The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-07-18
HENDRICKS PILLORIED.
What aNOw Distinguished Democrat Thought
of Mr.. Hendricks in 1876.

OF Mr. Hendricks IN 1916.
General Benjamin F. Butler spoke in the Re
publican Wigwam in this city on the evening of
Oct 3, 1876. In the course of that speech he
paid his respects to Mr.. Thomas A Hendricks.
The two gentlemen were members of the recent
Democratic national convention. We quote
from the files of the Journal report of a por-
ton of General Buffers speech on that occasion:
Il had come into the State had made some
seven or eight speeches; l had never mentioned
the name of mortal man in the State; | had
apologized, as did here, to every audience that
! addressed for appearing before the people OF
indiana IN connection with a State election, and
had done nothing of which | should complain
at the hands of any gentleman, and yet Mr..
Hendricks degrades the position he seeks and
the one he has held so much as to say to the peo-
pie of North Vernon: General Butler is coming
over here, and you must look out for your
spoons. Now, that is SANDER; the Democracy,
thank God, can find nothing else to use in the
way OF argument. My record has been closely
examined for the last ten years, and this-this
is the culmination
have been the personal friend and honored
guest of every Democratic President since 1915;
nay, Twas the friend, neighbor and family guest
OF President Pierce, who appointed Thomas A.
Hendricks to a subordinate Office to pay for his
vote. LApplause If Mr.. Hendricks wants any
IHOI0 VI lltb L Cali Tell u SOOu zeal more dDOub
that transaction. Tremendous cheering and
cries Go on. Give it to him, Tell it all, etc
L do not come here to bear false witness against
my neighbors, or true witness about transac
tions that should be confidential and ought not
be told. am not here for that purpose; | only
say that Mr.. Hendricks makes very large
draught on my gentlemannly instincts. Loud
applause, and cries of Go on.
One word about this, and let's have done
with it and go on to something that may be of
mi an mr. VUn an W.
creature on earth judges according to the stand
ard which he has which is his own capability,
his own sense of propriety, or his own powers.
The fly that lights on the dome of St Paurs
Cathedral looks around him to the distance of
eight feet the extent of his vision, and thinks it
fair slightly piece of work The pig that feeds
out of the trough thinks it very excellent piece
OF architecture. That is the best he can do with
his insticts that is as much as he can under
stand. He does not understand the mansion at
the back of whose barn his trough is, at ali.
Every man, therefore, judges every other man
by himself, and whoever believes that /, a
major general of the United States, with life
and death at my fingers ends. exercising
that unlimited and despotic power
given me by the war, went round
picking up spoons, knows that he would
have done it if he had been in my place Ire,
mendous applause.l That is his conception of
the Office of major general. That is his idea of
whata man should do, and what he would do if
he had the courage to go where he could do it,
as / have. Cheers.
''But Mr. Hendricks said in his speech made
against the enfranchisement of the black men
that he had never volunteered himself nor en-
couraged anybody else to volunteer, and, there
fore he can be excused But what must be the
depth of a mans heart who can belittle and be-
mean. himself so far as to utter this sort of
thing2 If some drunken whisky-soak, some
loafng rascal should say it, could pardon him.
God knows he does the best he knows how; but
here is a man who lived awhile with gentlemen,
man who has been in the Senate of the United
States, and man who since my administration
in New Orleans, has taken my hand i'll friend
ship the hand he knows to be tho hand ofgreed,
or else he lies [Cries of He does lie; of course
he does Cheers
II have done with this once and forever; but
want to lay two or three facts before you for the
use of your Sentines and your Hendricks.
They say took S., 500, 900, from the people of
New Orleans. There are my accounts at the
War Department, they have been examined by
every rebel and every rebel sympathizer from
that day to this and no hole has been found in
the account [Great cheering.l Go through
and look and when you have looked through
tell the other side of the story Don't put down
part and leave out the rest lest God treat you
as He did Ananias and Sapphira. fed 80, 900
starving women and children, most of them the
wives of rebels in the army. From the 9th day
of June to the 9th day of September, 1862 en-
ployed !, 100 men in cleaning up the streets. in
cleaning the canals, and making it healthy
IOr the WIDOWS, cnHQren ana wives OF Clo
confederate soldiers. / gave them 400 feet
square of land at the custom house that since
has sold for s.. 80 foot, amounting to quite
million of dollars. / maintained the hospital of
the Sisters of Charity at an expense of 81, 900
month and another Catholic hospital at an ex-
pense of So, 900 a month made their children
90 to school, and furnished the teachers
Cheers Ipoliced their city, kept it in order,
so that from that 9th day of June forward
child OF woman could walk through the city of
New Orleans with more safety than they could
go up the stairs into the Sentineloffice. Laugh
ter and cheers
II thought it was not exactly right to tax the
loyal people of the North, who already had so
much to bear, to pay for all this, and so l made
the rich men and the property of New Orleans
pay for it [Cries of Right right and cheers
This is part of the history of this country
that is notorious and has been
mon who can read and understand
ought to know it. You can go to the Treasury
Department at Washington and find that sent
home from New Orleans, in good hard, sound
dollars, about $500, 900 to the Treasury of the
United States. Well, now, with that power of
administration for good or evil suppose Thomas
a. Hendricks had been there doing it when
was, how much time would he have had left to
look after spoonsG Laughter and cheers
well, now, have done with this forever
For the first time in my life have alluded to it.
except last night at North Vernon. hung the
man who tore down the American flag on the
spot where he desecrated the emblem of his
country's power Iapplausel, and last night pill
loried the BLACKBOARD who struck my character
on the spot where he committed the crime.
Loud cheers
Mr.. Hendricks's Distinguished Honor.
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