopted in a Democrats convention on the sub ject ot ilnrer agitntion. I8Ü, in n Dom erntie convention assembled in Baltimore, it was resolved that Congre. has no power under the Constitution to intertere with or control the do mestic institutions of the several States, and that all efforts of swolitioanossee others to induce Con gress to interfere with slavery, re calculated to tead to t fie most alaronng ind dangerous e m-c-(upnees. aud that uil such efforts have a tendency to diminish the happiness of ihe people und the stability of the government. In every national a--cmb!v, from thai time to this, that resolution h all its length, without change, h is hecn re- ! awahstawd and re enacted by ihe Democratic pir th of this count iy The speaker also reel a resolution ot similar import adopted by the Whig National Conven tion in lw.r2, in the last great stmcgle of that party to hjld on to power Put iu 1"VI a !.r.v organ: t:on sprung up, into which my fiiend en'crrd In lHjiß it nomi nated its candidate for PrOSSaWWl, and in l-) It mat ceded, and upon it? stjrpe-s civil war came upon Iiis land. 1 do not say that the South wa- justified in secesc.on by the election of a ectional candidate My Mens will - iy that in If-ID I occupied , a poition on this qaOStaon that carried forward thi-- stri(r, and on a former occasion he rnaaj a letter written by me during th it year. I am glad he ha" djre so, nnd I hope he will te.d i agtin to-day 1 then n cmdidatc for Congress, but I shall not aay much about myeif, for men .irf ncohing now, wh'de priiiciples are everythini' By these he can prove tint I hare hen a oosawatssll mat for fifteen yenr. I have cnlv t say in regard to that letter, if any mm in Indiens , thee, orsine, hv.- been miled by it to uiit hi- ikaNiuaUS with 1 -fCt:oi:l fmrly, to that mui lose a asOM humttie apology, and I will crave l:;s tarlon if he will point out t me the way in r. hich it hall be done. All I have to say to my friend is thi that if he fell out from the Democratic party on account of my letter in 1?I9, i humbly knee! to him and ik his pardon; if not, I ask him not to put on my old clothe' Liughter and cheer, j WHAT MB MtaaUMI MORTON DO TO AVOID THK waa? Put ti e war has come upJn the country It miuht have t-een avoided, even after this elec-j lion When Governor Morton became Governor of Indiana, aha! nop? did be i.ke to avett the civil w-r, ihaS wa growing thick and blaok and hanging over the country? If he tried to il aoybing, it lie used ai y words of conciliation, if oe tried reason, it he took any step in thi direc lion, be knew what :t was, and, as he saya in re gard to royuelf, he can have no difficulty in telling what it wae and making himself understood When 'I-;- wh 1 iin- -.;on t!.e cuuutrv, there wa iio man who more thin myf if look piide in that prompt and patriotic effort that was made bv the volunteer soldiery of this couniry to sive it, when iu statesmen, refused to save it by the arte of peace. 1 aay the volunteer soldiery of Indiana, and all other, SSOssJ upon their patriotic impuUe and souf ht to save. Or tbe sword, that ahich these men might have saved by the pen 1 be nuestion waa swbmitted to these men the statesmen wheiiier they wo'ild ave their coun trv and k)e their party, or lo.-e their countrv and sire their party, ai.J they choae io farorof their yrl Cheers But tbia war nas been waged for three years and a half, and 1 am now a-ked what kind of a

war I am in favor of Theoretically f am ,., fa rot of no war I treat applanse tod Peering, cries 0 "nood." "iftaaVl tbe doctrine." I was that He who came upon earth in preach "peace on earth and good will toward aeon." wou'd ei ercise that power h w. and rill tbe w r . strife and blood that are aorgftag over ihi lewd ;A Isdy'a voice. Heir ard lsod. cried. Amen thank the Lord no nrawf waiKMi m . toimr. Before he aays there i no ditaVultv in oder

