The Cadiz sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 1864-1911, 1868-08-05
THENEw YORK NOMINATIONS
An Important Correspondence
Patriotic Letter from Gen.
HancO k-NOble Sentiments
NObiy EXPRESSED A .

An Important Correspondence
Patriotic letter from Gen.
III n ncO c k-NObie Sentiments
NObIy Expressed.
ST, Louis, July l3, 1865.
MAJOR GENERAL HANCocK-DeT SIR:
[ deem it proper TO direct your attention TO
statements made by the Radical press, to
the effect that you are greatly dissatisfied
with tic results of the National Democrat
ic Convention. The object Of these state
tnts is to create an impression that you
do not acquiesce in the judgment of the
Convention, and that your friends do not;
and that, in consequence, Seymour and
Blair will not have their cordial support.
wish you to know, General, that I have
taken the liberty to pronounce these state
ments false, and to assure those who have
spoken with Inc oa the subject that moths
ing could cause yon more regret than to
find your friends, or any Of them, less earn
est in supporting the ticket which has been
nominated than they would have been had
your own name stood in the place Of Mr..
Seymours. am, sir, very sincerely your
friend. s. L. GLOVER.
NEWPORT, RHODE ISLAND, July II, '6S.
S. L. GROVER, ESQ, ST. Louis. .-b
Dear Sir. | am greatly obliged for your
favor of the 18th inst. Those who sup
pose that do not acq liesce in the work of
| the National Democratic Convention, or
that / do not sincerely desire the election of
its nominees, know very little Of my char
acter.
Believing, ms l really do, that the preser-
walton of the Constitutional Government
eminently depends on the success of the
Democratic party in the coming election.
were | to hesitate in its candid support |
feel should not only falsify my own record
| but commit a.crime against my country.
| never aspired to the Presidency on ac-
count of myself never sought its doubt
full honors, and certain labors and respon-
sibililios, merely for the position. My own
wish was to promote, 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
statements in question false, you dlt exact.
ly right. "Rrmciplcs and not men" is the
motto for the rugged CRISIS in which we are
now struggling
Had been made the Presidential nomi.
nee, should have considered it tribute
not to me, but to the principles which
had proclaimed and practieed. But shall |
cease to revere those principles because by
mutual political friends another has beer
appointed TO put them into eI ecution?-
Mere! Ncceri NcGe!
These, Sir. are my sentiments, whatever
interested parties may say to the contrary
and | desire that all may know and un der
stand them.
shall ever hold in grateful remembrance
the faithful friends, who, hailing from ever
; section of the Union, preferred me, b,
their votes, and other expressions of conf
dynce, both in and out of the Convention
and shall do them all the justice to bellev
that they were governed by patriotic mo
tives; that they did not propose simply tt
aggrandize my personal fortunes, but .tc
save their country through me, and tha
they will not now suffer any thing like per
sonal preferences or jealousies to stand be
tween them and their manifest duty.
| have the honor to be, dear sir,
Very respectfully, yours.
WINFIELD S. HANCOCK.