New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-07-25

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wAsu>oro~. July 2l- According 70 errriaI
dispatch published iu The Nor. lwL World ot
to.day. rhomas T. Hendricks bls already begun to
quibhlc n thr hope that he ma, deceive pcopI"
INTO the hrlrt chat during the var hc was an
rainrsf and devoted friend of the Union. In irgrtd
io ibr statement tnat early in the war hr lri' hs
church nnd went to anothr, because his minister
preached Io,al srruon "a statement which Wa
madeby Drorge William Curtis in haTr'.s Hrts
of ~eptenb.r2 1876 Mr. ncndiirks says lou
cnn saw thi. about that In-vcr va7a mrmh"r ol
but one ,@lurch and that ia St lauls Episcopal
Church in this ciry. united with It years ago.
have been member of 10 ever since and never lei
H." Indiana men in Washington Say ~ may br
technically true chat Nr llendrrks was mot
"nenhrr or the PRESBYTERIAN church in which
the pastoi the Kev. Mr Nton. preached the lo'm
zernuu vmrh outraged tho rorre'heed sentiments
90 thp Democratic candidate tt tho N,o.l1e7'.
danev. but th.y aasett that lovu 81, tha tiuo that
srtnuu eas no,.hah Va llondtrbs v1s 70 msr-
bpt ut tho congregation aud au h-tiud attend
ant of tho uhut.h that further sssrr shat inwe
diatai, art.rtiri he uat7ai 90 attend that ,hufuh
sui went TO another uua. where hIs zlmpathirs
would nrt ho outraged n sernons or prayers which
biuaihrd dr' "n tu the Union. ihs NAV h"'o
SAY, ne united wears ago" Perhaps Hu VIII ht
kIud enough Go say how many wears ago.
Ia The A. . 10 dispatch Mt lialdrth7 Is also rt-
p0rted q, saving ;l favored AN the dpprupuat o.
carryun the war THIS, course ia des- -ned Co cou
vev the impression That he Wasa War Democrat,
Perhaps The h0st snort answer that can nc gwen Is
au extract !rom Henry Wilson's =. Rise AID ran of
the Save Power m America Writing Of the
period winch followed the fail of Nck-burs and
ior Hudson. and tine glorious victory at Gety~
burg u 1~63-the year ~ which Nj. hcudrlcAs en-
tered the United states ~euatc-NL Wilson says:
" eace az any price became 4 common crV, mingled
with dscoridut notes at least TO pdtrotc ears, ana
with harsh ccusurr- of the President and his policy
i am ready 10 compromise at any time, SAID Mt.
Hendricks of Indiana, at a mass meeting ABOUT
tins time ! ann ready to say 90 The people OF the
south: tOme in again and Ne Will secure Co you
your constitutional rights, and, II you desire tnrm
additional guarantees. II there Is any man who
desires To- continue lighting and spending the peo-
pie money and lives, / do not sympsthlle with
him. Though there were War Democrats as
they were termed, and many who had hi herp
acted NTH the Democratic party were serving the
Nation with signal fidelity and lcIl IN Con Ir's'
aud m the Army the influence of that org tnizaton,
through its presses leaders. and conventions. Was
hostile rather than friendly 20 tlc Union cause
~ is true that VI. hendricks lacked the courage
of NMardig CHAM. but he Was at heart not a less
vIruleut enemy OF the Union cause.