The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1884-12-11
Til. Vets. and she yice-r

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representing the Marion county Demo
cratic Soldiers aud Sailors Veteran
! as ISOLATION called ON Nire- President
elect Hendricks this evening aud ten
dertd congratulations on the result OF
/ the recent election, In RESPONSE a.
the address Of the spokesngu
of tie party, Mr.. Hendrlck-
said. III am very much gratihed that you
have been made medium by your
comrades expressing 20 me the senii-
ments nj your own speech and and OF
| the addresses ut your association, GOu
! would distrust my sincerity
| did say that | am NOT grateful ~ the
| honor you have done me. ard the con
gratulatiOns from you and your conf
/ rades are specially gratifying, when !
consider the TACT that you and !
shared In the contest of last
summer, the greatest political contest
our country has ever known. With sue
ces, We ha,e come froiu that ieiu, ~hHT-
ing IN it's responsibilities aud It's glorlrs.
You have referred 10 two oharauteris-
ties of the contest which i hope
never to be repeated In our country, TIL
personal attacks and ISLANDERS thar have
been iudulged In are unworthy of poll
ties. ] nave not troubled To answer the
misrepresentation 10 which l have he"n
subjected. Four times these
fabrications have been before the peo-
Pile of Indiana, aud four tunes
ihev have given them the lie as 10 those
fabrications. have not turned 10 the
right or To the left, and wili now hul
briefly report them: During the first
month of the war / found IL necessary
t, correct one Of the misrrpru
sensations at that time, and |
used the following language: "Since
the war commenced i have uniformly
said that the authority Of government
of the United state In not questioned
in Indiana, and regard IL az the duty
of The citizens Of Indiana To respect
and maintain that authority, To
give to the government All
honest and earnest support In
the prosecution of tho war until in the
providence of God IL may he brought 10
an honorable G inclusion and the bless
ings OF peace he restored over the coun.
try, postponing till that time all
controversies relative to the causes
man will feel a deeper solicitud in the
welfare and proud bearing of the In
diana soldiers in the conflict Of arms u
which they are called than myself"
The sentiments thus expressed
guided my conduct throughout the
war. One Of the political leaders
OF the times has charged that |
fdlltu III uutN w opi,OSihS tuo law Nv.
tho draft. To opposition to the draft |
pleaded guilty. found army volunteers
encouraged by suits IL bounties, and
the first month Of my service in
the United States senate 1 said:
az desire to express The opinion
that congress ought To encourage volun-
teering. rather than rely upon what OF
necessity, must be An unpopular meas
ure of the government-dra 81
Ia rH IN "A
Prior to that, $4,000 men had
been drafted. Six thousand entered
the service under draft, 10000
substitutes We're furnished and 10000
were induced to volunteer by bouuties,
which combinations enabled the de-
IF psr'mH ia5ooo to resup[s a4Y in s s.s,
then and have believed ever since, that
volunteers encouraged by suitable
bounties, relieving them from anxieties
about provision for their homes, was the
best assurance of support to the army.
The same politician To whom | have
referred, speaking Of myself, said:
ale did not vote or favor any measure
that looked to carrying on the war"
will refer but to two acts in the SEN
ate IN answer: On the 23d of April, 1864, |
] offered an amendment to the army APP
bill. to increase the pay
of soldiers and uon-commis
stoned officers generally i'll
to the then deprc ciated
condition of the currency. | thought
that the proportion was an encourage
ment to the army am 10 enlistinentS.
My cole. ne, Col. Lane, vcled with me
on that subject, On the SINE day
voted for the great appropriation Tor the
army fIr the coming year. I believe 10
was the larges appropriation bill ever
passed in his government-$53 0M.0OO |
| believe it was, and thai it was tie APP
that carried tho army To tile
close of the war, under which many
battles were fought under which Sher
man marched to the sea and the sur
render was made to Grant"
Mr.. Hendricks closed by returning
thanks fIr the call. The delegation |
then shook bands with the vice-presi-
dent-elect and social courtesies were
exchanged.