Indiana State Sentinel, Volume 25, Number 47, Indianapolis, Marion County, 12 July 1876 — Page 3

THE INDIANA STATE SENTINEL WEDNESDAY. JULY 12. 1876

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Standings, and llrad the hurt of three generation. AtlMttbe dread debate escaped 11 bound of reason, and the nation in armt solved, by the appeal or var, vhtt wu too htrd tur ciiil witdom. With ocr territory unmotilated, oar contitntioo oacorropted, ax united people, in the last year of the century, crown with new dory the immortal truths of the Itoclaration of Independence by the emancipation of a race. I find then in the method and the result of the century' proxre of the nation in thi amplification -f it domala, eure promise of the duration of the tody politic. whoe growth to these vast proporMons has a yet, but laid out the ground plan of the structure. For I nod the Hai force of the free society and the people's government, here founded, hv by their own vi-or made this a natural growth. Strength and jrirnn'tr; have knit together the prest frame at Its bulk incrmed, and the spirit of the nation animate the whole: "toUmqn, infuais. per artns, lien agitat mole m, et uiagnuee, corpore mUcet." We turn now from the survsy of thi vat territory, which the closing century ha consoli.Iated and confirmed as the ample home for a nation, to exhibit the greatness iu nmlri, the spirit, tlie character, the port std mn ol the people that dwell in this ecure habitation. That, in th !, years, our population baa stes.lilv advanced, till it count forty million inetead of three, bear witness, not to be disparaged or gainsaid, to the general cungruity of of our social and civil institution with the happiness and prosperity of man. But if we consider further the variety and magnitude or foreign elein-nt to which we hare been hospitable, and their ready fusion with the earlier tock, we hare new evi lente -of rength and v.vid fcrce in our population, wul. h we may not refuse to admire. The deposition and the capacity thus shown give warrant of a powerful society. "All nations," says Lord Bacon, "that are liberal of naturalization are fit for empire." Wealth in it mans, and still more in it tenure and diffusion, is a measure of the condition of a P'l'", .i-K innrh both its enerrv and morality. Wealth

ha no sWce but labor. Life has given nothing valuable to man without great labor." This is - when Horace wrote it. The proiiiious aawth of wealth In thi country ia not only, thereT?.. . ,r..l m.rk of iroi-ritv. but prove Industry,'peritency, thrift as th habits of the people. JLCCumaUtioa of wealth, too, require ana impart security a well as unfettered activity; and thm it is fair criterion of sobriety and justice In a people, ..i.i. whan the laws and their execution rest wholly in their hand. A careless observstion of the crime, and fraud which attack prosperity, in the .......i i-on.iif ion of our society, and the imperfection of our mean for their prevention and redress leads sometime to an unfavorable companion between the present and the paar, in thi country, as respects the probity of the people. No doubt covetoueneaa has not in the world, and thieves still break through and steal. But the better test upon this point is the vast profusion of our wealth and the inhnite trust ahown by the minnerin wnitmm iu.i.u. . not too much to sav that in our time, and consplc nously in our country, a large share of every man' rriMiiii la in other men' keeping and management. nw.frhd an.! lavond Dfrunal control. This confi dence of man in man is ever increasing, measured by or practical condact, and refutes these disparage' vnenta of the iteneral morality. Kajwledge, intellectual activity, the mastery of nature, the discipline of lite an mat manes up me education of a Deonle are developed and diffused throuzh tho masses of our population, in o ample and generous a distribution a to make this the cu dIcuobj trait in our national character, as the faith ful provision aud extvuaion of the means and oppor- . - . . . . .1 I. tunitie or thi education, are me ciierisuea iim nution of the country. .Learning, literature, sci.-nce. art, are cultivated, in their widest range and higher reach, by a larger and larger number of our p,-ople not, to their praise be it said, as a personal distinc tion or a selfish pos eion, but, mainly, as a g-ner-ou leaven, to quicken sud expand the healtlitui termentation or tn- general njinu, inn mi me ieei vonular instruction. So faf from breedin a di.-tem ered spirit ill the people, this becomes the tuaiu prop of authority, the great instinct of obedience. Ii is by education," said Aristotle, "I have leaned to do by choice v hat other men do by coustraiut o f ar " The "breed and disposition" of a people, in regard of courage, public spirit aud patriotism, are, how ever, the test of the working of their institution-! which the wcrl.l most valu'-s, and upon which the public safety most depends. It has been made a re proach of democratic arrangements of society an government that the sentiment of honor and of pride iu public duty, d ayed in tliem. it has Ot-en pro fessed that the Huttuatiti currents and the trivia perturbations of their public life discouraged atren nous endeavor and lasting devotion in the public service. It has been cha iced that, as a consequence, the d sthict .service of the e'ate suilered, office and msitracy were belittled, svial sympathies cooled love of country drooped, an i stilish aft i tiotis ah orbed the powers of the citizens, and cut ii.to the heart of iha ctutuou wealth. The eireripnce of our country rejects these epecu Istions as misplaced an 1 these fears as iilmory. They belong to a coudit.oii 1 society above which we have long since beeu lil'te I, aud toward which he ery achemeofouriiMti.Mi.il life prohibits a decliue They are drawn from the examples of hit ry. which odved power, forni:llv, in the people, but left th-m ignorant and abject, unfurnished with the meaus of exercising it iu lh.: r own rixht and fur their own benefit. In a denn cracy aiel.hd by the arts, and to the ends of a patrician cla-a, the lens worthy mem bers of that class, no doubt, throve by the disdain which noble characters must always fori fo methods of fe-ceptiou and insincerity, and crowded them from the authentic service of the state. But through the pen. il mh -s- ye:irs we count to-day, til greatest lesson of all is the preponderance of pilhli over private, of social over selfish, teud.