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Hendricks Explodes A Slander

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Day
1
Month
September
Year
1876
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Public Domain
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An ardont young Democrat of this city recently wrote the following letter to the Deinocrutic candidato for Vice Presidont : To His Excellency, Hon. Thomas A. Hendricks, Goveruur ol Indiana. Dear Sih : The Republicana of this part of New Jersey geem to attach a great doal of importance to your war reputation, and are following in the footsteps of tho New York Times by publisbing a so-callod " ñauiing postor " ooncerning a grand poace meeting held at Suyniour, Ind., during the war, in which they Bay you were greatly inturegted, and the principal speaker. I soe the New York World of August 12 :ontradicts tho above statement, which you will fiud inclosed, takon from the Now York Time. Now, will you please to spare a little of your valuable time in an8wering this, in order to settlo tho natter ' Your answer will be for the atisfaotion of a large Tilden and ïïendricks Club of this placo, eotnposed of ctivo youug men, a nuinber of whotu served in the war. If the Now York Times is right we expeot no answor. }y being so kind as to answer this dieet que8tiou, the supporters of Tildón and Hendricks in this viciuity will rofit greatly theroby, and you will coner a great favor on yours, &c, O.F. N. B. - Old Jorsoy will stand by you. The roply received from Gov. Henricks, bearing hÍ8 own signature, is as bllows : State of Indiana, JExecutive üki-'t, ) Indiaxapolis, August 18, 1876. j JJKAR blK : 1 have received yeur iavor ot' thö 13th inst., in which you inclose a uowspaper slip purporting to bo a copy of a poster of a meeting I was to addreae at Seymour, in thia State, September 14, 18G4, and you wish to kuow whetber the same was by uiy authority. la reply, I have to say that I had uo kuowledge of such a poster at the time, and I attonded no such meeting. It was sorne time afterwards that I learned that such a poster had appeared, by seeing it iu a party nowspuper. During the first month of tho war it appeared proper for ine to make a brief statement of iny views in regard to it, which I did in the Republioan newspaper of this city. I sond you a copy. My conduct throughout was governod by my viows thu8 expressed. Very respeotfully yours, Thomas A. Hendkicks. To O F , Patterson, N. J. The extract referred to by the next Vice-1'rosidunt is froui the ludi&napolis Journal of Thursday, April 25, 1801, and rund thus : Iniuanapolis April 24, 1861. Mr, Editor: My attontion has been callod to an editorial in the Journal ot' thÍ8 morning, in whioh it is statud that at a Union meeting hold at Shelbyville a few evenings since a committeo was appointed to wait upon me with the request that I should spuak : tbat, being c.tll.'d upon by tbo coiuuiittee, I ret'usud to speak, xaying that I had uo hand in originating the ditUculty, and would have nothing to do in extricating the country i'roiu its perilous conditiou. The writer has been. wholly niisiuiormed. I never heard of the appoiutiuent of such a committee, and suppose none was appointed. No committee waitert upon mo with suoh a requeet. ll.nl I been 80 bonored, I certainly would havo responded. I have nevor witbheld jny views upon any question of public inteiest froui the people of Sbelby oounty. Upon all occasions, whon it appeared proper. I have expres8od my opiuionu in rwlation to our present troubles. Since the war comnioncod I have uniformly said that the authority of the (Jovornment of tho Unitod States is not questioued in Ir.diana, and that I regardod it as the duty of tho eitizoua of Indiana to respect and maiutain that authority, and to givo the Government an honoBt and earnest support in the prosecution of the war, until, in the providonco of God, it uiay bo brought to an honorablo conclusión, and the blessings of poacc restored to our country, postponing uutil that timo all controvursy in relation to the causes and responsibilities of tlm war. No man will feel a deeper solicitude in the welfare and proud beariug of Indiana's soldiery, in the conflict of arrns to which they aro callcd, than myself. Allow me to add, that, iu my judgmont, a citizon or newspaper is not serving the oountry well iu the present crisis by attempting to give a partisan aspect to the war, or by soeking to porvert thfe cause of tho country to party ends. Kespeotfully, Thoítas A. Hexdricks. And thus ono of tho iseanust of caiupaign Blunders is offectually disposed of on tho best of authority.

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