Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1876-08-25

to the Southern Confederacy, and the time
t0r the eOnsummatiOn of this SCENE was
the assembling of the " Famous Demo-
cratic Convention Of May 20, 1872"
The evening before the convention met
l made a full erpOSs Of the signs, grips.
password and preamble which disconcerted
tnen TO the extent that they dare not use
them unless to those they were sure they
had mt in the organization. The fac
as | remember them, are as follows:
Just rs McQuoitt, an iron merchant, had
put up the last flag before the commence
ment, | remarked to friend that the old
battle flag inscribed S Winchester, should
not be desecrated altogether, stepped upon
the stand, and pointing to the flags, said
10 the multitude gathered. q Gentlemen
do you see those old battle-torn flags? Let's
give three hearty cheers for those old flags
J and the Union. CThey were given under
the mistake that | was one of the Demo-
cratic managers 'Now three cheers for
the brave boys in blue that gaIlantlv bore
them through the hard-fought field of
Winchester. (NOt so strong this time0
Now, three cheers for Abe Lincoln and
his administration. They wilted when
thev found they
WERE AGAIN COMPLETELY SOLD.
Some drew their revolvers, when cried
out; ''Train that cannon upon the stand"
and stepped from the platform into the
crowd. Later in the, day after good
many had been taken to the mayors Office,
relieved Of their pistols and fined, Hen
dricks and other speakers were ON the plat
form-Church, Of Chicago, was speaking
the provost guard was ordered to arrest
man in front of the stand, made an opening
through the centre, which was filled by
Union men, and as they approached the
stand, Hendricks g. Co. took flight and
brought up IN hollow square of cavlary at
the corner OF the State house yard. A ser
| geant Of the 39th Iowa got the floor and
commence giving those rebels some whole
some advice, when the Union men, seeing
me upon the platform, commenced to cheer
and call my name. The sergeant gave
wsy, and again made full erDOse of that
reasonable organization. Some of them |
became furious and again drew their reyol- |
verS, but they were struck down. General |
| Ii. B. Darlington, commander of the post |
of Indiana and Michigan, had taken pre-
caution to have the soldiers ready for any |
emergency, and batteries were planted to |
rake every avenue, but when the Terre |
Haute train went out they |
FIRED SOME FOUR THOUSAND SHOTS,
mostly passing the Soldiers Home, woun-
ing soldier. General Darlington then
ordered field piece, double shOtted with
grape and canister, plaeedOn the Peru rail-
road track, just ON the turn. The Demo
Gratis; who lined thetop of the cars on the
train-the inside was also crammed-com-
menced firing through the windows and
from the top, and wounded little girl.
The cavalry dashed forward and ordered
the train to stop. Just as they came with
IN full view of the cannon close ahead, at
the sight of which the insurgents wilted
and commenced throwing their revolvers
into Pogues run, and fifteen hundred Of
these Democratic friends of Tom Hendricks
and in full sympathy with him, were
marched out of the cars, disarmed, and,
after being paroled prisoners of war, were
sent on their journey. We captured about
two thousand reyolvers from this train
alone.
A short time after this event, when at
the Union League, Hon. VIM. H. Kendrick,
Of Indianapolis, sent his nephew to inform
me that 6 two aSsassins, one from Dayton,
Ohio, and one from Baltimore, Maryland, |
had come to assassinate me, but my detee-
tives were already on their track, and they
suspeeting it, started away, but were fol-
lowed and shot-one in the streets of Day
ton, and one in Baltimore-whieh at the
time caused great Democratic howl.
About this time, it will be remembered,
two companies Of the list Indiana were
outhanke6 for twenty miles in Sullivan
K. G. c., 10000 STRONG. l.
1t was this reasonable organization that
induced Morgan to make his raid that
made Indiana tremble in the balance,
caused bonfres to light the streets Of their
capital city, the bells of alarm to peal out
the people en- MaSse, TO march the streets
at the midnight hour, and attempted to
destroy the nations life. !.
Many remember the trial Of II. H. Dodd,
Democratic Auditor of the State of Indi-
ana, who was tried and condemned to be
shot. 1t would be we'll to look at the testi-
mony in the above case, and see if there is
not further sworn testimony concerning
Mr.. Hendricks with that transaction Of Sc
creting arms, labeled Sunday School
books"
think General H. B. Darlington, Hon.
Vim. H. Kendrick, General John Coburn,
Hon. T. ]. Carson, and many others, will
bear evidence of the truth of this whole
statement.
1t was generally charged that &c Tom
Hendricks was in the conspiracy from top
to bottom at that time. do not wish to
be conspicuous in this campaign, but you
have asked for statement, and have
given you part of the written history Of
Indiana during the war. / was in
A NUMBER OF THE LODGES
of the K. G. C.'s, gave testimony before
the Grand Jury of the United States Dis
trict Court Of Indiana against them, while
at the same time there was one Of the X.
G. C.'s on the Jury. They evidently
thought they had the power to turn the
State Of Indiana over to the Southern Con
-ioraey Had their designs not, been
rusJFs-cd sac p5f1rs 7--rasef they
..-s-i hs--a hseB successful
I claim no merit tgf in. ~. r''a H'Hs
t.r. did Wha. j conceived o. ha il7 ~. +.
rs.!liDgly. TOOK The clznces more Jn-sr-
tain, probably, thaS oa he battle fed, -
many incidents l could relate wouid coz
vince all; but, sir, this is not now the issue.
The Democratic party did try to stab the
nations life by force and rebellion; and the Il
victor party, called Republican, have
robbed (by false systems) the people Of
what was left. Cl'
TIE FINANCIAL QUESTION
is the main issue. The bloody shirt =
was reburied with the corpse, on the last
great Centennial Fourth of July, 1876. Let
1t rest in peace. Let us reorganize as
people, and strive to mend the broken
links, and bind all the citizens Of the Re-
public in perfect friendship. strive for
material advancement and elevation Of our
common country. The men who support
" contraction Of the currency and "re-
sumption are more hurtful to the welfare
Of this people than those a few years ago in
open rebellion against the Government;
and let not those who have stagnated the
industries, robbed and despoiled and starved
the producing people say much about
traitors. 1t strikes with hattened tones on
the ears of the impoverished masses Of this
once prosperous Republic.
Respectfully, ALBERT E. REDsToNE,
Tom Hendricks made speech in Johns
town, N. Y, on the 9Th inst. There was
not great deal of politics in it, but he
managed to say this:
Whatever may have been your past polit-
ical opinions, you are to reflect that this
in, A /