-ucies an purposes in the hole body of the peopK-, and th persistent fidelity to the genius and spirit of popular institutions, of the educ.iied classes, th liberal professions, and the great men of tue e in: try. These qualities transfuse and blend the Inn s und virtues of the manifold rays of advanced civiiiztion into sunlight of public spirit and fervid patriotism which warms and irradia'es the li'e of the n ition Excess of publicity as the aniuiHtiii'Z spirit an stimulus of society more probald. thau its lack will excite our solicitudes iu the future. Lien the public discontents take on this Color, and the mind an heart of the whole people sehe with anxieties an throb with griefs which hae no meaner scope t ha the honor and the safety of the nation. Unr estimate of the condition of this people at th close of a century as bearinz on the value and efficiency of the principles on which the goverumen was founded, in maintaining and securing the per manent well-being of a nation would, indeed, le incomplete if we failed to ni asnre the power an parity of the religious elements which jtervade an elevate our society. One nn'ht as well expect ou land to keep its climle, its fertilitT. its salubrity and its beauty were the clubs loosened from the law which holds it in an orbit, where we b l the teni pered radiauce of the sun, as to count upon the preservation or I he dt-lihta and glories of liberty fo a people cast loose from reiiiou, whervb y man i bound in harmony with the moral government of the world. It is ouite certain that the nresont djv -how: no such sclera i absorption in the exltel Uic-me of contcnipla tve piety, m marked th.? prcviilent inougnt of tlie people a huiulreil yt-ar a'; nor hopeful an enthusiasm for the s-e"ly renovation Of the world, as burst U(ii us iu ttie ma.veious wide system of vehement, it liirious zeal, aii'l practical cimh! works, iu the early part of the nine teenth century. Hut these fires are lest siden.ii.l only because they are more potent. anl I i ffiu: taeir heat ia wel formet! habits nnil la.itiifo'J agencies of beneficent activiiy. Ihey traverse and parmeate sM-iety in every direction. They travel with the outposts of civilization, Hint outrun the caucus, the convention, and the .uffrae. The church, throughout this land, upheld bvno political establishment, rests all the firmer on tue rock on which its founder built it. The great mass of our countrymen to-day, find In the Bible the Bible in their worship, the Bible in their chools. the Bible in their households the sufficient lessons, of the fear of Uod and the love of man, w hich make them obedient servants to the freeconMitution o' their country, in all civil duties, and ready with their Uvea to sustain it on the fields o! war. And tiow at the end of a hundred years the Christian faith collects its worshipers throughout our laud, as at the beginning. What half a century ao was hopefully propheied for our far future goes on to its fulfillment: "A the sun rises on a Sabbath morning and travels westward from Newfoundland to the Oregon he will behold the countless mi lions assembling, as ft by a common Impulse, in the temples with which every valley, mountain and ttlain will be adorned. - The morning paalm and the evening anthem will commence with the multitudes ou the Atlantic Coast, be sustaiued by the loud chorus of ten thousand times ten thousand in the valley of the Mississippi, and be prolonged by thousands of thousands on the shores of the Pacific." What remains bnt to searci the spirit of the law of the land as framed by and modeled to the popular government to which our fortune were committed by the Declaration of Independence? I do not man to examine the particular legislation, state or general, by which the affair of the people have been managed, sometime, wisely and well, at others feebly amd 111, n r even the fundamental arrangement of political authority, or the critical treatment of great Junctures la our policy and history. The hour and the occasion concur to preclude so Intimate an inquiry. The ch ef concern in thi regard, to ns and to the rest of the world. Is, whether the prond trust, the profound radicalism, the wide tsnevolence which spoke In the "D claration ' and wer infused into the "Constitution" at the first have been in good faith adhered to by the people, and whether now these principle supply the living force which sustain and direct govern m nt and cl ty. lie who doubts need but to look around to find all

thing full of the original spirit snd testifying to It

isdom and atrength. We have taken no steps backward, nor have we needed to seek other path n eur progress than those ia which our leet were Dlanted at the beginning. Weighty and manlloia Lavs been our obligations to ths great nation of the earth, to their scholars, their philosophers, their men of genius and acience, to their skill, their taste, their invention, to their wealth, their arts, their in dustry. But ia toe Institutions and aietnous oi government in civil prudence, courage or policy e . - . . - r it a statesmanship, in the art ot -mating oi a man own a crest citv" in the adjustment of authority to liberty in the concurrence of reason and strength in peace, of Torce and obedience in war we wire found nothing to recall us from the course of our fathers, nothing to add to our safety or to aid our progres ia it. N tar irotn mis, an nioiiiicaious oi European politics accept the popular principle of our system, and tend to our niooei. ins saovements toward MUalitJ of representation, enlargetuent of the suffrage, and public education in a.nglaud the restoration of unity ia Italy the confed eration of Germany under the lead of Prussia the actual Kepublic in France the unsteady throne oi Spain the new liberties of Hnngary the constant rain to the people's share in government throughout Europe all tend one way, tue way pointea oui in the Declaration of our Independence. The care and zeal wiih hich our peopl cherish and invinorate the primary supports and defences of their owu sovereignty have all the unswerving force .I ronfi lence of instincts. The community and iiblicitv of education, at the charge and as au lustl tution of the state, is firmly imbedded in the wants nd the desires of the people. Common schools are rapidly extending throuch the only part of the coun try which had been snui against mem, aui iouo close nnon the footsteps of it new liberty to en littliten the enfranchised race. Freedom of conscience easilv stanins out the first sparkles of persecution and suans as ereen witlies tne nrst oonos oi spiritual domination. The sacred oracle of their religion the people wi-ely hold in their own keeping as the key of r dzoiis liberty, aud refuse to oe oeguiiea oy tue voice of tue wisest charmer iuto loosiug their grasp. Freedom from military power and th maintenance of that arm of government in the people; a trust in their own adequacy as soldiers, when their duty as citizens should need to take on that form of service tu the state: tbee have gained new force by the ex perience of foreign and civil war, and a standing rmv is a remoter possibility for this nation, in its present or prospective greatness, man in tue unjs i i its small beginnings. But in the freeaom of the pyess, and tne univer sality of the suffrage, as maintained and exerc sed to-day throughout the lengm anu ureauiu oi ui land, we find the most conspicuous and decisive evidence of the unspent force of the institntions of liberty and the jealous guard of its principal defenses. These indeed re the great agencies and engines of the people's sovereignty. They hold the am relations to the vast democracy of modern society that the persuasions of the orators and the personal voices of the assembly did in the narrow confines of the Grecian States. The laws, the