Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1882-11-11

out fear. The negro is a citizen and
7 would deal with him and his rights
precisely as l would with any other
citizen of the country. would 60 az
far towards protecting the legal rights
of the humblest black citizen as l
would those of Gen. Grant or Mr..
Ti,den himself. The executive 10 not
a law-maker i'll any sense and. if l
should ever fill that Office would en-
force the laws without regard 10 the
prejudice Of any class or party"
THE OREGON ELECTORS
Had their row ever Cronin, and the
country saw that a trouble was aris-
ing which might end seriously to U
institutions. Various plans were
suggested, threats were made, and
| civil war was feared by many people.
I again called on Mr.. Hendricks, and
asked him for all interview, which
was again declined. but he showed
me o letter which he had written,
which he would not allow me to copy
or print. 1t was written to the rep
resentative democrat who was sup
posed to have charge of Mr.. Tilden's
plans and interests. III that letter
Mr.. Hendricks said there was but n
line to follow, the constitution, which
| directed Just what to do. Mr.. Tilden
| had been elected, and tho moment he
| began to arbitrate with the managers
for Mr.. Hayes, that moment he might
as we'll surrender all claim for the
office.
HE WOULD NOT SPILL A DROP OF
BLOOD
| To be president, but he would obey
the commands OF the constitution, and
let results take are OF themselves.
Mr.. Tiden should not consent to the
| creation Of any tribunal not con,tem-
plated by the constitution, but should
present himself at the proper time TO
be worn into office and make the de-
mand upon Gen. Grant for it, and if
he was refused the only result which
could follow would be the occupation
OF the Office by the acting vice-presi-
dent, while the supreme court could
decide upon the question.
s THE CAMPAIGN OF 1880
Was began in 1873. but Governor
Hendricks. though all %aspirsnt, could
not be induced by his friends to take
any steps which might improve his
SA0uSCo " GbO = .
[ enjoyed q full share Of his conf
denco on that subject. aud had fire..
queut talks with him shout 1t. But
at last, when b friends of Mr.. Til
den insisted Oh his agreeing TO the
old ticket, he refused outright, saying
that he would rather remain i'll pri-
vate life than to be yice-president. j
was present OH one OCCASION when a
party OF gentlemen from the east
were urging this matter upon him,
aud finally one of them said:
"Mr. Tilden, if elected, will prob
ably not live q year."
"Do you think l want to creep into
the presidency over
MR.. TILDEN's COFFIN"
Indignantly asked Mr.. Hendricks.
That closed the discussion. When he
went into the canvass, finally, he did
it only by announcing that he would
not take the second place on the
ticket, and Indiana democrats a.
once demanded for him the first.
From that on the TO day before the
convention, ! saw him frequently aud
had many talks with him ON the sub.
ject. He could not be induced to
make any effort to secure delegations.
saying that he had gone as far by all.
nounciug himself as a candidate as his
ssnse of the proprieties would permit.
After the Iowa convention met be
had no hope of his W nomination,
aud once would have declined having
nis name before the convention, but
personal friends would not allow him
to do this.
WHEN HANCOCK WAS NOMINATED,
| was with Mr.. Hendricks a: the Bates
house in this city, having come up
from Cincinnati that morning. After
the telegraph told that Hancock had
secured the prize. we started to wards
Mr.. Hendricks Office. AS we walked
along 1 said. 81 suppose you are now
out of politics."
mot by any MEANS" he quickly
answered. 81 shall never be out OF
politics while l live. l ma never
again seek an office for myself, but !
will always take HI active interest In
the party which has done SO much tor
me-"
As to his work in this campaign. up
to the hour when he went 10 the room
where he is now lying, he was n OF
the most active workers OH the list OF
speakers in the state. Only a few
days ago L visited him, when he
thought he W ould be out in a few
days. aud he discussed with great
earnestness the campaign questions,
and asserted his confidence in a VIC
tory for his party. which, he said, was
fighting for the weak masses against
| tho strong few IAVHAWKCp