The Republican journal., 1872-10-31
Gov. Hendricks on the Situation.

| follows
| Ny YFELLow-CGrIzENs-I am glad 10 meet
| you here tonight. Our work is but half dour,
| and YOUR presence and the enthusiasm which
| you display upon this occasion give ne a~>ur-
| ance that the residue Of the work Will be well
| done by the people Of Indiana Applause.
| 1t Is three months since | stood upon this plat
! form, so far as was concerned, TO commence
| the fight of 1872. Since that night I have been
| from county to county. from section to section
| of The Stat, till the labor closed on the night
| before the election. The contest in which
| nav" been engaged has been peculiar one.
! Never was one so determined in the history of
| the state, and, on the part of our opponents.
| never INSCRIPTIONS and SO bitter. Never
| was 50 much money brought into an American
| election. Never was it thought before that 4
| quarter or malt million of dollars should con-
| troll great State like Indiana against the DELHI
| crate Judgment of the people; and with these
| terrible odds against US we have gone on, and
| the vote on last Tuesday week shows IL ma
| ioritV Of more than Il thousand for the head of
the ticket, ,Aprausei This fight, As said
| is not to stop. We may rejoice over what We
have accomplished but as business men, in
! tending results to follow efforts, we now COM
mencc The fight for November. [ChccrS. Let
! d be understood, my liend-, that my election
| in Indiana is to he followed by Il more emphatic
declaration on the part OF the people in avor
! OF the electoral Vote for Greeley and Brown
| lCh 7ers. On the State ticket | am able to ,,tv
! 7" you tonight only this: That the Governor
| GuN luc oul'tlnltllttnl OF lunlc instruction
| are elected, and less than a thousand votes cover
| the balance of the ticket. | wish could >,.v to
you tonight that the entire Democratic ticker
! was elected; but can say ~ You that the men
| Of the ticket who are defeated stand with yuu
| for the great fight III November. ApptMl>o.'
| VULGARIrY OF THE GRANT ORGANS.
| 1t Is MT in @oo,. taste 1T the hose of =, rnu-
! test like TINS, for man to refer u his own con-
| nectlon with ii; but YOU will pardon me. per
| hap>, for one moment, in referring tu ont fact.
| l have been in the political contest of Intliuna.
! more or less con>picuouslv, for 4 good many
NealS, bat never have | experienced the butter
ness pt attack, personally to myself, that have
! encountered this year. As Il matter of course
| u i Ntr} legitimate and proper that my public
record. aIl that have said and done ..> "A r,t,i,c
| mar, should be freely and fully discussed. |
ask no covering fer any H;iit of that record. But
| 1t Is quite unuSnai for mans private nj tir~
! his private concerns, To ne brought into a no
| liura contest of such magnitu h. ny that in
which we are engaged. My Irivtie arIir> for
mean and contemplate purposes. have been
| brought into this contest. The organ ot the oi-
position in the State ot Indiana has dr>renled
! fIom the hgh position that representative
| organ should occupy To- attack me, without
| reference to the truth of the charges mal.. /
have lu>t this qualifications that every single at
| tack that was made upon me during the last
| contest, upon personal grounds, has added to
| the vote that made me Governor If the State
! Of Indiana. Cheers. There is y sentiment nl-
justice and tair play among TIE people, that Il
!
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| n'-7' 80 ~ ~" ''''' l''N'
! OF the Representative, to- Congress, Ne carry
M" flrNt, Second and Third Districts, aml ]
! understand that Mr. Netl has beaten Shan5S in
| lhe northeastern diStrlct OF the state. regret
to say that our candidates for Congress at large
are beaten-ont hy about 200, aud the other by
| ilo vQlc$. little more az an clITt on or part
W"uIi nave elected the State ticket and both
the candidates for Congress at large | wish
| 70 say q very iltte ot The u cularltN OF the vote
| mere was a VERY small vote At the recent cleo
tlon, amounting to two hundred or three hum
ired, mat supported Wlal was called the
Ntral3hl-out Democrats urkct-l ticket that
was repudiated bv It's head, a very able aud
| h"n"rahj" man, VIM. Eigcrtnn; he refused 4"
| toe injected with the trEet, yet by force, al
most, they made HIM part OF the ticket, and scht
| 4 out INTO the different portions of the state.
lhat small vote OF two hundred or three hun-
.ir'd III The Who'll" state OF Indiana are not 20
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