customs, the impdUes. and sentiments of the people have given wider and wider range and license to the agitations of the press, multiplied and more irenueni ociasious for the exercise of the suffrage, larger and larger communication of its franchise. The progress of a hundred years finds these prodigious activities in their fullest play iucessant and all-powerful indispensable in the habits of the people, and impreg nable ia their affections. Their public service, ami their subordination to the public safety, staud iu their play upon oue another and in their freedom thus mail tained. Neither could long exist in true vior in our system without the other. Without the witchful, omnipresent and indomitable energy of the press the suffrage would languish, would be subjugated by the corporate power of the legious of placemen which the administration of the affair of a great nation impose upon it, and fall a prey to that "vast patronage which," we are told, "distracted, corrupted, and finally subverted the Roman Republic." On the other baud, if the impressions of the press upon the opinions and pMiions of the peo pie found uo settled and ready mode of their working out, through the frequent and peacefut suffrage, th ptipie woul.i be driven, to satisfy their displeasure at government or their love of change, to the coarse methods of barricades and batteries. We cannot, then, hesitate to declare thai the original principles of equal nociety and popular government still inspire the laws, live in the habits of the people, and animate their purpose and their hope. These principles have not lost their spring or elasticity. They have sufficed for all the method of government in the past; we feel uo fear f .r their adequacy in the future. Released now from the tasks and burdens of the formative period, these principle and methods can le directed with undivided force to the every-day conduct of government, to the staple and teady virtues of administration. The feebleness of crowding th statute-books with nuexecuted laws; the danger of power outgrowing or evading responsibility; the rashness and fickleness of temporary expedients; the constant tendency by which pantos decline iuto tactions and end in conspiracies; all these miscbi-fs lset all governments, aud are part of the life of each generation: To deal with theseevils the task and burdens of the immediate future the cation needs no other resources than the principles aud examples of our past history supply. These principles, these example of our fathers, are the strength and safety of our state to-day; "Moribn anliqnit, itat re, lioniana, tirUijue." I uity, liberty, power, rro-perity these are our posfceseioiis to-day. Onr territory ia safe against foreign dangers; it compl-teuess dissuades from further amMiiou to extend it. aüd its rounded sym metry discourage all attempts to dismember it. No divis.on into gieatly ntiequai parts would be toler able to either. No imaginable nnion of interests or passions, large enongh to include one-half the conn, try but must embrace much more. The madness of part'tioa into numerous and feeble fragments could proceed only from the hopelegj degradation of the people, and would form but an incident iu general ruin. The spirit of the nation is at the highest its triumph over the inborn, inbred perils of its constitu tion has chased away all fears, justified all hopes, and with universal joy we greet this day. We have not proved unworthy of a great ancestry; we have had the virtue to uphold what they so wisely, so tTrmly established. With these proud possessions of the past, with powers matured, with principles set tied, with habi formed, the nation passe as it were from preparatory growth to responsible development of character, and the steady performance of duty. W hat labor await it, what trial shall attend it, wnat tnumpns lor human nature, wliat glory for it Self, are prepared for thi people in the coming cen tury, we may not assume to foretell. "One genera (ion passet h away, and another generation Cometh, but the earth abideth forever," aud we reverently nope mat ineseour constituted liberties snail be maintained to the unenditg line of our posterity and so long as the earth itself shall endure In the great procession of nations, in the great niarcn oi numanity we noid our place, i eace is our duty, peace is our policy. In its arts, Its labors and its victories, then, we find acope for all our energies, rewards for all our ambitions, renown enough for all our love and fame. Ia the august presence of so many na tions, which, by tneir representatives, have done us the honor to be witnesses of our commemorative joy and gratulation, and in sight of th collected evi dences of the greatness of their ewn civilization wiib which they grace our celebration, we may well con fess how much we fall short, how much we have to maks up, in the emulative competitions of the times. Yet, even in this presence, and with a just deferencs to the a?e, the power, the greatness of the other na tions of the earth, we do not fear to appeal to the opinion of mankind, whether, as we point to our land, our people and our laws, the contemplation should not inspire us with a lover's enthusiasm for our country. Time makes no panses in bis march. Even while I speak the last hour of the receding is replaced by the first hour of the coming century, and reverence for the past gives way to the joy and hope, the activities and t .e responsibilities of the future. A hundred y arsh- nc! the piety of that generation will recall t'ie ancestral glory which we Celebrate to-day, and CM' n it with the plaudit of a vast population which no man can number. By the mere circumstance ot this periolicity our generation will be In the mind, in the hearts, on the lip of our country men at the next Centennial conmiemmoration in comparison with their own character aud condition and with the great founders of the nation. What rhs.ll they say ot us? How shall they estimate the part we bear ia the uubroken line of the nation' progres? And soon, la the long reu h of time, forever and forever, our plac ia the secular roll of the ages must always bring us ilito observation aud criticism. Under this double trust, then, from the past and for the future, 1st ns take heed to eur ways, aud, while it is called to-day, resolve that the great heritage we have received shall be handed down through the long line ot the advancing generations, the home of liberty, th bod" of justice, the stronghold of faith among meu, "v. hlch holt the moral element of the world together," and of faith iu Uod, which binds that world to Ilia thron. A Peruvian died iu Paris two years ago, and bi9 brother arranged to have tne boi embalmed, bat qalt the city betöre the ) b was done. Tiie embalmtr wrapped tbremains In cloths ar,d Bold it to a uiaaeua a mammy. The trick has been discovered tbroaicii the return ot tüe brother to get the body for burial. Dom Pedro talked alad in the Saprem Court chamber, Washington, while Justice Miller was delivering a df clsioo, and ! bonor, not knowing tbe empsror, eaict rerniy, " W allow bus one to talk here a; time, air."

