The Bedford gazette. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1805-current, 1868-08-07
LETTER FROM GENERAL HANCOCK
CORDIAL SUPPORT OF THE
TICKET.

LOUISVILLE, July q THE follow
ing important correspondence is pub
lished in the Louisville Courier.
ST. LOUIS, July 10, 1868.
Major General Hancock;
| deem it proper to direct your at
tention to statements made by the
Radical press to the effect that you are
greatly dissatisfied with the results
of the National Democratic Conven-
ton. The object of the statements is
to create an impression that you do not
acquiesce in the Judgment of the Con-
vention. That your friends do not,
and in consequence Seymour and Blair
will not have their cordial support. |
wish you to know, General, that /
have taken the liberty to pronounce
these statements false, and to assure
those who have spoken with me on
the subject, that nothing could cause
you more regret than to find your
friends, or any of them, less earnest in
supporting the ticket which has been
nominated than they would have been
had your own name stood in the place
Of Mr.. Seymour.
(Signed) S. 7. GLOVER,
Newport, Rhode Island.
ST. LOUIS, July 10.
s. II. GIorer.
MY DEAR SIR: | am greatly oblig-
ed for your favor of the 18th inst
Those who suppose that | do not ac-
quIeSce in the work Of the National
Democratic Convention, or that I do
not sincerely desire the election of its
nominees, know very little of my
character, believing, as / really do,
that the preservation of constitutional
government depends on the success of
the Democratic party in the coming
election, were l to hesitate in its candid
support, feel should not only falsify
my one record, but commit a crime
against my country. | never aspired
to the Presidency on account of N.Y.
self. | never sought its doubtful hon
or5 and certain labors and responsible
tiles merely for the position. My own
wish was to promote, if | could, the
good of the country, and to rebuIgo sne
spirit Of revolution WHICH l>'H llYaueo
every sacred preci.-os OF liberty. When,
therefore y6u pronounced the state
ments in question false, you did exact
ly right. Principles, not men, is the
motto for the rugged crisis in which
we are now struggling. Had | been
made the Presidential nominee should
have considered it a tribute, not to me,
but to the principles which l had pro-
and practiced; but shall l
cease to revere those principles because
by mutual political friends another has
been appointed to put them into exc
cution? Never; never. These, sir,
are my sentiments, whatever intereS- |
ted parties may say to the contrary,
and 1 desire that all may know and
understand them. ! shall ever hold in
ItRlSlul ICIlCLllDGIdiINC tliC lSlIIllIul
friends who, hailjng from every sec
tion of the Union, preferred me by
their votes, and other expressions of
both in and out of the Con-
vention, and shall do them all justice
to believe that they were governed by
patriotic motives; that they did not
propose simply to aggrandize my per-
5onal fortunes, but to serve their coun-
try through me, and that they will |
not suffer anything like personal pref |
erences or jealousies to stand between !
them and their manifest duty.
[ have the honor to be, dear sir, very
yours,
(Signed) WINFIELD S. HANCOCK.