Western sentinel. [volume] (Winston [i.e. Winston-Salem], N.C.) 1856-1886, 1884-07-24

UOEH III UuuShluS uui SouhGf, O'3 OCPC'
7 1919. His father removed to Shell
by county, Indiana, when Thomas
was only three years old, and the lat
ter has ever since resided in that
State. He received liberal educat-
ion, graduating at Harvard in 1S41.
Two years later he was admitted to
the bar, and rapidly rose in his pro
fession. He was chosen a member of
the Indiana Constitutional Convention
in 1850, and took an active part In
its deliberations. In the fall of the
same year he was sent to Congress
from the indianapolis district, and
was reelected in 1852.
After the expiration Of his second
term in Congress he was appointed
Commissioner of the General Land
Office by President Pierce, and was
continued in this position by Presi-
dent Buchanan. He resigned in
1859 to take the field as the Demo-
cratic candidate for Governor of Ind
lana against Henry S. Lane, but was
defeated by small majority. In
1862 the Democrats carried Indiana,
elected to the United States for the
term ending March 3, 1859. He
made a national reputation while a
member of this body, and was the re-
cognized leader Of the minority. His
hold upon the party was shown in the
New York convention of 1868, when,
at one time, he led all the candidates
for the Presidency, and, must have re-
ceived the nomination had it not been
for the Pendleton movement in favor
of Horatio Seymour.
The same year he was nominated
second time for Governor of Indiana
and although the State went Rcpubli.
can two years before by a majority OF
14,OOO, he was defeated by less than 6
thousand majority on the heaviest vote
that had been cast in the State up tc
that time.
After his retirement from the Sen
ate in 1869 he returned to 1ndianapo
lis and resumed the active practice O.
his profession. In 1872 the Demo
Gratis of Indiana again demanded tha
Senator Hendricks should be thei
standard-bearer and he was placed il
the field against his earnest protest
: The result showed his great popular
: ity in the State. Notwithstandin!
: the disasters of the Greely campaign
and the large Republican majority il
| the State, he was elected over Gen
Tom Brown, his opponent, by ms
f iority of 1148, although every othe
l candidate on the Democratic ticke
E was defeated, with one exception.
e Gov. Hendricks would have re
: turned to the Senate in 1875 had
Y not been for the fact that the Lieuten
4 ant Governor, a Republican, woul
!. have succeeded to the Executive chail
: This, of course, put his candidacy OF
n of question.
e In the Democratic Convention &
; St. Louis in 1875 Mr.. Hendricks ws
e a strong candidate for the Prcsidenc
G and upon the nomination of Mr.. Ii
t, den the Vice-Presidency was unan
: mously rendered him. The iaciden
is of the campaign of that year, and tn
s. great fraud by which the will OF IL
It sovereign people of the country WI
= defeated, are too we'll known to nee
. reputation. After the candidate
e elected by the people had been coun
is ed out by the s to commission M
e Hendricks retired to private life
'. indianapolis, although he has ev
Il since taken great interest in polite
% Last year Mr.. Hendricks was attac
h ed by erysipelas in the foot and sper
1t several months in Europe, returnin
y to this country in perfect health.
y While it is cause of regret that tt
10 great national wrong cannot be rigt
d ed in the person of Mr.. Tilden, agair
re whom it was chiefly aimed, by reas
le of his advancing years and infirmiti
re it is source of qualification that in t
ne name of Mr.. Hendricks the peoI
to will have an opportunity of rebuki
Us the fraud and showing to the wor
oil that the centennial year, 1876, sh
I'd not be mentioned in the history as t
i'd beginning OF the dccadence of tho
to Republican principles for which t
lis colonists sacrificed so much Of bio
al and treasure.
o. Mr.. Hendricks is emphatically
~ favorite son" of Indiana, and his no
I'd ipation takes that State out of
es doubtful column. He adds strene
Ie to an already strong ticket, and W
VS. undoubtedly, for the second time
Ie elected by the people to the seco
2. place in their gift.
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