, 1876-07-14
HENDRICKS REVIEWED.
Some Points In His Negative
Career Brought Out.
Are Gront Mon Made OF Such
Material?

uc1lt t1 ll1c UHlLeH 4LotC1 ttAb Fasty NAAAho ANA
him the qualities Of statesman and n leader.
/ deny that he l,as ever given evidence Of ,os-
scsslny ans s,lct, qualities, and 1put you Jour
proaf to show II. ci,nllengo any Democrat, or
nny association Of Democrats, to provo that Mr..
Hendricks las eyer rendered any service to tho
county, or that lie possesses my OF tue qualities
Of Il statesman or leader,
When dill hp eyer tahc q position In advance
Of m authoritative party dcclarationa Wien
did lc over labor to move Ills party up to aty
1ncasrra or effort tint II hadn't already dctcr-
mined upon7 DID anybody ever hear from IFS
)trs suggestion that llaln't already been worn
tfrcadharo in party discussions hefofo he
touched III Mover, that I heard Of. II you
have, tell nc.
did he ever propose On important measure OF
natlonal rollcya DID ho ever suggest MI net
hat affected the interests al the whole natton7
Was lle ever the autl,or OF anything that marks
the statesman md the man fitted for Ercnt re-
sponslbilltcsl Never, thnt know Of. II yon
/ ]lnye watched his career closely since he left
the rural region Of llue uvcr, and have ytt
to sec him du my act, propose any measure, Of
settled uI 1pon wtllont lis help. ii ti!e tlrst
three classes OF leadership, therefore, there Is
no rlacu fur him. lie Inns led nothing and no.
lofy,. but Ina ulways been led, mud somGii1nGs
furcrd unwtllngly up to tho party line. uc Ia
Just as much lcader Of tlis party OF the coun.
Try as chunk In frcshet is the leador OF tho
current.
1ntc honesty, courRgcuuA cand1r AMI unt1evlnt-
luz truth which often make men LEADERS with no
n.insllal forcc Ut intellect or prcseicnco Of pori-
4 lar inclination to Bct them ahead md compel q
following that glyss them respcet and pow.er,s ,
notorious theft of the swamp latds, or tho open
fra,rl In tic sale Of tho Gcorgia !a1tla1, Guy.
j Wright did !; hut never n word said Mr.. Leader
Hendricks. Did he robnko tile mad mischief cf
! Gov. Willard III esnptyng tlc aeyl''ms Of their
< helpless iny1atrs1 Nut be-. Did lie ever protest
4 against the exaction Of slayeryf Did )lo raise
Ills voice against tnIrnctlon OF the solemn cove
mint called tho Missouri compromised Not he.
( lie trucklcd to the slayelullcr's laslt as crtng-
}ug]y as any cur In Ills party, and voted every
4 demand u tins shameless, rulnous, and de-
ey ese ea eYery 1 s Sst saSaae Ss a
from tic condition Of etattel to the place Of
! citizen, md he resisted at every step, hy every
= arttIcs and soph!s1n, md opnn fhlschotAl that
~ PITY M I II ayeqy his mouth an e 1ea p1eqv S GS
j. fsnuas SO gross that even tho Democrat Robert
IL. Wnlker denounced them.
Ho supported the reasonable fnortness OF
ment, when tho rebcis ii tho Cabinet split the
+ and did their worst to bankrupt the Treasury.
Il Don't you know thfs gentlemen Everybody
Did not hc, still following, never leading,
support tho Vu1nudfgf!a,n scl!c1ne VI u division
u OF tho country Into several considerations, nrd
especially eniargG On tle lmpoElance 20 ol eG!a-
tedeTaeyot the g. states eonnevt%d W tue Miss's"
y When tho War broke out, da he not carefully
Rbsta1n frum my word of encouragement to tho
G9veriiaent, MI, hlu a,a liz !a nHn p1ass ~ saeipJ
ylilS ~ .is d,s|onof1g 1 s!snegt ma ne not
jcetct by thp Legislature that elected lin 10
Il ibe scnhtci ~ ie utser WoIa asa1hst tnat
an!amous FGvotasy 3asy Gsv: isa nF: WHEEL, H., IL SIT.
te.i, wonia ase usposea tnG novctnos from IL
n r1Mhs5 h Us ,y r sr eu q ss
etate, gh4 @ VIII ILL.,, ttreG sMof .E. F.elua
81 the lscneiilo,9ois&G 49, y. !.ptety, .uaueu "1t h
oat tnat e9npgca ten m ~, ~ tfeasot .1s,, nucr tno
benat o. aeat t pu ~ o 'ls lne e aEscst np
& lectlan 10 tno irhAs py Nngn easu "as stoien
~ ot .naES FniGirS ;l Gouse anto .nG supreme
70 u,E" III ost,., ,se, Iausch 1,t ~ " n ,o
!G!scr 70 n1ake Mes!sioa t Mc.'| ua' oE H.
@ Mouta ''n. ~ aueH @ ~ lt1 nlases
credit ioreycrf Hot me ny 50 saw ail ttis tfsa, f;
sohablcanq nlsenNynt!s Woth III silence atlta iuil
appFova', lor u hc liaa eaiG ono eaFi1est POSI-
nye KY, Wofl aga'fst M Il III no Moahl haSs KlliGn as.
lhu ~ h,t, III MS speech ~ NEW ALBANY, N
June, ls7o, deliberately quote an extract from
one " day. slorton'B uGssages to sustain
! statement, anu uel'!'eratcly leayg OIL the very
mkt nsxt SENTENCES wll'esl gave tile lie to Ills gnrb-
'''15t H., bo nm, ,,oro,,,o prostacn. ,,oo,, inv
approving the land.grant to the Northern Pacific
kailroai, atia docs not tho Congressional Record
s,ow tllat H. yotsu Ior tts nost c1trayagant md
I oolcvt'onab!ep !eproTlslnhst You Know Gath faets,
Or you know too little of your goa'father to U.s.
sui'ic Ills name. ,..
are SUCH asts anu omissions as these chnrac-
tcTtsiic ol the Sa1ldor, courage, truth ind I'a-
lslotis,n tliat make LEADERS Of t!lcn of no co-
handing strength or wealth OK brains X you
,nnK ,nsn ,s s1 1eiL me 70 now, y! a1l h,s public r.
4 hSat l have plsscd 1t ia review briefly, but
.ay, rs TO its llnp1rtam'. iea,tnfes a,d + you
what Il is. y you know Of anythtng that have
~. av 10 that urneS g., eutter iaiea
lailly T. not honored BY tho assr'ption Of lead-
efsnip 10 naI Wll1 neyer led anythtng any
Hi,ere, and never In his life put lila cosnplaccnt
sell-a'itnisatton to hazard ny Vont1ring on nm
aspaaatano p truth or sug9csttoh nilead OF the
0lIn besId arass ras a. s v . nor,v
y .ac ot1te autlil!listraton gross treason prac-
s!sea uy llss narty IN the nat!onal aslinnistra-
I!ois, syseeinatie ensonraEemsnt given TO tho
t noG3, e.,1I. sysaenasS destruction thrust Into
tMS Nis!tas1 ~. ~ Lho ntate, ahu no never
fAlSGu Ills ttlnclQ VOICE to encourage nntrOtlBm