standing hi- 'ositjon Let na ec ,t lions are: I have stood from the beginnine. and now onalterablv filed in the deter mioatson that this country hall not be disaaemberwd. 1 believe this great country of ours from the Northern lakes to tbe sunny sands of the Rio Grande. wa asade for one government and oiw i ., xe lie dav or hour it it I , ,n ... Bn wr claim to the 5 civil strife a -ing between 1said that I and according to answered it I. i think I can m ke ..h En. -I :n ' r waters fl waaw Und Hal he wer m quas' tbe ease I had net r attention to it I clearer th tn he has ol ll made hi here : I repeat, a- I sc! ibei . 1 now aar, bat this war. as pro-- I uodri ihe ide ts and policies of the abolition n which now rules ihe present adminiatra.'ion, I am utterly . .ft. 1 believe it isentiiling upon ibecountri una evil, and would be false to mv country aassj 1 &ed and country if I did not nay ao The etl of January resolution, which sa that we will sustain with all our energies a war for the maintenance of the government and ihe integrity f the I'nion under the Constitntiou, but .-re opposed o a the emancipation of the negroes or the subjuga tion ol the Southern States This re-olul endorse, unalesland ng br the words "subjuga tion of tbe Southern States" the institutions of those Stages I tand there yet Then, say,, my competitor, you are not for the war. because any war will subjugate ihe Southern S ales. Thete is aiiere we difjet What are Sules? They are constitutions and laws. It is thews which the Fed'-rsl Government has no power to attack. It ia against this thit tbe (rovernmswt has no power to war While thev mav put down those .at war, we say it In- do p -wer lo infringe n the local rights ud powers of other States. whether in the S uith or North: and therefore I sa I am ..sed to r for the -uhjugatioii ; S'atrs. Hut my competitor, in swg4l ; 1 of my peech, undertook to dc' :e;;n j.o-i.i.: by quoting from a - -ech of mine in tseeeaaber, lts2 Ami I will not believe that be undertook intentionallv to garble wdien he juotel it. buf it was unfortunate lhal he did so; and hereafter I hope he sill make a full ami complete correction. He savs"Mr. McDonald delivered a speech, re ported iu the Sentinel next day, liom whi h we shall gain but little light up.n his true p -.-it: 1 In tliat addrets he deciaied that the Abolitionist -his former j!iiii tl liieods ant! as-ocia'es hid forced the war upon the South, that the South never could lie conquetad. v i h-s motto wa"110 war for ihe subjugation of States, or th emancipation ol tiie slaves' ' There he stopped: but it he had read another piragr.tph he would not have misled you as he has. I said the Dem ocratie p .rty, while it disietited from all the eiv il policies of ibis Administration, had obeyel them obeyed them because they were laws, and there w.is no other p .rtv iu this country that would have done so bit tiie Deaaocratir party If the party of my friend had all their politici! opinions trampled un cr I it. and their convictions of ahatwai ritht on politic- .nd State rights, i.nd sovereignties nf Fetleral M ! S; ite governments trampled n;. der loot, thev wouid be tound at war aiib the Ueueral Government. but the Democratic p uir has been a law-abiding port v. and is now; and I was delending them against this charge, and closed my oeeeh with this sentiment, ahich 1 1 .;, leafliiui jOSK -'Till K I.LVI.l-V This broad l aid was m ole for one people aud one (tovernment, and when the madness winch rules the lrur shall pi-s away they sill cou.e together. Put. aft 1 tl ree years of war. I say it is time to try some other temedy. : Ap: 1 au-e on the part of tin IpnsherV 'nends, und ciies of "What is the tesnudt Let's have the remedy.'"! f y it ir iino ' tiv .-ome other ren,edy, and in the m .. 1 - -1 .1- I oy now. that still I am oppose! io ihe sut-jus: tti.