The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1868-09-18
HANCOCK.
why the General was Defeated I'm the
New York Convention.

WHY the GeuerRl was Defeated I'm the
New York Convention.
Hancock's friends accuse Montgomery Blair
of using deceitful measures to accomplish his
defeat. A prominent Maryland Democrat de-
clares that "the infamous order issued to the
nggers by Hancock when Lincoln was killed,
did the business for hun. Border State men,
and the Southern d legates, couldn't stand
that" The person who said this was in posi-
tiOn to know.
The order he referred to was issued in Wash
iDgton, when it was ascertaned that Booth was
concealed in that vicinity. The M,ryland
Rebels have never forgotten that General Han
cock then believed that the negroes were the
only loyal class in the region around Washing
ton. And the Mary land Rebels, either with or
without Montgomery Blair, slaughtered hi N for
1t at New York. The following is the order:--
HEADQUARTERS MIDDLE MILITARY DIVISION
p1s Of ,Ss D. Of AP a. d the SSSTea
Your President has been murdered. He has fallen
simply and solely because he was your freud, aud
t5e o friend Of Our % Had IL se been unsi,aiu 10
might have lived the pistol isOm which he met his
npon n sd By ssvsry fS Ta5s S the
this, and Temember h W long and COW an xlousiy this
You nsbPpy now apPea to you BY every cons dera
in discovering and arrtstng his murderer. Conceaed
by traitors he is believed 10 be lurking somewhere
OfHsryland, Virginia. 90 forth. then. watch
AND
this monsirous and D oOdy criminal from his hiding
among on b paeoe hH%0s ana an
wearied vigilance. may render the most I'm oortant
assistance Large rewards nave been offered by the
Government and by mnnlcpal Iauth lrites, ana they
Will be pad fJr the apprehension or thu murderer
Tor any information which will aid in his arrest, But
feel that ION need no such stimulus tnis. You
Will hut do IN this cowardiy ASSASSIN OF your bsst
treno as you would the murderer OF your father Do
this. and God whose servant has been slaip the
country which has given you freedom, viii b. ess YOu
for this noble set of duty.
All Information which will lead to the arrest of
Booth or surratt or Harold, shouidbe communicated
10 these headquarters, or to General Holt, Judge
Advertisement, at Washington, or " immediate
action Is required, then TO the nearest military
t-An oticers and soldiers in this command and all
loyal people are epjoned to incI eased viSilance.
w. s. HANCOCK,
Msjor.Generai q. =. Volunteers, commanding Middle
Military Division.
Montgomery Blair understood himself tho.
roughly at New York. He kne " that the Reuel
element of the Democratic party would coutrol
the nomination. He knew that the Convention
was simply a camp of the Rebel army on North
ern soil, where Northern Democrats we're simply
prisoners without arms. He knew that q revo-
lutiOnary letter alone could nominate Frank
and he himself prepared Franks draught for the
Rebel alate. Those who slaughtered Ewing
and Hancock because OF the above orders
might well be satisfied with man for President
whose friends were the New York rioters OF 1863
and with a soldier for Vice President who was
willing to draw the veil of the Broadhead letter
over all that was good in his caree-.-Coyres-
pondence Cincinnati Gazette.