HENDRICKS' HISTORY.

i A SOUTHERN SKETCH. How Indiana's Favorite Son is Re garded in the South. HONORED ABROAD AS BELOVED AT HOME. A BIOGRAPHICAL. 8 KETCH OF OCR CANDIDATH FOR VICE PRESlDtM TOO ETHER WITH A FEW RKMAKKS BKQARDLNO HIS GREAT PCBLIO 8KKTICKS. Tbe Galveston News, tke leading news paper in tbe . Southwest aavs that Tbomaa A. Hendricks, who baa been aligned tbe second place on the national Democratic titket, is row Governor of tbe ureat state of Indiana, lie was born in Muskingum oonnty, Ohio, Perteaiber 7. 1319, but removed with r ?a:.her to Shelby county, Indiant, In 1S22 lie grew up rnons bis present constituents, hat been identified with tb-lr Interests all bis life, Dd shares their prosperity, their culture, their sentiments and prejudice. No man in Indiana is more generally beloved, and wbat la equally important in a political canvass, no mn Is Us bated. lie was educated at Uanover C lUe, and graduated In 1341, after wbicb be studied law at Chambernrtr. Pen Ivani, when he was admittei to th b;4Tln 18 '3 Ue returned to In üian a l.tmieuiAteiy atterffarda and entered on tie practice of hi profession. In which bia success was rapid, lie pwsessed tbe acuity Of making friends: was pure in m rals, and net only upright in character, out solicitous to preserve Dimseir from even the appearance of evil, tie wat careml In money matters, and slowly accu mnlated bis present moderate for tu tie, al though his practice was oiten Interrupted by political service and bis expenses in censed to meet tbe social requirements ol i fQial station. At the bar be was distin guished for learning, subtlety and elonuecce. His temperament Is such that at times be fling aside his habitual courtesy and caution and gives Iree rein to bis zte6Sive lmpulsas. lie was eyer on sucn OCCdSiOLS A DAVQKROTJ3 OPPONENT. In comparing him as a lawyer with bis ri val, Morton, it is common to say tha Hendricks Has apt to ba worsted before a iurv and Lis rival baa no chance before a iudize. In 1843 Mr. Iiendrlcks was chosen member of the state Legislature, an1 n 185C be served in the State Constitution Convention. During tbe n-xt years be represented tbe Indianapolis district in Congress, and for four tears afterwards was commipsiober .if the ceneral land office. In tbe memorable campaign of 160 he ran tor zuvtrnor against Henry S. Lite and wa defeated. Lace was chosen United a ates enator immediately alter bis inaugura tion, and Odver P. Morton succeedad to the ffovernorshlp. In the election of 1862 thf re was a political revuMon. and Indiaim elected a Democratic LV-gislature. Mr, Hendricks was then caofen senator for the term ending In March. 1869. He served in the committee on claims, publio buildings and grounds, the 1idiciary, public lAnria and naval affairs. This was a period during wnich tbe Deruc cratlc party In tbe Sanate was repre sented by a weak minority. Nothing waf possible sve an able protest against the various reconstruction measures adopted and this was to be made in the face o strong popular prejudice throughout tbe count rv. as well as strong opposition Id the Senate Chamber. Mr. Htdrkks at once took the letd among tbe Democrats and made for himself a national reputa tion. It le t to himself beseems cold a Hint, but the clash ot a personal cooflic kindles b m Into fire. He was active in or position to the measure overturning tne old Bute governments, toe imposition of test oaths, tbe civil rights bill, tbe freed men's bureau bill and kindred legislation BE SHAPED HIS POLITICAL CONDUCT upon tbe theory tbat ine prosperity of tb hito people of tbe South, even though they bad been rebels, was a matter ot more importance than tbe prosperity oi the negroes. If either race was to go to ,ne wail h thought it should be the black rate; bat be held that in the natural s j prtnjcy ot tbe white race was a guarantee tor the safety of all. Exalting tbe ireedmen tuto a governing class and disfranchising their matters ha held to be as evil a system a slavery. Ilia arguments on the groat questions ot tbat day have been adopted as the authoritative statfment ot Democratio opinion in the summaries ot coDgressiooal d- bates. In the memorable apiao ia of th p'fsident's impeaenmnt be pUje I an important part, and added gre'ly to ii rtpucation as an able lawyer. It is a u lü -lent proof oi tbe ability and sneers of Mr. Hendricks in the senate that toward-t the close of a single term be bad placei bimtll among tie foremost men of ois party, and beome a prominent candidate mr th pres deucy. Iu tbe con ventionof 1873 be wa br. ugbi forward, xcd at one time led all ot her candidates, receiving tbe s lid voteoi New Y..rk and th.i Northwest. He ww nominate i by tbe Democracy tor gvrnor of Iodiaca the samt yeir, aud bodouut honestly elected, but tne II publican candidate, Conrad Biker, was declared to bave received a ma jority ol (JG1 vjU9 aod was duly Inaugurated, rie'iring from the Uuiied States Sanate in lEG'.t, Mr. Hendricks returned to the prac iceoi ids protessiou t Indianapolis. When Mr. Greley was nominated for the presidency iu 1872, Mr. Hendricks acquiesced In wbat seemed to be the popular will, and gave in hi hearty Approval to toe new departure. He was NOT ALLOWÄD TO REMAIN IDIR daring tbe canvass. Aalnet bis earnest protest be was again nominated for tbe governorship. The campaign was a bitter one, and a' most dlsasirous to