INDIANA. 



403 



in July, 1802, has been loca: 

 Tippooanoe County, about one and one-halt' 

 from tlio city of Lafayette, on the Wa- 

 Ilivi-r. It is to bo culled the "Perdue 

 t'niviTMiy," on account of a donation of $150,- 

 000 aa its endowment made by a Mr. Perdue. 

 The one hundred acres of land on which it is 

 situated were also a gift to the institution. In- 

 stitutions for the education of the blind, and 

 the deaf ami dumb, and for the care of the in- 

 sane, are located at Indianapolis, and are rep- 

 resented to be well managed and efficient. 



There was no session of the Legislature dur- 

 ing the year. The political canvass commenced 

 , the Democratic State Convention being 

 bald nt Indianapolis on the 8th of January. 

 A full State ticket was to bo nominated, with 

 the exception of Governor and Lieutenant-Go v- 

 ernor. Speeches were delivered in the con- 

 vention by Hon. D. W. Voorhees, Thomas II. 

 Hendricks, and other prominent members of 

 the party, and nominations were made as fol- 

 lows : for Secretary of State, Norman Eddy ; 

 Auditor of State, John C. Shoemaker; Treas- 

 urer of State, James B. Kyan ; Attorney-Gen- 

 eral, Bayless W. Hanna ; Superintendent of 

 Public Instruction, Milton B. Hopkins; Judges 

 of Supremo Court, James L. "Worden, Alex- 

 ander 0. Downey, Samuel II. Buskirk, and 

 John Pettit. The following is the platform 

 adopted : 



That the Democracy of Indiana, in delegate con- 

 vention assembled, declare : 



That the Federal Union, -with all the rights and 

 dignity of tlie several States, should be preserved ; 

 and, to secure that great national blessing, the Consti- 

 tution must be respected and observed, and every 

 approach to centralized despotism defeated, whether 

 attempted by Congress or the Executive. 



That recent events have, more than ever, con- 

 vincfcl us of the infamous and revolutionary charac- 

 ter of the reconstruction measures of Congress, and 

 we denounce these measures as an invasion of the 

 sovereign and sacred rights of the people, and of all 

 the States. 



That the independence of the Supreme Court of 

 the United States is essential to the safety and se- 

 curity of the States and the people ; and we declare 

 that the measures of Congress, having in view the 

 destruction of the powers of that Court to adjudi- 

 cate on the constitutionality of the enactments of 

 Congress, is a dangerous evidence of the usurpations 

 of the legislative over the judicial department of the 

 Government. 



That we are in favor of a tariff for revenue only : 

 and we demand that the burdens of taxation shall 

 be fairly and equally adjusted, and that such an ad- 

 justment cannot be made without striking from the 

 statute-book the present unjust and odious tariff laws 

 a system of taxation based upon favoritism, and 

 which has destroyed American shipping and com- 

 merce, oppressed the people of the great agricultural 

 regions, which compels the many to pay tribute to 

 the few, and which nas built up monopolies that con- 

 trol, not only every American market, but also the 

 legislation of Congress; and we demand that the 

 prime articles of necessity such as tea, coffee, sugar, 

 and salt shall be placed upon the free list. 



That we are willing to pay our national debt, in 

 strict compliance with our contracts, whether it was 

 made payable in gold or greenbacks, but wo are unwill- 

 ing to do more than that : and we declare that the five- 

 twenty bonds are payable in greenbacks, or their 



equivalent ; and wo condemn the policy of the Ad- 



jiHiiihtr.iti'iii which in Kqiiandfriug millions of money 

 I'.v Iniying such bond* at a high rote of premium, 

 when the Government has the clear right to redeem 

 them at pnr. 



That the national-bank tyvtcm, organized in the 

 SnU-ruht of the bondholders, ought to be abolished, 

 and greenbacks imtucd in lieu of niach bank-paper, 

 thus Having millions annually to the people, and giv- 

 ing to the whole people (instead of the few) the 

 benefits of issuing a paper currency. 



That the business interests of the country demand 

 an increased and inaint:iim-<l volume of the currency ; 

 and the burden of the public debt, the high rote of 

 interest and taxation, imperatively forbia the con- 

 traction of the currency in the interest of the bond- 

 holders. 



That the shares of stock in the national banks 

 ought to be subjected to school and municipal taxa- 

 tion on the same conditions as other property : and 

 wo demand of our State Legislature that the shares 

 of such banks shall bo subjected to equal taxation 

 with other property of the State. 



That the oonds of the United States ought to be 

 taxed by Congress, for national purposes, to such an 

 extent as will substantially equalize the taxation of 

 such bond* with other property subject to local taxa- 

 tion. 



That we denounce the action of our last Legisla- 

 ture in attempting to force upon the people the pro- 

 posed fifteenth amendment to the Constitution of the 

 United States, as in palpable violation of our State 

 constitution, and wo solemnly protest against In- 

 diana being counted for said amendment ; and we 

 hereby declare our unalterable opposition to its rati- 

 fication. 



That any attempt to regulate the moral ideas, ap- 

 petites, or innocent amusements of the people by 

 legislation, is unwise and despotic. 



That we are opposed to any changes in the natu- 

 ralization laws of the United States, whereby admis- 

 sion to citizenship will be made more difficult or ex- 

 pensive ; and we especially denounce the proposed 

 plan of transferring the naturalization of aliens to 

 the courts of the United States, and abridging the 

 powers of State courts in that respect, as a hardship 

 and expense to the poor and friendless candidate for 

 American citizenship ; we recognize the proposed 

 change as the offshoot of intolerant " Know-noth- 

 ingism " the " twin relic" of radicalism itself. 



The Republican State Convention took place 

 at Indianapolis on the 22d of February. There 

 were several colored men among the delegates, 

 one of whom was added to the list of vice- 

 presidents by a special vote. The nominations 

 made were as follows : for Secretary of State, 

 Max F. A. Hoffman ; Auditor, John D. Evans ; 

 Treasurer, Robert H. Milroy; Attorney-Gen- 

 eral, Nelson Trussler ; Superintendent of Pub- 

 lic Instruction, Barnabas C. Hobbs ; Judges of 

 the Supreme Court, Charles A. Ray, Robert C. 

 Gregory, John T. Elliot, and Andrew L. Os- 

 borno. All of these were renominations of 

 the former incumbents, with the exception of 

 the Treasurer, the Attorney-General, and one of 

 the Judges, Mr. Osborne. 



A platform was adopted, embodying the fol- 

 lowing declarations : 



The Union Republican partv of Indiana, assembled 

 in convention at Indianopolis on the 22d day of 

 February, 1870, make the following declaration of 

 principles : 



We congratulate the country on the restoration of 

 law and order in the late rebellious States, under the 

 reconstruction measures adopted by the General Gov- 

 ernment, and upon the return of peace and of fraternal 



