The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1871-07-01
General Hancock for President.

The New Orleans Pcayne of the
18th, contains lengthy letter addressed
by BLANroN DUNCAN, ESQ, to Hon.
JOSHUA BAKER, OF Louisville, advising
the Southern people to support General
HANCOCK for President From the let
ter we make the following extract,
containing Mr.. DUNcAN's figuring:
If we present General Hancock to
the Northern delegates in Convention
they will accept him, for the Southern
States cast the majority (S3) Of the re-
liable Democratic electoral votes.
He i, probably the only Democrat 'ohom
ne conM select nth a certainty Of success.
Is it to our interest to take any chances
whatever?
The result in Connecticut ought to
open the eyes Of every man who is not
wilfully blind. 1t proves the compact
organization and strength of the Radl-
Gals. We can win the game with ease,
and yet we may throw it away by folly.
Idle defamation and assertion Will give
us no strength. 1t is the Conservative
element Of the North, now acting with
the Radicals, which we must divert
from them, or consent to let the cleo
tons for the mex. century 60 in the
same smooth groove. Look at the
figures. What States can we expect to
carry with certainty Alabama, s;
California, 5; Delaware, 3; Georgia, s;
Kentucky. IL; Maryland, I; Missouri,
IL; New York, 80; North Carolina, 10;
Oregon, 3; Tennessee, 10; Virginia, 10;
West Virginia, 5-Total, l24. But to
elect we require l59. Now where are
we to get the others? Dealing frankly
with each other as business men, we
could discuss our chances in doubtful
States. Under the military law just
enacted We will be swindled, and
probably lose Arkansas, Florida, Louis
lana and Mississippi, which under a
fair and legitimate vote are all Demo
cratic. We have therefore to fight the
battle In Connecticut, 6; Indiana, ID,
Nevada, 8; New Jersey I; New Hamp-
shire, 5; Texas, Gin each of which the
change Of few hundred votes will
decide the result Three were Demo
cratic and three Radical at the last
election. And we have to contest the
election with INSCRIPTIONS opponents,
who have all the plumber and all the
power to back them. If we carry ALL
Of these States except Nevada or New
Ham shire, we have just enough to
elect. Will any honest man say that
our chances TO carry all but one would
be a safe betting point? And yet, If we
lose two OF them, or even one with six
electoral votes, the election is gone, un-
less we carry Pennsylvania. With that
State safe, we could dispense with several
of those enumerated above, and still
win. Nov, I speak adcisedly ,ohen say
that Pennsylvania Democrats piH be unit
for Hancock-that her State Conven-
ton willinstruct the delegation to nomi-
nate him, and to cast her vote for him
from the first ballot. repeat, also,
that Hancock can get twenty thousand
votes in that State, which no other
Democrat can. After our Convention in
1868, distinguished Radicals in Wash
ington did not conceal their JOY from
me that Hancock had not been nomi-
mated. They feared him and Chase
alone, and one Of the most distinguished
politicians of Pennsylvania, who kno,os
every nook and corner thereof, and has
managed its political campaigns for years,
candidiy answered my demand for the
TRUTH, that HANCOCK WOULD HAVE
BEATEN GRANT THIRTY THOUSAND VOTES.