tbe Democracy throughout tbe country. Tbe result in -Indiana was bad, but far better than In most other localities. Tbe Republicans carried th Legislature, and fleeted all ot their state ticket except the governor and oprintendent ot public instruction. The majorities were very small, out they were enougn. Tne personal popularity ol Qov. Hendricks carried him bnugb. Asa man, courteous in social intercourse, an Influential member ot ai. Ii.fluentlal cbutcb, clan and re-pect-nbi in all bis walks and ways, be was fortunate tn having lor an opponent Qttn. Tern Browne, a man wbo bad served creditably in tbe war, but wbo had brought inti ivll lite the recklessness and dissipatio1 wblcb are torgivm to tbe soldier, bo make the statesman distrust d. Gov Hendricks won by majori y of 1,148, but be rt suit waa not announced tor several dys,and spurehensioos prevailed to at a ttempt was neing made to a ain ooq' him out. O v. Hendricks could bav oeen elected o tbe United States Senate, but the iact that he would be eucceded

a, governor by Republican, and belie r- j

og tbai ine people were entitled to bis rvices in th offloe to wblcb they elected htm during the full term, Induced bim to continue In bis place as executive of the state. Ingeneralterms 't msy be said of bis administration, tbat :t has been able, conscientious, high-minded. H has aimed lairly to do bis duty, and bis official conduct can not be criticised. His course on the liquor question has been most frequently assailed, and tbe matter may be worthy of a lew words of exp'ana tlon, as it is ssid tnat bis action ban alien ted tbe German vote. It ia well to receive with caution all tbe torlos that are told about tbe German vote. East or West. Briefly, the tacts are these: Tbe. Republi can LgiV.a:ure choseu In the lall ol 1872 pasaed tbe following winter wbat was called tbe Baxter till, alter tbe autbor ot it, an Eaglish Quaker and earnest temper an co agitator, now se; tied In Indiana. 1 he principle of tbe law la wbat la known elsewhere as LOCAL. OPTION and the effect of It seems to be to give drinking communities an opportunity to get all tbe liquor they want, and to pre vent temperance communities from get ting anything to drink. This bill Gov. Hendricks signed. He did so profess&dly In obedience to the will of the majority of tbe Legislature and tbe win of tbe people. His approval was merely a matter of form. as bis veto coma De oyerriaaen oy a simple majority vote. His own .con vlcuons were in favor or a rigid license svotem. and in tbe state convention ot 1874, at which be presided, he set forward the Democratic decline on tbat sot jct in a clear argument. .Public opinion bad so far veered around in the meanwhile, tbat the Legislature chorea that year repealed the B4xtr bill during tbe following win er. tbe Senate, wblcb was Republican, vet Ine with the Democratic House. Thu9 Mr. Hendricks' course on the liquor qiesuoi c . ..as may be summed np by saying that be concurred in popular temperance legislation, which he could not prevent, ana alter fair test urged tbe substitution ot a better system for tbe Bax'e law. Tbe whole legislative sassion ot 1875 was a s'ruggle between the Uonee and the Senate lor partisan advantage, and the decisive stroke bv which the governor, wbo hao wntched the contest Impartially, tn cer posed in behalf of the public good and put an ead to t-ie airlie, as admirable. Tne session was lim. ted by law and the Repnb'ican Senate, A'h p ing the tactics wblcb tbe Senate at Was in et on is now pursuing, refused concur rence In tbe measures urged by tbe House, aod. although conf-ren e commlitees Lad agreed nDon all vital questions, delated aclon uutil after midnight on tbe last dar, Coning in this way to block tbe business of tbe Btate or force tbe Democrats into a long and expensive extra session, which would condemn tbe party In a granger community. The session closed on Satur day night, and tbe governor Issued bis oroclsma'ion on Monday reassembling tbe Legislature on Tuesday, without giving tbe members a cnance to scatter, ana poiiteiy suggesting that, although they had a right to s ay forty days, wouia ds inucn neaun ier for them to do their work and go home before tbe close of the week. They GATHERED TOGETHER LIKE LITTLB LAMBS. Tbe whole Bcheme of making party capi tal, one way or other, was abandoned Thfytooknp their work where they bad laid it down, f nisbed it, and were gone by Saturday, much to tbe gratification of al good citizens. Though the eompromls9 c the St. Lionls nominations and platform ha measurably sunk anv specific issue on the currency question, in a cam pi lgn Fet to the kev of general reform, tbe facts in regard to tbe position ol Governor Hendricks on the grpat currency agitation or tne lae two vears should be known. At tbe be ginning of t he clamor tor more money. In tbe fall of 1873, be was not in any way called npon to express bis opinions on financial questions, and although his con vlctlona on those topics were baed on aound old Democratic principles it was his nature to sympathize wltn toe oisiress woicn p saw ahout him In every direction rather than sat out to preach to the p?op!e the narrow ard d!m;ult path to salvation through S"K-Jonial and sntf -ring. The trengtb of the p p ilar conviction that relief wap s sible tr rough 1 flUion could hardly be oyer-entlma'ed. 8 me believed flrmly tbat