Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1871-06-30

IEc following letter settirg forth the
merits &C Gsn. Hancock and recommend
Jog him DO a candidate fer the Presidency
that distinguished soldier We publish il
Ct tie earaaSt request Of several esteemed
fr.c 1ls:
GENEVA, May -, 1871.
Il ~ .si4oa Baker, TX 4ov OF l. ,uIaiana
Tr4nkiIu, Perish Of 4. Mary, La
My DEAR FIR: l perceive by the news.
Ipapers Il The United states that tie po-
lIt.t al caidiou Is beginning to boil and
that MACY movements are beiug made ia
behalf OF various distinguished mes OF
our party. These evoIotions are rot de-
void OF interest o M. IN SO far as may
be able TO assist in ans thing which can
benefit the whole country and especially
ensure peace and prosperity + cur section
tueret t, It J. my dnty rs well as my hg heet
pleasure 10 D,nI all my energies thereto.
You, as a derotetl and energetic citizen OF
Louisiana, will always dc the tame.
Beiirviug that you haze not fDrgotten
the nOb'c and DatIiOnc stand as: 1med by
Gel. Hancock when in command OF tie
Department Of the South be followed the
dictates OF just;ce and duty in his q. enpt
to ame;iOrate the condition Of le citi-
zene, ard to make tie military subservient
to the civil law. l write to suggest that
Hancock as sill 0liee. and aCiU Dc presented
and urged for tie position Of our standard
OeHTer By his nuHeci OIS trQ7'N 0nit zeuL0uS
friends.
| The peculiar con3iderations which ought
ID make Lou siena, Arkansas, Mississippi
and Texas come unitedly to his support
are not a!on8 the atte1np pts upon his part
TO benefit the people Of those States, but
| also the ciIcams aGces which have since
! occurred. He has been O. traci8ed rs it
were. fer his bo11nt IS 10 Drawing the wish
IS cf GEES. Grant, eni for daring to have
an opiolon IF hi own, in which kindness
of henrt AID magnauimous sympathy for
| tue sufferiUg5 Of cur people forme not the
least portion.
| For your sakeF, nay one Nigh. say fer
tic whole Sou h, nsa1lyre0 in 30 far as a
just and roper acknowledgment Of bis
great merits aud Cal aclty are concerned,
when assignments Of military 90 ,Iti1ns
were made it IS emiaenlly pyOoer that
your State should be the van8u ara of the
entire South, alyipg il bis b, half.
| " hat could be tnGre proper, than to have
the ; Juth s"'id'y demanding permission
| to name \ Jrthern man. "a the Dem GRAFT
| ic Candidate, 1cho c0ut{ be elected Wnat
cUuld be 70 re fl ting than the selec ion
! by the SSlth Of q gallant soldier, who
| fought Us AS long SIS We could no d our
We pona, a1d Je., when We were crushed
and bleeding, was the first to step forward
like mlDistering angel to staunch our
| 'Vt uuds and to al Olnt them with haEsYm.
and to raise Us FROM mental prostrat on by
infns:ng hopes Of just AID generous treat
men: III the future What more righteous
retrlbu,Icn II the cJm penaatious of life
| O. u'd there be, titan TO pit the warrior,
who believes In the supremacy If civil Law,
ag&iu-t tbHa President, VITO h AZ again an
hrethcd bis sword a the bidding OF par
tisans, and who, la his Willingness TO crush
our ction of the country, may yet strive
version Of the Liberties Of all p
There Is but one leading question
in the choice Of the next Demo-
craft: Convention To select The
strongest candidate. [ have not q word to
allege against any Of the distinguished
champions who seek the honor Of EARRING
our coloIs. Bat in O csisis like this I
deem 1T incumbent upon every man, who
has drop of patriotism In his veins, to
discard ali personal considerations, AID
TO have an eye single to the destiny OF til
country, aud the consequences which our
failure In 1872 may entail; and more es,
pec1ally is this compulsory on every
Southern map. We absolutely require
Fest ana peace and years of solid pros
perry 10 regain what We have los, in the
past ten years OF WARRIOR zee hare not yet
had Peac9-nor is it likely to be vouch-
safe t. US, SO long as the bauble Of power
is within the clutch of Radical ambition
or the rich priz-s of Southern Ell Dorados !
are to DO attained by hungry adven-
turers.
Ia 1860 there were hundreds of thoa-
sands like ne. who followed such leaders |
as Alex. Stephens in regard to the policy
OF tue South. We believed that the battle |
tor the constitution should have been |
fought inside OF the Union, where re had |
the Supreme Cours TO protect our interest, |
before partisan legislation had stricken |
down our legitimate defences and where |
the thirty Southern Senator'S, by the aid |
Of the NorsLern Democrats, could have
fooled the machinations of the Radicals.
The majority overruled us and said that
the proper course was the Montgomery
Congress and Government. Did we. be-
cause of that. falter in our devotion to
Southern insterests ? The battle-felds of
the South will attest that the Wings and
Conservatives. who laid down their