The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1868-09-21


clock on Che morning of the election,
formed in column and maintained
their position till each man had voted.
and the white men had to come after
them. So, he said, when our young
men go West they will find the negro,
and with same rights that they will
possess. Then after having been so
badly used up on every previous oc-
casion, he again referred to Governor
Baker as in favor of negro suffrage,
and quoted his speech In Ohio last
year. He spoke at considerable
lsngth on the expenses of the Gov
eminent, exaggerating enormously |
whenever it suited his convenience, |
and declared that we could not go on
at the same rate aud avoid repudia- |
ton. Reconstruction measures he de- /
clared- TO be the most shameless and |
fragrant violations of the Constitution |
that have ever been perpetrated. |
Gov. Baker, in reply, first refuted the
glaring falsehood Of Hendricks con-
corning the public expenditures as
| corrected, especially with the army,
| showing that the expenses of the.
army, instead of being two million
dollars per regiment, Is not more In
| greenbacks than it was in gold under
| buchanan. He spoke of the FREQUENT
reference of Hendricks to Lincoln
and Governor Morton, and regretted
that Hendricks had not a good
opinion of them during the war. and
aided in filling up the ranks of our
regiments. He demanded again that
his opponent should state what was
meant by the demand in the New
York platform for the repeal of all
enactments providing for the enroll
ment OF militia into national forces.
Law IS dead letter in time of peace,
and after referring to the situation of
the country, when another war might
: break out, he asked what they meant
by 1t, if it was not that they might
E again place the nation In a powerless
condition while they brought on
another war In his reply Hendricks
did not pretend to meet the question.
Governor Baker met the suffrage
: question as before. He referred to
the action of Hendricks in voting for
, qualified suffrage on the Doolittle
. amendment, and again when the ad-
mission of Arkansas came up. He
2 had some more back. he said, when
he closed up the record on these.
, Hendricks took up his suffrage re-
cord as the first thing in his reply,
but made the same foolish and weak
= excuse as before, that he wanted to
. cut the mum Der of negro voters down
, as much as possible. He touched on
no new matters except by attempting
o show that the whisky ring was con-
/. Urolled by Republicans; that their
legislation had been of such a nature
: as to favor themselves, and referred
to 3. N. Pike as man who had made
four million dollars out of it, through
the aid Of Republican friends in Con-
+ gress.
Gov. Baker met this point in prop
! er spirit. and again saying that he had
tried in vain to get any response to
l his question whether he (Hendricks)
= would honor a call of Seymour if
made upon him for troops to put down
the reconstructed Governments. He
referred in glowing terms to the re-
. cord Of Indiana In the war, and then
t to the record of Mr.. Hendricks, and
& have had if Hendricks instead of
Morton had been elected Governor in
1860?
Hendricks here interrupted him,
:, much excited, and said he had intro
duced new subject in his last speech,
which was contrary to their agree
meat The crowd cried loudly,
+ " down, down." but Governor Baker
: prevailed on them to allow him to be
heard.
Mr.. Hendricks then claimed to
have made a speech In favor of en-
y forcing the draft.
. Baker replied that Hendricks had
, introduced new matter into his last
r speech at Delphi, on Tuesday. He
had not interrupted him, but had
C taken this way to pay him off. He
D then said, that after Frank Stevens
q was killed in Rush County, Baker as
Provost Marshal General had called
3 together Mr.. Hendricks, Judge Per-
e kins, and others, that they had agreed
t to issue a circular jointly with him,
to the people, that they failed to keep
the promise. and that Mr.. Hendricks
. as a compromise had made speech
G at Rushville, counselling them not TO
3 resist the draft, because they could
Q nos do so successfully.
Mr. Hendricks put his foot into it
wonderfully, and the result of the
: meeting again turned overwhelming
e in favor of the Republicans.