The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1878-11-13
Hon. Thomas a. Hendricks-Isse.


With zeal as c0mmendable as it Is
natural, for the reason that 1t Is founded
upon devotion to principle and not blind
man worship, the Democratic papers OF
Indiana, with entire unanimity, are de
claring for this distinguished lndlanlah
for President in 1880 The press out
side the States in which the prominent
mpetitors for the nomination reside,
will, We presume, desist from becoming
the partisans Of any of them but will
bide events and leave for time to indicate
the proper man to be chosen. There are
some things, however, that may be taken
for granted. One is, that the candidate
will be selected from the West. The
last three candidates supported by the
Democracy came from the East. Two
Of them, Messrs. Seymour and Tilden
were Democratic nominees proper.
Without a murmur the Democracy Of
the West rallied to their support, and the
Indiana Democracy, under the lead Of
Hendricks, did not permit the Democratic
banner to trail in the dust so far as that
State was concerned. "A. the last cleo
ton, Mr. Hendricks accepted the second
place on the ticket, though he was warm
ly supported tor the first-nOt because
it was his own desire or that Of his friends,
but because they were assured that it
would give strength, and it unquestion-
said that Indiana was never regarded as
a doubtful State in that great struggle
The eye Of the country was fixed upon
Hendricks, and his presence, like the
white plume of Henry of Navarro, was
the symbol of victory. Nor were these
expectations disappointed. Ohio, Cali
fornia Pennsylvania, Illinois and other
States for which fair promises had been
made by their representative men, cast
their votes for the Republican ticket /;
but Indiana carried to the forefront Of
the victorious Democratic column, the
banner which he bore.
When the Democratic Convention
makes its selection of a standard bearer
in the next contest in which the clash of
the contending hosts will shake the very
earth to its centre, these facts cannot
fail to enter into the considerations
which will determine the choice.
The record Of Mr. Hendricks from
Democratic standpoint is unas5ailable.
He is not an extremist. Nor a time
server. Nor a man of crochets and in
consistencies. But statesman of finely
balanced faculties who pursues a straight
forward, honest course, and is as faithful
to the line of duty as the magnet to the
pole As the indianapolis Sentinel re-
marks: SHOULD he be nominated in
1880, there will be no questionable
transactions for his friends to explain.
Calumny will harm him not, for unlike
Achilles he has no vulnerable spot to be
reached.
There is another consideration. In
the last Presidential election a stupendous
fraud was practiced upon the people.
Mr.. Hendricks was not only not implica-
ted in any way with the creation Of the
agency by which that gigantic wrong
against the rights of the people was per
petrated, but he was one of the men who
were excluded from the offices to which
the country had assigned them. In their
address to the people invoking
their wrath upon the crime against their
Liberties, the Democratic members of the
House of Representatives appealed 20
them, saying LET it not be under
stood that the country silently acquiesces,
in the wrong-let no hour pass in which
the usurpation is forgotten-let the agi-
tation be unceasing i'll order that adven
turers may not again attempt the expert
ment of installing usurper in the
highest Offices within the gift of the
American people" Assuming that Mr..
Hendricks associate on the ticket, Gov
Tilden, is out of the list of probable
candidates, what more signal method of
rebuking the fraud than for the people
at the first opportunity to elevate TO the
Chief Magistracy one of the very men
in whose persons the principle of repre-
sentative government was struck down
a declaration of the choice of Missis-
sippi Democrats and Conservatives thus
far in advance of the nomi nation, would
be premature. 1t may not be advisable
to do so even in their Convention for the
appointment of delegates TO the nominal
ting Convention, but we ma safely say
that if the Indiana statesman should be
the choice of the Convention, they will
support him with enthusiasm.
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