Los Angeles herald., 1890-07-02
HONOR TO HENDRICKS
"A Monument to Indiana's
Fav0rite Son.
Unwilling of the Statue at
Indianapolis.
The City ThrOnged With Distin-
guished Guests.
Governors Hill, Campbell and Francis
Among the Number-Senator
Turpie's Grafton.
Associated Press Dispatches.

INDIANAPOLIS: July 1.-The day for the
unveiling of the Hendricks monument
dawned clear and hot, but with good
breeze blowing, and the earliest trains
began to pour crowds into the city, and
it was early apparent that the crowd
would be the largest ever assembled in
Indianapolis. Governor Campbell of
Ohio, and party, and Governor Hill and
party, of New York, arrived yesterday,
and among the earliest arrivals today
was Governor Francis of Missouri
About every civil and military organiza-
tion in Indiana and many from Ohio,
Illinois, Kentucky and Missouri were
represented.
The movement which eliminated to-
day in the unveiling by Mrs. Hendricks,
OF the monument to her dead husband,
was a non-partisan one, which had it's
inception December 7, 1885, in meet
ing OF representative citizens of Indian
apolis of all parties. The monument
stands on the southwest corner of the
capitol grounds.
The parade was formed at l o'clock,
composed of civic and military organiza
tlons, the governors of Ohio, Indiana,
New York and Missouri, their staff
officers and many notable public men.
The procession was a mile and half
long. At 2 O'Clock Governor Hovey
called the assemblage around the monu-
ment to order, and the final exercises of
the unveiling began.
At the monument an amphitheater
had been erected for the distinguished
guests and chorus of 1000 school chill
dren. The exercises were opened with
patriotic song by this chorus. Gov
ernor Hovey then make a brief speech
of welcome. Judge Rand, president of
the Hendricks Monument Association,
briefly reviewed the history OF the mon
ument, and Rev. Dean Jencks, of ST.
Paul's Episcopal church, invoked the
divine blessing.
General Sickles, of New York was then
led forward, and on behalf of Tammany
Hall presented to Mrs. Hendricks a
handsome memorial wreath, accompany
ing the presentation with brief speech
eulogistic of the dead statesman. Mrs.
Hendricks, who was attired in deep
black with long mourning veil, stepped
forward, and with deep bow and few
words which were drowned in the noise
of the crowd endeavoring to catch a
glimpse of the honored woman, accepted
the memorial. Judge Rand then took
Mrs. Hendricks's arm and escorted her
to the base of the monument, where she
drew the veil of the national colors from
the bronze figure of her husband, amid
the shouts of the vast throng and the
booming of cannon.
An ode by James WhitcOmb Riley was
read, and Senator Turpie then delivered
the oration of the day.
The speaker gave running review of
Hendricks's life, and concerning his po-
sition during the civil war, referred to a
letter Hendricks wrote to some of his
constituents in the first month of the
lin which he said in part, that he "re-
garded it the duty of the citizens of In
diana to respect and maintain the au-
thority of the general government and
give an honest and earnest support to
the prosecution of the war until in the
providence of God it may be brought to
an honorable conclusion and the bles-
sings of peace be restored to the coun-
try, postponing until that time all con-
troversy relating to the causes and re-
sponsibilities therefor"
"Of the same tenor" added Turpie,
"were his numerous addresses to the
people in the political campaign of 1862,
which Immediately preceded his election
to the senate. During his term as sem
ator he constantly acted and voted in
aid OF the government in every measure
looking to the suppression of armed in
surrection, and always reserving the
right to freely discuss the civil policy OF
the administration"
Speaking of the reconstruction period,
Turpie said Mr.. Hendricks's position
-, tfT do
sire this to be union in form under the
constitution, and in unit by the harmony
of the people of the north and south. l
deny that at the close OF the war there
were no state governments in the south
ern states. The constitution of state
becomes part of national compact. ]
deny that the people of that state have
the right to destroy its government, and
thus cease to be within the union.
/ deny that a state convention, legisla-
ture or any other assemblage has the
right to destroy it's government, and
thus cease to be within the United
States. l deny that any people
whatever can voluntarily termi-
nate the existence OF theil
state government and thus terminate
their government, and cut off their con.
nection with the federal union"
'This doctrine" said Turpie, ''from
the very day and hour of its utterance
was rejected with every epithet of re-
proach and contempt, was beaten, sub
merged by large majorities in botf
houses of congress, and decried as al
unconstitutional surrender to the
enemy. Hendricks lived to see this
principle, once so much denounced, uni
versally approved; to see this policy O
reconstruction adopted as the basis O.
ali legislation upon the subject
ultimately to behold these tenets
sanctioned and declared to be the law o
the land by its highest tribunal, the
supreme court OF the United States. L
Webster be styled an expounder of the
old constitution with its hall truths anc
compromises, upon a subject noted but
unnamed therein, Hendricks may be al
justly called the expounder OF the new
II one is. known as constructionist. the
other Will be known as the reconstruc
ZIONIST Of his age, as the true interpreter
of the constitution, revised ane
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