New-York tribune., 1879-06-05
TIrrERs0y oy HENDRICKS.

4 LIVELY AID ENTERTAINING REFUSAL TO RETRACT
Loufsr;s Cors,pondsnoe Of Tee CH,inaaa Commercial
| certainly thought Hendricks was a " fool
and "conspr. oi or should 1ot nav sara so. /
fake o. that tn Oly % Governor Hendricks cOuduct
the 'cw months apparent % every sensible per
upon the ticket with Mr.. vden than yOu have OF al
Iuea nomination BY National Dtmocriuc COnyen-
ton X impossible. whist 3r. Tiden lives, Governor
Hendr cks has pol toai entity, and represents no
p,rtlsan quantity, save - Mr. IHdehs Prohebshe aD-
rFs,og~o MS nom u1riou over Mr.. Tilden would b.
such a rcbuke and such an undcservrd rebnke, ana
v,,uld create sue a sci SIN. and such neerless ana
t sob,., a. M Marty woud dare L. face That Gov
error UenIII.s does not see so plain case sum .enty
PI.,vsr, nn",anIy way 10 beitIie M TIIden aud los
dctaoaing himself frOm the dc represented by them
Jointly 20 make himself he cats-paw or those VINO seek
10 getrone H. In ths etcr-iooEng to MS eieya-
lion al the eApeuse O his ch cfhc has PLAYED the part
of cOnspirtOr. John he ly T. now en- Saged IN an IN
trirue with the Republicans 10 lose ~ New-lOrk next
Fall Governor Hrnddcks - JOnu helly's man, and II
matters how iast or loose me retonShp-or now
ceuuo escape association and ~ attendant plan 10
set aside and disgrace Mr. Iidtn ID my hsCilpuoh VI
nIl tnl- might have used der lan- -uagc. am sorry
ON M own behalf that oyrrstcpped the bonnds 0f
courtesy. Bu. am 10 more PROOF aEihst the fuue
r,rolru u- " an honest ind gua,iun hau other men,
and AIN In the haJI times using yernacular tat
were better honOrCd IN the Drcach than me obefFt'
There comes occasionally ~ TINS word "a time when
f1rbrarance 10 not virtue, aud eau discover no reason
whv. when hold Governor H-uGfcAs playing w.
mart he has been PLAYING FOR two years or more, should
particularly respect him. II were more pOu'e per
son. suOud have DiGrd my ilr gone 'h hhlus IN
od ticket" and hatt ring him a. part OF ~ 70 i!e
cud that n 80, a, u &c, he might De " dtated but
,n i ist got the better VI nv discretion ana et him
have n over the lef. with more force Than grace
ann sorry AN sure. but II am 10 emulate Governor
Hendricks ia ;he art Ul Sir3ddng, rear 9haH never
ns ii her a dtulOmaiisi or 81 ii"-man.
put l. not vOlr assault upon Governor hendricks an
abandonment Of the OLD urkct -,
far as le concerned, 10 Is But what or tAat lie
has NOT on abandoned H. but he Is openly assalnR IL
ana secretly intriguing against II. He says, ndly ne
lf not lake tlf second place. DcleFG MN his IN
diana Friends say they viii put him forward or the urst
IL ne does not get another vote believe thenl now
should be al owed on undlsturDed, ana
fpuyrnfinu should assemble and nominate the OLD
rcker and then Governor Hendricks should refuse 10
serve should we he ir "A pretty pickle II II not
hest 20 know what TO expect In advance 10
wash our dirty n,u before We are required 10 wear IL
Governor Hendricks brought little strength 70 the ucke
before ana will aud nothing 10 u next Time lie u "A
respectable man, OF good ability, intellectually clad
ina neutral tnts, possessing neither magnetism nor
dash Hafa-do1en Western Democrats would suit as
well as he l.,
suppose Won are aware that you have greatly IN
cen--d the Indiana Democrats and that there has
oeen talk If getting series OF Indignation meetings
The Indiana Democrats are a warm, impuisye body
M men They are the best lighters In the world. /
.noud ne sorry % their ilwi. But " they must
he angry because cannot many pubic virtues IN
Governor Hendricks they think they see, cannot
sue the lights before me. Governor hendricks pques
himself never making mistakes pique my sell upon
notniDg aud oiten make mistskes. But there is one
thing do straddle no fences, ana can Always
be- found shinnYing on my own side.