Delaware weekly Republican., 1884-07-31
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From . speech delivered In indianapolis
October 3, 1851

From speech delivered In indianapolis
October ., ls7t.l
Mr.. KendFicks dsgradsa the position he |
seeks ana the one he has hold so much as to
say to the people of Etrth Vernon Gen
must look out for your spoons.n Now, that is
slanderi the Democracy. thank God. can find
nothing else to use in the way OF asRument'
MY record haa been closely examined for the
last ten years, and this-this IA the cuimina-
tlonl ll
I" I have been the personal friend aud hon
orsd guest Of every Democratic President
since isab; nay, was the friend, neighbor
and family guest OF President Pierce, who APP
pointed Thomas A. Hcndricks TIA subordi-
nate otiioe TO pay for his vote. lAppiauss-l
II Mr.. Hendricks wants any more OF that
can tell good deal more about that transac-
tlon. Tremendous cheering and cries %
on. Olive IL 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 to betold. ain not here for that purpose;
only say that MIR. He Adricks makes 8 very
large draught on my gentlemaniy instincts.
| Loud applause and cries Of 400 on."l
"One word about thii, and let's have don
with It and 20 on to something that may be
OF some profit to mortal man or woman. Every
ereatare on earth Judges according to the
standard which he has, whicn is his own
capabillty, his own sense Of propriety, or hii
own powers. The fiy that lights on the dome
ofSt Paui's Cathedral looks around him ts
the distance Of eight feet, the extent Of hii
vision, and thinks 1t fair slightly piece Q
| work. The pig that feods out of The trough
. thinks ita very ex ,eilent piece OF architcc
ture. That Is the best he can do with his In
stincts; that Is as much as he can understand
He does not understand the mansion at tn
: back Of whose Darn the trough is at all. Ever
man, therefore, Judges every other man b.
} himself, and whoever believes TINT ! a major
general Of the United States, With life an
death at my fingers ends, exercising that ur
q limited and dsspotic power given me by tn
!. wal, went round picking up spoons, knows this
, he would have done 1t II he had been in m
place. Tremendous applause.l That is hi
q conception Of the office of maior-gensral
That is his idea Of what a man should do,an
IA what he would do II he had the courage
II go where he could do 1t. as have. lCheers
J, F." But Mr.. Hendricks said In his speecl
v made against the enfranehisemont OF I'll
b black men, that he never volunteered hin
self, nor encouraged anybody else to yolu
H. teer, and therefore, he can be excused B'
r what must be the de pth Of a mans heart WI
a. can belittle and bemean himself SO far as
r, utter this sort Of thing II scme drunke
+ whisky soak, some loaiinR rascal should 50
10 It, could pardon him. saod knows he do
the best ne knows howi but here isa ms
who lived awhile with gentlemen, ms
le who has been In the Senate OF the Unit'
le States, and q man who, since my administr
of tion In New Orleans, has taken my hand
er friendship, tho hand he knows to be the hnI
~ Of greed, or else he lies [Uries of He do
= lie; of course he does.r Cheers.l
!; 81 have done with this once and foreyt
ar but want to lay two or three fact, befo
y you for the use OF your Sentinels and 20
Of Hendricks. They say l took $500, 600 fro
is the people Of New Orleans. There are my 4
ot counts at the war Departments, they ha
been examined by every rebel and every re
el sympathixer from that to this, and no he
CIV has been found In the account. [Great che
AS lug.1 Go through and look, and, when y
have looked through, toll the other side
~, the story. Don't put down part and lea
ler Ananlas and Sapphira. ! fed $1,000 staryi
oy women and children, most OF them the wiz
no Of rebels in the army. From the sixth d
ys- s OF June to the eixth day of September, IS
iis 1 employed 100 men In cleaning up
'on streets, in cleaning the canals and makinf
healthy for the widows, children and wi
OF the Confederate soldiers. gave them
feet square Of land OF the Custom House d
4. since has sold for 81 50 a foot, amounting
,,s quite million dollars. / maintained
rca hospital Of the Sisters OF Charity at an
pense OF $1,000 o month, and another CATH
al. hospital at an expense Of 5000 month
.lly made their children go to school, and furn
ion ed the teachers. [Cheers.l l policed Il
hat city, kept 1t In order, so that, from that 81
re- day OF June forward, child or won
Dli- could walk through the city of New Orle
sss. with more safety than they could go
OF stairs into the Sentinel Office. ILaugf
,ote and cheers.I
for az Itbo,,,ht I. mas not axec,,v r,ght IN
~ f.ai the loyal people Of the North, who alre
cot had so much to bear, to pay for all this,
da- SO made the rich men and the property
lat New Orleans pay for 1t. IOries Of "ril
ing right" and cheers This is a part OF
nix. history Of this country that Is notorious,
sec has been printed and published for years,
day men who can read and understand ought
sem know 1t. You can go TO the Treasury
T. partment at Washington and tind that 1
ene homo from New Orleans in coed, hard 80
dollars, about $500, 600 TO the Treasury Of
rse' United States. Well, now, with that p'
10, f,a al - lii ii.'- II cd or evil, sun
i. ~ ,s,sr srg0ng Bs.oo2 tbsre a