Democratic Sentinel, Volume 9, Number 44, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 4 December 1885 — Always a Leader. [ARTICLE]

Always a Leader.

Boston Post: The life of Mr. Hendricks was busy and eventful. From his early manhood, he was a faithful, consistent, honest pnblic servant. He was a participator in stirring and momentous events. His career as a national man began in the times when the troubles between the North and the South were reaching a crisis. He was a member of the House of Representatives when the repeal of the Missouri compromise was agitated. He participated n the debate over the fugitive slave law. He was a Senator during and immediately after the war, and when the Democrats in the upper chamber of the Federal Legislature were u mere handful. He was Governor of his State when the tide was just beginning to turn in favor of his P-U’ty. For sixteen years manv of his fellow-citizens have desired to see him President.QTwice was he elected to the office in which ho die , and he was one of the victims of the great political crime of 1877. Always and ever where he was a leader among men, as a legislator, as an exeeutiv., us a lawyer, ns a private hristian gentleman.