Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1872-02-17
Interview with Gen. MA ncocx.
Hf DOES NOT DECLINE WHAT HAS
Nor BHES tPrERRp HIM-A
CAyARS FtrLopED.

Hf DOES Not DECLINE WHAT uA
Nor BBES oryERsp HIM-A
CASARS ESrLoDED.
A few days ago the Morning pa
per in this city that wears n Solh
snd n the most notorious fof il!
f.ilsehood and misrepresentation
contained the following paragraph
General Winfield S. Hancock, i
is said, refuses 30 be counted as ,
Democratic candidate for the Pros
fdchGy. The General is not now
aud never was much Of q possum
and il supposed not to be svsry vi
olept admircr Of the passive policy
SO long as this remained in the
obscure sheet whore it frs rstappeared
it was /. matter Of no conseq ne nee
hut the tebbflef Of the Associated
Press in this city having forwarded
it to the reputable pHpers oc tho
country it becShfo &hothtr mt.
ter.
A Dispatch representative aecSfd!
ingly called at Gen. Hancock s
headquarters this morning, md was
promptly admitted to an fddicncc
with the General. 1t WAS hardly to
be expected that occupying the po-
sition tha. Gen. Hancock does rela-
tive to the coming Presidential cam
paign, that he would be very com
municative upon political topics, bnt
after tho exchange Of the usual
courtcsies, the conversation was as
follows:
Dispatch Representatives. have
called, General, to have II little po-
litical conversation with you.
Gen. Hancock-Wcll, what do
you mean by political convcrsa-
tion-somcthing for publication?
Rep.-Yes sir. There is an item
going the rounds Of the papers that
was sent to The Associated Press
from this city, which | wish to call
your attention to- Here is the way
it appears in the New York papers,
(producing one and reading):
+, ST. PAUL, Jun. 25-The Daily
Press Says Gehural Hancock refuses
to be tie Democratic candidate for
President.
Gen. Harcock-Oh, yes; / saw
that the day that l returned from
the east. | do not desire to have
anything to say upon tho subject,
but you can state that. | never dc.
cline anything bcf5F6 it Is offered to
me, and Of course | could hot have
defined the Presidency. should,
however, prefer to be considered
not a candidate rather thar to ap.
pear as seeking the office.
Rcp.-There is another matter
from the Washington Chronicle that
| wish to call your attention to,
(handing him the following arti-
clc:)
TFrom the Washington Chronicle
(Republican Administrations Jan.
90
It is rumorcd in this city that the
leading Democrats have tgreed
upon Gen. Hancock for President
and B. Gratz Brown for Vice Presi-
dent. 1t is also hintcd tlat calcu-
lations arc made on the probable
course of Mr. Greeley. Ifhc should
not be a candidate himself, it is con-
.jectured that he may bring out y
candidate with the view Of weak
ening the regular Republican nom
ince. 4 i We do not say that
Gen. Hancock would countcnancc
anything which he believed would
impeiil the life Of tho nation. But
he would, ,,be 10 the hands of his
party. The Sotthern wing would
ddniinate the Notthern wing, as it
has always done, and iftroubles
like those we have referred TO should
not overtake the country it would
be because the party itself would
disintcgrute and fall to pieces, and
thus be bower.cSs for either good o"
evil. 4 4; i Mr. Greedy
was not made Postmaster General.
We hdSe, no idea that he is sourcd
toward tic Republican party on nc
count of any fancicd or real slight
of this kind. He is too much Of
philosopher for that. But if his
Democratic friends, whom he has
been advising of late as TO what
would be their best policy in the
campaign of 1872, should happen to
carry the country and attain power,
they would not even niako him
Postmaster of New York.
Gen. Hancock-( Re;tding) | must
decline to have any CONVERSATION
other than what ! have already said
If | open the door to irtcfvicwcrs
there will be no end 20 them, and
having granted one, others will
claim that they shoedf be similarly
treated.
After somo furJs.or conversation
of general character. the Dispatch
representative bade Tho General,
(and possibly next Presidon) good
morning and presents the plain un-
varnished tale to the pdblic.--Saint
Haal Dispatch!