The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1876-11-10
INDIANA.

INDIANAPOLIS, November 9.-Thc most
intense excitement has prevailed here all
day. The streets in front oil the Demo.
cratic and Republican headquarters have
been literally packed. '57f
Gov. Hendricks was serenaded tonight
by an immense crowd with q band OF mu.
sic. The Governor addressed the crowd
as follows; N.5.
Ny fellow citizens, am not we'll
enough to make speech. The work Of
the campaign, in which Ihave taken quite
q part, has fatigued me, and have not
been able to be out to-day, but I guess l
shall get well now. Cheers.l believe
that the result will justify you in the ex.
pectations which have brought you TO-
gether tonight. The dispatches are not
uniform, but 1t will appear that the DEM
ocratic ticket Is elected. The result in
this State is very gratifying. Ihaye not
carefully examined the returns, but the
newspapers Of this city to-day place the
Democratic majority at from i2OO0 10
$1,000, [Cheers1 which is very great
gain. suppose that in the country
over, Governor Tilden has received
tho largest popular vote ever Civ.
en- to candidate. Great cheers.
This great popular expression is in favor
Of the principles which unsupported and
the purposes that we declared. WehaVe
contended for better government, for
a cheaper government and for universal
fraternity among the people Of the United
States. Ibelieye that this emphatic ex-
preston Of the public, will, must be
heard and needed by Congress and by
the Executive Of whatever party. |
think / may say, know it will be needed
il our expectations are realized in the
election Of Tilden. The claim Of the Re.
publicans to an ownership Of the vote ot
the soldiers has come to an end; that was
settled in the great meeting Of soldiers and
citizens in this city on the 9Th Of October,
in which more soldiers participated than
in any other political meeting ever held
in the State. They then gave all men TO
know that they would vote as they had
shot, for restored Union and the rights
Of the sections. By this contest also an
other proposition is established. The Re-
publican party is not the only friend and
protector OF the colored people Of the
South. II we have carried South Caro-
lima, it is by the aid OF the colored vote,
as was the case in Mississippi one year
ago. The success Of the Democratic party
will soon inspire such confidence in that
vote that 1t will be divided between the
parties upon Judgment and conscience, like
the other vote OF the country. To illus
trate the political condition Of the South,
he read Rev. W. II. Revels' letter to
President Grant, Nov. 1875, and my
fellow.citizens, what Mr.. Revels says
Of Mississippi is applicable to the other
Southern States. Cheers. When the
rule Of the class which he denominates
demagogues shall come to an end the
trouble between the races will cease. In
the States OF the South where the Demo-
cratic party ia dominant there is no strife
nor bloodshed between the races, no more
than in the city Of indianapolis. II in
this election the Democrats have indeed
carried South Carolina and Louisiana,
believe the trouble between the races will
wholly disappear from the land. Great
cheering.1 The Constitution OF the Uni
ted States has made the colored man a
voter and he owes his vote to thecountry
and not to party. [Cheers. To
show you that the colored man is
safe under the Democratic party Of the
South, l will refer you to the fact that
Alabama, in amending her Constitution,
went further than the Constitution Of the
United States required in this, that she
provided that no qualification OF the
vote should ever be made to rest upon
property or a grade OF intelligence. 9th
erwise she might have excluded large
portion Of our colored people from the
ballot-box by one or both Of these quail
fcations. In that State, and as UNDER
stand also in Georgia, they have pro-
vided a lien, in favor Of the laborer for
his wages, upon all the property Of the
employer, subject only to the paramount
lien OF the taxes. In those States the
great body Of the laborers are colored
people, and this extraordinary provision
Is for their especial benefit. I am not
aware that labor is thus protected In any
Northern State. II is the mission OF the
Democratic party by equal and Just laws
10 protect labor and the just rights Of all
classes. [Cheers. In the election Of Mr..
Tilden I hope for better days. l look for
the supremacy: Of law everywhere when
peace shall SO prevail that there shall not
even be the pretence OF sending an army
into any State. What shame that bay
onets are now sent into South Carolina,
not really to preserve the peace, but 10
carry the election, il indeed South Caro-.
lima has rnne for the DernncrnisI