The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1879-04-17
HENDRICKS TALKS
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The New York World of the 9th inst.
prints three column Interview which
its Fort Wayne Qnd.l correspondent
had with Hon ThomassA.: Hendxickss
At the outset of the interview Mr.. Hen
bricks recalls the days of his novitiate
in politics-his election to Congress
during the Free Soil excitement of 1851,
his previous services in the Legislature
in Indiana, and his appointment as
Commissioner of the General Land Of,
flee in the summer of 1855, Coming
down to later years, he says:
"Very great progress in restoring the
proper equilibrium that the Constitu-
tion aims to create has been made since
the Democrats obtained control of the
House of Representatives In 1874
There was, of course, during the eight
years of Grants administration a con-
dition of perfect partisan harmony be-
tween the Legislative and Executive
branches of the Government, and con-,
sequently there was no advance made
during that time either in administra-
tive reform or in restraining the ten
dency to Capitalization. The economy
which the Democratic House of Rep
resentatives has forced upon the Ad-
ministration of the public service can
not be truly questioned, and should be
very positively approved by the people.
The reduction of Expenditures has been
in very despite of the serried Opposi-
ton of Republican Congressmen.o be-
I think that since the. Democrats
have had control Of the House the ten
dency has been to restore the uiltram-
meled machinery of the Constitution
as the motive power in Federal author
ity. The struggle that the House is
making to secure free and fair elections
by the repeal of the law which has
been used to control them in particu-
lar interest, and to repeal also the law
which has been used to control the jury
power of the Federal Courts in many
localities. l heartily approve, and
hope that Congress will stand by its
purpose until these noxious laws are
repealed. The cry from mtheRepublicans
that it is revolutionary on the, part of
Democrats Is so entirely false that it
will hardly deceive any one who is ac-
quainted with Republican methods in9
the past. i think that the scheme and
proceedings by which Mr.. Hayes was
made President of the United States
and Mr.. Wheeler the Vice President
without any actual election in their fa>
vOr, were a wrong-nOt to candidates
or a party exactly, but to the States and
to the whole people. A fair count of
the actual Electoral votes would have
resulted otherwise than it was decided,
and it would have been the expression
of the States through the Electors at
large, and of the voters through the
Electors of Districts, and OF the large
popular majority of the people as u
whole body" .i. t-t ~i-s 70 Siii1
Mr.. Hendricks holds that there is no
sufficient reason for division among
| true Democrats, and that the differences
upon financial questions are less threat
ening than they appeared at one time.
He says: as $50 5i,s45:a ad ls y
&C 1t is now plain that the leaders of
the Republican party intend to strain
the country to its utmost tension' in
order to revive sectional hostility and
create hatred between the North and
the South, and SO to hold their political
power in the North. When that pur-
pose is thoroughly understood, and es-
pecially in the younger generations of
voters, and the dangers which it
threatens are appreciated by the whole
| people, patriotic Union sentiment
ficient to overthrow the authors of
what I must denominate wicked
scheme The existence of the war was
made the pretext on every possible oc-
casion to promote Capitalization and
the Republican party during the last
few years has sought the same end and
still seeks it under the pretext of con-
trolling What they denominate dis
turbing elements. They are pleased to
| Haf fCr sx,t, ,af fpSsNy
euphOnistically call g a strong govern
ment" is necessity; but what are
known to history under the phrase of
strong governments have never been
ia vorable to popular liberty OF rights" !"
Mr. Hendricks would say but little
concerning the Potter Committee, and
still less about Tilden. When told that
it had been said that he intended to
come out boldly for Uncle Sammy"
he replied: ,,....-.... ,-....
"That is not so. My attention has
been called to that before, and / have
written letter to friend in Washing
ton to say that this statement is unqual-
ifiedly false. have not talked with
any one about Mr.. Tilden, but have
uniformly refused to do so. say, also
that have said in the letter-which
may or may not have been published
that did not feel under any obliga-
tiOns to again accept a second place on
the ticket. L was beaten in the last
Convention, and accepted my defeat
and became a candidate for an office L
did not desire. don't think that am
called upon to do this again." .-4a.s =
In bringing the interview to a close
he said: ,.-a- 7.s.a4,. d. 8 IL, to..
1.-The success of the Democratic par
ty in 1880 will mean a restoration of the
legitimate authority and the practices
of the Government which were SO well
illustrated in jackson 8 administrations;
and believe not only that greater
pnblic confidence i'll the stability of our
institutions will be the result, but also
that the public quiet will be restored
and made permanent, and business,
and individual prosperity will natural
ly and as a consequence follow. We
can not have confidence ana that pub
lie harmony which is favorable to bus
mess and individual prosperity SO long
rs the Republican party is able to keep
itself in power by revolutionary ap-
peals to sectional animosities. Public
prosperity, in part, at least, depends
upon friendly, as well as upon CONNER
cial relations between all the sections"
GRAND SCHEME.
The Way the Radical Patriots Pro.
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