The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1872-10-25
MIR. HENDRICKS.
From Washington City Patriot.l


If anything was needed TO confirm
the high admiration and respect, in
which Mr.. Hendricks is held by the
country 1T large, it would be furnished
by the extraordinary canvass through
which he has just passed, crowned with
the laurels OF a triumph, which adds
new lustre TO his well-earncd fame. The
contest in Indiana was reduced TO
personal struggle between him and Sem
ator Morton for ascendency. The Ad-
ADMINISTRATION threw its whole power and
patronage into the scale, as if its fate
was inseparably identified with one who
is regarded as the chosen confident Of
the President, and the inspirer OF his
policy. Members of the Cabinet, the
Radical candidate for the Vice-Presi-.
dency, and other chiefs, were scattered
all over the State, exerting every posi-
Bile influence in behalf Of Mr.. Morton.
Immense sums of money were raised
and applied without scruple for the
same purpose; and, superadded to these
powerful agencies, thousands of negroes
were imported from Kentucky, and
combined with an extended system Of
fraud. exceeding in its vast ramiicalions
Jail former experience.
At the head OF this formidable COM
|bination, with unlimited resources at
his command, was the directing and de-
termined mind of the master spirit of
Radicalisn, whose long experience had
made him familiar with every partisan
appliance, and whose desperate charac-
ter shrank from no means, however rcck-
less, which in any way promised sue
cess. Ambitious, strong willed, I'M
scrupulous, fertile in expedients, and
skilled in pervcrsiOn, he compacted these
elements into Il struggle, which was
conducted with all the energy that
violent nature could summon. The
spectacle of the palsied and stricken
man, leading the hosts of the Adminis-
tration, and iniusing into them the harsh
passions of his bad, envious, and resent
iul heart, will long be remembered by
those who witnessed the progress Of
this remarkable contest.
On the other side, Mr.. Hendricks
stood forward as the advocate of peace,
and reform. His private
worth, spotlcss integrity. statcsmanlike
qualities. and the following which these
commanded, were the re-
sources with which lie entered upon the
canvass. The aid received from outside
was limited, and he may bc said to have
borne the brumt and burden OF the bat
c in his own person, though well scc-
)ndcd by associates on the ticket. When
lc consented to stand as candidate,
argc personal interests were freely
'acriiiced aud patriotic duty alone was
le animating spirit OF his conduct. He
gave himself wholly up 10 the cause Of
and against the greatest odds
las won grand victory.
TODAY Mr.. Hendricks stands tho
leader of that great Lib
raj movement which must soon shape
he destinies Of the Republic. Even il
oriune should not favor ii now, the day
# It's triumph can not he distant, and
must come with the inevitable reaction
gainst continued corrupiioI, misrnle
nd Capitalization. The underlying
principles Of this great popular cause
ddrcss themselves to the reason and
'atriOtism Of The masses, in whose in
erests they have been defended. Par
les have yielded up old pred JUDGES,
asst aside antipathies, and met on COM
non ground, TO restore the Union 10 its
ncicnt integrity, TO bring back The gov
rnmcnt into honest paths, and 10 revive
he spirit which once recognized no Sec
ional bounds, but gloricd in the same
ational name aud destiny. With these
inns. there is no human power which
an prevent the final and certain success
{ the Liberal movement. Passing
auses and adverse combinations may.
erhaps, check the complete truition of
no hopes of its friends, but they will
My serve rs new incentives TO excrtiom,
nd render the ultimate triumph more
rand and overwhelming.