New-York tribune., 1876-10-05

OF the country demand Immediately the substitutor
OF Grant for Hayes should the Ohio and Indiana elections
prove disastrous"
Mr.. Hendricks has always been famous TO,
his fence-sng powers, and ho is receiving due credit
for that accomplishment now in Indiana Gen. HarTism
remarked the other day that ii used 10 be said in Wash
iDgtOn that the only time a committee OF five known
to be equally divided was when Mr.. Hendricks was
member OF IT, Mr Morton illustrates the same peculiarly
further by saying in his last speech OF Mr. Hendrcksi
claim Of friendship with President LncOn This paa
of Mr. Hendricks's speech reminds Of conversation
/ had with Mr.. Lincoln in which he asked me what wa
the course of Mr. Hendricks in Indiana and whether be
was there regarded as partisan. answered him that
Mr. Hendricks was unrelentng Democratic partisan
that we had bitter in the Democratic party
He said: We'll that's funny, for he always talks to me
more like a Republican than Democrat and led me "
believe that he a very mild and moderate politician.
When Mr. Hendricks was with Mr. Lincoln suppose he
was the fence usualhe sitting on the fencs
dividing the two parties with leaning the Repubi
can side Mr. Lincoln could not guess from his language
any occasion that Mr. Hendricks had ever described
him the smutty old tyrant who ought to be hurled
iron political existence II is now part of the role OF
Democratic speaker 10 pretend great reseet foi
lived they described him an ignOramus TIM vulgar
old milsptter the babOon and the smntty old tyTant
who ought TO by buried from political existence"
Gen. Dix seems to have caught small sort
OF Tartar in the person OF Mr. John Foley The General
bVul MI tOlty ltNttT On luc OlSt hu-"ot'
statement TO the effect that Mr. Foley had yany tried to
interest Mr.. Tilden in the attacks on Tweed, and
inviting information as TO Mr. FOlcy's own legal
the Ring, with an account OF ths WAYS
in which Mr. Tilden had refused TO support him.
Mr. Foley upscts the whole plan by ropy ing that while
Mr. Tlden did not attend the great meeting Of Sept A,
ST. 1t because be was engaged in working other
the end reminds Gov. Dix that ne did noi
attend that meeting any Of the early meetings OF
tho Committee of Seventy; gives Tilden credit
for Hayemeyers speech at that meeting and
certifes that from the outset Mr. Tden was
one OF the most determined opponents Of the Ring.
After this cod-booded performance, MT Foley warns
the rest OF the work Gov Dix had suggested. ana
poses beautifully the character Of the original Simon
Pure Ring smasher and Reformer. He explains how he
began the fight. got Tden interested procured mjunc
ton suits organized public meetings, etc, etc In
short Gov. Dix asked Mr.. Foley TO show how he over
threw the Ring against Tlden's opposition Mr. Foley
Oblgingy sets forth that he did eIthrow the Ring
pretty much by himself, but that Mr. Tldcn little
help and that therefore he to vote for him for
President and wishes Dix would do the samel on the
whole Gov Dix gets on better at snipe shooting man a
fishing for gudgcOns. The gugcOn takes his bait lively
enough but doesn't take the hook
Gen. Harrison brightens up his speeches in
Indiana with liberal supply Of apt anecdotes Here is
another from his Indianapolis speech remember
TO have a coiorcd brigade once down at Nashville
III command of officer formerly Of my own regiment
saw that coorcd brigade 90 out and attack the rebels
And Ineyer saw handsOmer skirmish line deployed;
never saw men going forward ia better STYLE and never
saw rebels fastr than they did. tGrcat laushterl
saw that advance line OF black skirmishers rush on the
rDtreating rebels. Well, there was One-id you say
Democrat 2 raught,rl rebel that was little lame or
olsc little flow in exricating himself from his rlnep
and colOrel soldier came upon him and demanded that
he should surrender. He said. No. Sir, VIII never
surrender t. nigger' Iaughterl 'Wny.' said he, II
should surrender to Niger, whenI 20 home my father
would kill me-. [Laughterl Then he made request
rshich in it, extreme aud captivating mOdesty think
Is characteristic OF the modern Democracy, which
is demanding that the people OF tLis land
shall turn the Government over TO them
Rut' says he, 'if you Will go back into
camp and get a white soldier and bring him out here.
viii surrender 10 him. lGrcat aught;rI why II was
ha.f mile 20 'amp and the bullets were buzzng around
there like - of bees Now, wasn't that m0desty
Iaugitrl Well this cOlOrCd soldier was polite fr-
n aui ne said tO TINS rebel I'd like 10 'coinm0ddte
vou sah but Use very great hurry loud ana long
contil,ued laughter ard applause i and sad he Y0nll
have 10 70 long. san Renewed aught"r 80 he dd
come along The coored man brought his prisoner III 10
his general told The story nave told II 10 You WIN
his yc all agov at this little triumph Tor the nag aul
woun NJ by saying pointing to his prisoner Oar he IS,
general fetched him.