The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1884-08-09
A DUBIOUS POLITICAL RECORD.
Thomas A. Hendricks During the War
and AttGrWarl.
A SYMPATHISER WITH TREASON.
y Record the Democrats Would
Like to Forget


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lh"hlaS y. lleh"ficNS, "ehocfaIlc
cahdi"ale Tor wee president, never was
leader, or rciorher, even III ms own
| party lie never originate" any tcheH-
c''i measure; ana ms name Is NOT COLI
hected WIN any nSe'"i OF progressive
ir2iHiafI"n' except III opposition. lie
never "fa"N'" or condemned an ahuSe
| III ''H own party. lie WAS me "p"''@'Ho
and supporter vi slavery as long as 1t eX-
iNted. lie voted !" l"Fe"l the Missouri
+ comPr"miN" III order that slavery might
be EXTENDED, and Tor that vote was re-
/ Waf'i'" ny EteH d'ht Buchanan WIN the
Office OF commissioner "i the general
land Office. AS ii member "i the consti-
tut'ona' convention h" assisted IN franz
ing an" advocated All" defended the pro-
vision IN the Indiana constitution which
pr"hi"''rd fire." negroes from coming INTO
or settling IN IL" state. While IN the
senate VIZ. iieh"ti'>S vote" uniformly
against The c"i"E''i race az ''i.S" enhah-
clpatlon III the Il>'ri't ct "iumola,
agalhat til" r'2ht o c"lorrd people to
ride in street ears, against theif employ
ment as soldiers, and against their right
To testify IN courts "' j'>''9e. lie OPP
posed the thirteenth, i'"rteehth' ana
hlteenth amendments ~ the constitution
In The senate Oh REQ. II" ''bh. lie de-
cl"red:" e d" l''t let them cane colored
people ''''' ana unless y'" compel US
70 20 IL VIC propose never ~ "' IT,
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meht 10 suppress the reoeiIloA by arms
| His sympathies were with the south,
and he went as far in EXPRESSING IL, m as
considerations ,f ,,,1;n, ,,l ,,o,..o,,r
sd'cty "o"'" Pei.'l'lo. WIEN Ihe WAL
| broke out MIR. Hendricks was a mt mber
of fine First PreShytcrion church con-
,.,o,..,.;,,,. ~ T,.,l;,,..,,,I;. r,,+ uL,,, ,,o
% 5''''''' 60 t'i'' D"' "'N'' NV
pastor preacher a SeFmon declaring 1t to
! be the duty of all Christian people to
; sustain the government in the enforce.
want ,c a., I,,r, ,,,l tho r,,ur,,,..i,, 81
'li'ii' " 'i40 i" '''' '"' '"fP'eS'i''' VI
the rebellion, Mr.. IcndrckS, with sew
eral others of his way of thinking. left
that cbnrcb and ,ssistad in f,nudi,,r
| aho'lel oi Il "li''ie'i' ""H'S'
In speech delivered on JANUARY 5,
| 1862 before d democratic convention in
I,,,;an,,,,lis ho lo,ouro,d +.o o,l,,;,
.''>''''.'''i
'sti"'loli io' o'a '''i's wal against the
SOUTH and declared that, speaking as Il
sectional man. if the war should have
+Io foot g., ab,I;uh +ho ro,+Io,,, ,,,,
he' III 'iI' So''ii' '"''" ''o """'" '''iHe
the northwest To look ont Tor itself In
| another speech, stlli dwelling on the
wrongs OF the south. lie declared the old
union of the states could only be stored
by permitting the democratic party to
resume control Of the government and
allowing the southern states to dictate
the terms of union. "lt. said Mr. Hen
bricks, this is rendered Impossible by
! the folly or TG2kCGnc>S u! tn" parry in
power. H,1 tie mighty n"EttG,I mn~f
t1Lt c"rr cf hGrStV @td hrr 0,rn int, eS'S.
0,tG nat ALTAR tito arts ""d FHsSN, If Var
| EHgldnd dHd TIE tdNttJm jHM oi n,rcr
rvn,U,c,c3, anil g'in tJ6DHpDH ter a. hty
richest commerce ami N'ai",
This expression was uHivrrSAll, M
understood at the time as an urru ap-
prevail of the scheme OF Il ,iSl,,ui urgan
| izatiun in Indiana for the establishment
OF an independent mort II western cohfed-
eracy. 1t was widely quoted in the
south a evidence "t ia" Weakness OF Mr..
Liucnls.' administration ii the ORTIZ
ave-! aS proof Of til. all AID support which
the southern states miG't S"In exp ct ro
receive in She north :r>:, under the
leadership oi Mr.. il,n!Iicks and other
democrats
In Il >l,rrh drliN,l,i at Shelby Vile
Indiana. in February. 1864, after de
nouncing the emancipation proclamation
and the armimr of the negroes, Mr. Hen
bricks said: "Aithnugh | inakc no
appeals to men tn volunteer as | Nould
| not say 90 when | was not going my
self. Yet | mast say to those who have
| voluntarily enlisted, you cannot IT lease
yourselves by a breach of law and You
| friends