He ▁uses ▁vin eg ar ▁when ▁he ▁might ▁scatter ▁sugar ," ▁a ▁Republican ▁newspaper ▁in ▁Ohio ▁compla ined . ▁The ▁report ▁also ▁noted ▁the ▁con gress man ▁had ▁a ▁pr ick ly ▁person ality ▁and ▁little ▁toler ance ▁for ▁his ▁oppon ents . ▁The ▁new ▁report ▁explained ▁that ▁those ▁who ▁crossed ▁him ▁discovered ▁his ▁" un fortun ate ▁temper ▁and ▁his ▁determ ination ▁to ▁fight ▁to ▁the ▁bitter ▁end ." ▁Among ▁Julian ' s ▁numerous ▁political ▁advers aries ▁was ▁Oliver ▁P . ▁Mort on , ▁the ▁powerful ▁Republican ▁governor ▁of ▁Indiana . ▁Mort on ' s ▁views ▁on ▁the ▁treatment ▁of ▁former ▁Confeder ates ▁was ▁similar ▁to ▁Julian ' s , ▁but ▁Mort on ▁came ▁late ▁to ▁the ▁cause ▁of ▁black ▁suff rage . ▁As ▁late ▁as ▁ 1 8 6 5 ▁Mort on ▁had ▁given ▁a ▁speech ▁arg uing ▁that ▁southern ▁black s ▁were ▁not ▁yet ▁fitted ▁for ▁the ▁vote . ▁Where ▁Julian ▁had ▁broken ▁early ▁with ▁Johnson , ▁Mort on ▁continued ▁to ▁support ▁Johnson ▁into ▁early ▁ 1 8 6 6 , ▁hoping ▁to ▁prevent ▁a ▁party ▁split ▁between ▁Congress ▁and ▁the ▁president . ▁In ▁ 1 8 6 7 ▁Mort on ▁ger ry m ander ed ▁Julian ' s ▁district , ▁which ▁was ▁strongly ▁ant is la very ▁and ▁un sh ake able ▁in ▁its ▁support ▁for ▁the ▁con gress man , ▁by ▁replacing ▁several ▁of ▁its ▁most ▁radical ▁count ies ▁with ▁pro - D em ocr atic ▁ones . ▁As ▁a ▁result , ▁Julian ▁had ▁a ▁hard ▁fight ▁and