American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1880-09-25
HENDRICKS ON GARFIELD.
a Terrible Arraignment of the Republican
Leader for His Infamous Part in the Great
Presidential Fraud.

A Terrible Arraignment of the Republican
Leader for His Infamous Part in the Great
| Presidential Fraud.
The following is the full text of GOV.
Hendricks great speech at Indianapolis on
/ Sept. g:
| My FELLOW CIrIZESs: When l ate my
| breakfast this morning l had no thought al
addressing my fellow democrats aud other
citizens OF the city of indianapolis this even
| ing. But on reading the Indianapolis Journal
found that the proprietor of that paper had
| called my personal veracity In question.
| have nothing to say to the subordinate writer
of that paper; choose to hold the prophet or
of that paper responsible for what appears in
| it. What shall say Tonight will be mainly
in reply TO that article l shall expect the
owner of that paper, with whom am on per
| sonally good terms, to be the gentleman to-
| morrow morning to see to it that this reply is
as his caiumny of this morning was lap
plause.l l shall see that copy of my re,
to that paper for publication. l now chal-
| lenge, before the citizens of this great city
| who support that paper, that it shall appear.
| Applause. month nearly ago l made II
| speech at Marion, I'm this state. and in the
course of that speech 1 spoke of the very
| questionable connection that James a. Gar
| field, the candidate of the Republican party.
had with the great Presidential fraud of
in its character. and worse than that OF
any other man now living. Ispoke of him in
New Orleans for his party, and in connection
with the fraudulent examination of it Mt
considered him more responsible for the great
outrage upon the American ballot than any
other living man. APPLAUSE May call your
attention very briefly to the article as it APP
peared in the Journal:
Mr.. Hendricks in his opening speech of
the campaign at Marion, used the following
language referring to his nomination" Then
follows an abstract of my speech that made:
This is specific charge of corruption
against Gen. Garfield. Assuming, to begin
with, that the election of Hayes was fraudu
lent, an assumption which, as a lawyer, Mr..
Hendricks must know is not only unwarrant-
able but false, he asserts that Gen. Garfield
Proceeding to specify, Mr. He ndricks asserts
that Gen. Garfield went to New Orleans
partisan, without authority OF law as if any
law was necessary to authorize n man to go to
New Orleans. and that while there he took
Charge of the returns from West Feliciana
Parish, and in one of the inner rooms of
Packard's Custom house, manipulated the
returns, and prepared affidavits and interrog-
substantiated, Gen. Garfield would be dis
graced. Unless MIR. Hendricks can substan-
no proof of the charge in his Marion speech,
and has offered none since. He can not pro
evidence worthy of belief. On this point we
call attention to the following letter. which we
have just received from ID. j. NJ A. Jewett,
! 4. M. Oh New orleans no" OF "hi'e OAKS
If don't this evening substantiate every
material charge 1 will ask no man to vote
against james A. Garfield. [Applause.l Ev-
cry single charge. the substance of every
of this great audience to might, and you shall
be the jury, and if do, then the Journal has
said in advance that
GARFIELD is DIsGRACED.
lApp1ause.l What did say, gentlemen? 1
said that Garfield went to New Orleans imme
he participated in manipulating the evidence
and preparing the case for the Returning
and others thus prepared the RetmrninS
Board made a return against the men that |
were elected for the men that were not elect |
ed-that is the charge. 1 wish to dispose of |
one witness that the journal introduces first |
and l will not occupy much of your time in |
writes a letter from New Mexico. MY speech |
was made here in the central part of Indiana |
upon any of these questions BY the Journal |
until now, and it is suggested upon this letter |
Mexico. Isn't it remarkable that Jewett in
New Mexico is the only man that can throw
light upon this transaction, which took place
in the presence of the Nation of 45 600 of the
people? Where are the other visitors of the
Republican party that Went down and helped
at New Orleans? A dozen of them went down,
and they were closely united in all their bust
evidence to support the charge. Oh you had
better read the speech again. In that speech
document where
GARfIELD's OWN OATH CONVICTED HIM
Of every charge 1 made against him. Zap
plause First little while about this wit
ness. beg your pardon, he is not heard of
for the first time. He was down in New Or
leans, and 1t seems that that was the place
e. |
This witness says that " Gen. Garfield and his
associates conducted themselves in Louisiana
field and myself never met in Louisiana. 1t is
manifest that had he desired to exert any in
case he would have sought, necessarily, first
of all, my own private office" l don't know
about that ! don't know whether he would
have sought him or not; but in that letter you
will observe that Jewett undertakes to say in
sentiment and substance that Garfield did not
,all up IN him while down there; therefore,
he observed great discretion while down
there. That would not question, but l will
read you, gentlemen, from this mans own
before the committee of Congress.
This same man that the Journal cites AS au-
.hority in this case gave his evidence before
.he committee composed of Democrats and
republicans, and in that testimony he gives
he reason why he did not see Garfield and
he other visiting statesmen. will read you.
"Question-About that time were the visit
"Q.-Dfd you have any thing to do with
"Q.-Why not3 AL did not care to.
90. They were members high in the Repub- |
lean party, and in the councils of the Nation,
md you were Secretary of the Republican
III the facts-what was there in the Character
If this or any other circumstances which
ting statesmen apartF A. Nothing that /
NOW of, but my duties did not bring me into
lad Coroner's inquest held over us after ev-
ny election. care to know as little as posi-
80. Mr.. Butler You purposely avoided
Meeting with the visiting statesmen lest you |
night know too much of what is going on. |
s that 1t! A. Without casting any reflections I
ipOn them, yes" {
This witness swears that he avoided know
ng anything that those visiting statesmen I
we're doing, because he did not want to know | '
vhat was going on there, as he would proba- t
ly have to answer under investigation after ]
yard So will spend no more time upon that I
witness. Now for Mr.. Garfield himself, and he q
ave his testimony before this same commit
ee under oath: s
90. Did you visit New Orleans in the month
If November, 1876? A. did. 9
90 What time in the month did you go? A.
think it was about the 18th day OF November l
hat we arrived at New Orleans" {
The 18th day of November was Immediately T
fter the Presidential election of 1876 and he a
1as there with John Sherman, he was there t
nth Kelly, of Pennsylvania, and mauy t
theirs whose names I will not delay 5
on to repeat and in his testimony he says I
hat they left New Orleans to return to WASH \
1gton City on the LIST day of December. So | 4
GU will observe that james a. garfield was | Il
fter the Presidential election. and staying d
i3e ere ff"ftcFcn days. What did he do while b
s---1 sho SAWS II il Is | m
Imported he Is q disgraced man. oi.arso | T.
nat he r
OCCUPIED AN INNER ROOM n
the Custom house. assigned to him, and 3
i'm alone and in that room he witnesses | n
lack and white, of Louisiana, and he con- | n
mony was not made out satisfactory to him. | ri
suggested interrogatOries that should be | G.
ut to them, and those Undergraduates went /,
the Returning Board, and that Returning d
GARD made report against the men that n
ere elected That is what 1 charge. saw nj
you will prove it to you to light by HIS ii
Tn evidence. What does the Journal saw to | n
~! That have furnished no respectable | ~
iidence, when have referred by page and | w
Dcument to the sworn testimony of Garfield ii