The Indianapolis leader. (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1879-1890, 1880-03-13
GEN. HARRISON ON THE EX-
ODJJS.

The young mems Republican club
had a grand rally Monday night
Short addresses were made by several
gentlemen, but the speech of the
evening was made by Gen Ben Har-
rison. Gen. Harrison reviewed the
career OF the Republican party from
its organization do wn to the present,
speaking modestly Of his own servi-
ces, which in some capacity or other
have been employed in every cam
paign. From Gen. Harrison S speech
We make the following truthful and
eloquent extract:
The boldest thing that any Democrat
has been able to do in this session has been
to interpose his objection to bill allowing
the contributions sent by the charitable
people OF England to clothe the refugees in
Kansas coming into the United States free
of duty.
THE MOST COURAGEOUS THING
was done by the Indiana Senator, Mr..
Voorhees,. How peculiarly Democratic!
How characteristic of the Democracy that
at time like this when our nation has
shown such magnificent charity to the
starving poor of Ireland and has sent hun
dredS of thousands of dollars and loaded
government ship to feed the starving peo-
pie of that isle OF beauty, that Democratic
Senators should interpOse even the brief
est delay to the entry of this small contri-
button to clothe backs of our own citi-
zens The only other important action
has been the Investigation OF the exodus
to Indiana. [Laughter.] Upon such ques
tions as the posse cOmltatus clause OF the
army bill and the jurisdiction of State
courts over Federal officers, the Demo-
cratic Senators are absolutely silent to-
day. But it is left to our Indiana Senator
to have the courage not to pursue the
President, not to pursue any powerful or
organized Adversary not to bring on a
political debate in which Blaine or Ed
munds might grapple with him, but to
single out a few colored refugees who were
seeking to benefit their condition by com
ing to the State OF Indiana. Has it come
to this. that senatorial committee must
be appointed In this free land where men
have, since it's first settlement, been mov-
ing up and down In the hope of better
ing their condition - where almost
every man or his father has been carpet
bagger, moving hitber and thither- has
it come to this, that it is a subject for
senatorial inquiry when a few poor colored
men from the South move into another
State AS is it necessary or advisable that
few small politicians from different coun-
ty seats In this State should 60 to Wash
ington at the public expense to prsve that
in Indiana there is no room for anybody,
and that the State is full when we have
I'll these hundreds of thousands of acres
of untitled lands within our borders?
Upon this subject of the axodus, while l
do not believe that it would be right for
the Republican party or the Democratic
party to engage in the movement OF citi-
zens simply for political effect. would add
that if they should do this, l don't know
what the Senate OF the United States can
do about it. when a case was on trial in
the United States court about a year ago.
Mr.. Hendricks, argued, and correctly, that
if citizen moved from jackson county
into Jennings the before the election, pro-
vided he went to Jennings county 10 stay,
he was acting in accordance with the law
Such has been and is the law In this State,
but / trust 1t will not be when the people
have had an opportunity to ratlfy the con-
stitutional amendment now before them
upon this subject. [Applause ] Mr.. Hen
bricks, in an address to his own club,
at the very commencement OF the COM
ing of these eolored refugees, charged
the Republican party with having
inaugurated this movement and with
having brought them here for political
purposes. Lam sorry that Senator Voor-
hees did not call the distinguished gentle
man to Washington, to tell the committee
on what he based that charge But l hope,
nov that it has come our turn to call evil
dence, whoever manages the case for the
Republicans side will yet give Mr.. Hen
bricks an opportunity to tell what be
knows about the matter Applause
So it has come to this, that the present ses-
sion all that the Democratic Congress have
been able to.do has Teen to make objec-
ton to the importation free OF duty of
clothing to cover the naked backs of
American citizens, and TO drag from our
State Witnesses to testify before senator
tai committee that Indiana has 40 room
| for any more people. don't think India
ma is full yet, and while l would not dis
trub any man in his home by bringing
him here for political purposes, do de-
sire that We shall marke proclamation that
this State has always welcome for every
honest laboring man who seeks with us an
asylum. Does he desire that we should
say to these starving people in Ireland,
that the message should go to them across
/ the sea, that Indiana is full? | say no
Democrats though they be. Applause
General Harrison concluded by again ex-
pressing Ids belief that the issues upon
which tie Republicans would fight the
next campaign weresuch as would receive
the endorsement of the people of this
State and the entire nation,