New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-07-03
MFRS SPEECH At INDIANAPOLIS.

HILLS SPEECH At INDIAN1POLIS'
David b. Hill ostensibly went to indianapolis
10 assist at the unwilling OF monument III
reality. he made the journey for the purpose
of unwilling one of his own stump SpeecheS.
The day which he chose for the delivery OF
his partisan harangue was by common consent
of the good people of Indiana sacred to the
memory of Thomas 4. Hendricks with char
acteristic selfishncSs and disregard OF the pro-
nrjctics. Governor Hill aimed to make the day
scrviceable to his own consuming political am
hilton. 1t was not that he loved Hendricks
less. but that he loved his own boom more
very much more.
When We come to examine this stump speech
which he went away out to Indianapolis To
unvcH. we find that it is a cheap performance.
II is the sort of thing which in other years he
has been accustomed to dccaim for the delecta-
lion of the Democracy of Elmira That Is 10
say. if is full of heated SupcrlativeS, vtupela-
ton and mi,>tatemcntS. The Governor owl
IDENTIFY was determined that his lmmodcmtion
should be known 10 the Hendricks CIub, rea-
soning that the best way 10 commend himself
10 its members was by reckless and unStinted
abuse of RcpublicaniSm. In order to show
that he did not allow such things rs we'll
established facts 10 interfere with the outpour
Of his cloqucnce, it is only necessary 10 repro
duce what he had to say 10 these indianapolis
Democrats in relation to his recent Southern
trip. We quote:
During tho last year had occasion To vt The south
saw is people and consulted with IL Iadig 'heH7'
| converscd with the colorcd men and learned nom
their own lips their condition and treatment They
,, mo- reS -
wrong. to be righted. They were freely accorded
their political rights. They voted As they pleased.
Whenever for any reason they RETAINED from the eN
crcie Of the elective franchise, 1t their voluntary
act.
Now. we submit that a man who Is capable
Of talking like that need not be surprised I"
find that he inspires diNtrst ana contempt
Even manly >outhcrncrS must dcSplse a pol-
tician who. with the hope Of making himself
solid with the south, will 20 to the prcpo>terouS
length of claiming that the negroes are freely
accorded their political rights Candid south
crn Democrats never claim anything OF the
sort. They frankly admit that the negroes are
and have been deprived OF their political
rights. but attempt 10 justify the outrage by
explaining that it is political necessity gro"
ing out Of their own grim determination 10
pcrpctIlatc the rule of the white man al AL
hazards, How they will laugh when they read
that according 10 Governor lilll oi New
York. the negroes Of the south " had no grey
ances TO present, no outragc> TO reclte Il"
wrongs 10 be rghtcd.' With equal propnety
the Governor might have maintained that no
negroes were held n slaves before IN" war or
that jefferson Davis was just Is good a mon
man as Abraham Lincoln. Is Democratic
boom for Presidential nomination advanced
by mSStatcment 50 fragrant? No DOUBT H.
II is not worth while to consider this dema-
cogical stump-spccch in detail. The Governor
charges that the Republicans arc threatening
the integrity of the Federal Constitution. What
f., the truth? The truth is that they arc doing
nothing which is in conflict with that organic
instrument. but that he himself on more than
one occasion has brought the constitutional
mandates of his own State 10 naught by his
outrageous misuse of the veto power. Inc
Governor has much 10 say which proceeds on
the assumption that he is a champion OF pure
elections What is the truth The truth Is
that the only reason why ballot reform was
not secured in this state three years ago Is be-
cause he stood in the way. The Governor
,trenuousiy objects to the Federal census, but
ucglcctS to tell his indianapolis brethren ihat
Newly rk was deprived in 1855 OF the State
census to which She was entitled because he
himself killed two Census bills. He takes the
tone Of one who sincerely loves his country,
forgetting, or at all events ignoring, the fact
that he is generally recognized the country
over as the most thoroughgOing and impacabie
anti-rcformer at present in public life.
According to all reports, Governor Hill must
have enioycd himself at the unycing of his
speech. Those indianapolis people are big
hearted and given TO hospitality, and doubtless
did their best to make him feel at home. But
is his boom any larger than when he left Al
bany? We do not believe it is. 1t bchoovcS
him TO hunt mp some more monuments which
will furnish him with additional excuses for
unvciling his oralory.