The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-11-26
DEATH OF MR.. HENDRICKS,

\ Eight years ago this month the great leader
I of the Republican party of Indiana died at
his home in this city, after a protracted and
painful illness. His death was received with
I every mark Of grief from people of all parties
and classes, and his body was carried to the
grave amidst general manifestations Of
mourning. To-day the great leader
of the Democratic party of Indiana lies dead
in his home in this city, after a brief illness
of but few hours. His sudden death will
cause like sorrow among the people, with
out distinction of party faith, and
his obsequies will be marked with
the like unfeigned and universal regret.
The people of Indiana and Of the Nation were
prepared for the news of the death of Senator
Morton; the death Of Vice-president Hen
bricks comes with benumbing shock. 1t is
: something worthy of note that both the dis
4 tingushed citizens of Indiana who reached
the honor of the presidency have met
4 their death from the same cause-paralysis of
the heart-and with almost equal suddenness
s-ex-Vice- president Colfax at Mankato, Mimi,
] in January last and Mr.. Hendricks in Indian
apolis yesterday afternoon.
The story of the career of Thomas Andrews
Hendricks is told with fullness elsewhere, and
will be repeated to-day in thousand different
forms all over the country, and, indeed,
throughout the civilized world. That man
can so fill the thought of other men, whether
while living or in death, is sufficient testi-
! achievement of hislife. Mr.. Hendricks career
4 was essentially an Indiana one. Though native
of Ohio, all his years of youth and mature
manhood were spent in Indiana. What he
was and what he became he was and reached
as an Indianian. Senator Morton and Vice
president Hendricks the chiefs of the
two great political parties during years
of extraordinary stir and Importance, were
q essentially and thoroughly Indianian; and,
therefore, it is with State pride we remember
the success attending their careers, and with
State sorrow we mourn their death. It is not
time in which to remember political differ
ences and antagonisms. While Mr.; Hendricks
stood at the head of a political party
from whose principles we radically di ffered,
and whose success we believed to be inimcal
to the highest good of the country, the Jour-
nal gave battle with all its power, unsparingly
and reentlessly. But death, which softens
I and chastens the harsh outlines of the human
face, bringing out, as by magic pencil,
4 the lineaments and features as they were
when untouched by disease and pain, also
mollifes the rigor of feeling and Judgment
with which q man is regarded when in the
heat and bitterness of close contest, so that we
see and remember nothing but the personal
traits and graces, and the virtues and value
of a character and life that have been credit
4 to the man, and an honor to the community.
This is neither the time nor the place to
attempt an estimate of Mr.. Hendrick SIS char
acter and service as public man and states
1 man; that will be done elsewhere, and with
due care and appropriateness. But here and
now it is proper and a privilege to bear testi-
mony to the high personal charac-
ter and unblemshed official integrity
of the dead. No faint follows Mr.. Hendricks
to the grave as man and citizen, husband
and friend. The courtesies of his life
were broad and generous. He was always
the polite gentleman, and to younger
men was especially kindly and helpful.
He was tolerant and considerable, save where
he felt that he had been betrayed Or his rights
were improperly infringed then he could
strike hard, and most generally with direct
and telling effect. He had his enemies
J and his enmities. For man who had occu-
pied such positions as he had, not to have had
them would be the reverse of complimentary.
But his sudden and lamentable death will
bury all these in forgetfuiness. AS one which
has not failed to measure swords with Mr.
! Hendricks on many well-fought fields of po-
itical contest, the Journal gives to his mem
Dry the tribute of its respect and esteem for
the kindly qualities of his personal character,
and adds sincere sorrow to the general grief
with which his death will be received.
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In July last a certain Doctor Boswell made
I an attack upon Mr.. Thad Butler, editor of the
/ Andrews Express, in reply to an article Mr..
Butler had printed in the columns of his pa
per. Mr.. Butler was assaulted with MUIR
derous missile, and quite badly injured. Ever
I since that time Mr.. Butler has been using
every effort for the criminal prosecution of the