Rensselaer Republican, Volume 12, Number 49, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 27 August 1880 — SPEECH OF GENERAL BEN HARRISON, DELIVERED AT TERRE HAUTE, IND, AUGUST 20. [ARTICLE]

SPEECH OF GENERAL BEN HARRISON, DELIVERED AT TERRE HAUTE, IND, AUGUST 20.

FVBew eftttena: Oto* bmmi th* RepwbMran ■rat D> macratle partie* are before tto people to toJudged. The debate boo begun; Imt wo are ■at yet, I hope, on much in “tto m»h and roar" of the eamr**gn that • speaker may not expert tetnd afreeate the Mtuda and eonscjenees of tea teere moderate men of tto oppoeue party. W aar such hare honored me with tleir prea«e»re to-«tetaf, Irt me »»nre them at tbe I**lo- - than I -toll itoabßaetb* rv spurt ttoy bora •town me by coming. HOXMT BLECHGNfI. Tn my opinion the underlying and overirlag <a«*i lap of the hour—tne ewe that moot nearly ■torta th* prate, growth and happiness of out propio, M wall aa rhe eoatlnnance of oar free tartiiitt Inna, la Um Issue of free elect lose and aa ■Bnest count. We ea» w»f< ly trust the decision of every pnbBe anon ion to Ito body of oor qnalrted elm V ere; but revolution and min will not tarry long when violence rule* rbe pn-Miwt and frond prerides over tbe count. Mwjcrttirs are not always right. hat we can trust the people tn e»me right aa fuller debate. I have do doubt tt every leesl elector la tto United Matra eon Id freely express bta ehniee al tto ballot-box in Vewmimr. and tbe vole be honestly re warned. tLat Jamon A. Gar•aM. "t Ohio, would be < bosen President hy an oeer»<i<-»mli»r popular vote, and by a large ■»- jMrt* of tbe electoral college. Tbe problems of ihe eawpwign are believed by Bepobllrana to he thane: 1. Can ibe Republican vot»- in the Southern Stave be east and eanntedl 2. Can we prevent a r»i*thlon of the aM Tweed election frauds tn the e<ty of Nrw Ywrtf And 3. Can we have an honest elect lon hi Indinnat la there any Democrat bold enough to aay there la no ground for the grave awpre-ton-loirs whieh are honestly etrterfaiued by the Bapublienn party en tbla snbjectl THE PROBLEM IB INDIANA. Can we !•• reasonably certain that the rewolt of •a election in Indiana will be determined by her •wu legal electorsf The Democratic newspapers an already charging that the Bepnbhmn managrra are preparing to import vote* from other Matra, while we believe that Ift ear very rbargva ■re a eov>rfnr contemplated Detnocntiie elec tian fraud*. In the mid at of throe ebbrgea and aaonier charges, how fe rhe honest eitiien to know whl cl iiparty la rea'ly tn favor of honest eh-etlrmsf There la, I think, an easy and tufalllMr teat. Tbe party that le tn favor of rlnofe>W tbe door through which three Illegal vote* And entrance, baelnt Ita profeoafona with eocvtncing proof of Ita boneetv, while the par£tbat net tbe door open aad keep* tt open eaaeooov tn ring proof that It drives entile * way. Let w see if we can find om which party this la. » will nor he denied rhat tbe piww ut rooatiBation of Indiana baa the stamp of the D»-mo-aattic party open Ik The section which defines &ft toHto a misnomer te rail tt a dHfrrttifin) ewalttV-atten of an etertor waa framed nn•r DMnecrwtie aueolee*. Il may be that the •nmere of It did not wntemptarr the gross •tones which have grown ep; that tbev did not toOklaaie that the Supreme Chart would an ■fltek fa the bark la tbe rmirtrnetion of <ta lanv■age. Bnt certain tt trthav thia acct ion of nnr aaeitttunon. aa cowarmed by a Democratic Snaevme Court, baa stood ever nfnre, nn open dnor to to nd. In hla meaaage to the f cgtelhtwre. In WT7. Oor. Thomaa A. Hmdrtcn raid of ocr Mbetlon laws: -The lawv regulating our election* require pear aeeelal attention. They di. not rvwtoln the aaarnpt, nor protect the vote* of the people." Tbe retolr of thtg loose election aretrai haa been t» at chargee of ftund have been ■Mwtnntty m»te by each party yalnet tbe other, and the result our elections bate been challenged by large badtoof oar Intelligent people. Thin condition ar tblii n has nei been perpetrated with the eonarul of the Republican pnrtv. Efforts were first ■mde hy leirtalatton to bring abont the needed reform, and when those failed the tree nt egort tarvmore from tbe constitution the nbafrnctlun •B thia reform waa andrrtaaen and supported bp the Ri pnbHcan party. These efforts hsm ■at bad the support nf the Democratic party, aa a hrt, f reference to the hiatory of tbe question will show.

