The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1869-02-02

| my Friends and Neighbors:
have o release from official duty to-day
by the adjournment of the Senate until
Monday, came hometo spend few
quiet hours with my family, and enjo,
the sweet welcome home Of those whe
love me best. !: !. s.
81 aid not anticipate this Interrupt
ton, pleasant as it is, to my home en-.
! joyment, and am now surprised to ffud
myself in the presence of this immense
crowd of old friends. The, ,exhaustine
j exeitementfof the last few weeks, and
his unexpected call will forbid that ]
should venture to make speech. A
/ word of grateful thanks, with a briei
statement of the political contest lthro'
Which have just passed, must be all
that you must ask of me TO- night
"For nearly sixteen years I have
lived inyour midst, and feel that none
know me SO well as you. / hayeit tried
to conduct myself as a neighborh and a
citizen, in a way to challenge your con.
fidence and regard; and your presence
here to night in such immense numbers
tells me in much stronger terms than
words can convey that my conduct has
your appreciation, and that have q
warm place in your affections. / can
End no words to tell you how grateful
am that you have come to night to con
vince me of that fact. Let me assure
you that in the future, as in the past it
will be my aim to strive to merit your
regard in promoting every cause that
tends to promote tue happiness Of our
small, ) ct growing city. " -
g IF have the confidence Of the whole
people of the State I am proud of it,
but to know from you that there is no
abatement ofyour regard aud confidence
make me proudcr and happier. still. 1
thank you for it. And kenccforth when
ever L am assaulted by slanderers and
backhiters II will not stop TO an
swer them, but will refer them to you,
and win abide your. decision. So you
see that my confidence in you goes to
the extent of making you the cuseodians
of the dearest thing have on earth my
reputation. A voice 1--WE are with
you ard will stand by you
'sYou doubtless expect me to say
something to night, about the Senator
ial contest which closed on yesterday.
| will clleerfully comply with what sup
pose to be yunr wishes, 9r1d
Zone week after the Legislature met
the caucus for the nomination Of Sen
atorial candidate was held. found, as
soon as ! arrived at the Capital, that a
majority of the managing politicians
were against me; but / was gratifed to
find that the people and a majority Of
their Representatives aDere for nae. These
politicians at once commenced to form
combinations, and rings, to compass my
defeat. Not contented with this,
they assaulted my character as a man, and
made use Of means t, defeat me that
will cover them with shame when they
come into the presence ola just and
honest people. }tE
% -''After doing all that could be done
all that hellish malignity could invent
before the meeting of he caucus, it was
found that out Of seventy six votes cast
in that body for United States Senator,
tina, had fifty one on the first ballot
CHEERS That is my answer to their
wicked and malignant assault Enra-
ged and chagrined at this signal rcbuke
to the wicked and unjust war they Lad
wsgce upon me, they procured a few
men to bolt the caucus nomiEatfen,
which, addict to the few that refused to
go into the caucus, made q sufficient
number to defeat my. election by six
votes. sa.. s..ft ssslf.lt,ss, ss.l ..ft II.
"They did not claim, OF pretend, that
the caucus was not fair expression Of
the will of the people; but they seemed
animated with the spirit that il they
could not control the popular wish, they
q could defeat it. 94w Ui4@..to'f -@'Hj
s..After several ballots, finding there
was danger that the result in the end
would be the election of a Senator for
six years, not in accord with the public
sentiment by a combination Of the boil
ers and the minority party in the Legis
lature, n ade up my mind to do what
you know / have done before-to sacri
fce my own interest and ambition to pro
cure harmony and success for my own
party. se f.4a ~ s,a ii be
"Another caucus was held, and L told
my friends, than whom no man ever
had letter or truer, that the interests of
their constituents demanded, thought,
that they should select candidate on
whom we could rally a sufficient mum
Der of votes, who was not bolter nor
asympothizer with them, and whose po
litical faith was sound, and in harmony