The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1868-08-06
A Noble Letter from Gen. Hancock,
The Louisville Courier of July 28th
publishes the following highly important
and interesting correspondence
81. LoUIs. Jnlv IL

publishes the following highly important
and interesting correspondence
Sr. LOUIS, July IS.
Mayor General Hancock: deem il proper
to direct your attention to statements made
by the Radical press to the effect that you
are greatly dissatisfied with the results of the
Democratic National Convention. The ob-
Ject OF the statement is to create the impress
sion that you do not acguiesce In the iudg-
ment CT the Convention, and that your friends
DO not, and IN consequence Seymour and
Blair VIII not have their cordial support. I
wish you to know, General, that have Ia
Ken the liberty to pronounce these statements
false, and to assure those who have spoken
to 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 than they would have been had your
own name stood in the place Of Gov, Sew
mour,s. l am, sir. very sincerely your
friend, ISignei,J S. T. GLOVER.
NEWPORT. L. l.. July II.
S. I, Glorer, 81. Louis:
My Dear SRI am greatly obliged for
your favor of the 18th lust. Those who
suppose that | do not acduiesce In the work
OF the National Democratic Convention. or
that DO not sincerely desire the election of
the nominees, know very little of my char
acter. Believing. ! really do, that the
preservation of constitutional government
eminently depends on the success of the
Democratic party in the coming election.
tccTe 10 hesitate IN IFS candid support. fseI
should not only .faIsify my olcn record. J,t
comDait a crime against ny courtyy. Inever
asplred to the Presidency on account of N.Y.
self. never sought Its doubtful houors and
certain laoors and responsibilities merely
for the position. BY own wish was to pro
mote, if could, the good of the country, and
to rebuke the spirit of revolution which had
invaded every sacred precinct of liberty.-
When, therefore, you pronounced the state
ments in question false you did exactly right.
Principles ard not men is the motto for tho
rugged crisis 10 which we are now struggling.
Had | been made the Presidential nominee 7
should have considered It tribute, not to me.
but to the principles which | had proclaimed
and practiced but shall | cease to revere
those principles because by mutual political
friends another has been chosen TO put them
in execution Never neverl
1nese, sir, are my sentiments, whatever
! Interested parties may say TO the contrary,
and desire that all may know and under
stand them. | shall ever hold in grateful
| remembrance the faithful friends who. hail
ing from every section of the Union, prefer
red me by their votes and other expressions
of confidence, both in and out of the Conven-
ton, and shall DO them all Justice to believe
that they were governed by patriotic mo-
tives, that they did not propose simply to
sggrandiEe my personal fortunes, but to save
their country through me, and that they
will not suffer anything like personal prefer
ences or jealousies to stand between them
and their manifest duty.
l have the honor to be, dear sir,
Very respectfully yours.
NINFIELD S. HANCOCK.