EFFORTS AT H.KCTIOS RUFORM. Tu 1867 Mr. Tbompaon, ■ Repuhllcsn Senator from Marion county, introduced into the Legislature an net providing for the registration of Wilfs. The act provided for the representatl«m of both political ruirtlea upon the Ihthhl nf rrtrl«trwtten, and required the board In carb voting preeinrt to make an alphabetic Utt of rhr ooan eof all pernona having otherwise the nnall•rarirms of voters who bad resided in the Vothig Mte-Hiei fnv twenty dxvs prevlnna to the eh e tM*t These registry Hate were oj>en to the In•peeti.n of everybody, and one copv rn» aroaln d to be <» ported to a pxb•e place In the Voting precinct. Prevision was nl«r» mad" for pnrvtng the re Hat* Mthr nrrnea of any not entitled to vote, and for adding thereto the nan ea of anv who were en-rm-rt to vote. Thia law panned' both hnn-rs of the Lertalatnre hr the following aggregate vote: Aver. Reptihlft-ana 87, Denioerntn 12; nnya. Ro MhUeana 12. Democrats 32 Tn the Rrnne 31 CWwemh* voted against the law. and not one • It* favor. Thia tew had bat a brief At the May p rae of iheßnprsmeCnmt, 1871, In tbe raae of Quinn va the Bint<-, Jrnlg* Downev.'' •peaking'or whench o tnpoeed wholly of Dem•evwta. decided th if the law wan npennatftnttetial »n far an It nttemptedTh prra.-rlhe a tqrm at re nW rove In a precinct as. a <jna Miration for w*mg. Tlte decision went upon tbe gmnnd that r section 2 of article 2 of the con•rttntion entitled every perron having the other wee* saury qualifications, tn vote In lite township orpreclnct where hervaliled on the day of the •Melton; and that any attempt by law to require any fixed term of n sldem-e in a precinct, liowrtrr abort, wan an- onninittonal. At the next ■H-etingof the Legislature after this decision, the Hon. <on rad Baker, then . Gov. mor if Indiana and a Reprfbiicnn. addressed the Legislature on thia subject W follows: ••Under tbe conatituiloD aa ft atrw ia.lt la impossible tn have an election law that will be iffieiept'tn preventing Fraudulent voting. Aa long aa the coqptttntinn ■either preacrilwa nor illuwa the Ix-glsiatnir to pgvssrilw sonw term of |HTvi>>n*reai<lrnee fa the •Mißty, township or precinct •• a prerequisite ta the exercise of Um -right of suffrage-, all effort* to prevent tbe importation of fraudulent volant mnst Ite nugatory. The constitution Itself ought to persecute some term of restdemv te tbe proper locality aa a condition precedent Io the right tu vote." la bis message addressed to the regular areata* follow Ing the special session which had brew tbsa sddrr-aert by Gov, Raker. Guv Ilendrichs. who h-d then recently l>een Inxiigwrated Governor of tbe State, referred to tbe ssnie subject, and aaidt “Tun win Bud that an amendment to the second article «f the ronsltrntf. n has been found necessary to enable the Legistature to pfrwribe Ste t) period of residence.” At this reguter •aaaion. whieb opened tn January. 1373. an »atw ß at io the ronMitntion waa proimeed requiring, aa a qnslificadon f«r the exm-ter of tbe elective franchise. that the person should have n-sidrd It. Ute Stale twelve turn.the, sud In the county titre* mouths immediately pre-ced-tag an election. Tin* reanlution etobodying thia awndnieid waa SOpjatried bv every Republican Booster except one. and by every Republican member of the House of Rrpn seutative*. lu tbe Srwste. eight Dento. rote snp|e.rted it and etabt voted asainst it. th tbe Hmtse. twentyfour Demoemts supported the reooinrioit stul eight opposed h. Tue Joint resolution nrotsietag this suiwndu.etn came again l*efore tbe LevWbtwe In 1873. On the 15th of January Mr. Wtaudey, a Republican. bmtubt Ute matter Ih- ***• U '"’" ’"‘-Hon of Mr. MacMifweeL *l> aiocrat. the eo. sidt-railon of tbe pne *»> 4 »awndHM-ut wasindefluitelv iwHppMd by IbgJollowing rot,-; A vee—-Republicans, 1; iirm•ewa. 40. Najm-Rrpnhlhsnta, 3q ; Oiu.M-rvte, V.’*'!* AvfiMve vole—only 3 Hemocrata BMpptirtlng Up amettdiueuf—|h»a ■Metnpt to sectire a mpilifl. stlon of onr moMention In the intercut u s honest electioua la 1877. In hto meeaagc tn the Lerlaistnre Mi yvar. Governor. Hemlrirks again .-•li d •S_ tht * "-<n* the words which I have already quotctL Aa Mlhn taeans tit acennipliahing th.se purpwara. he •ttggrsted “• rraxn.ai.le iwriod of —hdense ta aa eledUaw pteCtact aa a qualifier

tlon to vote, so that," U> nee Ma words, ‘•ncrisma uiav not pretend to a reaideig-e mH real lu fraud nf the law.f' At ttiia session i»f the Degufeature toe .ato-ndnirtu Xn 1, rreeotly voted upon by tbe p*»pie, »M MMO. Il «aa aa lab InWW. "Amend met law 2of art IHe •soaa m read aa fwUoprs; Kr«-«ia>u 2. Im all rlr«-tl<>HA nob otherwise provided for. by thia coiirtitutfon. two male ctt’xa-n of tin- United States of the ag of twenty-ear years and onwarda, wbn chai I hare reaMed ts Ito State during sig mouths, anal in tlie towuslijp sixty days, snd in tbe ward air precinct thirty daya tnrtnuffately ptrceding such election, and every male of fotogn Ideth nt the ago of t weari -one .ramen and onward, who shall have resided in the Untta-d Btaiea one year, snai ahall have rveMa*d In tMa State during the six manHha. aad In the towo-hlp sixty dura, end ii» the ward aw precinet thirty days iwntrsllatelr. preceding such eler-non. nnd-haJ ha ve drclarud Ms intention to become a cttlxen of the United Htatee coMformshtV to the lawn * tbe Umtaad Steteonn tbesu'deot nt nnturnHoation, ahstl he entitled to vote lu tbe township or procliM-A wto-ro hr may reside, f be Bi alt Save been duly rvgiawrrvd aceroritaig- to law.* The vote was aa follows: Arm—Rrpnblleana. 70. Democrats, 50. Nova— BapabUoaaa, 0; Deu>oerata, S. T 1 la atnemifnent eama before tbe LegMatnro at tbearraion «>f 1879 to la- acted njaoii again. It waa passed, and tbe parties divided upon it aa fallown: Ayea— BapaMtoaao, 73» Democrats, 24. Xeee— RelHibllcanA 0; Detnocmta, 45, It will '»e noticed that at tbe beginning the Democrat* nid rnn well, tmt in this instance, as well aa tn tto Termer etfor* to emend tbe eotMtitntion, their seal flagged in tbe second Legislature called to.pass upon tbe amendment, and turned Into open oppo-ttiwa when It came before tto people for ret Ittcatlon. democratic RrawrAitcs. The amendment waa now reedy for submisalon to tbe people. Before the popular vote on jtbe amendtneata came oa tt became apparent that It was to be opposed at tbe pons by tbe influence of almost every Democratic newspaper of tbe State, and hy the great mgi«rlty of the inWnewtial men »f tbeir party. Here waa the opportunity. toilaonw-ly sought, that bad come .nt laM for tbe people of ttria Brute to rid themselvea of rhe aoandals which bs* attached to-their elewrlon and to re-eatahtiab pnbilo confidence in the ballot-box. Now, the sincerity of m< d*s profeaoinna was to be tested, and what waa tbe reanltt ' here waa no open canvass upon the amendments. bnt the views of the leading Democrats were obtslm-4 hr Interviews, and widely rthorm-inatt-d by the prvea We hare the right. I think, to infer fmm what *aa said hy Mr. Hendricks In hfap-cent speech that hr hlmaMf votfedag>»t”at amendment No. 1. if hr voted at ail. Re imdthM’ the legislature tinder tbe sancKoti of a gnbernataelal mreoagr that the present lowa did "not restrain the corrnot nor protect the votes of the people." and he narl expreaaed great arntiety that thia acaitdal should lie removed. Was ittoo much expect that hla voice, aa a rttlsm. and his Influence as a party leader wonid He given to consummate the* reform which be bad belped to tpangnratel GOV. BBNDRICKB'B DOUBLB FOBITI<nVw Bnt It was not to he so. Tlie influence of Governor Hea<!rlckg*a name waa given againar tbe adeptton of thia amendment. A few hanaleaa' words at tbe end of tbe amendment were sufficient to denrtve it of hla valuable support. These words were. “If he eball have been dnlr registered according to law.” I desire to atntr Mi. Hendricks's |k>sttlon correctly and' fialrlyv and I utn glad tin have the advantage of bls recent apoeoh at Marion. In an interview with a Journal reporter on tbe 11th of January, 18®O. Governor RynUricka said that be waa op-i-osed to thHt part of theamendmo* which Indorsed the principle es the resist ration of voters. and he stated aa his opinion, that although, if passed, the nmendmewt would not absolutely compel the LeglMatnre te pass » registry law. yet It wonid be considered to hr sucli an expresMon of* the opinion of the people aa Hie mrm*>rm of the General Assembly would ecarrely fee] JnMlfled In disregarding! He added that ft wae never hla hitctrtimi to recommend the Legtalnfwe tn paw a registry law. hut lbat be bad suggested an amendment to the constitution favoring a change tn tbe day of election and. foraring a limit of residence. “My object," he said, “wae to eave the people the inconvenlenor. trouble and expense of twn elections in the nreatdentlnl t ear, and to prevent stningera and noil-residents from voting ’’ Inhistw- rnr S|«eech. Hr. Hendricks snl<l: “I atao recommended that rwdfl- nce for a short bnt fixed period in a voting prreinet should be made a quollflcatlon for the right tn vote. The voters would thnsr-otneto know rnt-h •41 er when nu-etliig ou election d".v. The Lrgislatnrr passed n|>on these propositions, bn* amended them by annexlngcondlttmia requiring registration l»ws to hr passed and mafntiiltmd. I think that was nufortnoafr. It ahmild-hr left to the discretion of the legislature what registry of the voters ahull be made. A verv large body <»f th<- people opposed the amendment on that account.” Mr. Hendricks, neither In the Interview nnr in the speech, informs its what his attitude as a i-irixeii waa upon the qnestion; bnt I think we tpav fairly infer that he was of that body of cl'iaena who opposed this amendment upon the gmnnds staled. Mr. Hendrleka preferred hi rrtain an election ayateni which he had talmaelf -aid “did not restrain the oorrnpt nor |»r>»feet tlie votes of the i-eonlo,” rather ■hon consent tn a reform whl h be himself bad sngg< sted. if that reform winst he taken with a registry law. A Re would not cansent to escape from a eondition of the law nailer which fraud wae easy, to another which- incorfwirateil the very reform* he bad sugr- ated,. b-eanec it

