The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1883-07-04
The name they speak without s,ammer

And now farewell. We will report.
That at this meeting In Logsuspori,
We have resolved to hold the tort
IN 1884.
During the delivery of his brief speech the
Colonel was frequently applsuded, the audi
ence giving him an appreciatiye encore at the
close.
The toast, Indiana no Longer Pivotal
State,n was responded to By Hon. BayIess w.
Hanna, Of the Charlottesville Review, in his
bsppiest style. AS sn orator Mr.. Hanna has
few equals in the State, and his response
bears testimony that he still maintains his
plau6ed to the echo. Mr.. Hanna spoke as
follows:
Mt. President and Gentlemen:
1 am not right sure I understand the
import. OF the sentiment Just read. II may
be the toast as Constructed was intended
well defined conclusion is stated, and suppose
am invited to make the most of IL. But am sure,
sir you will allow To discuss either side of the
proposition choose deny the position affirmed,
and regard Indiana, G senuaily. in every way the
question can be viewed, a more decided pivotal
stste today than IL has ever been before The
fact that we were once an October State, as we
SeneTs eecon e RsnT6c DID n TSe
make US the pivotal State. The same could then
as now be ssid OF Ohio for she too has an october
ment falls To the ground, for there could not be
two pivotal States. pivot is an exact point on
which g; .a thine turns and the same point can not
ing this matter politically. Was Indiana ever
pivotal State? We thought so once, and why? 1t
ana commence the battle-ohio did the same
1t was not because ell the political
hooters Of twenty Ave or thirty other States
the result of one vote by fraud, corruption.
or force. The same untoward fate overshsdowed
Ohio. Then that popular delusion, SO fer as ii
was INDUCED, was not the reason that Indiana
was regarded the pivotal State of the country in
our Presidential contents. The reason was more
thirty years has made herself the objective State,
upOn the faith and achievements of her DemOe-
yOtlon has been sgblimest. Al one time she stood
alone. She called State Convention. Threats OF
military power had been freely made By the most
vicious political party known IN American history.
But the brave Democratic Masses with the light OF
Revolutionary glory reflected in their eyes aud its
sern spirit swelling their hearts, gathered together
firmly resolved to defend free speech. and vindieate
the popular rights guaran teed IN the Federal Con
stitUtiOn 1t was day OF peril, but il was also a
brightest page in Indianas history IL proved that
the convictions of the Democratic masses were
stronger than all The combined threats of million
fsnatlcal threats breathing veHgeance. Vide
mouthed cannon. and the FURNISHED sheen OF dxed
osyoneIS, gl9red upon the tribune OF the people.
UQr NcD0i AIDS, our HENDRICKS ana our voorhees,
we're there, and they blenched not The people
stood around them ike a stone wall, and min gled
their shouts with the voice OF eicquence pleading
the cause OF peIkO1sl liberty. No such scene OF
sublime courage aud heroic CONVICTION has ever
been witnessed ei.ewheTe on this continent. It
a
the solemn result OF placing conviction before
every other consideration. Measures tirstand men
sllei"ato, mas alWs!s osen tne th9IIISinhg ssnu-
ment OF the Democratic party OF Indiana. Men
die. principles are imDciishsble Illinois, on our
west, leo by the illuStrious Douglas, was
once an intensely Democratic state. He
was regarded the soul Of her Democracy
When he died the rank and file knew no other
leader, and became chaotic mass. That sir was
the certain result OF per-oral idoiauy, Such
thing could not happen ia Indiana. The death OF
nc d. mocra'ic lesder here would produce such a
popular ChaSm. His place could be readily sup
piled, and with its peunantS living, snip would
stiQ rice The waves triumphautly. The full
reoIganized since Douglas cied. So IL has been
with al! other States which have been so foolish
To fail into the pitiable itOlatry Of individual
leadership. Indiana has never committed that mis-
sOvereigus way over our Democratic masses, aud l
trust that dag viii never come Howard was great,
WhitcOmb majestic Hannt gan brilliant, Bright
dominsI {. Fitch CiIcumspect, and Willard mag
nilcent but each one Of them passed out OF pub
lie life, snd LEFT the party ike an organized army
aray ed for battle With It's coiors dying its lines
doubled and its hlnEs extended. indiana now
more than ever is political vantage ground. IL is
not zee dentally so. 1t is the arbitrary result Of
physic,l aGd mOIal reasons. New England and
Pennsylvania and all the South, with Illinois aud
Iowa Iowa have 7, oevseloped chiefly in one
indus ~, the latter in agriculture. Each section has
demanded special legislation, uron an incompati.
Die theory, in the work of making general laws.
The South. and a large portion of the West, have
inclined for free trade. New England aud her
prOteelOl.
Indiana has occupied an intermediate, conserva-
tive ground orr soil, our forests, our minerals,
and our fscIories are a common interest They
nave resulted N widespread and diversified III
dustIies. Class legislation not staud here. and
that is The pivotal point of American politics to-
day. The tariff viii be the OveIshadowfng text in
the struggle of 1854. There will be but two sides
to it. The Democracy OF Indiana has
already taken It's stand GU this question, and
il has done so with fidelity that must attract
National respect. 1t spurns monopoly. IL has
nothing to protect at home that viii not In the
masses everywhere as long rs the sun shines and
the rains fall Every dollar raised ~ taIid in
excess of the needs of the GOvernn snt is an in
revenue, but not one cent for monopoly, is the
sentiment of the Democratic party Of Indiana.
That is the Conservative ground-thatis the pivotal
most aonored advocate.
The toast ''The Democratic Press" in the
absence of Royal +. Purcell, Esq, of the
Vlncennes Sun, was responded to by Pro-
lessor L. II. Staley, of the Frankfort Cfes-
cent, with telling effect Professor Staley
not only writes we'll but talks splendidly.
The toast Democratic Legislation" was
responded to by Hon. w. ]: Hilligass, of the
Huntington Democrat. Mr.. HilligaSs is
thoroughly posted in regard to the acts of
the last Legislature of which he was an
active ard prominent member, and his re-
spCnse 10 the toast was as follows:
Gentlemen and Brethren of the Press:
/ an not informed as 10 the motives that
prompted the Committee to designate me TO re-
spono TO the toast, Democratic legislation"
unless il was their desi1e TO inflict punishment
upon an humble member of the late Legislature.
II 81. the Committee has visited upon me great
pleasure rather than punishment for eau assure
them that Democratic legislators OF to-day exhibit
a co-nmeDdable degree of backbone in their deal
ipgs with Republican legislation and the revolu-
tionary methods Of that party
Our opponents, from the President on down, re-
allied the full measure OF this statement during
the sittipgs of the Legislature last winter and If
we are TO Judge them from what they have said
during the past few months, we must conclude
thst there is nothing animate or inanimate that
will give an Indisna Republican politician the
nightmare so e1ectually as the mere allusion to
the democratic legislation" of the last General
Assembly.
To them 1t is like Bsnquo's ghost. and its appear
ance is made manifest between every
lire. touching Democratic legislation" that
the State organ down 70 the six by nine sheets.
if We had the time to go into the legislation OF
1851, and rightly consider the odous and impracti
cable laws given the people II Indiana by the Re-
publican party, and the reputation of that party
BY the voters OF the State In the elections that fol-
lowed. might discover the real cause that has
disturbed the mental equilibrium CT the called
leaders of "the grand old party
In the ascendency OF the Democratic party TO
power in Indiana, her people, through the wisdom
of democratic legislation" secured the
enactment of laws that. TO say the