The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-12-06

bricks was announced to speak at Seymour, in
a poster which called
"All who were in favor Of peace all who de-
sired to be free from the death grip of this
wicked, imbecile, tyranical administration, its
arbitrary and illegal arrests, and its draft and
CONSUMPTION laws, by which peaceful citizens
were dragged from their homes and all the en-
dearments of domestic life to butcher and be
butchered, to come out and hear this advocate
of peace and reunion"
Is it possible that the Democrats Of Jackson
county did not know Mr.. Hendricks and under
stand his sentiments and attitude respecting
the war; If they did not Mr.. Hendricks
never took the trouble to disabuse their minds.
In 1862, Mr.. Hendricks made speech in
this city to the Democratic State convention,
in which he said:
''The first and highest interest of the North
west is the restoration and preservation of the
Union upon the basis of the Constitution
and the deep devotion of the Democracy to
the cause of the Union is shown by its fidelity
in the past; but if the failure, and folly, and
wickedness of the party in power render a
union impossible, then the mighty Northwest
must take care of herself and her own in
terests."
In 1864 Mr.. Hendricks was present in the
city of Chicago when the Democratic national
convention passed resolution declaring the
war failure and demanding a cessation of
hostilities, which resolution was received with
papers containing the proceedings of the con-
vention reached the Confederacy.
Mr. Hendricks confesses that he opposed the
drafts.
Mr. Hendricks opposed the enlistment of
colored troops to fight for the Union and the
federal government
Mr. Hendricks said. that Congress should
force Mr.. Lincoln to take back the emancipa-
ton proclamation, and for one he would vote
to make him do it.
Mr. Hendricks was cheek by jowl with the
most malignant "copperheads" of the North
ern States, and was universally regarded as
one of them.
Mr. Hendricks never uttered one word
against the Vaccinations of the Knights Of
the Golden Circle, which contemplated the
murder Of Governor Morton, the release Of
the rebel prisoners at Camp Morton, the
sacking of indianapolis, and union with the
rebel forces in the field under commend of
Kirby Smith.
Mr. Hendricks was the chosen representa-
tive of those Democrats at home of
whom Colonel Cyrus L. Durham wrote
to Governor Morton, under date of Feb 4,
1883: "Vigorous measures must be adopted,
or our army, under the influence of the scoun-
drels and traitors at home will be
demoralized and destroyed"
Mr. Hendricks was in perfect accord and
sympathy with those Democrats who, num-
Der of Indiana colonies, among them at least
three loyal Democrats, said might have to be
shot by the boys at the front before the rebels
in arms could be conquered. 81
Mr. Hendricks 80 conducted himself during
the war as to win from George William Curtis
the statement that he chad done all in his
power to destroy the government
This is the man who now fouts himself
in the face of history and the American peo-
pie as a loyal man, the bosom friend of Abra-
ham Lincoln, whom he wanted Switched out
of the White House"-and who was finally shot
out of it by a Democrat in the interests of the
Southland who rouses the hot scorn and in
dignation of every man of decent selfrespect
by saying "my colleague, Col Lane, voted
with mel"
This man.; whose record is rank with dis
loyalty and offensive with treason, has the
effrontery to throw his smirking hypocrisy
over the grave of Henry s. Lane his senior in
the Senate, a senator and patriot whose mem
DRY is loved and cherished by every loyal eiti-
zen of Indiana. "Voted with mel" for
soothl Mr.. Hendricks should be content to
rest in quiet, enjoying the fruits of a victory
won for him by his friends in the
South, by means of treason against free suf-
frage as black and bloody as that they com
mitted against free government in the years
when Thomas A. Hendricks gave them aid and
comfort ".. .-
Even in this 'era of reconciliation there are
some things the temper Of the loyal people of
this country will not calmly stand, and one of
them is to see Thomas A. Hendricks masquer-
aiding as friend of the government in the
prosecution of the war against rebellion.
WILL the Journal be kind enough to state
what custom and law is with reference to
cases of this kindf 1t seems to us that IN all
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