wmh con tiled with wh»t. In the tn is da of most men, wilt be held to be sn additional precantinn nrsrnst fraud. Tn tse Interview he. expressed his opinion that the amendiwsot didaot compel the Legislature to pass a teglstry law. In rhe spws-b. I<r»d< elates that it requires registrwtlon laws tn he passed and tnaintsiu. d, Hiid-hla language seems otwn to the itifarvnoa that If the iio.tter nf registration had i.a<-n left to ®l>e discretion of the Ix-gialntnre, aa he first said It wns, bis objectiona would net have been tenable. EVIDENCBB OF INSINCERITY. It will ne seen by tbe referencea which I will make, presently, tn the opfnioi.aof other prominent Democrats, tliat there waa a very general agreement in patting the opporitien to this amendment npon tbr gronnds mentioned by MT. Hendricks. Let us examine them a little mon* rl.wuly giinpoae the obnoxlotwt words hod been omttted from the gmt-ndnienf. waa it not -till in tbr power of the to pass a registry lawt Cb-srlv tt ♦as. Hnt If these worda'ean be conatmetl, as Mr. Hendricks arema now to think, tn t>e mandatory npon the Legislature in siteh sense aa to require the passage of a registration law. does any man believe that, nndet such a law, fairly fra»> <*d. our eleotive system wonld net be better gnandedt I agree that we are not able, by any legislation, perfectly to gnard the approach to the twillot-boxes, and the count, from fraud, f agree that Trends may be |>rm-tlred npon regia t> at lon hets, but I think It. was never heard, before. until tbeae'Drmocraftc leaders were pnf to their wits to find some plansible reason for defeating tlfear amendments, that tegietry farililated fraud, ai d that It was better to nt without a registry law and wttbont any ftxeo period of residence In the voting precinct, rather than -tn have these two together. Under a registry law the'claims of the voters are canvasard l>efora tbe day of election. There is rime for <ioliberation and scrutiny. The list la made up and ..pen to the study of the party manageis on l>oth sides. Tbe history of t lm* wonhl-be voters may b« trnoed oat, and tbe lists pnpged, before the day of election, of fraudulent name*. I think tbr true construction of tbe n-iifiurbas-t I* tl*at that port hie which preacribss a rvsl<Vu< • In. the wgrd or precinct for a gireu nnaiber of day s is sclf-execMtlug. sad gne ipto force with Ufa* adoidiou of tbe amemiment. aud that that part Which re la tea to a reglstrstion law goes tnt<> force ouly when ths Legislature shall have passed such a law. Would It not have been time enough to opi*o«e a registry law when one was proi oscdf whs Governor Hendricks unwilling that the Lrgialaiurp should bare the power to i>aaa a registry lawt AJI of tbe tuacldneiy of iMir present election InW. US tu tM aelegtioa Inspector*. Judges and Clerks, and tbeir qualifleallona, Is matter us legislntton,- stat Hie oldrs tton which would leny th Ike la-gtslu-tnrr fbe now. r of regulating rvgletraikm and Up* qualifications of re.riatrntiuQ ImaHUi, da apprehension of political fav< rtrtsm. acvtas to l«e far fetch, d. 8. iigtor McDonald. Frupklin Lander*, the present Detpoemtlc candidate for G*»venior. Austin n. Brown, member ffv>m ;n----diaua of tbe Democratic National c.inimittre, S' d all the State ortber*. I believe, with jliq eierptloa of the Supertax adent ot Public lu»truction arid the <lerk of the ftnprrine Court, were reported aa api«wd to the brat aniertdtu. Jpott tby salite grj«U»l* Ma *iste>d by MF. B* i>e' ricks; and, As I have already *ald, tb>- DemoentMo press «m atasMC unaiumonam Ua oypor

