Randolph County journal. [volume] (Winchester, Randolph County, Ind.) 1855-1862, 1859-11-17

missioner, Hendricks, came also. Well.
Mr.. Hendricks is a pleasant looking
gentleman, q very common speaker.
and we should rather think, would.
without Directing seriously. consent to
be Indiana's next Governor The
Convention did its business in proper
order and then the candidate for Gov
ernor made speech, and such speech.
Mr.. Hendricks opened out by telling
the good people Of Randolph that it
was the duty of the GoverJA of a
great agricultural State like lana to
recommend to the General Assembly
such measures as he deemed wise and
patriotic for the good Of the whole peo-
pie of the State. That he was oppos-
to all Banks, and in favor of collecting
the Revenue of the State in such mon
ey as could not depreciatc in value and
guarding it safely after it was collect
ell. This at first blush looks pretty,
but let thinking men go little fur
ther. The Democratic party has had
control of the legislation of Indiana
for the last seventeen years; fifteen
wears Of the time, entire control, and
the other two years the Governor and
one or the other branches of the Legis-
lature. During the past seventeen
years n Convention has been called
to amend our State Constitution. This
Convention was largely Democratic
Has this Dimicratic party carried out.
or offered to carry out. a single sugges
ton made by Mr.. Hendricks? Surely
this party to which Mr. Hendricks be-
longs is an Anti-Bank party, for by
constitutional authority and legislative
cnactmcnts made by that party more
than one hundred Banks have been
created in Indiana within the last eight
years, the issues of more than fifty Of
which have been as dross in the hands
Of the laborer, mechanic and poor man.
To make the faith of this party con
si>tent with It's works in Indiana, the
conclusion must be that Indiana De
mocracy is in favor Of rays for the
people and gold and silver for the Of
ficchollers Mr. Hendricks sail he
wantc the Revenue. -and that Is for
the off cchollers--collectel in funds
that can not depreciate in value. (and
every kind of money will deprcciate
but gold and silver.)
How strange it is that a party so to-
nacious of the security of the public
funds. and having had the power to
secure for nearly score of years, has
never brought forward in the Legisla
ture any Bill to prevent the Treasurer OF
State from tobbing, over and above his
salary. all the interest arising from the
deposits of the Revenue of the State
in the various Banks. amounting an
nually to the nice little sum of from
trenty to forty thousand dollars.
This is the practical working OF
Democratic machinery and harness.
and they dare not deny that they have
had the power to correct the admitted
evil. and have not done it, hence their
works boldly give the lie to their
faith.
Mr. Hendricks touched slightly the ne
gro question. lie dcplored much, that
the Republicans had for the last five
years forced this question upon the
consideration of the wise and patriotic
Democracy. The two great parties,
10 said. in 1852 resolved in their Ma
,;onal Conventions to abide the Com
,romise of 1850. but the Republicans
bcinr swallowed up by the Abolition
lists five years ago commenced and
continued pressing on the Slavery
a,sst;on. The main proposition as
srmed in this statement. Mr.. Hen
tricks knew was false. He knows well
aud so does every sane. reading man,
woman or child in the United States.
that the Kansas Nebraska Bill, repeal
inc the Missouri Compromise was the
very thing, and none other, that
brought about the Slavery agitation
which has been fierce and bitter for
the last five years. 1t can not be de-
MED by any honest man.
1t is impossible. in one short arti-
Gle. to examine the various misstate-
ments as TO the political history of our
country. made by this aspirant for Of
fee: suffice it to say that this would
be-Governor was much mistaken in
his loose defamation. that Slavery
had never disturbed the Halls of our
National Legislature from the founda-
ton Of the Government until about
the year 1890. II the gentleman will
read the proceedings of the American
Congress had on Friday, March 23d,
l79s, he will doubtless be convinced
that Slavery agitation was not stran-
ger in Congress in 1920. This is i'm