unlimited quantities of paper money, insued on toe la th ot the government, was the true American theory of finance. Others knew tbat euch an lsue of irredeemable pap r wonld only afford temporary relief, to De lollowed by greater disaster, bat they hoped to be ut'e bftore the next s orm, if they should weather that which was on tbem. AU advoc ted the Inflation of tost currency with a fierceness wnich brooked no resistance, and old-lashioned leaden, who mlgbt bave thrown themselves across the cour-e of popular opinion bad tbey Imagined what way It was tending, fonnd the t'de grow too strong and furious to withstand, and most of them went with it. Whoever was recgrtlred as a bard money man was considered in some sort as a traitor to tbe West and a publio enem v. Tbe feeling on tbia subject bas been modified to a great extent daring the pt year, and the ot jctive point of tbe paper money men hhS changed. The purpose now avowed is not an increase of tbe currency eo much as th maintenance ol the present standard and tbe substitution of SREE' BACKS FOR NATIONAL B INK NOTES. The movement has ceased to be wholly aggressive. Under tbe circumstances, tie coarse of Qov. Hendricks, when It became bis duty to take an active part In the discussion ot tbe issues of tbe day In tbe canvass ol 1S74, was wise and manly. He presided over tbe Derne crstlc convention held in July at Indianapolis, and in his address on taking tbe eha'r argued that gold and silver were the true basis of onr currency, and that the proper uietbod of retjrnln to p-cie layrneit was through the growing-up procees tbe development of tbe resources ut the South, the Increasf ol production aqd the re ranchmeut of public and private expenditure. The tenor of Mr. Hendricks's teachings at tol time may be seen in tbe subjoined extrrt from hi address to the Democratic convention After arguing agaiwst tbe hasty conirac tljn of our paper circulation, checking labor and paralysing enterprise on the one band, and against undue inflation, hieb wonld lead to depreciation and a reckless p rlt of speculation and adventur cn tue other, he said ' - We desire a re urn to specie payments t is a serious evil when there are coinmet cial mediums of different values; when n description ot money la for one claa and purpose and another for a olffereui cUsi and parpofe. We can not too -trongly express the importance of the jolicy tbat siall retor uniformity o value to all the money of the country, '.bat it shall be always and readily convertible. Tbat gold a id silver are the rea standard of value ia a cherished Demo-

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do aoanaoned. Bat I do uo. look to any arourary enactment oi uongrees 'or a restoration Of f-p cie payment. Such an effort now would probb:y prt-duce widespread commercial dir&ater. A congressional declaration can not make tbe paper currency equal to gold in value. It can not make a bauk note tqial to your dollar. Tbe business or tbe country alone can do that. When we find tbe coin of the country increasing, then we may know tbat ws ar moving In tbe direction of specie payments. 'I be Important finan cial question is. uow can we increase and make permanent our supply of gold? Tne reliable solutionis by iLcrta9iu our productions and thereby rouring our purchases and increasing our salts abroad. He can readily obtain money who produe s more man De consumes ol amc'.ea tnai are wanted in the market, and I suppose tbat is also true of coiumuuit'ts ai,d nations. How can tbe Kepublican party atone to tbe people lor it evil policies which have driven gold troin tbe country and rendered a return to specie payment more difficult and made its postpouement inevitable. It has been ataerted tea. Gov. Htndr cks la a more genuine bard money man tbau Gov. Hayes, and would perhaps difler from mmon financial p ncy only ia his oppo sition to national banks aud bis wilin g ness to substitute government notes lor bank circulation. ON QUESTIONS OF STATE POLICY Mr.Hendricks has shown masterly knowl edge; but there is one matter upon which he baa ever been especially zealous and as sidious the school system of Indiana. As a member ot the constitutional convention be was active in securing ample provision for popular education, and placing its sup port beyond tbe vie Siitudis of politics. impressea witn tue value or tbe work then accomplished, he bas since repeat edly insis.ed npon the utmost watchtulness over tbe growth and perfection of the system and relaxed in ns favor bis dem ocratic prejudices toward strict construc tion and economy. The vice presidential nominee of the Democratic party bas been described as a man ot medium beigot and symmetrical :orm. He is erect, active aud vigorous. lace is manly and handsoma. Tbe features ara large and expresv s ve, and while tbera is a so t, goodhumored expression in the large blue eye and iu tne mouth and dimpled cbm, tuj brow, forehead aod heavy jaw show wisd.im and resolution. His complexion is florid and hi bair and side w bickers are yet untouched with gray. He looks like one who hes lived a happy life, enroiin'ere.l no aiet sorrows am yielded to o groat vice'. His disposition is as sunny aa ma complexion, and in social lite be is a grtai favorite. To acquaintances be is affable and eaBy, to ciose friends warm aod lovable, to pll.ical paitisans courte;U nut csuu us. He ould r-tber