National Republican., 1878-10-07

ripe The rebels and their Northern allies
will have possession of the Senate after the
ith of March. They hope also to get the
next House of Representatives, and now the
Texans show their hands. HANCOCK, hay
ing been Union man during the war, will
not be plant tool in the hands of the reb-
els in carrying out the scheme they have in
view. Having been again nominated he is
opposed solely on the ground of his Union
ism. A committee appointed by Democrats
in his district have issued an address, which
is published in the Austin papers, and in
the course of this address the committee
said:
And again, Mr.. HANCOCK made himself his
toric by demonstrating his want of featy to
the Democratic party In this State, when, in
lcbO, he followed his own convictions of right
against the counsel and action of an almost
undivided party In control of the State on
questions Of the greatest Importance that ever
challenged the attention of any political party
III this or any other country. lie followed con.
rictiOns at that time against the Democratic
party ON questions involving principles that
were deargr to the people of his State than the
continuance of political existence questions
thaS were then pregnant with war, and which
atterward were settled by the arbitrament of
the sword. And while as paitics to that arbi-
tntion we have submitted. aud now submit to
the determination as final, we hold now. as
then, that there were involved questions upon
which statesmen and patriots might well, as
they did, differ even ut the cost Of life and
roace, however dear the one and sweet the
other aud that on such Issues a man however
wise lie may conceive himself to be, Is not at
liberty to abandon his country and espouse the
cause of the enemy because Of his private
opinions.
And yet Mr.. HANCOCK did this.
Fifth. We cannot support Mr.. HANCOCK, be-
cause by doing SO we should offend our feelings
Of self.respcCt. If we can conscientiousy con-
fer hOnOrs upon him. We should cease to teach
our children or the generation that follows
them to read with pride of the devotion to
principle that was illustrated by the lives of
ALBERT SYDNEY JOHNSON and ROBERT L. LEE
who instead Of dcscrting the standards raised
by their States, native and adopted in the same
struggle, signalizcd their heroic natures by
throwing themselves from distant places into
the outstretched arms of their country, the
one TO seal his devotion by the gift of his life
aud the other by leading her shattered armies
until the sun of her glory set.
Let Union men everywhere ponder over
this address. When man had to have
comparatively clean record to get into Con-
gress, JOHN HANCOCK was selected to repre-
sent Texas Democrats in Congress. Now
that the rebels hope to gain, by the aid of
Northern dOughfaces, what they lost in war,
HAScOCK's old Union record is used as
club to break his political back.
This case leads to another important re-
Election. Texas, like all the Southern States,
is inviting emigration from the North. If n
man, Southern born and citizen of Texas for
thirty-one years, is to be tabooed because of
his Union sentiments at this late day, what
show will Northern man have, unless in
going 10 Texas he shall be content to leave
behind him all political independence? Are
the people Of the North willing to indorse
the sentiments of the rebels who denounce
Mr.. HANCOCK They do indorse 1t every
time they permit the election of Democrat
to Congress, because it is only by the aid of
Northern Democrats that the rebels can re-
gain power in this land.