The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1868-11-07
MR.. coIFAx,
souTH BEND, IND, Nov.

SOUTH BEND IND, Nov. 4.
As soon as returnsannounced II gain
for Grant and Colfax In South Bend,
| CalfaX's homei over the October vote,
the people crowded into the Court
| House, where the returns were to be
read, and Mr.. Colfax and his step
| father, with few OF his lifelong
friends from the days of his boyhood,
among them j. n. Harper O. NJ. Hea-
ton, VIM. Miller, and Geo. Miibnrni
went to the depot where three opera
tors were soon at WoFk receiving on six
wires of the Western Union Telegraph
| Company the news that poured on him
| from all points ofthe Union, which was
copied and sent down to the thronged
Court House. Bye o'clock the fact
that the triuDoph was even more over
WhelminR than had been anticipated
was manifest, and by 10 O'Clock his
townsmen insisted on his coming TO the
| Court House to see how happy they
| felt. Arriving there the whole audi
enee rose and gave vent TO eontin--
! ued cheers, throwing up their hats and
repeating loud and long, and it was
tored, so that he could be heard
lin return for their .enthusias-
tic congratulations. During his re-
i marks he WIS frequently interrupted
by must exuberant and rapturous ap-
i plause. As soon as the prolonged, re-
.
| quieted down Mr.. Colfax addressed
them briefly in substance as follows {:
/ He said that their happy faces showed
how Joyous they were at the magnih-
cent victory that had been won for the
right to-day, but he could not but re-
member that there were others far hap
Il pier. Phe soreIy.triRd Union men OF
the South, subjected 10 outrage. TO in
suit. and to murderouB assaults, had
fsltthat their only hope of protection
was in this commanding decision OF the
people, This victory meant peace for
every man in every section. It meant
defensefOr the defenseless, and strength
for the weak. The Unlocking world,
loo, would understand by this decision
II that loyalty was to be triumphant, South
as we'll as North, and unrepenLant
II traitors would understand that the sac
Il rifices made to crush the spirit of treR-
i son and the blood shed by over 800, COO
mRrtyred not to bein vain.
II He said the party " hich had been thus
4 overwhelmed by an indignant people
would need new leaders and new prin-
II clples before they could attempt another
campaign, and they. would not be like
4 ly again to employ Wade Hampton TO
write their platform or Yallandigham
N to nominate their Presidential ticket.
4 He closed with an expression of the
llgratiLnde he felt for the Affection they
had 80 constantly EXPRESSED for him;
Lu9Y nHu
4 for q HE time rep0ssd in him, and for
the earnestDess with which they had
rejoiced at his every success in life as
l fit had been to their own.
/ When he ceased speaking, there was
a general rush for band.shaking, and
i IT was with great difficulty that Mr..
Colfax could free himself from the
crowd sosthat he might return to the
telegraph Office, where returns were be-
| ing received as fast as lightning could
transmit them. During the evening,
Mr.. Washburne telegrRphed for news
from Indiana, and sud General Grant
was In his parlor enjoying the dis
patches, and Mr.. Colfax sent all the
returns he had by towns and counties
from this hard fought State.
AT midnight the returns are still
pouring in, and the jubilant crowd at
the Court House mixing in songs, and
shouts, and speeches, and stories, and
music in the intervals between the dis
patches. aEs C.l- l-sH - 20 sc.s- i'sts