Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1876-09-04
GOV. srEkCn.

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Thomas A.. Hendricks. Governor OF
Indiana, and the Democratic aapirant
for the once Of Vice Prssidsnt Of the
Unitsd States. has opened the cam
paign In his own state. Last Saturday
no delivered his first speech In Shelby
Vile. Indiana. to IN ssssmhlAes OF
10000 people. The Grafton. - tsls-
graphsd. is too lengthy to admit OF pub
LEGATION In our columns: but We propose
to review il briefly. and In that spirit OF
fairness which has always characterized
the Nrwu in its dealings with political
opponents. Itisa remarkable speech;
remarkable In more senses than one.
Hendricks 10 an eloquent man. n his
Grafton Of Saturday was we'll written.
and NO doubt remarkably well delivered.
II 10 one Of those speeches which always
carry an audience away with the speak
or. whatever may be the previous con-
victions Of the asssmblses: but 10 IL also
one Of those speeches whose eject Is
only temporary. When the listener
reads II in print. and analyses its state
msnts. the conviction. which was bali
formed In his mind. vanishss like snow
beneath the Summer sun
OF course the main burden Of this
eloquent Grafton 10 reform" Mr..
Hendricks says that the Administration
Isl cssspoOi Of corruption. and charges
upon the Republican party that IL has
s~qusudsrsd the peoples money In not
Gus living. We have neither the space
the inclination to discuss this theme
as length. The Democratic House Of
Representatives has itself given the lie
to this statement Of its candidate. II
spent eight months and Thousands Of
dollars In unsarthing Republican "eor-
rupiop." and in all that time discovered
but one thief in the party. That thief
vas Bslknsp. and Bslknsp vas former
y Q Democrat. and learned bis political
ethics In the Democratic camp. This
fact 10 no Disgrace 70 the Democracy;
neither should the Republican party be
held accountable for his crimes. There
10 no organization into which thieves
will not creep. a. the Northern Dem
ocrats learned TO their cost In 1860. when
their Southern "brsthrsn" stole our
forts. arssnals. and everything they
could lay THAR hands on.
In this connection Il Is pleasant to
note that Mr.. Hendricks does justice to
President Grant. He entirely exonsr-
atss him from any connection with the
frauds which he says have been CON-
mitted. and throws al the blame upon
the ofio&holden Who surround him.
This portion OF Governor Hendhek's
speech will doubtless prove delightful
reading TO the Democratic newspapers
which have been bounding Granite the
earth rs . thief for eight years. VIII
they now take the cue from their leader
and do the President justice. or will
they continue to invent their base and
unfoundsd ISLANDERS against the Chief
Magistrate OF the nation.
The assertion by Governor Hendricks
that there are but two Southern States
in which the whites have amused them
selves in numbering negroes In false.
There IL scarcely one Of the late rebel
States in which . negro has any security
for his rights or his life. The late Ham,
burg massacre. Que Of the most brutal
on record. took placsin South Carolina.
IL Is true; IL Is true. too. a. he says,
that South Carolina has . Republican
government. He forssts to state. how.
ever. that nearly all the sssassins came
from Georgia which Is Democratic ; that
they were all ehivalrous Democrats.
and that they were led by ". c. Butler.
whom Mr.. Jones Of Kentucky. another
''chivalrous" Democrat. described In
the House Of Representatives a. 1.-The
proud chsvalisr-sdv p<ur Il ans re-
proehe." II will take Mr.. Hendricks .
long time to convince the American pso-
pie that II Is safe to place the govern
ment In the hands OF proud eheva-
iisrs" whose principal amusement 10 the
slaughter Of American citizens.
..why h, labor without smpioymentf"
shrieis Governor Hendricks. Because
tho Democratic House. whose "seono-
my" he applauds. has cut down the
appropriations to such an extent that
all work ON unfinished public bulldogs
has ceased. and thus thvusspds Of hon.