Rensselaer Union, Volume 8, Number 52, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 14 September 1876 — Indiana. [ARTICLE]

Indiana.

It is not surprising that public interest should be concentrated upon Indiana, for the contest m that state is of paramount signifi cance and importance. The ability and will of the republicans to deserve the confidence of their state and the whole country was shown by the withdrwal of Mr. Orth as the candidate for Governor when a single question was raised as to the propriety of his general conduct while in Congress. Ben. Harrison was substituted —a man of the highest character and great popularity. Universal confidence and enthusiasm have followed his nomination, and the whole state is stirred and aroused by the energy and vigor of the campaign. General Harrison has himself taken the stump, and although be was very reluctant to accept the nom illation, he has thrown himself with the utmost patriotism and untiring effort into the canvass. He is a man whose family name is identified with the growth and renown of his state ; but his claim upon the hearty and universal support of his fel-low-citizens of Indiana, and upon the sympathy and good wishes of honest people throughout the country, is not derived from the standing and service of others. General Harrison is the representative in this canvass of that reform in politics which the country requires, and which is most earnestly and significantly demanded by republicans.

The great interest of the Indiana election is not only that Indiana is the doubtful “October” state, but that a republican victory is the earnest of the sure triumph of purer polities. Thedemocratic cry of reform is merely the demand of change. There is no known reforming element in thedemocratic party. The real forces and influences that will control its policy are not only not those of reform, but they are such as necessarily to fill every patriotic heart with apprehension. The cardinal necessity of the country is the final overthrow of the old democratic organization, in order to make new political associations possible. Indiana, as the brave van-guard in the contest, deserves the utmost sympathy and aid. New York, which is perhaps the center of the November struggle, has sent many eloquent sons to her sister stale. There are others as earnest, if not ns eloquent, who would gladly join them it more pressing duties did not forbid. But the men of Indiana may be sure they are watched with the most friendly and hopeful interest, and that the higher and braver the strain of their discussions, the greater will be the general sa'isfaction and the surer their victory. — Harper's Weekly.