The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1872-10-05
THE RECORD OF THOS. A. HEN
bricks.

rae RECORD OF THOs. A. HEN /,
bricks.
II 10 said that the Liberal Republicans Of
indiana will cast thsir votes for Thomas A.
for Governor. We doubt this.
For years they have opposed this man, who ct
almost every important election has come be-
fore them with his specious reasoning. plead |
ing for plsce. They have withstood his fat
terry, rebuksd his insincerity, and condemned
his iniquities. de has gone among the people
Of Indiana only TO be encountered with his
vicious record, and has asked them for their
SURFACES only to DO met with defeat.
Are his efforts to be successful now Are
even Liberal Republicans 30 lost to themselves
as to lend him support? We can see how
some Of the old, enthusiastic admirers Of
Greeley might be led to stand by him, even
while leading them out of the party and over
to the enemy, but how they can reconcile it
with their consciences to vote for Hendricks
surpassss our comprehension. Upon every
issue he has been against them. Upon every
question, when their most cherished principles
have been at stake, be has fought them bitter
" AMI without mercy. Can the man who has
turned his back upon humanity and been saf
to the call Of his country now command their
confidence and support?
He voted to make the possession Of proper
~ condition Of suffrage.
He voted against requiring lawyers and
others practicing before the courts and de-
atty to the GOVERNMENT.
HE voted 10 strike out the fafth section Of
the Enrolment Act, providing that in the case
of the death of soldier his back bounty
should be paid to his widow or children.
he voted in like manner to strike ont the
seventh section, which provided for the proper
puniahment of desertion.
He voted fer the resolution of Mr.. Davis, of
Kentucky, which sought to embarrass the
Government by providing for new enrollments,
and forbidd;ng the draft until unnecessary
and dilatory forms had been complied with.
He voted against the proposition of Senator
Wilson to make the children of colored sol.
diers free.
He voted for the reso lutions of Mr.. Powell
providing that no slave should be emancipated
(no matter if his master was fighting in the
rebel army unless the owner was paid his
full value by the United States.
He voted against the acts for the recon-
struction of the rebel States, and in favor Of
giving these States representation without
evidence Of returning loyalty, aud without
being recognized.
He voted against the repeal of the Fugitive
Slave Law, that dark stain upon our legisla-
ton. which no law, custom or excuse can
palliats.
On the 10th of January. 1857, there was
introduced in the Senate the follow ing bill:
"That from and after the passage of this
act there shall be no denial of the elective
franchise in any Of the Territories on account
OF race, color or previous condition Of servi-
tude."
i On this proposition Mr.. Hendricks voted
no.
On the 18th of June, 1866. the joint rcso .
luton was brought up in the Senate, propos-
| ing the following amend msnts to the consti-
tuition:
"SEcrIoN l. All persoEs born or natnral-
ised in the United States, and subject to the
jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United
| States and of the State where they reside.
No State = shall deprive any person OF
life. liberty or property without due process
OF law, nor deny to any person within its ia.
risdicsion the equal pro lection of the laws"
| Republicans of Indiana! Read this lust
humane and bene6cent provision, and then
remember that Thomas A. Hendricks voted
against it.
Section provides that "the validity of The
public debt authorized By law, including debt.
incurred for payment Of pensioas and bomiie, 70,
services in surpressiag insurrectos and rebellion
shall not b questioned."
Soldiers Of Indiana! Upon this PROPOSE
ton of . Republican Congress Thomas A
Hendricks voted NO.
The same section provides that sneither tn
United States nor any State shall assume o.
pay any debt or obligation incurred in aid of IN
surrsctioa or rebellion against tie United State,
or osy. claim for tho loss or emancipation Of an,
slare, but all such debts, obl;agsions. and claim
| sAoA 0e hetd MSegdt ana vOsd."
Let every voter of Indiana, remember tina
on this proposition, as upon the rest, Hen
bricks voted no.
His record on the Fifteenth Amendment i
the same.
Nor is this all. He was in full sympath,
with the Sons of Liberty in Indiana and wa
their chosen spokesman on numberless occa
sions. At "Hendricks festival" held a
Shelbyville on the 7th of February, 1868, th
meeting passed resolutions Registering" thei
:uualterable opposition to the passage of IN,
Consumption or drafting act whereby the mel
of onr country shall be taken from thei
quiet homes to fight for the freedom of IT,
negro"
/ The Brown County Convention of Januar,
! l, 1883, resolved on "cessation OF he still
ties" to the end that the seeded States mieh
be restored with "all their original RICH,
aud privileges" and closed by nominatin,
Thomas A. Hendricks for United States Sen
ator. The Allen County Convention calle
the draft ''the most damnable of all the GU,
RACES" perpetrated on the people. Switzer
land County resolved that she would nc
furnish another nan or anot her dollar, bu
would "rssist all such acts of tyranny an
usurpation." And 30 We might 20 on, quo.
ing, resolutions Of Indiana Democrats, de-
nouncing the war in one breath, and nomiu
ating Hendricks in the other. until column
were filled. Let no Republican forget the n
cord or stultify himself by casting vote fc
this enemy of his lifelong principles.
Grant and the Business Men.
Business men have . dislike for radio,
charges. They are, a. 4 class practical |
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