The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1876-07-08
TOW HENDRICKs.
The Man Wh9lC Could not Express
sorrow at the Assassination
nj AhRnhRui lincoln.

ITO The Editor Of the TTibunO.l
CHICAGO, July 6-At the time when
the whole nation was mourning the death
Of the great Lincoln; when the face OF
men wore the expression Of great sorrow
when the very atmosphere seemed heavy
With the weight Of the affection that had
visited the people Of this country; when
the South joined with the North in sym.
pa,hy for the nations loss; when men
without distinction Of party Joined 70 90
homage 10 the memory Of one who holds
The second place in the hearts Of all lovers
If liberty. and whose name will be hand
ed down 70 future generations along WIN
Washington-at such time there was
one mGr, and believe but one, who
conId mol forget for q single moment
What he was and had been; who could not
Law aide marty prejudices; who could not
diyest himself Of his Southern sympa-
tbies; who feared TO honestly express him
self whose demagogism prevailed over
every other feeling who was at heart 50
great rebel, so unchristian q man, 80 I'm.
patriotic citizen, rs 10 absolutely de.
cline to pay tribute TO the memory Of
Abraham Lincoln, who lay dead in
Washington, killed by a rebel assassin
Such a man has been selected by the Dem.
ocrats for the second place on their tick
ct. Such man Is Thomas A. Hendricks,
Of Indiana!. ESQ
There are many persons in Indianapo-
lis who were present In the State House
yard, and listened to the .eulogies upon
the character OF Abraham lincoln, and
heard the words Of bereavement and sym
pathy expressed by Oliver P. Morton,
Senator Joseph Mcdonald and others,
who also heard Thomas A. Hendricks,
when called upon, stammer and hesitate,
not knowing how to trim his words, and
who had NOT manliness enough TO speak u
word OF coincidence, lest by so doing he
should injure himself with his friends
Knights OF the Golden Circle-an organ
ization formed for the express purpose Of
opposing the war, and, II possible, throw.
Ing the State Of Indiana into the hands Of
the rebels. This was no fancy on my
part, for 80 marked was his manner that
the crowd Missed him, and leading
banker Of indianapolis said to me, "We
will remember this.h And there are 9TH
ers, too, who will remember this-as the
vote OF Indiana will show next fall.
II loyal Democrats, and there were
many who fought brayely in defense OF
the Union, can support a ticket whose
head declared the War failure, and
whose tail was hissed for want OF patriot
ism at time when the hearts OF all who
loved their country sorrowed at the blow
that seemed to paralyEe the whole country
Il say, il loyal Democrats can sup
port such . ticket, then party and
not principle, then anybody to beat
the Republican party, is what they
are contendlng for. And in the
maze oil their bigotry they would be
satisfied with the payment OF the rebel
debt, the re. enslayement oil the negro, the
payment Of bounties TO the Rebel soldiers,
or any other OF the Infamous schemes al
ready limited at by indiscreet Rebels and
their sympathizers, so long as such meas
ures were proposed and advocated by
their Democratic leaders and had the in.
dorsement Of a Democratic Congress and
President. ~ -, u, u.
Look to ii, loyal sons of America! We
are OF the eve, perhaps, Of another revo.
lution-not q military, but political
one-and It will be. a sad day for the
North and West when the management OF
this Government is handed over to the
Democracy, party whose characteristies
are disloyalty and Ignorance, whose Lead
ers are demagogUes and trimmers, the
mass OF whose voters can neither read
nor write. .sr,g~ h. L. 3.