New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1875-09-04
POLITICAL NEWS.
GOV. HENDRICKS SPEAKS IN OHIO

GOV. HENDRICKS SPEAKS IN OHIO
TIE REPUBLICAN PARTY CHARGED WITH ALL THE
OBSTACLES TO REsUMPrION-EvIL or OUR
BONDS BEING OWNED ABRoAD-THE ANCIENT
DOCTRINE OF DEMOCRACY A SOUND AND STABLE
CURRENCY.
lBY TELEGRAPH TO THE TRIBUNEl
EVANSVILLE, Ohio, Sept. 3.-The Hon. Thomas
A. Hendricks delivered a speech at this place TINS
afternoon upon the invitation of the Democratic
State Committee The speech was strongly partisan.
Mr.. Hendricks quoted largely from himself, criti-
cised the Republican financial policy, and advocated
n change of administration. He repeated what he
sai last wear about specie payments which was not
very definite and added
When | addressed these sentiments to my fellow
citizens of Indiana year ago. IL dd not occur 10 ny
that there was statesnanship beyond and above all
had thought, to be found simply in borrowing gold,
increasing national debt and the evcr-recITI1ng
payment of interest abroad. had supposed that
our ability at all times to redeem the paper cur
rency i'll gold depended upon permanent as we'll as
a sufficient supply. | bad Thought that god
brought into the country under the lniuences
of increased production and c0niHelce,, Woula
remain; but that borrowed gold would not
stay. My confidence Is in the development OF
the resources of the country, IN IT. its
stable laws that regulate trade and com nerce rather
than the temporary and arbitrary devices ~ Ioh1,
gress. More than during the war; under the Iead
If Senator Sherman Congress undertook TO regulate
tIansac.iO in god with view to controlling ITS
attempts proved 10 he. The party that now seeks
continued power is responsible for the two
great impedilHents in the way OF reSuhp-
tion By strange and questionable devices they
have sought to make our debt foreign
instead of a domestic one. The consequence ~ tnat
every nay dav large sums of gold are sent abroad 10
nav int rest coupons. The red blood flows from tue
veins and arteries of the country. Ireland was M
poverishcd by the landlords who expended the e
rents abroad. Cheap Chinese labor eats at TIE
yital of our prosperity on the Pacific Coast Is long
as the wages are sent back in gold to CHINA. Inc
farmer grows poorer every year VINO returns no
nom shment 10 Lis fields.
Here the Governor quoted himself again to the
Republican obstruction of resumption, ana OBJ
served:
suppose it is entirely clear to your observation
that had stale authority been respected, IN Accord
left in the control of their domestic anairS' Tthot
prejudice or denial Of right 10 any class ~
accordance with the Constitution greater har-
mony wonld have prevailed between the
races Prosperity would have returned To those
communities more rapidly, and the production OF the
,reaf STABLES would have been much more abundant.
Then our valuable materials of export would nave
been in larger supply, and as a consequence our
supply of gold more reliable and permanent, ana
specie payments nearer a possibility. lnulN hiu'u
happiness and the general interest of the country
have been sacrificed T. party pohcY: harmony
based upon Justice and the protection OF the
rights of all classes, must be res 9rtu
Prosperity will follow, pure water flows from
a pure fountain. The general paril$s Of business
and employment and the dstrust of useful invest
ments because of slrinkage i'll values, we'll "a the
condition of currency, have brought aDout diI-
fcre ices of opinion among Democrats. think these
differences may be adjusted. | have heretofore eX-
pressed the opinion that wise craftsmanship may
avoid XtTemcs of Contracted cum eIcy, crnpng
c.tcrnrse and labor on the one hand, and OF an
inflated and deprecia ed currency on the oiher mat
they are the extremes vi gluit0ny and Starvation
aud that health and strength Will come OF neither
/ have an mistaken confidence thai the National
Council of party vii 80 adjust those diiierent eS
a. TO maintain our ancient doctrine III favor oil a
snnnd and stable currency and of policies in ord
ance herewith, and with return 10 Specie lay-
mems always in view, and at the same time AVOID
ing the disasters which would inevitably follow COLI
traction.
Gov Hendricks prescribes for all the public evils
of the day a change in Administration.