Rensselaer Union, Volume 9, Number 7, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 November 1876 — WHY THEY WEEK NOT THERE. [ARTICLE]

WHY THEY WEEK NOT THERE.

A ooapln of vttkt befort |ob October eltaUw wM held the «nAnngwrs of the Indiana democarany made airangetneDts for holding 'A grand ntan meeting of tits “Unloo "citixenn and boldler** 1 nt polio to rntify thn Qotainatioo .of Bam on! J. Tllden for prenidant, 884 Tboman A. ttendriokn for preaidnatof the Unitod Statto, Jfap order the better to advnrtito %ip moating, they posted huge oolotod bill* nt ovary eroaeroad eornnr m 4 on avery dead wall in the etatf of Indiana, besides the thousands |fi|t were Mattered broadcast in avtoy prinoipal olty from Maine to ifornia, and from thn Qreat Lalffil to the Sontbarn Golf On Ujteb glaring poetnrt were printed & namoa of dooaoe of prominent jK lltanv md leading oftoorn In mpb army daring the rebellion aa gitffiH imtleß to the ratiioation msswi and favoring tho eteetion of S, nftllonil ddmoofllll tifkdt. Tho Nani*' of this tsbanaivf vertlaing vu to amambin a mm ■ter gathering at Indian whloh wan nothneiaetio for Bta§ Joann and Behrm. Among gallant •*Uniooe!tl*eae M whofAlht •rad at thn rally warn notoriaind ballot-box atuffera and repestffif! from How York, Philadelphia, Btfk Utnora aad terf, ping agliea and thnga AM Loaievllio, St. Lonie and No# Orianna; ex-rebel Kn Box aad memheve of demooretic rifle einbe from South Carolina, Georgia, Kentucky and other localities in the aolid South. Tb#M gentlemen earn* to ehoat tbetnaahW, hoarse for Reform, to inspire g pH thueiesm in thn breasts of thn haffil eat democrats of Indiana, and ’tm nata for Rian *-**■*- Wlltianaa fin nwhOMAMi JpiMUK,. awto 'WPWf •' ps*t w to were performed molt baooemfulty. They rooeived their free railroad ridet, got free drinka and free iuDohns, and gave free votes for *» change/' While plenty of men were present of the above character, while numbers were present who wore the grey, whUeboonty-jainpera, Canada sue aka, and Sons of Liberty were as numerous as maggots in a rotting earoaai, there was a notable absence of prominent general* aad civilians who espoused tho cause of loyalty and patriotism during the war of rebellion. Gen. Wm. 8. Boseersns, though advertised as eoming, was not there, nor did be obeer them with a letter Of encouragement Fighting Gen. Joe. Hooker, though advertised to be present, was not neither did bo encourage the faithful with a letter of approval, The gallant Gen. Mocum was not there either in body or sentiment The great Gen. W. 8. Hanoook did not appear, nor did bo writ# a letter bidding them God speed. Gett. Nathaniel Banks, nor Franklin, nor Sheridan, nor Sherman, nor KQpatrlek, nor MeCleliaa, nor Burnside, nor Bnldy Smith, nor Garfield, in font none of the prominent ofooera of the war on the Union side Indeed very law train of a crowd. Some of tfcett ere detooorntn, to ho earn, hat 11 k* the demooraoy of Jasper soffifif, they ere fcjtoffi toast who epposo ballotbox stufllng, repeating, nod every kind of trend. T hfiffieet me many of these oppoee fit# election of TOdeu and HendrinkA In thir i|td«r any he nssntißßei Gen: litous and Gee. Joe Heritor, both of whom erenow throwing th® weight of thole iafl» enoe egnlnet these doughty chsmpions Mb solid South. Gen. Hooker > Fnnme was nttaphod to the •all for' a eonveotion of soldiers end sailors el Albany, N. Y., without Me knowledge. The cell warn freed, and the meeting did not assemble. « Early in the onmpnign dUaMiito towns | M a «n VrfllL DmUIB WIKnPIVfV Hl# IDMJIi* tion of laboring for the dofoet of Mr. TUden. Since then he has

published in tip Brooklyn newspapers articles of seething, bitter denunetatiott of Mr. Tilden’s sham, hypocritical psotaoew of raform, and his notorious copperhead war record. The defeotion. of Gen. Sioolum in Now York and other demoOliU of prominence and character promises toeosfiMr, TUden the vote pf his own state, and to defeat tbs demooratio local ticket for state officers and in the oitiw of New and Brooklyn. Indeed republican newspapers there, ead rtaident Uorrespondeots of papers outside claim New York for Hayes and Wheeler by ttflQQ raßjorlty. There is evidently some foundation for thia hope. Democratic papers exhibit marked symptoms of anxiety which borders upon Harm nt the prospect. Mr. Tilden’s recent letter promising to vote any end fit bills which CoUgrcei might pass for tha relief nf ffisnthevn war evidently promptrd by foarsf Aeeeter In hb own state. But That letter wifl avail Hula In ti>S foci eJ hie private record, fa the feee of hfo well known sympathy for the South, and in fbM #1 foe edmisaien In hia own letter of I aoeeptanee that "Sxdwmics haa **frvouentiv exooaed me itoHkv Of SlHiu'r :