Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1880-07-02
TIE EFFECT OF THE CINCIN
NAITNOMzNATI ONS THROUGH

NAITNOAzNAII ONS THROUGH
OUT THE COUNTRY.
Since the days of Gen. Harrison, clip
pacanoe and Tyler too,'' no nomination
has swept over this country on such a
wave of enthusiasm as that made at Gin
cinnati. Cannon-fring, speeches, illu-
limitations and general rejoicing among the
Democrats have reigned supreme for
the past week from Maine to Texas. It
seems to have swept the country villages
as completely as the great cities, and in
the kilograms announcing ratification
meetings we see the names of little villages
we never heard of before. In the large
cities the outburst of enthusiasm has been
most remarkable. A prominent citizen Of
Staunton, who was in Philadelphia the
night the Cincinnati delegation returned
to that city, says the sight was one long
to be remembered. The torchlight pro-
cession Of Democrats which turned out
was over three miles long, and the sight
was one never to be forgotten.
Leaving the popular outburst and turn
ing to the great minds that shape the des-
tiny of the United States, we find that
Gen. Hancock occupies the highest place
in their esteem. Thomas F. Bayard, in
his telegram to Hancock expresses the
thought in the heart of the people when he
says s'your nomination is honorable alike
to you and the Democratic party" Sen
ator Randolph says "New Jerseys sons
will stand by you as their sires did by the
Revolutionary hero" Samuel j. Tilden,
in his telegram to the Chairman Of the
National Democratic Convention, says 81
congratulate you upon this suspicious re-
sult.o Gen. Sherman said to reporter
that he had nothing to do with politics
but eff you will sit down and write the
best thing that can be put in language
about Gen. Hancock as an officer and a
gentleman, will sign it without hesita-
tion.'' Senator Thurman said in his speech
at Columbus that Hancock "knew the
true doctrine, the essential doctrine, the
vital doctrine Of every free government
that the military must be subordinate to
the civil power" John W. Forney, the
distinguished Republican, said Hancock's
nomination s'would deliver Pennsylvania
from the terrible curse that has polluted
it's fair fame, destroyed the hopes Of Its
young men and enriched insolent politi-
clans, !" and consolidate North and South
in the holy bonds of fraternal peace and
prosperity" Thurlow Weed, famous
Republican politician, says 'sThe Demo-
Gratis have stopped laundering" Senator
Blaine says SIT is a strong ticket" and
Don Cameron says ''It is very strong
ticket and hard to beat" The Philadel-
phia ssNorth American the leading Re
publican journal Of Pennsylvania says Of
Winfield S. Hancock that "the republic
can boast of no citizen whose private life
and whose public career have been more
worthy of being held up as the purest and
most praisewortby types. Physically,
mentally and morally Gen. Hancock is
one of the best of class which happily is
beginning to furnish many illustrious ex-
amples in the adnrnment of public affairs
Such are some of the expressions of the
friends and foes of the Democracy about
Winfield S. Hancock. We at the South,
who are interested tar more than the
North in the restoration of national
feeling among our people and pride in
our institutions and our government, hail
his nomination as the event that blots out
the past as far as the two sections are con-
cerned. There would be victory with an
other candidate, for this country is heat
tily tired of the Republican party, but
with Hancock comes victory and peace
and prosperity. It does away with the
heart burnings of both sections. It shows
to our countrymen North Of the Potomac
that it is neither the Union, nor it's SOL
diers, nor its people that the South antag
onizes but a corrupt, unprincipled, effete
party whose days, thank Gcd, are now
numbered.