The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1876-08-19
THE CAMPAIGN.
Clarion Notes from Fix GOV. Isham e..
Harris, Of Tennessee, on the
Political Situation.
General Harrison Opens tho Campaign In
Indiana, in a Three Hours Speech,
Confined Exclusively to the Ma
tiOnal Issue of 1864.

! NN'i'N ilh'HI august 10 TJN-NiON-
ernor lsham g. Harris, who was nom.
mated One Of the Presidential Electors
for the state at.large by the late Dem.
ocratic Convention against his earnest
aud repeated protest, will publish in
the American tomorrow n letter to the
executive committee peremptorily de-.
cllning the nomination, of which the
following is the substance The coun.
try greatly needs and demands thor.
ough rctrenchment reform, and hon
! est administration OF the Government.
II needs and demands that the C0nsti-
tuition in all its parts, rs we'll the late
amendments rs the original, shall be
respected rs the supreme law of the
land, and that the Government be adj
ministercd in subordination to its
letter and spirit, not upon narrow
preludices aud sectional hates engcn.
dcred 10y the war. shall earnestly
advocate the enforcement of tie Con-
stitution and laws, Federal and State,
| believe in punishment, by indict.
ment and conviction, of lawlessness,
no matter where II occurs aud who be
the offenders. | stand ready to vindi-
cate the constitutional, legal rights of
every man, no matter what his race,
nationality or color, aud without re-
gard to previous condition or opinion.
| stand ready to resist all efforts to in
timidate or coerCe the exercise Of the
elective franchise, believing every citi-
zen should vote his honest opinions at
every election. am opposed TO
military government, and shall earn
estly oppose the policy of remanding
the States back into Territorial govern
ments, while speak from no respon.
sibiltty which attaches TO me, by reason
past official action, it is evident that u
revival and discussion of the merits
and dement's Of the issues of the war
can only circulate and arouse the worst
passions, and lead to no practical or
good results. When the Confederate
soldier surrendered their arms eleven
years ago, the people of the Confederate
States surrendered in good faith, the
| issues in which the war had It's origin,
and from that day every intelligent
citizen of these States has regarded the
Issues Of the war settled, finally and
forever, and has endeavored TO make
himself n law abiding citizen. II we
would make this country prosperous
and happy, the people North and South
must place themselves upon a higher
plain, broader nationality and broader
brotherhood, forgetting sectional preju-
diecs and return to simpler, ecOnOmi-
cal and constitutional methods of adj
ministration. This accomplished aud
every feeling of distrust will disappear
from the Union and the people of the
sections will work harmoniously to-
gether, emuating each other in an eff
fort to achieve the glorious destiny
which awaits us as n great country and
people. Let every American citizen
feel that the laws and flag of the c0un-
try no longer covers and protects one
half of the Union only, but protects
alike from the humblest to the greatest
of all citizens, Of all States and that
they are everywhere entitled to be
and are profoundly respected
If we were actuated by no
high considerations than those of sell
interests, these interests all cOnspire to
make us struggle for aud desire the
peace, prosperity and happiness of the
whole country, because the peace,
prosperity and happiness of ourselves
and State depend upon it.
INDIANAPOLIS, August lS.-General
Benjamin Harrison began his canvass
for Govern or of Indiana at Danville
in Hendricks county, to-day, where he
addressed large meeting and spoke
for nearly three hours and almost en-
tirely on national politics, his only
reference to State matters being ,
warm advocacy of such an amend
ment of the State constitution al
would permit of the enactment OF
rigid registry law. He had only sin
gle sentence for Hendricks, which wa
that if he had said or done anything
in favor of his country in her hour o
trial, history had failed to record II
He then took the record of Tilden, be
ginning with the Kent letter of 1860
which he characterized as the utter
ances of secessionist. Reading por
lions of 1t and commenting on them a
length and with much severity, III
took up in order the letter Of DR.. Rus
sell, showing Tilden had the SAM
sentiments in March, 1861, and agail
proved the same thing by his refusa
20 take part in the war meeting il
April, 1861, and by the Chicago peac
resolution of 1864. He then dealt wit
Tilden as the ally of Tweed and
sham reformer, and was frequently in
terrupted by applause.
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