The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1871-07-19
GENERAL HANCOCK.

ern paper gives an ACCOUNT vi d ioi III /
dablc movement among leading Demo-
Gratis of Missouri, irrespective OF tor
mer antecedents, to bring forward
General w. S. Hancock as the next
Democratic candidate for the Prcsi-
dency. At the head Of this movement
are such leading men as Ex-senator
Polk. who served in the Confederate
army, and Samuel T. Glover, the head
of the St. Louis bar, who was always a
Union Democrat. 1t is also claimed
that Governor Brown and Senator
Schurz would support Hancock II the
Radicals should persist in running
Grant for second term.
1t would lie An easy matter to secure
the Missouri delegation to the Nation
al Convention for Hancock, and it is
certain that the electoral vote of the
State will be cast for the Democratic
candidate, whoever he may be, even
without the assistance of SchurZ, Brown
and the liberal Republicans. Hancock
married in St. Louis. and spent much
!. of his time there while'a young officer
in the United States Army. Besides
being popular, socially the people of
Missouri have high admiration of his
military capacity and of his civil and
administrative abilities as shown by
his conduct OF affairs in Louisiana at
a most critical period. His Missouri
: friends have put forward pamphlet
containing full statement his OF
- claims, and efforts are making to gain
over leading men in other parts of the
country. 1t is said that the recent
= able article in the Mobile Register was
o inspired at St. Louis.
4 General Hancock, while command
ing at New Orleans, endeared himself
: to the people Of the State of Louisiana.
by his able and humane course in the
administration of affairs in this depart
:. ment. The delegates to the National
Conven ton from Louisiana cast then
votes for him in 1868, and if n Conven
tion were hold to day ha would doubt
" less be the favorite of the Louisian;
Democracy over any other man in thu
party.
Among other things which tend t.
= give prominence to the candidacy o
r. General Hancock at this time, is tn
:, admitted necessity of so shaping til
course of the Democracy i'll the mex
W campaign as to secure either the Stat
~ of Pennsylvania or Ohio. A Demo
IL: cratic victory without one OF them
a scarcely probable, though not imposs
lg sible. Of these two Pennsylvania
RS the most reliable and will be the cas-
,ss est to carry. Now, General Hancocl
of who claims Pennsylvania as his res
RS dence, is immensely popular in th'
IFS State, and would secure the votes
st many war Democrats and Conserv;
,ra tive Republicans, who would hard
-, cast their votes for any other Dem
cratic candidate. The Pennsylvan
election next October will, therefor
ily have an important bearing on the MOI
20 nation of the next candidate.
no We have stated before that we Won
nor be perfectly willing to see the Sou
10 abstain altogether from sending de
-, gates to the next National Conyentlt
We are willing to trust the Northe
Democracy with nominating cant
i'' date, and are more than willing tt
n.y. one should be taken who is perfec
acceptable to them. We believe II
nothing should recommend can
date so much as availability, as we
going into the next campaign to W
i'"'' regardless of all other considerations
e, If, however, ability and available
should unite in the candidate, as tt
Tho would in the candidacy of Hanco
-; the Democracy of the South wo
1 have abundant reasons for giving
their support.
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