Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1876-10-28
HENDRICKS.
The Next Vice-President Respond
ing to q Serenade.
He Is Satisfied with the Result o.
tuesdays Work-And Pays
Splerdid Compliment to
Governor ilden

He Is Satisfied with the Result o.
Tuesdays WOrk-And Pays
Splendid Compliment to
Governor Tilden.
On Thursday evening Governor Hen
bricks was %serenaded at his home IN IN
dianapolis bv a large lumber OF cltlzens'
when he spoke as follows:
YER HENDRICKS SPEECH.
My FELLow-CITIzENs- am very
much obliged to you tor the honor o
this call. This is a very interesting oc'
casion in the state of Indiana. We v
Just closed whatI regard as the creates
controversy almost ever had IN Inc
world. Considering the number OF per
sons interested within our own state IL
this contest, considering the interest
that is felt in every state In the
Union as to the result of the vote; con-
sidering the number Of men that V
participated actively in the field, and
considering the grandeur OF the result
itself, I consider it unsurpassed In the
political strifes and contests OF the world
TApplause. And l am very much graf
fled indeed at the result. The effect o.
this result is not confined to our state
election alone. 1t is to-day felt In every
state of this Union. l hardly think you
can conceive of the interest that has
been expressed and felt elsewhere, and
how se%nsitively the result OF Tuesday
election was anticipated and realized In
other states, and as Indiana to day mas
decided, so believe other states Will fol-
low, which otherwise would not nave
gone with the democratic party IN NO,
Vember. CA%pplause.] 1 am very proud
of the result. You have reelected a
corpse of state officers whom | can say
are worthy of your support. lap
plause Your secretary of state, your
treasurer, your auditor your attorney
general are well known to me. Fol
nearly two years 1 have been in daily
association with them in b admins
rration of the affairs of the state OF
Indiana; and personally, as a ltlz
and as a democrat, l can express my
great qualification ut their reelection
TApplause.l Not because some Other
men were beaten, because L sympathize
with those other gentlemen Laugh
teri But because / feel that good pub
lie officers have received the indorse-
ment of Il virtuous people at the ballot,
box. Applause.
Further, 1 believe that we have occa-
sion to be satisfied| go further, to be
gratified at the election made OF the sue
cessor IN the office of Governor. lap
plause. l believe that Mr.. Williams
will prove to be an efficient and most
excellent officer for the people OF lndi-
ana. He has not had some of the adj
vantages that some other of the public
men of the state of Indiana have enjoyed;
but practically he is well informed in
regard to the affairs of the state for
many years. / believe for twenty years
Mr.. Williams has been identified with
the legislation of this state and during
those twenty years he has said much !;
he has voted often. He has introduced
many bills, and my countrymer, do you
recollect of a single objection during the
heated contest that has been made to
any word he uttered to any vote he gave.
or to any bill he introduced during the
20 years? mo moi You may rest as
sured that no one single act of his in
public life has gone without an eXami-
nation and without scrutiny. And when
they can find no fault in any particular
with so long and so varied a public SER
vice, you may say indeed that he is a
man of excellent judgment and very
useful information. Mr.. Williams has
that sort of information that will be a
benefit to the state of Indiana, and 1 am
glad to recognize In an honest man my
w successor. Applause.
There have been some things connect
ed with this contest disagreeable indeed.
On u side we have not made it person
I1~-@ .0-, &c - e--I0 o-%,,,1
that the democratic speakers OF the state
or the democratic people of the state of
Indiana have attacked the personal char
acter OF any gentleman upon the other
side. We have questioned their politi-
cal records. We have questioned the
records and virtue of the republican
party as a party. We have questioned
the administration of public affairs I'M
der that party. But we have not made
war upon families, upon homes, upon
individuals. You are right. We have
risen above that, and made our contest
for principle and upon principle. Zap
plause. But it has not been So upon
the other side. From the time the first
speech was made in the Academy of
Music until the close of the contest, it
was a series of personal attacks upon
democrats. 1 experienced it. 1 disre-
garded it, because | trusted to the judg-
ment and to the virtue of the people of
the state Of Indiana. Applause. And
the result on Tuesday last has assured
me that my confidence in the public vir-
tue and judgment of the people of In
diana was not misplaced. IA voice, at
never will be."1
There are some things that l have re-
GREETED to see. 1 have regretted to see
the pursued by a portion of the
public press. The press of the country
ought to be devoted to the elevation of
the politics and the political morals of
the country. When it descends to de-
bauch public sentiments; when it de-
sends to misrepresent public men or
private men, its influence is evil, and
only evil.
l have felt somewhat keenly OCCASION
ally what has been said in the columns
of the press. but in behalf of many of
the journals of the county 1 am com
PEELED to say that l believe it is less the
fault of the editors themselves than of
the party they represent. Applause I
I have been myself personally abused
in the columns of newspapers by editors
whom l likely editors whom | know
respected and liked me. And why? Not
because they liked the dirty work, but
because they represented a political
party that can only live upon the worst
passions OF human nature. TApplause.1
l have felt for very many years that
this republican party has no life except
as it feeds upon bad passions and bad
sentiments. l know of no higher duty
devolVing upon you and me as citizens
OF this great country than to promote
harmony and love between every section
of our country. Our states must dwell
together forever. Our people must be
one family-a great family-forty ODD
millions OF people constituting one fam.
lily. And that man in private life OF
public station who will try, in order
that he may rise, to ALLEVIATE the people
of one section of this country from the
people of another section OF the countr,
is a vile enemy of the whole country
[Applause.l
But let me tell you, General kilpat
rick did moi mistake the sentiment an(
heart of his party when he said to the
candidate for the presidency in a lettel
addressed to him. that if they trusted tc
the discussion OF the finances of til,
country they would be beaten, but il
they trusted to the bloody shirt and t.
the use of money they could carry In
diana. [Applause.l Tonight. 1 thanh
God, and | thank my fellow countrymeI
that In the estimate he has made of tn,