Ottion. Bnt notnrithatan<Ung tto owporition of tiw-M leading uieu of tto party, a laige body of intelligent Demaerate aapported the ainendntent, awl tt waa adopted, aa I bold, hy a m»jortty of 17.1 IB voles. The vole returned to tbe office of tto tonrtarr of Slats, upon tto WfMfe Mi follow Ml • * »08. AQABUT MAA Amendment No. 1 Th protect tto ha Hot- • b«x—prescribing the qualifications and reside nee of voters .. 189,479 Atnnndiuetit No. 2. To conform the eonRtituthui of thntiuta ’ .■ r ’ to lheeousilrutloo of ’ the United Stales in r**lai ion to osjlured peraon?,.. 177,542 139X102 38.540 .Amendment No. 3 , • Tto ehsaua tto tint* for toidipg MMwral ; . election* fr>HH Oefo- » tor to November. eonwapomilng with , the election* la meet •f tto other States, and tdi jfMMfl IM i < OMMratneiectfem* for .- judge* of 174,400 14M12 29,580 Ainaudinent No. 4. To acrik* out the . word “while,” in, eowfnrmtty with th* rnnMtHnti*B of the United Statesl7B,B2o 1361279 40,041 Amendment No. Be— To grade or equalise the fees and salaries | of pwblir officers... 181,887 136,177 45,710 Amendment No. 6. To confer power upon the Legfalature to j establish additional ooarts of jmlics.... 175312 141,294 34,818 Amendment a Nos. 7 , and 0 were not pMSI ed sl two sessions of tbe Legislature, and therefore were not submitted to the j»r*rM.,, AmeiiduM-nt No. 9. To restrict the indebiednrea of corp»rntiens. ceuntlee, cities and towns to two per cent-on taxahle property 176,981 126,999 49,982 TOTAL VOTB CAgT. •On amewdmMitNo.li. 321,842 ,Ob mnewdineut No. 2 316.544 On amendiwwtNo. 3i. 319,212 On amendment No. 4 312,599 On amendment No, 5 318.064 (On amendment No. 6 316.908 On amendment No. 9 303,980 tbb Supreme court interferes. •, Tto friends of a genuine and thorough eleetlon reform rejoiced that, after fifteen years of strnggie, they had at last aneoeeded, and had set tn tto constitution, beyond atl* tto tampering of legtslatloa, an effective aefbgnard against tto more flagrant classes of* election fronds: bnt thia tope was *horrttved; Upow wceeewade up tn Floyd' county, brought to tto Bupreme Court and advanced for Irnmcd tr bearing, a indgieent was pronoanoed aanmlhug tto Amendment upon the ground that a sufficient number of cleetsrs of the State bed nek voted In favor of ita adoption* All of thejwdgroof this court, flve tn number, were Pemoernts. Mr. Hendricks snvs Judge Biddle Iran Independent, ha; I do not know on whar ant hoi ily- he t bns clssstfiea him. Ho whs nond- ■ noted by a Democratic convention, elected by Democratic votes, and has shown his title clewr to s nemoerntic nunndmr. It is not kind of Mr. Hendricks to'briug a writ of ejectment against lihn. Two of the jndgm Judge Niblack and • Judge Scott, of your own city, who is a candidate for re-election, dissented from tbe conelusion* or a mg>irity of'the court* lam not •here to impute motives, or to assail the integrity nf tbe Judges, but to apeak of facts, and to discuss principle*. 1 bare tried to make the point in this historical sketch of election reform lu Indiana, that the Republican perty lias always favored election reform, and I hat the Deni<M-rats liava. first and last, defeated every attempt to bring it about. In lis s|wech at Marion. Mr. Hendricks ha* undertaken to support tbe judgment of the Supreme Court. Re said: -“I think the < uurt was right.” * * * “Ar* yuu wilting that onr constitution and form of State government shall be changed by less than half tto peoples” * * * [t a proposed change of government is not of sufficient public interest P> command the avproval of a» leaet one-hair nf the Voters, the necessity for ite adoption cannot l>e very pressing. Take time for deliberation.” • * * “Allow the people to consider it ■sain. If then adopted. It will almost oertalnlv lie right. In this case, thousands of people are afraid of a registration law." HBNDRICKB AND THE CANAL AMEND MENT. , Now, it is unfortunate for this argument of Mr. Hewdncgs, that while he was chief executive of this State he was called upon, aa Governor, to approve a law submitting a constitutional’amendment to the vote of the people, and to iMne a proclamation declaring It to have been adopted. I refer te tli* amendment pro-

hlhtting the General Assembly from recognising anv llabltltv of the State to "pay or redeem rhe Wabash and Erie Pangl stock. By an act approved Jun wary 20, rt 73, provision waa made for anlimitting this an endment to tbe vote of tbe people Tn section sos that law tt Is provided: “And if ft shall appear frntn awh examination that a majority ot all the votes cast at such election were In favor of sold proposed amendment, then and thervnpon the said amendment shall he anti become a part and parcel of tbe oonstltnti«»n of Iba State of Indiana; and the Governor of thia State shall, as soon aa practicable, taane bln proclamation embodying said amendment therein. and declare and proclaim tlrat the same han been duly ratiffed by (he people, and la therefore a part of the constitution of the State." Hnre It was expressly provided that a majority of the votes east on the amendment sbonM ba bbe test of its adoption, ami this law was Miprowd by Governor Hendricks. That smemlmont was voted npon. Tt received leas than a majority of all the elector* of the State, if We are tn Judge of tbe nnmher of sacb electors by tbe vote at tbe preceding State election. The vote on the amendment was taken in February, T 873. and if we take the vote either in October or November, 1879. aa indicating the number Of tbe qnuMffed dectoi* of the State, the Wnbasb canal smendment did not receive tbe v.de of more than une-balf of the electors. And yet Mr. Hendricks, having first approved the law by which tlrn teat—a teat we still insist npon —was a majority of those voting, followed this election upon the amendment bv hta proehimattaa. doted March 7, 1873, In which be savs: “ The Governor and Secretary of State have this day examined the eertttleatrs of sold clerks, aa required by law. and And tbnt it appears a majority of tlie votes esst at salA election were in favor of said proposed amendments, therefore T, Thomas A. Hendricks. Governor of ’be State of Indiana, do hereby declare and proclaim that said proposed Hmernlment baa lieendnly ratified by the people, and t>.«tf tbe same la a part of the conwtitnthm of I be State of Indiana, to. i>e known and designated aa section T of article 10." HsrP.then.hr the active concurrence of Mr. Hendrieks as Governor of the State of Indiana, aa addition was made to our fundamental taw by traa itatn half the people la the opinion of the Governor and the Legislator* a majority of the votes east waa all that waa necessary to ratify thia amendment. But now. when tbe question of tbe adoption of the election amendiHfliit, which tn its principal feature he had declarrd to be so desirable. Is m>drr discussion, be sMrms that it eannot be adopted hy less than half the popple. Mr. Hendricks goes beyond the majority of the eonrt and supports tbe Individual opinion expressed by Jndgr Bldri>. that a ronsMlntiimgl amomlmeut eanunt lie adopted nnlesa ft ia voted for by a majontv of the qualified electors of tbe State. Judge- Words* and Bowk, of the mtdorily of the court, dm rUncfl to gw so far. Bat. if Mr. Hendricks's teat Is tbe true «ne. bow are we to tell what the aggregate of ike qualified electors of tbe State M Who knows and who ran know bow many qualified electors Ibere ava ta tbe State us hullana on any given (tag. Thy.leaf la impracticable, and If those who support the passage of byto Jmpuae tbe expeiww and risk of a constltutional etaivenUon upon ths people. Tbe view