conciliate an enemy than oblige an ally. His ti oils arn sucu tnaw no jouudnte troun1 dollars a ynar ample for bis expenditures daring his senatorial term at Washington. H baa always trusted to doing. the work which be bad m hand well, aa tbe highest recommendation iu the Ion? ruu betöre the people, a ad the muy honors which have come to bim seem to baye been conquered without grea. eflorr. His voice is a rather thin tenor, ard his n Mutig imposing in its tones, but 1.4 uuibld to a grtt distance where be epaks vuu earnustuesj. He appears to the best ad vantage before a crowd, for then be kicdles with the excitement ot t .e occasion, and an interruption or Ht from soma disssaticg auditor Is all lh .t is necessary to make bim forget nis naoitual-dtilibt-raiiva cs ot toougut, aud fling hltnselt into dashing and ag gres&ive argument. Mr. Utndnck has a mot amiable and accomplished wife, bnt no chile ren. Lie is aa Episcopalian in re liion, aud in all the relations ol publio or t rivt li'e ove reproach. If you feel dull, drowsy, debilitated, have frequent, headache, mouth tastes badly, dot appetite and to tie coated, you are suffering from torpid liver, or biliousness, ' and 1 othlng will cure so speedily aud perma nently as tp AsX the recovered dyspeptics, billons anSierenf victims or lever and egae, tne mercurial dlHeasett patient how they recovered health, cheerful spirits aud uood appetite they wld tell you by taking; Kimmona'a Liver Keif ( lator, or Me-dlt-lne. Extract from a letter from tne lion. Aiexanacr II. BUn-hens. dated March Uh, 1872.' " occanoneUly Ute, tvhen my condition require it. Dr. thmmon3'$ Liirr Regulator with good rffect. It u mild, and tuiU me better than more active remedies." An r.filcariou Remedy." can recom mend at an efflcaciou remedy for dieaxe of the lAver. neanourn ana ityspe-pna, etwtmtms a ljtver Keaulator n ' Levi if. Wunder 1&3 Moste atreet. Chief Clerk Philadelphia PostAfftc. id76. WHEHt NOW? 1876. flourishTo MICHIGAN, one of the foremost, lug and healthy states. WHAT FOR? To buy a FARM out of the ONE MILLION ACRES of fine farming; lands for 'ale by the GRAND KAflUS 1NJJ1AWA. rt. K. "'rang sons. Ready markets. re crops. Good schools. Ilal road rons throngh center of grant. Settlements ad along. All kiuds of products raised. Plenty of water, limber and building materials. Price Irom 11 to 11 per acie; onefourth down, balance on time. ar-end for illustrated pamphlet fnll of facta and figures, and be convinced. Address W. A. HOWARU.comm'r. Orand Rapids, Mich. R. L. P1KRCK. Hec. L nd Dept. STATE OK INUIANa, Marion county, aa: la ihe Superior uoart of Marin ooud'v, I n tbe stxte ol Indiana, September term, 1876. No. li,. Haney Kerr vs. Jacob R. Mustard et al. Be it known, tbat ontbe22dday of June the above named plaintiff, bv bis attorneys, filed in the office of tbe cierK ot the Su oeMor Court of Marlon county, in the state of Indiana, bis complaint agilnst tbe above named defendants to quiet iltle to revl estate, and on said VI day of June, blii, h said plalntid filed in said rlerk'a office tbe affidavit of a competent pers n showing that said defendants, Lewis Richard and Sabina Riebard his wl e, Hushd Ford and ord are not residents ot tbe Mate of Indiana. Now, therefore, br order of eaid court, said delendanis last above named are hereby notified of ti e fl ing aud pendency of said complaint against them, and tha; uuleas they aopear and answer or demur tbere'o, at tbe callins of said caui-e on tbeeecoud day of tbe term of said court, to De begun and beld at tbe court bouse In tbe cl'y f lndianapo.la on tue first Mondav in September, W6, said cornpiain, aDd the matters and things therein contained and alleged, will be heard and determined in their ab nee. AUSTIN II. BROWN. ' Clerk. C F. ROOKXB AKD BlXBY & NOBTON, Att'yS for FIn'tlX. June27-3w

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VtJO SOLU LAST EEAiOX without o-.E v:zz rr.r er. hejsctics j Tliis is tUa bramis Tlitvstiing Tuartn'ns tbat bslT "swept tüö tu-iJ"; c:e:.ti i .11 ;. r-v ''ir' n In tbt tra.!.', V.v its XATCHUas Gnati-d vviko ad Tms-fisajl ma priu. ijii.. ;3 1 "V4t, fr"'-':- - ri Kiit. j tiC' -- - THE KNORMOC WASTAGE ot irrsis, so imeritall leitk other ttiila of Tbrrxiicre, caa be SAV LP by tai Improved Machina, tußeint, m erery job, to mora Hum fxqr aH arpeasrs of throsLing. FLAX, TIMOTHY, MILLET, HUXOABlAN anil lika seeds ara threshed, sparatad, cleaned and savs4 as easilv and perfectly as Wheat, Oats, By or Barley. AN EXTRA PRICE is usually paid for rrsjn aal seeds cleaned by this machine, for extra cleanliness, IN THE WKT GRAIV of 175, thess srers imtcUntially the ONLY MACHIKKS tbst could run with profit or economy, doing last, thorough and perfect work, token othert ulltrlg failed, ALL GRAIN, TIME and MONTY wasting eomr.llcations, stich sa "Endless Aprons," "Baddl,' "Boaters,1 M Pickers, etc, ara entirety dinpemted mtk ; less than one-half the nsual Gears, Belts, Boxes, and Journals; eaitier managed ; more durable ; light running ; no cost ly repairs; no dost; no " litteringv " to clean np ; not troubled by adverse winds, rain or (10011. FARMERS and GRAIN BAISERS who ara pott in the large saving made by it will not employ Inferior and wasteful machines, but will samt on Unproved Thresher doing their work. FOUR SIZES mads for ft, 8, 10 and 12 Ilort Powers. Also a specialty of Eepabatobb, designed