The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1872-07-04
Turning their Backs.

Turning their Backs.
A short time since the Democracy of
the State of Indiana met in State Con-
vention at Indianapolis for the purpose,
of course, of placing in nomination a
straight Democratic ticket for State
officers.
AT the same time the State committee
of the So called "Liberal Republican" +"
party met at indianapolis and when the
unterrifed came together, entered upon
their deliberations, they soon found that
all was not lovely, somebody had been
here since "Ish been gone," and who
the somebody was soon appeared upon
the surface, the Greeley tricksters had
been plying their vocation after their
Cincinnati fashion, and to the astonish-
ment of the better sort of Democrats
had compromised the majority of the
convention to sort of "af and af' ar
rangement-tbey had persuaded the
majority that there was no difference be-
tween Turkey and Turkey Buzard and
the majority had really accepted the
proposition, "Do you take the Buzard
and we'll take the Turkey, or we'll take
the Turkey and you may have the
Buzard."
Mr.. Hendricks was the favorite son
of the Indiana Democracy and he must
be the candidate for Governor. Mr.. H.
was consulted, but things didn't smell to
suit, and he declined, he very truth
fully declared that he had, to the best
of his ability been the standard bearer
and champion of the Democracy for
years, that in all his congressional record
not one word uttered, or vote cast by
him indicated reform, that he had always
favored the old order of things as in
terpreted by himself and other great
statesmen of their school, such as John
G. Callhoun, James Buchanan, Jeffer-
son Davis, Franklin Pierce, Robert
Toombs, Howell Cobb and other stars Of
the first magnitude in our Democratic
political heavens, that he never, no never
voted dollar to support the patriotic
army, necessarily called into the field to
crush the Democratic Shareholders Re-
bellion, and now did they suppose that
he could be found in the company and
under the Illiad of all their misfortunes
no! never! Then began the entreaty,
now do relent, don't oh! don't forsake
us in our hour Of peri! and need, do We
pray thee consent to be our standard
bearer this once, and bear with you,
through all the future the honor of run
ming us into the ground under the i'm
mediate direction of Horace Greeley and
his accomplished trick players.
This was too much for the old Demo.
cratic war-horse of Indiana and he con-
sented to 20 it, and made speech, and
to do so he turned Lis back, and they
all turned their backs, and shut their
eyes too. They turned their backs on
they past of history, upon Franklin
Pierce and his administration conniv-
ing at border rufiianism, at his employ
ing of United States soldiers to protect
the most unparalleled lawlessness; turn
ed their backs upon the last Democratic
administration with its rebellion, with
its Democratic rebel Generals Floyd and
Cobb, dismantling every northern fort,
robbing the national arsenals, and ar
nories, stealing the very last dollar in
the national treasury, and carrying all
away to aid iu the work of destroying
national life; their backs upon 5OO,'
600 sacrificed human lives, upwards Of
two thousand millions of treasure; upon
all the crutohes, artificial limbs and
armless sleeves, caused by their pet meas,
ure rebellion.
These, and other things too numerous
10 mention, the Indiana Democracy