American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1872-06-29

send you back as soon as possible TO the
old Tannery where you came from, and
where you may possibly earn your keep
ing"
Speech of Hon. Thomas A. Hend-. ctS.
The following remar'rs 1vero mode b,,
ex-senator Hendrri,c before the recent
Democratlc late Convention of Indiana,
a1ter me- nomination for Governor:
IL. PRESIDENT AND GENTLEMEN OF THE
| CONVENTION: Until yesterday morning l
had no expectation of being nominated by
| this Conventions; but day before yesterday
evening and yesterday morning was APP
pealed to by gentlemen whose appeal could
not deny, so that finally l gave my consent
| and now accept your nomination. l beg
| you to understand, and that you will make
| it known to the men whom you represent,
that my hesitancy in accepting the nomina-
| ton has been caused by personal reasons
| and considerations, and not because of any
| want of dignity importance in the high
| office to which you have called me. To be
| the first Executive officer of the great State
| of Indiana is no common honor, and to be
| selected thus by the representatives of the
men of this State consider one of the great
| est honors that has ever been conferred upon
| me. Indiana, before the close of the next
Gubernatorial term, will contain a popula-
| ton of very nearly two millions of people
| Her resources will have been more fully
| developed, and the responsibility of the
execution of the laws which bear upon a
| people of such vast numbers is a subject
| which l approach with difiidence and with
deep concern.
Always, the position of State Governor
| is of important responsibility, but in
| these times greater than ever. Now that the
! rights and powers of the States are being
attacked, and that these rights and powers
| are being absorbed by central power, so
| that the people shall no longer have do
nestle and freside government for the pro-
lection of their rights, makes the office of
the Executive of the State of still greater
Importance. The State of Indiana, should T
| be elected your Governor, must all the time,
SO far my influence is concerned, main
| tain a friendly attitude and relation toward
the Federal Government, but at the same
time all rights and powers which are secured
| to the State of Indiana by the Constitution
of the United State must be respected
everywhere. fGreat applause.l
Gentlemen, we have before us a sad spec
tacle, the result of interference with State
Governments. We have a set of States
south of the Ohio River whose government
has been taken away from the pcople-whose
government has been committed to those
| who have sought to make sport and private
| speculation out of their affairs. Those
| States are now Frustrated in the dust. The
| frauds that have been perpetrated in those
| States, and the increase of their State in
debtedness until now they are in condition
| almost of bankruptcy, appeal to the State of
Indiana, and when we hear their wailinS cry
! cal support, shall we refuse to respond?
[Cries of "No, no."l
l do not propose to address you at great
| length. There are one or two subjects to
which will refer. l am in earnest in favor
| of Civil Service Reform. Applause l am
in favor of it in the State of Indiana as well
| as in the General Government. [Cheers.l 1
| am curious to know whether the people of
this country are to be deceived by false
pretenses any longer. They have been assur-
| ed in the platform lately framed at Phladel-
| phia that the party now in power is in favor
of Civil Service Reform. The party now in
power has had the opportunity of showing
| its faith by its work for many years.
This reform has not been brought about,
| and during the last six months have be-
| held at Washington the singular spectacle
| of the President, in formal messages to Con-
gress, proclaiming that he was in favor of
| Civil Service Reform, and his leaders in the
| Senate and in the House dcnouncing any
| man who agitated Civil Service Reform, as
the foe of the Administration. And this
Congress is likely to come to a close-the
| present session has closed-without any sin
| cere and honest effort at reform
Now. if the men with whom L am to CO.
| operate now and in the future sincerely
in favor of this reform, let them show it in
October and November. [Cheers. Let
| every ballot that is cast be an assurance to
men in high office and in low office that the
| offices are to be held and administered only
for the good of the people. Renewed APP
| plause.
| 1 believe that my judgment in regard to
the proper action of the Baltimore Conven-
| ton is in harmony with the sentiments of
| this Convention. CHEERS L desire TO see
that Convention discharge its duty well to
| this nation Very much depends upon it.
l, as your representative in this contest. will
abide by the decision of that Convention,
Tremendous cheers, and | believe that
| that Convention will result in such action
as will secure reform in the State of Indi-
ana, and in the Government of the United
States. tCheers.l 1 believe from what L
see here, from the rumblings that l hear
from afar, from the different parts of the
country, that the Administration of General
Grant will close forever on the first Tuesday
of November. Applause. voice. You
are right."l And, my countrymen, when
you are asked to vote for General Grant
your vote is not given alone for General
Grant.
The question is not so much whether Gen
eral Grant shall be elected President of the
United States, whether the ring that sur
rounds him shall control the affairs of this
country. He who in October shall vote for
the Grant ticket in Indiana, he who in
November shall vote for General Grants
Electoral ticket, Is casting vote hardly for
Grant, but for Morton, for Chandler, for
Conkling, for Cameron, and for Ben. Butler.
And it may as well be understood now as at
any time that the controversy is not so much
between the man who may be agreed on at
Baltimore and General Grant, as between the
Baltimore nominee and the surroundings of
General Grant A voice" Good "
am not much afraid of the one-man pow
err i am not much afraid when one man
shall stand up before this nation and assume
the responsibilities of what he may do ; but
| am afraid of the Government of irrcsponsi-
bic men / afraid of the power behind
that one man, a power held by men VINO are
not directly responsible to the people
When the President stands up before the
people alone, responsible to the people for
what he does, he must bow to their clearly
and well-dcfned judgment; but when he is
surrounded by those who take gain and ad-
vantage out of his Administration by the
management of him, who have the right to
approach him early in the morning and late
at night, who in the Senate condemn what
he recommends, and the next day are re-
ceived as favorites at the Executive Mansion,
where they govern the country, it is - dan
gcrOus government to the people.
| want "A Government that Is responsible to
the people Let rs know VINO response
BILE to us. I think whoever may be President
next time viii feel that he must stand out
before the people, and be personally respon-
sible to the people, not in the sense in which
we have personal Government now, an adj