upe* which th* iudffiwent of tto coott «W* tested waa that where ereo a local He it ion gsr local officer* is held upon the same >lay the amendment ia voted npou, the n*uiiw-r es v*f*a for tbe amendment iuusi affirmatively appear tolmvelwen a majority of all t bows wh* voled for the officers to be elected. >n this ease tbe Supreme Conyt declared that it <Ud net know tow many votes wetweart far the township trustee* (that vote goes only to the ceunty •eata), bnt that. it would presume tin* tuber votes than those far and again- 1 tbe amendment* were ceaL I deny that there was any sueb legal premunptmo. If presumptiees are indulged. they should bo in favor of and net agaiusl-the adieu of the people. AMENDMENTS CANNOT BE RR-SUBWTTRD. Tbe Supreme Cour* snd Mr. Hendricks have both r•'•reutedTo soMhe tbe dimppointment of the pe*ple by soffimsting that we may uo- this work over again. Judge BiffiUe ragorste that the amendment* mteiit to re-eubmii led under a law te he enaetod by the next U-gia)atare. I do nw* t hink no, Tbe amendmente have been oaoe submitted to tbe people, and have been voted upon. If they have not been adopted tbev have been rqjected; and if they have been-in-jected the movement must be started de neve, »nd tto proposed amendments puts throogh twa toceeasive Legislature* before they- can W brougtot to tbe vote of the people. DEMOCRATIC REJOICINO. The judgment of ttohoert In overturntafftto amendments (lor they most ail go together! wa* received with great satisfaction by tto Denioerntie manegert. Tbe haste With which the result wto communicated by telegraph from Democrat to Democrat ia co* vincingproof that they were not ill pleased that anr lection system which did not “restrain tbe corrupt nor prate** the vote* of the people” wae to be indefinitely prri>«-tuated in Indiana. There are some other etremnstanee* attending tbe case in the Supreme Court which must not be omitted. The oral argument of tbe|raae lastedthree days, and was closed on Thur-day morning at 11 o'clock. Printed and written briefs, ag -regaling abowt seventy-ttve negaat wen filed in tto case. Very many <i< < iAion* of other courts hq/1 l»een cited and discussed. Tfos esse was, I believe, tbe Boost lihportMtt civil case ever paaaed upon by our SapreinaCourt. ;»■ At 2 p. M. of Tliursday the cfiurt had- not yet gone into consultation upon tbe cane but Were about to do so. On the moniihg of tbe next day the opinion nf the majority of the obnrf, powering forty-five pages of legal cap, was filed in tbe cleft** office. Judges Nibhick and Beott, who dissented, were not such ready writers as Judge Biddle, and •it was three weeks before they were aliio to pfo psre xnd flic their dlMentlng opinions. When the opinion of the majority,', overturning th* amendments, was tiled, the National Democratic conwntton wa* assembling in Cincinnati. Tbe halls of the hotels in that city were already crowded with delegates, and the claims of diatlturaished Democrats for the presidential nomination were being discuraed. Tbe decision of the Supreme Court, making Indiana an October State, was iiWmedlately by the politicians and loudly urged as a reason why a distinguished Indian* Democrat should be nominated for President. Every friend of a pnre Judiciary must deeply regret that tbe dettverv of tirt* opinion, so disappointing utevery friend nf municipal and election reform, should’ have hem attended with any circumstance* that could excite distrust. It may be that tbe cuurt bad nothing ts do , with consequence*, as Judge Biddle suggests, Ibnt it cffiThlniy ia not to tbe discredit of any court that tt approaches a conclusion whieh is lto disappoint the tedious efforts of the best ••ttisens of the State, for relief from flagrant evfls, with the uistnreet deliberation and with hesitating stens. The people will consider consequences. The over-taxed residents of our cities will not forget that their n Im net successful effort to lighten thetr burden- and pat a limit w extravaanmee ha* been thwarted. The good people of I with parties, who have felt the re•ronch of onr scandalous election laws, and Iwi•eved thstrlndiana wa* no longer to be the foot- , ball of the eon tending parties— amarßetin whieh foreign om-rntora might bur mnles—will infallibly search nut a remedy. The Dred Seott decision Is nn longer the law.' •

REPUBLICAN SUPPORT OF THW AMWND- » MENTS. Tbe constitutional amendments had, on tbe otber bend, tbe unanimous support of the Republican parry Tt is known that our campaign committee printed and circulated throughout the State an earnest appeal to the voters to support tbe amendments. If tbe 152.363. voters who voted ••no” mt amendment number one. could be assembled. T venture tlmt the per rent, of Republicans among them wonld be less than that of the righteous tn the census of B<>di>m. Hnva yon noy donbt now which party it la that experts to drive cattle through this open gates DEMOCRATIC OPPOSITION Ta UNITED STATES ELECTION IAWSBnt tbe insufflclenoy of our State election laws bus In some part been remedied hy Che laws of tbe United States regulating electfona-ar which congressmen or electors are chosen. And here again we encounter Democratic opposition An agreement seems to have been come tn between tbe Democratic canvassers to make war all along the line upon the Jurisdiction oT the U’ Ited States eonrts. Tothe average Democratic politician there seems to he something re nugnsut lu rhe letters. U. 8. whether they ' are found on tbe -beh-phitr of a soldier or ” on the calendar nf a court. Undoubtedly there have-bean rose*' under the patent and bankrupt laws of tbe United Ststea where the exclusive Jurlndictlon nf these sntriects tn the United State*: courts ha*-operated oppressively. Not from any fault of the Jiidces. but growing ont of thervtimeenrsa of the court from the residence of the suitor. Rot If we are to have a National hsnkrnpt law. It la clear that the National courts must, tttltnlnlater It. and tbe only relief from the evil cowipluhMMl of is to have the court holdon at ohtees as convenient as possibln to the suttor 1 . Provision has alreadv been made hv lbw for holding the Uuited States courts at four differ ent places in thia State. Ahd as to patent canes, the remedy must be fonnd - m snch a revision of our paient laws as shall relieve the Innocent Imyer of a patented article from vexations and costly, litigation, and compel tbe rival claim ants to have u out between tbcmselvea. Mr. Baker, one of onr Republican rongrcosmen. Las already propaaed some legislation on thia subject, with the terms of which I am not familiar. But the real anlmoalty of those Democrats against the National eenrta grows out of another branch of Its Jurisdiction, via: its Jurisdiction to panlah crimes mod mu Um* ravonne and the election laws of the United Staten. Tbe Democratic “moonshiner” of tbe Southern States makes vehement protest againat being dragged away from bis borne to some distent point, to be triad before a United States eonrt. He demands to bo tried before a Jury of Ma neighbors, who are engaged in tba *q»« business, or at least have “had a niece of t» hqg." But bls disgust culminates when a United States Judge removes into bis ova oourt tabe tried tbe Indictment which the mponshlnar baa prqenrwi arafnst tbe revenue collector who dMlfroretf bis still. Bo tbe men who import fMroduloM vtriers from other Ststea, or from? on® eowgreastonal diatriet Into another, to'taffaenße a comgresaioon) election, are WtterijMpoettle to thoae uvws wbteb enable a United SHKm grand Jury to indict, end a United States jndge to puwlab. npou conviction. These fellows want to be tried Is tbeir ewu county—of rouvae they An. But. no State oourt con try an offense against tbe erttnlual statutes es the United Statoft, anA m tide argument goes against the law Rself asff demands the repeal of it. Tbe power to make rugalHttonsaa to tbe election of congrosumrn la expressly given to Oaugreaa hy art Me X, section A.olUie onnatltutlou ofthe United Statue, If Gongross msy make lawn to regulate tbe eieettena ft mnat follow that it may punish any wijifni l» frxc.iion of those rogulotions. Tbe constitutional basis ot tbooe election lawa is too finu to be shaken fn a raerut case tba Supreme Court has aAlrmed tbeir constitutionality. And here. In Indiana, wbero we have election town which. In tbe language of Mr. Hemiriqha. “do not ro•traiii tba corrupt nor protact tbe vuies of the people.” cos tamest men afford to reject tba aid these laws of the United States rtvu uaf For one. I would publish It widely that there is a ay-tern Ot town ta forea In Indiana under which HedNin frauds at our October etevttan. when we vote Iworowgreesinra. and at oar November elm tian, when we etaMwe electors for President, may be punished. And that them 1« a court iiHtta Irtna all local lufhiances is which thraa laws have beea and wiU be eaforoed. . , LANDERS AND tHE JENNINGS <XftOTT OOFtaPIRAfcT. 'k J/ vv , Mr. Lauders, ta a rroeol ageeeb, afoMtad to tbe trial aadconvietfon of WOkananin the United