-n of Slate- to inlerfereuce wiih St.ve .uiln iity'awd local in-ti-tuiions, slavery or anything el-e I am for the enforcing of Feder .1 u hority over those who deny it. And 1 un for saying to those who ate iu icbellioii, ae ask simply to enfotee tbe Constitution and nothing more, and carrt that with you is the olive brai eh of j-eace in every move you make. Jf that had been dene n the beginning the Southern armies would have wasted away. I said ti is in the spe eh irom hieb my frirnd has quoted, at the time 1 accepted the nomina tion. I said at the same tune, I urn foi peace at ihe earliest moment, bnt peace on the lermof the Constitution ami ibe lia. with all the rights aud guarantees of the i-everal States, Not di and S oath. Put iu the attempt l t on summate it I shall not tie my-elf down to any man's dogmas, but pur-ne it by any and every course that is open. I recognise the power aw the Federal (government t put down those who arc in arms against its authority, but I deny the right of the United St 'tie toovenhiow ihe ir: stiiutions of any State because it is in rebellion 1 am compelled to tbe belief that the men who havemosd forward in the niesen t !;ne ot policy do not -o much have this in mind as the o verth roe of 1 ie in-'Untum of -laveiv iu the Souihern States. I believe they would suppresthe rebeiiion simply by force ot arm-. Mv friend, the (oveiuor, seems to have adopted the plan ol that old Komm Kmpcroi, who said, in reference to the rebelliou- prov.nce. "I willcrete 1 soluu-le, an i call that peae " III) POSITION SI-sTVTFI. Now, I do net thi: k thit any fair minded man. can go awar from here without underi ir.d ing my positions on thi- quc-tioti Put I fi ive 1.0 doubt many will co away, saying thry don't understand them. It is nl mr fault, it ia their-, fori have pi cei them clearlv before vou 1 have snhJ that it the war b d been -.. utel for tbe -im; ie purpose of the restoration of the Union, it w. uld h ive been over long aco Our victories ut F;it Doiielson and elsewhere would not have been wasted away. Pu the poiicv of Mr Lincoln haa tended to divide the people iu the North, because you and I cannot subsrr i-io it; and .t im- in, iled ihe people ot lie -.uih -with a welding heat Here are hi terms in the proposition "To all whom it may concern " And who does it coirctu? It concerns every man who has friend- -r relatives in tbe army .n .: who can mouru and if you can find anv oie on this green earth who cannot mourn, let him pane away, blichted by Heaven and unfit for eompaniorifthip with men Lincoln's proclamation, "To whom it may concern." requiring, a it does, the abandon n.e. - tety by the South, h U compel them glee no the sovereignty of ibeir Staler L'pon a question ol (hat kind, and in vioiatiou of hftj own pledce nnde when he set , ? the Presidential chair, that Ite bad ne. oer ;n power nor ttie in ünatiou to interfere with slavery in the ?iare Stitea. 1 mui sfatvl irreeon'ilal!v opposed to my compevitot and hi party I will close my remarks by simply ashing mv frier .d- ' remain and give Governor Mor on pttient and calm beariog; and let il te ttJ nee Uio'c 11 lt-d:n.i. that i)is aj iot, can again take place, reason again controls, the raen of Indiana are again ttteoteelvev; tbey run 0 . Urate ursn tfinr t.ht. ati i . fr. emeu minfti: 1 Apniaue and cheers. I . tt.rt.tii-. Innlns SpeertaI desire, in tbe fir-t place, to ask each odd pert)n in this assembly il, froni what my friend has said he can tell a here he ftartda on the war j'iesiioo: oiec. -no. no." He remind.M the poetry th t :ti 'an Pun was made in rrferenrr ro Mar "Darrein a&d bf wires .oi. tnd leave- tbe p-.pl -oll c doaks. bether the man th: naadr iL - track W e.trtf Sootb al SSafhSJ lar ;treat laughter and cheers My friend -you iu one breath tbst he is oppoaed to mak.t . peace except 011 terms restoung ihe fmon; and he telia you iu another bieatb that he is opposed to the subjugation of S: i:e- by ar, that t have uied war three years, ai.d be ia now "in la vor of irviug some other rraiedv " Taking the-e statements together, 1 ask if any of vou can tell whit he propo to do? Il is out for iack of ability that be does wot make hime'J Bii'lerstood. Utr be is one of the ablest men in hi party He could telf SSUawSfj wb.t course he ou d pursue iu regsid to the aar. if ftsj ahoald le elected Governor, if he chose. Wh SWOS he shrink tioni Hi He told u, - e must try s-me other remedy," and the quest iuu came up -p. nta r.eou-.y. trom amouft jcu, "auat as toe

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