The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-06-13
ooyEnxor HENDRICKS, SPEECH.

your support Of the principles policies OF which Ia
was made representative in the political contest OF
last year. beg 10 assure you that appreciate the
honor you show me the more highly because OF your
devotion TO the political principles which experience
has shown to be essential to the preservation |
OF good and pure government and the prosperity |
OF the people Very earnestly the democrats OF this
great city and State, and OF Indiana also OF the
other States concnded for and demanded restoration
Of local SELF in ali the States where had
been denied. They insisted upon reduction OF ex- |
penditures througnous the entire public servicenot
by hundreds nor yet by thousands but many millions |
annually. Therein was involved also great reduction
OF the vast Of oicchodcrs and the substitution
OF honest for dishonest administration CoDtending I
for results notably right and honorable their
grand and their victory glorious
PACTi0us OPPOSITION.
win not disturb tne pleasure OF this occasion by |
undertaking 10 recount the means whereby tho will
as declared in Louisiana and 10 FLORIDA and at Wash.
ington and cannot DO made satisfactory the ,
county 1871 inc OBVIOUS reason ina. was no, 'rSe
ment only upon truth, and never upon fraud
fui through techncality. Even should tho President
the policies or purposes Tor which the democratic
party has been contendne tor many years. and which
became distinctly defined last year-even that
not quio; The public discomfort The demo-
Gratis will mako iactious opposition TO- nor viii they
seek tho de co administration. but will
sustain in what is right, because IL Is right and for
the welfare OF the country, and not at all because OF
any iealiy 10 the party that stands defeated and
the selection OF their Chief Magistrate TO become u
lining q chance o. o. sharp practice Inc raua mrs,
to It's proper place among tho crimes against popular
government and made 80 odious that no party will
dare TO attempt It's repetition.
xLEcrED INAuGURArgD.
He who IS elected President must DO inaugu.
democrat be seduced from his devotion
and allegiance by the, allurements Of orce
even by the stronger appeal In the abandonment
by tho admin OF vicious principles and danger
policies and the adoption OF better doctrines and
just measures Democrats viii not Inrust their most
Choir sbed principles to the keeping OF power which is
attained by vicious and corrupt means They will tho
rather continue their faith in the right OF the majority
TO rule In accordance with constitutional pro-
vision. All democrats rejoice with unbonndcd JOY
that free republican governments are onco moro
allowed the states OF South Carolina and louisiana
They rejoice In the good iruts thai must follow They
know That peace ana good order viii prevail; that
tented ~ua h ENTERPRISE will
and tho cruel burdens OF bad government and
shou,aors OF aror and .b. viii
and lands advance Ia prico But they know that,
IN the language Of Governor Morton, !. had become
tree will Offering upon the altar OF tho country
For years tho democrats had contendcd in Congress
throughout the South, and Gnay It became ''inevit
able because tho right and trsth wero TOO strong to
DO longer suppressed In this democrats find rcuson
TO stand more firmly with ,nor party.
WHAT DEMOCRATS HAVE DONE.
Out OF power, with no patronage 20 dispense and no
money to distribute but animated by the spirit Of
institutions and Inspired by the sentiment of right Of
local government inherent in the people, the dem
ocratc party during the past ten years has restored
after anolher until The tread OF the SOL
dery Is heard legislative hall. but in every state
the people governed ny laws Of thor own enacng
and by officers Of their own choosing. Ny fellow CIT
liens, my homo IL IN tho West, and my associations
have been with the people Of that section. Among
you am personally almost n stranger; yet i am re-
ccived by you with open arms and cordial greetings
no SECTIONAL FEEI.xG.
Need say that am eratiaouy Ii has than
personal Significance, because OF THIS fact Does
proclaim that we entertain no sectional political
some may think we should have Eastern policy
and others that should DO Westorn but 1t seems 10
me that Now Yorker and MI lndlanan should under.
stand better than that and that legislative and
administrative polry should 90 as broad and
p1cnsnya the ... industries: tsa' and
OF the great cities OF tho Atlantic stop with tho noun.
tanss Docs not reach across the Mississippi and
You'd the Missouri? Every new homo that IL built
upon the recedng border every farm that Is made
lar out, even within the shadow Of the Rocky Noun
duerd 10 Louisiana asd rsxss adds something 10 tue
greatness md wealth Of Now YORK and
a Now Yorker who, as he walks up ana
down This great Broadway benrs md feels only tho
trobbngs OF u local commerce Lot suoh man break
over the narrow bounds and habits OF his lie and
visit the great cotton and grain growing regions
lot him stop until he hears tho waves OF tho Pacific
dashng agalrs the golden shores oil California, ho
will then be able TO better understand and appreciate
tho magnitude ana complicated relations Of the
which affected by the financial ana policy
OF country. successful enterprise aud Develop
10 remote parts Of the country arc certainly
OF THIS city us are the permanent and valuable I'm
provemcnis upon your moro distant Streets have
said this under the influence OF the sentiment that in
respect production and radc the East the West
South one and that wise and JUST policy
will alike equally promote the prosperity Of each.
Your Judgment should be as comprehensive the
influence OF your commerce and far reaching the
distant lines Of your trade
THE PRESIDENTIAL OUTRAGE.
have but word moro to say-thc outrage upon
the rights Of the people Not upon me- upon
Cove, nor TiIdcn except that wo arc c,t,zens Of the
couutry--thc outrage upon tho people in the that
denies 10 the people their own sclccon OF their public
officers according 10 the laws aud the constitution
huah
reform, l have no fear OF the future
II tho administration that Is now In power shall
take democratic principles and ideas and undertake. to
build prosperity upon them. II can gain tho
confidence and the heart OF the American people
(applausel-and will never do TO say that The
who has taken the land that belongs to another Dy
ute that Is not good Will cultivate IT better
than the true owner could have done. Jap
plnusc) Before VIC roach That question will
settle the question who owns the land? applause
II is not because Governor Tildcn has becn wrongod
but II OF American poope b as
been Denied whom that voice spoken according 10
the constitution OF the Unned Sta,es--tappausc)--
and fear not tho result. AS l have already said, a
great and sincere people will nave Their Judgment
and final action upon tho truth Democratic principles
VIII be carried out nto the affairs OF government by
and by fair minded republicans will
not make themselves parties TO Tho wrong TINT
done last winter THIS will DO corrected in 1880 by
to all parties think may say Tor 1850 said IN
1876, that Indiana will again do her duty. loud up
piausol
GOVERNOR nonIssox's srEEcH.
Governor Robinson, after expressing hts gratinca-
ton ut being present said that IT dclghten him 10
hear The aiusions that hnd inndc the victory
OF the people, and the obstacles that had been
placed IN tho way OF inausurn,ing tho man
who had been elected tCnecrs) From the
timc OF the election OF The President
OF the United states, and from the time OF the ,nau
guration no (the spcakcrl hnd never lost an opIor
tuuy OF sating that the lite OF nation depended
upon that act being branded as a crime chccrs-
II u wero not there was no hope Of our sur
wing as n nation. He, however would
not detan tho company longer, fearing that
he might weaken tho and eloquent
words uttered by their standard hearers Hc had sup
posed that thor assembling together that evening
merely social PURPOSES and had no supposed other
he would not have been prepared with speech,
Tor he had been pursuing bis official duty
during tho day 10 visiting those noble
charities Blackweil's and Wards islands that
dd much honor 10 the State OF New York. ne fcit
very much ingued with the days abors, and there
tore no begged to be excused from any further re-
marks Tor 10 such audit he should like
speak without preparation. Tbcrc was, however, a
very Wise provision of the constitution. that in Tho