.Slates Court aLlmUanapatto. atoa* a year ago. for dectlna. frauds iu Jriutiog* county. The ' ease wa* nsed tn point an argument against tbe jurisdiction of that court in Much cases. .V •» famitiar with tb* fact* in that ease, baring asristed in tb* prosecution dr- u by apgsiiitmaw* juf tto Attorneygene rat And since the ca»e lia« lieeß in t rodu< rd Tnlo Ihe campaign. I wiki give joe an out liar of .it., .UTUtermn ami others were indicted fora ,ro**plracy to import voter* into Jenniug* eotin.ty teiwfluenee Ike < oiigressi«aal election. Th* hanoet maa will *sy Ito law is just, that it- wa* Jaioifo administered and thejjudgment right. Let it be a wanting to me* of aU partkea wbo may be tempted to enter upon illicit methoda of elartlQueeriu*. Our lax Slate law* have Iwgptten a. lax. senttmeut, and it ia aMegrihe* a good thing to let all men know tlmt eiertion franAs win be pnuiahed. A coe*p*rM.-y-or c<Multioatian of two or mors to give opportunity to vet* to ttoo* who ase-M* lawfnUy entitled at a eongrreaioual election, ii a»xy act be done in furtherance of tii* erta spiraey, iae coMqUeteerinw. It Is no* aaeessary. i lint the ißegsk vet* should be cart. The offieas* i*i complete before tto election day eemeevand the attilty partie* may be a* eace arrested wad-pii n i*hed. THE HENDRICKS CLUB AND THE MAINE FRAUD. Bo* th* interest of some Indiana Detnoeralsdn perveree election method* cannot he limited by State lines. Th* attempt of Gov. Garcelon, of Matos, and-bta council, toeteai that State from tto Republicans, who had'fairly won it at* pepolar electiew, excited th* moot lively inter-Mt-aadutortration among Indiana Democrats. The fraud was so shameless that many reputable Democratic newspapers, in other pertkof tbe country, openly reprobated it. But at a meeting of tbe Hendrick* Club of Indianapolis, described in tbe Be nt t net report a* large aod entbuMustic, on tbe night of JannaryTth, 188". defendants were abiv represented by Mr. Turpi* and Mr Thomas A. Hendricks. Judge Greahiun gave them a jury of'six Democrats- and six Republicans. They were all most reputalde citizens, and tbe Democracy of the six wa* of a pronounced type. Some of them had been nominated by their party for responsible offices. Wilkerson waa foaad guUtv and senteneed to be confined in tbe penitentiary for one year and to nay a fine of on* thousand dollars. He ba* served out btt term of imprisonment, and hy the clem-! ency of tb* President* wUsh !■ joined in aMtiug, the fine has been remitted. This case cannot b* used to point an argument against tbe courts or tbe election lows of th* United State* Every, the following telegram waa ordered to l>* sent: "Tn Governor Garcelon, Augusta, Maine: “We congratulate you upon your success in the legal and peaceful, orgairitation nf the Legislature of your State and the triumph ■of law and order under j-our ndministrattou. In Indiana, we admire above all things, liack-Uoue. (Signed) E. C Buskirk, V. F. Hendrleka ClnbA This Garcelon business stirs the Hendrick* clnb to ita center. And my fellow-citizen*, wbst was its I have not time to go into all the 'details, bnt we can soon sample the fraud. At I the election there were three ticket* in the field, and neither candidate for Governor having a majority, the election, under the constitution, weut to tli* Legislature. It was <-on<«drd upon the published returns that the ReImblican* had elected a majority of each iou*e. Bht after a time it -began to b* , whispered that Gov. Garcelon and hisoonneil, who had tbe canvassing of the retnrns for mem. l>era of' the Legialstnre, intended to count out euoiiak RepubHoans and count in enough Fu-rion-Democrats to give then* the Legislature. Insredihle aa It seemed when the scheme of rascality was first broached, the people awoke to find it consummated. The opinion of the .Supreme Court which Gov. Gnrrelos had reluctantly ashed, was disregarded, and th* attempt made bv force and show of arm* to set up ,tbe fraudulent Legislature. Maine was in ;the throe* of civil, war, and the whole country waa storked at this revelation .of tbe extreme* to which a thirst ! for power could lend corrupt politicians. Tlie .State was for a time without organised civil : government, but by forbearance and appeals to tbe euurts ihe legal Legislature was at last organized. A committee of tlie Legislature have irinoemadea full investigation of the methods ! by which the Fusion-Democrat ic Legislature, was conftteddn, and from the report I take a sample or tww:

! The Connell adopted the rnle that when the imiddle initial letter of a candidute’a name wks omitted or wrongly stated the votes would not :bo counted. In the caeca of Oliver P. Bragdou ‘and George H Wasefield. Republican ropreseuhativea. It was found tlmt tbe mimes had been ,'entered corroclly upon I lie returns sent in, and thut they were afterwards, and in different ink. changed ms follows: The “P," the middle initial of Brogdon's name, waa cbxnged to “B” by nutting another loop tothe stem, and the “H” in name was-changed to “A'” by bringing tbe -tains of the "H” together at the iop. And so two Republican roprtsentatives w.ere-diHpesed of. Tn the case of Josiah A. Shiver. a Fusion candidate for Senator, tbe middle initial letter “A” was omitted hi the returns. ><ud an honest apnlication of the rule wonld have excluded tbe votes from him. Bnt an examination of the returns shows that the missing initial was supplied tn another ink and by another band, ami the votes were counted. These must answer for samples of the “triumph <>f law and order.” npon which the Hendrieks Chili of ludiHiia rather prematurely congratulated Governor Garcelon. < TTTE NEW YORK FRAUDS. rb-vconly time fora brief reference tothe colossal election frauds that have characterised Democratic control in .the great city of New York. A Senate committee is now adding to the public information on thia subject by an investigation intended to support an attack on Commisainuar Davenport, who has been instrumental'in laying open to tbe censnre of all honest men the bottom of this ntastv buslxess. It baa been slmwu that mere than 50.000 fraudulent natnraiiaatiou papers were issued hi the year 1863; Four tboumrnd six hundred and twenty aueb papers pnnwrted to have lieen he sand'in a single day—and nearly all ol them by two Judges, when, according to tbeir own evidenoe of the time required, not move than 200 enuM-possibly have M*en property Issued. Professiouxi witnesses were kept in a room adjoining the courtroom, to make tbe iieccsaary affidavits. Ten of these whuesses appeared for 8.245 applicants for naturaHzMton. Tl»e certificates were sold at from 50 cents to 82 apieee. By snch meriiads the State es New York was aarried by the Democrats that year.

