Indiana American. [volume] (Brookville, Ind.) 1865-1872, 1868-11-06

ing the conflicts sf the past, aud ibe peeu-
liar character fshe new District, was in
the behest degree gratifying 10 my
friends. II seemed 70 be n most unmis-
taxable solution u our Congressional
problem for the present year. | believe
no Republican then found any fault with
my public action. or he's since dones 30,
although have taken no merely passive
or negative part 10 the practical business
Of legislation during the past seven ysars.
l have been an earnest aud active supper.
ter Of all the greet measures growing out
of or connected with the war, such as the
con6scation of rebel property, the armipg'
Of the negroes, the destruction Of slavery
the punishment Of rebel leaders the enfrsn-
chisement Of the freedmen, aud the re-
construction Of the rebel States. | have
also had the honor to take q decidedly
advance position on all these questions,
and to fnd myself fully yindicated by
time; while have no occasion whatever
to put out Of sight anything that have
done or uttered as your servant. With
such q record must of course expect the
enyenomed hostility Of every rebel and
every sympa,hizer with treason. in the
UaiIed States l have had IL, and | am
MS proud Of il as a bride Of her marriage
ring. / denounced aud branded them,
and shall continue to do so TO the end; and
they have fought me with desperation
utterly unprecedented and which deies all
definitions. But they have found some
natural allies and brothers beloved in q
few pretended Republicans who joined
them in secret and cowardly conclaye,
prepared and stealihily put 10 circulation
tickets with the name of my competitor
printed in the place Of my own, and so
closely resembling our tickets Ms TO be
peculiarly calculated TO induce my friends
10 vote them; and not content with, this
act, by which they have fairly earned the
honors Of the peni,entiary, they coolly
planned and deliberately executed con-
spirscy to stuff the ballot box oithe South
poll in the city Of Richmond with these
tiekelsl OF course these factionists knew
that the issue to be tried in these fall
elections is the most solemn ever submit
ted to the American people, involving all
the questions Of the war aud all the fruits OF
our victory. They knew that ia this pro-
longed battle with traitors no power but
that Of Congress can stand as break
water against the black feod Of treason
which threatens 10 oveivnelm this land
They knew, and frankly confessed. that
they could make NO objection to my course
in Congress during the years Of trial
through which we have passed. They
knew my defeat m ust sadden every Loyal
heart aud make glad every rebel in III q
Union; but their boarded malice gave
them no pause in their reasonable career
aud has lelt them no reward but the dis
grace and inhmy which they have e
justly earned. These men, after doinl
their utmost so secure their wishes IN The
nomination 10 April should have abided
BY il. Ii any pretended personal grew
ances could have justified them in voting
against NE, they should quietly have
erased my name from the ticket, leaving
Other Republicans free TO conform TO ih'
usages OF The party. aud aid in maintain
ing It's unity; bn, when they went btyon'
all this, and joined hands with Copper
heads IN the use of the basest aud toules
means 10 defeat the Republican party
14i.ey lo>s sllsi5hs u ~ seeogpized eithei
as RepnblisJns or edaiiemsn. They are
deserters 10 The eneu'y, and should b
dealt with according }. Aud yet these
interesting aad precious individuals, as )
Determined TO exauit impadence into |
fine art, are labofing quite industrioosl,
10 propagate the idea that all thought o
making anolhtr tight in my behalf mus
now be abandoned al once, since The con-
test has been made 30 very close through
their atrocious plot TO crush mel What
beautiful aud blessed Sc. os fellows thus 4
urge their own unmatched knavery anc
ewindling ~ reason for throwing m'
owen boafd aud selecting some man VIII
can commaud their distinguished support
Let ,hem get out Of he dishonest grave
they have dug Tor themselves before the,
trouble Republicans with their advice
The future will provide for itself. Ihes
men have been laying MT finally on ih
shelf for number of years, aud Ierhap
they ore determined 20 contiue ia that &c
lighiiul occupation some time longer
When they urge that harmony require
that | should be retired from the politica
fed. aud that such coDticts AS the.
kindle must sead Us into fragments, re-
Div that far moro decent method of es
tablishing harmony would BIO for the squa'
OF malignants who palm of spurious tick
cts aud stuff ballot boxes TO leave our or
ganizatou aud 90 to their place. Tn
Republican party OF this and the othe
counties of the District was never befor'
so we'll organized aud so completely con-
svlidated. In the counties Of Wayne an'
Fayette, notwithstanding the spnriou
ticket fraud, fell below the State ticke
far less than ever before, while in Union
Franklin, Rush, Hancock aud Shelby
am nearly up With IT, Whoever will TAX
the trouble 10 look at the votes Of othe
members Of Coupsess 10 this State, ap'
other States, - eAnpared With the genera
ticket, via hnd< ltlle cause 10 cavi
tat tiit difference between my vote an'
that Of Governor Baker. No, my friends
make no calculations rs 10 the future
know the uncertainty of health, and 0
life. know that we have men among
, Us whose longing for my ruin Is as IN
slumbering aud as remorseless as ever i'm
PEELED Ku Klux Khan to sacrifcea hunt
ed victim. know too how weary ans
exhausting is such life as lead, an'
how gladly | would exchange II for 70
tirement aud rest. But l have accepted
all dangers and conflicts 10 the past, an'
IL .