and made expressly roa steam Powes. TWO STYLES OF HORSE POWERS, ix.: our lm rnived "Triple Gear," and our "Spar Ppeed" (Wood twry Style), both " Mounted " on four wheels. i IF rSTERESTED In Thresbina; or Grain Raising a r'y to onr nearest Dealer, or write to a for IUntra ted Cirmlsr (sent free), giving fall particulars of Sizesw Styles, Prices, Terms, etc Kicliol, Shepard & Co., BATTLE CREEK. MICH. SAI.V. OF Til F. MOrNT VFRXOTf AXI CiK4YILtLR KM.KAI AI THE MMAYV1LL A1 n&IIUOX RAILROAD. Clrcnlt Oonrt of the United States. Southern District of Illinois. The Farmen Loan and Trust Company, of Nw Yortc, vs. tbe t blcaso and Illinois (South ern Railroad Oorapany, tbe UiayviMe and M ittoon FAtlroad Company, et al. In chancery. Tbe undersigned, master in chancery of sa'd co'm,heeby gives notice tbat, by virtue of a d tree of foreclosure entered on April K, 1&76, by said court in the above entitled cause, he w,n on TUESDAY, the 27th day of July nex', between tbe hoars of 9 o'clock: A. V. and sunset of suid day. a the city ol Ulney, in the county or hieb .rnpon and state ol Illinois, Eroceed to ae I at pub ic auction, to the highest ldder, the tolUwluK property, to-wit: The line of rai'ro'dof the Raid Mount Vernon and Gra viiltt Railioad IXimpany and the said Uray vibe aDd Vattoon Kairoed Company, co menclng at the ity of Mount Vernot, In the st:te of Indiana, and running theoceto the t wn ol GrayvUle,ln the state of Illinois; tuence thr ah tie county ef KdWrd lo Oiuey.ln hoonu,yof ttlckiland. In the Bal l lvl earned sta e; tnence ti rougntbe counties o' Jasper, Cumbt-riand and Coles to the city of Matioo. And all tbe lands, depot grounds, ways, r 11411 Is of way, stallen bouses, machine or eth-r Kfiop, anu all nousea and bal-dings. structures, rond beds, iraclts Bldlngs, cars, engines lenders, rolling stock and machinery, too a, lmpieruenta, tnel, rxaurial and prorerty, both rt-al and pe rsonal, and ail the rights, credits, income, earnings, profits, choaea in aciiou and fiaucuisea ot the Bald Mount Vernon acd Gray vii e Kallroad Company and tbe aald Gray vile and Vattoon Kallroad Company, cmorc ed with or appertaining to the raid railioad of the Ian named railrond cpmpanles, Including ail the property belonging to 1 hem va the 1st day of March, 1671, and all slnco acquired nv tuem as connected with their raid lines of railroad. The pronerty, ft an chlsea and estates of the said Mftunt Vernoq and Grayvil.e Radroadt Company will bi first eO d, ad if tie sale thereof is Id sufficient to satisfy said decree, with interest and osts. tbe property, right, franchises and estate of said Grtyvllle and Mattoon Kallroad Comrany v 111 then be sold. Terms o1 sale will be upou a credit except to cot of one year from Sept. 23, lhTi, and if at tbat lime twenty miles if lr n h e ;ald upon any part or parts of said Grayvllle and Mattoon Railroad, t en euch credit will be extended to Sept, 27, 1877. If purchase made by complainant or Kon e bond credior In behalf of it ad ntber bond creditors, tbe undersigned will acc-p? p-o rata payment in bonds, according to the provUloLS of SAd decree. Dated, CPRI50FIELU, III, Jane 1 187. J. A.J.XE, July2!-4w Masteryln Chancery A SAV MILL FOR THE PEOPLE. i 1 i patcul Mruble Mslsy Saw Mill U sdsr44 li sn? kalitv. will DJ una si wf snd sill d.i niurh ot powT od hoa bsln. tendrMll th bent CirCttlST Mllll. ItS k-.. rr.ni.. hMj-bloc... sad workllif (artS :V arc of ILc wont aubal atlal and pe.a.a urn I lino. Btng Bisoe cuuiviy m irtm and ai-l. Il ii ooillv art op sod atari il is from nr lo tw, Sara- time. r 7 yy.r-f It . parrallT SrT .y tarhln esr T - SS slnfa of not raotrdiot t a horar pdver. 5"-V'ts"' :a H t frm inch ,u,nber v V J Th UM oi Engiov siy coovenitntly aa $k0fT' lerBtl ty tw sirs, trod for eirwlsr. -f),lMiiiafia Aad. CHANCLER L TAYLOR. UNI 1 tU O I A I CS id. 1 u . . MW Caar.aai.i.eiiuua kr a iaiaal aoihoc ar wenkr la ba pub. Uihtd la both KllliikssaUermss. On Urge sott profusely Illustrated, ritow-prioed voisrns. fvvosUia mHau.lut Mr. mdidlj illuatrawJ aosaant at pimaHv. t Oraad OmMDial CaMrtwaOoa ACENTS WANTED f.at grawiaciDiercat every whrrv ia U thriiUxf tai.wrr el our eoaBiry:Benoe,rrvrnafw-T',-ir .ruw. , t UsBSBdteruu, SCAIHIntkLabUii viocuwiau, vr BANKRUPT SALE OF MILTON GOLD JEWELBT. ESTIRE STOCK MUST BE i OLD 15 30 DAT3. Everybofiy bas beard ofbMiltou Gold Jewelry," ft having beeu a id In ibis man et tor the last ten ye rs, and worn by th. bet and r'chest c as ol our population. Htlll.lt takes) an expert Jeweier to dl-exvrr "Milton" gold fiom Vlrgm goid. We will send, tor the next thirty dys ÖNL.Y, tbe fillowing arJclea by mall, post paid, on receiptor 60cenu: One pair elegant sleeve buton,wlth Independence Hall engraved, re all pr'ce..ft JX) One set 8b Irl studs. . ' one beautiful corl scirf-pin. reiall price- 7 One eieg m g-nta watcb chain, latent paltern, retail price 1 M Onml button, retail Dries 6 One elegant wading n jg, ve-; heavy, re 2 00 tail price. Total.. ..to 60 Rememher, we will fed you the above named hlx articles, wblcb we have r tailed fof 6 76, by mall, po1 paid, tor 60 oenta, or foir ssmpie lou for II b,uil twelve sample loiz '8tVafactlon guaranleei or money refunded! Address v. w- "KLL txj Impo'tera of Watch and Jewelry, North Seventh st., Philadelphia, 1 Sute wheie yon saw this advertLsemenU

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