THE. SOUTH ALREADY COUNTED FOR* HANCOCK. And now If we turn to the Southern States, we find that tbeir electoral vote ia already eaunted far General HonoMk. Wade Hampton cast tbe electoral vote of those States at tbe Cincinnati convention—l3B for Hancock. It ean hardly be said that this waa premature. These are tba odds with which tbe Demoeraia start tatbe proai ential conut. Tbe rebel soldtova bava faithfully kept tai mind what Lee aad Jsakaou dtai, and bm not ta deubt aa to wlias they would da l s alive. They knew that thia coo teat la tue civil counterpart of the war, and now and tlien aotne taspuMve Southerner breaks tba enforced -Uenoe of tba amlHMcada, aa Made Hampton did tba other day In Virginia. The doubtful States are all in tbe North. Soldiers. who fell >wed Grunt and Slwrman and Tbontaa and McPherson and Shertdau. you bare added tayour courage, magnanimity-take cure that It does not dngrnerata Inta pustUauimitr. When every bbtek frirmi of tbe flag under which we marched—and they were all onr friends —who* every white man who stood, amid prevqiilng tresaoa, for tbe Uoton—when every comrade in anus who has gone on a “fool’s errand” to the South, is made secure tat all «d bla pereoual aad political rigteta. then, and bm till then, to the contest over. When there are doubtful States in the South we shall no longer appeal far a solid North. SOUTHERN DEMOCRATIC BAR*L FOR DIANA.Ta a speech to tba Hancock Club of New Orleans. on the 12th of thia month, Governor John MeEnery said: “The surplus capital of the Southern, aa well aa tbe Northern Democratic States, should lie sent to the National Democratic aotnmittee, t« be need la the great skirmish tlgbt In Indiana" The reputation of Indiana as a mule market seems to be very wide. The election systems of the Southern States hayr been made easy and econoaiieaL aud all ths snrnlua twnbai ran he spared for fndian*. where the Denuwrais bate, ready lea uac. eleoStates lately in rrtieUion la ahmdauUjr muffTHl'

ed. Yon know that no moral suasion ha* utterly wiped out in many eountieu, till not a vole remain*, a Republlean vote that afsw yearn ago counted thou Sa mis. I.think *h»t tto laboring men of Indiana tor* a deep personal interest in addition >o that which every buue«t man has In pure election*. What is tt that give* tbe portman power to protect himself and to advance sncbU re-formri It is his vote. Roh him of Uiat, aad tow long.till to will b* practically a - slave*’ Where tto lisllut I* free ■nd the count fair, tbe poorest man’s vote Is aa potential aa- that of VauderhUt. Every false vote rote bta o< snmn of ita I>owt*r. Re. least of all men. if romparisuo* can to made at all. can afford to have th* "snrplns capital" of ottox States control Indiana eieetiwua GEN. HANCOCK. You will expect m* to say something of the candidate* of the respective parties. Mr. Htmdrirtea B*yaof Gen. Hancock: “Hela a warrior of great distinction. Tn but an* respect dee* tto* circumstance cmneseud Mm to onr support for a ctvf! office. • • » Seettnnal ■tnfa only couM give asauranoe of Radical su*cea*i Tha iuenaf the North were addvrasert la htnguag* nf ‘ mwtigwaat hatred to' stand liy tba cotersand the ta*m<tri*s *f tto war. Hnoeuokla aMDioatlun defeats those appsoU.” IsibMsttf And areyo* sure of ttotl Mm bays tn bis* have seen through that ht*e *b ready. General Hiwi«»ck <llln’r ia <e the colors with him. nor tbe memnriraof the war, when ne pat'btuseeif at th*head nf a-iuriM Sotitii Mr. Heatiilntoe*aNana*; “Presewted by>tw* State* of-thenoulh and aecepted |timt i* a mM word Jhr States of tb* North, Hsneoate** not*inntleu nieana resterattAn and Trateniitr.” Mr. Hendricks run say nothing of General Haueoek's qaalifltotfem* for the- office. H* i* cawfeseed to b* witboet any in his edueatiaa or experience. Tb* rimpte- truth 1* they- needed Indiana Oast New York to get a victory for th* Dm—urn tic party- and’ tbe South—bene* tlie noxainattan of General H.-mooek. It did not need tirt* open confessfo* to make it plain to u*,. When, in ttotouth, where they can etevt- awvbody, Umon soldier* bwvwwe popular favorites for office, we shall give more credence to this talk of fraternity- If General HaneoeE should Im elected; he will be ’ indeirtsd, Imth for Ma nomination and election; to tto solid Bmntk. Bound by such obligation*, and utterly wit It—* experience in public life, he will be delivered to tbe control of tto caucus, which is itself controlled by tbe South. At rhe meeting of the Hancock clnb of New Orleans, on the 12th of'this month, to whivh I have already referred, one of the speakers, a Mr. Ellis, "aid: “General Hsineock In sorrow rattor than anger, drew bis- sword npffii his countrymen from * stern determiua tion to duty.” It does look as if be was sorry that he drew hissward. Order No. 40 waa his'ajiotogy. and Ks been accented by tbe Smith, in tto belief if elected, lie will add the works us repent auce to his profession.

