Feliciana sentinel. [volume] (St. Francisville, La.) 1877-1892, 1880-10-30
NO II
INDIANA.

We select Indians, for a heading for the
reason that we expect to say little about
Indiana and because Just ut this time lao
| name and the State secnl to comprehend
any and every thing of a political natG!r.
| concrete, or lying about 10 ose, embrar al
within the limits OF tho United Stat, :.
! An. as !, ma tier of fact, we could wri.'.
or think, but incoherentlyand even va"
| uely, without calling upon Indiana ~
SOME way, SO thoroughly have We bee.
beset by the name and he word i'll evri,-
newspaper We read and from the mouth
| Of every one who las had the kindness -
! open his floods gates Of knowledge upon
us.
! We want to admit, once for all, that
I Indiana has gone against the Democrats
-aye, rather against Mr.. English; ana.
| then, VIC declare, unequivocally and co,i-
tincntally, that we fully expected Ind
ana would do just as Indiana has dom"
And this we fairly intimated couple e
weeks ago. Why such was our calcul;,.
uioil, had not one particle Of weight il
tho conclusion that Hancock and Engtis!,
would be elected, and is not pertinent
here ut all. .H
We desire to say, Furthermore, that wo
are not only satisfied with Gov Porter's
election, but feel strengthened by it. Had
Indiana gone tor LunGcrs aud the Demo
Gratis, after the unexpected and ntoxicat.
ing victory in Maine, VIC should the:
have felt real fear for General Hancock
There wonld have ensued, for the r.
lnander of the campaign, a general Dem
ocratic carouaal and hurrah, magnificent.
III display and enthusiasm, but bot:i
crushing weights on any effective, worl.-
ing political organization. This is not /"
be, and the engagement is to drive ahead,
management against mnnaSement lnam
against man, and principles hard pressed
down on hercsies, This is the conflict we
have all along coveted.
Out Of this clash ofintellcct and con-
ilict OF rallyinG hosts, pending and pc
5IcE:.nG, Wo expect to SEQ not alone the
Solid South emerge with banners raise
high, but :: sufficient number Of States ,i
the North, convinced and confirmed, to
make Gen. Hancock President beyond
ali question or chance OF cheating. In this.
category of certain Democratic States We
include Ncw York, (row absolutely GER
taln,( Connecticut, New Jersey, Nevada
and Oregon, and, i'll their order, as al
most certain, Pennsylvania, Illinois, In
diana, Colorado, California, Maine, E.:
votes,) and MassacLusetts, with Mime.
sofa, sconsin, Now Hampshire and
Ohio as good fighting ground.
The candidates Of the Democrats have
not received even q flesh wound as vel.
The fight i'll Indiana was a skirmish, and
that in Ohio nothing more, made, by To-
cal effect to ascertain the full strer 9Th Of
Garfield at home aided by the machinery
used in State elections. Various reasons;
are assigned for the defeat of tho Demo
Gratis, but no substantial proof is offered
that the National Democratic ticket has
suffered il the defeat; that Hancock has
lost any Of his magnetism, or friends:
that any Democrats have changed BAL
ncrs; that the aggressive plan of battle
announced at Cincinnatti has been modi-
fled; that any State Democratic organi-
zation, OF the National Executive Com
mittee has "eakened: or that means
have failed, or that the men who follow
hancock are not more re,olute, more ac-
tive, more united and better disciplined.
And more than all, we have not ono par
llcle OF evidence that the cool, wise lead.
eH, who controls the Democratic hosts
and who has never known defeat, is not
yet master of the situation. The great
man grandeur, strength, will, l,Isleeples.
Vigilance and intuitive knowledge of
men and great emergencies are now to be
brought forward in all their magnetic
| ing force and power, and tho trampins
loGions of Democracy will rush invinci-
Bile to the conflict. Hancock will be cl.
ectcd, thanks to India na !-Ouachlt:l
Telegraph.
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