The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1880-06-30
THE POPULAR FIAT.
GEN. HANCOCK'S NOMIN
HOW IT WAS MADE AND WHAT
IT MEANS.


The universal acceptability of Gen.
Winfield Scott Hancock with all sorts
of Democrats, is one of the marvels OF
his nomination. Everybody seems to be
enthusiastic-overi it, Those who are not
50, down at the bottom of their hearts,
affect it, that they may keep step with
the music Of the prevalent spirit Of the
party which Is in no mood to tolerate
/ Indifference and luke-warm support Of
the ticket Why is the Cincinnati tick
ct universally and irresistably strong !?
Simply because, the nomination Of
Hancock (and English which followed
a. a matter Of necessity acas IN
spjred BY the people themselves. They put
the huge ball in motion. They started
the hurrah for Hancock in defiance Of
Senatorial cIiques, corporation protests,
and the corrupting influences Of the
monied monopolists. Before the Con
vention met, while the clans were yet
gathering at Cincinnati, his name was
ignored by the slate makers and bum
mers whom the cliques and the rings
sent around to produce an impress
sion among the delegates in favor
Of their particular favorites. They
said he had no influential leaders in
Congress, especially in the Senate.
They said he had no money. The cor
poration rings had no use for him
wouldn't stake him, and would not
recognize him as bare Presidential pos
sibility. Pennsylvania was not for him
they said. The claquers Of one looked
upon him as an intruder into the arena
where the great prize was to be fought
for with kid gloves; and the followers
Of another thought Of everybody else in
preference to the soldier-statesman who
had been too poor if he had not been too
pure and proud to conciliate factions
and to pledge rewards as a recompense
for support The Hancock head-quar-
tiers at Cincinnati was very humble
establishment. 1t had no music, nor
bummers, nor electioneering parapha-
MALTA. The crowds were not tempted
to visit it by glittering display. 4 few
Thoughtful men from different parts of
Union met at intervals to consult as
to the prospects Of nominating the can
didate to whom they looked as the great
deIiverer; but that was all. The noise
and clamor Of the clique bummers, the
syndicates and the corporation oligar
chies were loud and furious, while these
unobtrusive men men were delibera-
ting and doing their work. The ques-
ton, where is Hancocks strength re
manned mystery until his name was
announced in the Convention, and then
it was no longer a secret that his strong
tower was in the hearts Of the people. Its
mention touched the fountains Of the
mighty deep of public feeling and they
came forth like the waters from the
smitten rock in an irresistible deluge Of
enthusiasm which swept everything be-
fore it. The plots of the schemers and
the rings were blown off like bubbles,
and vanished into nothingness. He led
CALAMITY ON the first ballot and on the
second he was nominated. State after
State broke the lines which the cliques
and the syndicates had so cunningly
formed, and rushed pell-mell, heller
skelter, into the Hancock boom. 1t was
not question among those who had
been holding out against The peoples man,
,cbo 1coud but who could. change first.
With the schemers especially there was
a rush to leave the sinking crafts
which they had set afoat with abound
ing expectations to get aboard the good
vessel, taut and strong, from whose
prows the broad pennant of Hancock
danced in the breeze.
The popular fiat that Hancock should
be nominated, means that:
Constitutional Government shall be
maintained.
The right of selfgovernment shall
be preserved.
The bloody-shirt shall be furled
The currency of the country shall
consist of SILVER and gold, and of paper
as good as coin.
The military shall be subordinate to /
the civil power.
No consolidation. A strict construc-
ton of delegated powers.
A condemnation of the Presidential /
theft of 1876, Of Electoral Commission /
to rob the people out of their
choice, and of its spawn, the illegiti-
mate, usurping administration of Il. B.
Hayes.
Equal distribution of the benefits
and the burdens of the government.
Low taxes-economy.