MR. ENGLISH. Of Mr. English I shall say little, but more, perhaps, titan Mr. Hendricks did. In tto difficult search for reasons for his nomination, th* size of his “barrel" has been the first found by most investigator*. It waa to|>ed that home capital' would take the place of the “snrphM capital* of tbe other Staten Tht* hope does not -seem to have been folly realized. Whether because the onntewts of'Mr. English’* barrel ar* net-M* fluid’as wa* thought, or because tire deruand’ is larger than waa anticipated, I can’s say. We know Mr. English as a Democratic congressman before tbe war, *nd one of the m«st subservient'to tto South, as the notorious "Euglisto bill” and Ms-vota against tbe expulsion of Brooks for hi* brutul assault on Snnmer clcanlg show. Dnrmg and since tlie war we have known him as a National-bank president—a lender of money at tto nigtoet- attainable rates. In tris Hiieecb at Hamilton, Ohio, in September. 1879, ■ Mr. Voorhee* deeprilied a daw of men whom all good Democrats abhorred tn these word*: “Retired' capitalists, whose investments are eating tip the mortgaged lands and labor of the people, like incurable cancers, wrecking tbe human, itody." I’dn not qnote these words to approve jor to apply them, hut only to give Mr. Voorhees an opportunity to di-tingnisli Mr. English from the dass he described, if he can. GENBRAL GARFIELD. i The nomination of General Garfield by th* Chicago convention wa* at once recognized by , Indiana Ropuldk*** aa a most appropriate and happy one. Tbe action of tbe Indiana delegation in giving an early and almost tinatiimons support to him baa been approved with auiianiuiily very aariafnetory to tbe deh-gatimi. I am sure your representatives had bnt one derire, and that waa to secure the nnity and success of that party which baa always been greater than, all of ita great men. General Garfield’s nomination, strong in hope and approprtatenea«at the toginninir, is stronger in both respects to-day. And an tto literature of the campaign widens tto popularknow ledge of his personal and i oliti<-al i»Ut“ry, his place in the thoughts of the 'American lieople will be higher still. When I listened in. the Chicago convention to his addrease* aa wise and moderate, and .vet so powerful, I did not know that the man-whoar modest iib oming wa* daily gneted by the cheers <•( tin tl ouaaud Americana, was thirty years tofore a driver on an Ohio canal. My Democratic frieu.l. let your boy read Lim-olu’a life and then Garflriii’a— If he would know the great possibilities that are wrapped up in the life of an American ■l>oy. however poor. ’Let him put G,n> ral Hancock’s life alongside of Gai-field’a, and answer you In which he finds the highest achievement' ami tbe best springs of hope to cheer him In his own struggles. There is no hard place Hi tto life of the poor through which Garfield to* not walked. Hm bands have been fnmiliar with tto implements of varied toil. His mind baa. grappled with and mastered tto problem* of neb-nee and statesmanship. He is te-day one of the best informed public nie.n in Atue.rica iijs>n all those cueetioos of governmental administration with whieh a President must deal. Be he the Gladstone of America.

Mr. Hendricks could find nothing to assail In bis character, except his participation, in the electoral emnmlaaiom and. iu the light of the cipher disputchea, there are few who will remember that agaiußt trim. GENERAL ARTHUR. Of our nominee for the vice-presidency, General Chester A. Arthur, of New York, it gives mo ptensure to say that I can, with tbe utmost cordiality, commend him to your support, He is a man of deeidadability, and of excellent personal character. The dilforeuces between aim and the administration as to the tuaiiagement of the New York eusloaxhouse did not involve his integrity. He is a stalwart Republican, and a true man. ALBERT G. PORTER. I eannot omit some mention of tny friend Albert G. Porter. I have krown him for twentyfive years, and waa for eight years bis law-part* ner. He is a man eminsntly fit to be Governor of Indiana. Hia long experience aa a lawyer baa made him very . familiar with tne consututiowal and legislative History of <>ar Strae. He would bo able, out of thia store of b*an>iug and tbo leisure of tbe gubernatorial office, to wake wise suggestions to tbe Legislature of Deedsxi legal reforms. He has the education to express himself clearly and ta good English. He i* and always was a believer In tba economical administration of public affairs—a been enemy of high taxes. He is as scrupulously honest a man, in little and great ttainjas. as iesevknew. In tbe quarter of a century tuat I have known hiiu.no scandal of auv kind has attached itself to his nn u«, or even bean whispered against him. He is a man of a kiod heart, aad has always bean an advocate ot the rights of honest tabor. In any position at home or abroad, wbero tbe Governor, would be called to act or speak for our State, bo would represent us moat creditably. No cittaea of tudiana, ta any gathering of tbe public men of t e. Nation, would have cause to Wusb for bls State M Albert G. Porter waa its represent a live. Tbe line of attack u|x>n him which the Democrats have chosen is discreditable to those whe make the argument, and to those to whom it is addressed. It seems tu go upon toe idea that in selecting a Governor we are tomakeour choice, not njwii a comparison of the brains or fitiu■ .3. but upon a rompariaoD of tbe contents of the bureau-drawers of tbe candidates Tbe meu who prrsetU IMS test noderestlmate. 1 am sore, the InteUigence of Hie- neepla of Indiana. I aia sure that many intell ig|NM Detnoesate asa eirol or that ’mrfnAlH 18 A CHANGE NEEDED f When a Democratic speaks u rfiallenged saw n reaaoa. why tbe ahouM trust party with tbe of ue tbe sole reply is; «*w e need.a

aza willing to admit that MT. FagVtah needs a change, and that the great throng of teaser Democrats who are prehiag thsmaeivna upon Gen. Hancock in his barreek nom* to get the promise of rame erumb of official favor, need a change. But bow la it with the agricultural. < nuw.roial ami Industrial classes of the country—the men on the farm and in the shops! Do they need a change! Thia country never enjoyed a prosperity ao great and so generally diffused among her people as it does to-day. The flag never waved above the heads of so many contacted and happy Americans. Our people never before had so wide a market for the products of their field* and factories. The credit of our Nation was never so good before. The people never before had so safe and abundant a cur rency in which to make the exchanges of commerce or to reward the toll of tbe laborer. The public buxines* was never done before on ruch strictly business principles, or with more fidelity and iicnesty. I noticed tne other day a letter from an auditor of the treasury, stating that of tbe many millions of money which had been disbursed during nearly four years by the Navy Department, not one dollar had been lust. . At tbe end of a former fiscal year. Secretary Thompson turned back into the treasury about 61,(NX),000 of unexpended appropriations. Now, do you needs change in that department! Do yon think' any Democrat eonld do better than that! Nor has thia faithfulness and honesty been peculiar to one department. It has characterized them all. Mr. Hendricks* in his Marion speech, virtually admits that they know of no dishonesty, bat suggests that If they were in office possibly they might find some. Why, the fact la. Democratic committees of Congress. having access to every book and paper in every department, have for years been aearebiar in vain for any evidence of corruption or serious mal administration. You don’t discharge a faithful bookkeeper upon tbe mere suggestion of another who wants the place that maybe be could find something wrong. The Democrats are fairly mad with vexation that thia great wave of prosperity swept over the land before they get into a position where they might claim tbe credit of It. In almost every one of the two hundred Democratic speeches made last Saturday the speaker was driven iu sheer desperation to acknowledge the Lord. A Democratic speaker is in a close place when he does mat. bnt be accepts that desperate alternative rather than give any credit to tbe Republican party. We do not elaici to have made the crops grow, but we do claim >o have restored a sound urrancy, slid with it that business confidence which has found new markets for our surplus, and str red into Jojutu activity every idle wheel. We do claim to have greatly reduced the public debt aud tbe annual interest charge upon it; to have wisely cared for our home manufactures; to have set tbe public credit upon a high; nud safe ba«is; to have given homes iu the -West to many thousands of the industrious poor; to have enfranchised 4,0v0,000 of slaves: aud best of all. to have saved the flag, stain‘ess anil whole, from the clutch of a Dem<»-ratic rebellion.