The New Orleans Democrat., 1876-06-23
GEN. HANCOCK.
"a KEvIEw or THE CANDIDATES AT ST..
LOUIS.
WASHINGTON, June 1s, IS.

81
WASHINGTON, June 1s, 1878.
My Denr fir Your favor OF the 18th
] inst. Is before me, and at this, my earli-
est opportunity, hasten to reply.
You ask me who, in my judgment, is
the most available nominee that can be
put forward for the Chief Magistracy OF
the Union by the st. Louis Convention.
have not the slightest hesitancy in
answering the question frankly and
fully, for this is not the hour for Demo
cretg TO mask sentiment or conceal
opiui0Ds. We must be frank with each
should be fearlessly avowed, for it Is
only thus that We can arrive at that
average Of judgment, that preponder,,
anoo Of opinion, which should guide and
d9eefmt0e orr action as party.
To SOntODt %Of 4tkio- year IL most
mOnxo0tous one TO the people OF the
entiro Union, but more particularly to
the people 81 the Southern States.
The people Of the entire Union are in
torested because OF the necessity Tor the
correction Of those abuses which have
crept into all the departments Of the ad-
ministratiOn OF the Government.
But the interest OF the people OF the
States OF the South goes further than
any mere question OF reform, because
Democratic defeat and Republican vic
tory this year mean renewed war upon
tho rights and liberties and State gov-
ernments OF the Southern people mean
more hostile legislation, more proscrip-
tiOu and persecution under pretext OF
legislation. further to execute the will
0f the Government as expressed in the
fourteenth and fifteenth amendments to
the Federal Constitution.
The Republican party was born OF
agitation and sectional hate 1t fed and
war 1t has existed solely by means OF
persecution, hatred and embittered pas
sions and prejudices. Its emissaries and
pro-consuls In the South-I mean the
bastard carpet bag and usurping govern
montS which IL set up over the States
Of the South, in obedience to its will
and for the purpose OF making meat,
which alone 1t feeds on and without
which Il must die-have stirred up strife
betwoon the races, have goaded and ex-
asporsted the whites, have tortured them
into expressions and acts which were
seizcd upon - proofs Of "disloyalty," !"
protoxt for renewed aggression upon the
rights and liberties OF the Southern
States. Peace, fraternity, perfect re-
conciliatiOn Of the sections means the
death Of Kadicalism. Radicalism knows
this and IL determined that there shall
be no peace.
The tactics Of the Republican party
ia the campaign Of this year are unmis-
taxable. Their line Of battle is fully de-
velopod. Their argument Is fully an
n0unced. The amnesty speech OF Mr..
Blaine. the speech OF Mr.. Morton on
Mississippi affairs. gave the keynote OF
tss<sse od n mi o.
takabiy the "old war issues" sec
tiOnal strife" Southern outrages, I"
the necessity for more reconstrucr7
ton" An analysis OF the Cincinnati
platform shows that its leading strain
Is in consonance with the Morton Blaine
key-notes.
The people Of the Southern States
must recognize one fact, must keep 1t
before them, and never forget it. II is
that vast majority OF the people OF the
Northern States. OF all parties, are
to assert the results Of the war, and to
conform the policy OF the Government
to the irrevocable carrying out OF those
results. Nor will that people ever con-
sent to see the Administration Of the
Government confided to the hands OF
any man whose loyalty and devotion to
the war policy Of the North is in doubt
or needs explanation, argument or
aeTs Thesy' would vote to-day for an avowed
lobbyist and corruptionist like Blaine,
Of bowling fanatic like Morton. before
they would vote for peace Democrat,
or one In the slightest degree tainted
with .scopperheadism." or in any way
amenable to the charge Of luke-warm-
ness to the war course OF the North,
no matter how great his ability, how
pure his character, or how elevated his
statesmanship. The nomination OF such
q man by the st. Louis Convention
would be the invitation to certain defeat.
Taken In connection with the consol-
idation Of Democratic power in the
South, the presence in Congress OF near
ly one hundred ex-Confederate soldiers,
the impolitic utterances OF some pTomi-
ner,t men Of the South, both in and out
OF Congress, the nomination OF such a
man would be greeted as the crowning
proof Of q design to place Southern ideas
and Southern influences In control OF
the Government, would arouse the sec
tfonal Jealousy Of the people Of the
North, regardless Of party. and array
them solidly against us and certain de-
feat would 30 the result.
What then aEa the requisites that we
must seek - the candidate who can
/. He must be a man whose loyalty
and devotion to the war policy OF the
Union il beyond all dispute.
2. He must be tried man, honest and
who will crush out the spirit
of military domination over the civil
law, and restore the supremacy OF the
latter over the former.
8. He must embody that honesty and
purity of character that will guarantee
reform in all the departments OF the
4. He must be strong enough to unite
the Democratic party-North and
South, East and West.
Who is the man who embodies these
In the greatest degree?
Is il Judge Thurman, the great lion |
hearted, clear-brained statesman OF the |
West, the first man Of the Union In
point ol ability? In his canvass against
Gov. Hayes, in 1867, for Governor Of
Ohio. he was charged with being con-
nectAd with the peace Democracy" Of I