The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1880-07-08

ton. After the rain sIackened a little
we proceeded on Jul way towards Ray.
mond, staying all night at the honse Of
Mr.. Macarthur, aud next day return I'd
to Dry Grove. and thence home, where
you will occasionally hear from
PAP.
The Press on Anncock's Nomi.
nation.
Albany Argus: The nomination of
Major General Hancock means unity,
victory and the keeping'of victory. 1t
means election and Inauguration. The
act was characteristic of a great party
in it's best mood.
Washington Star: As to General Ham
cock, we believe his nomination to be
the strongest which the Convention
could mkae, What four mouths may
but our present impression is that he
will be elected.
Courier des Etats- Jnis: The best
nomination that could be made-not
so much because of the personal merit
of the candidate as of the fact that he
is universally acceptable to the Demo
cratic party and is least open to the as
sauits Of it's adversaries.
/ Hartford Tines: To Democrats his
nomination is salts actory on macy &C
counts an not the least is his acknowl~
edged states n tnShrp. h is not on'y
a great and brilliant soldier. but he
has given striking proofs Of his posses
sion Of the higher quatiic ltions Of q
leader IN civil aft tirs
Utica Herald: Hancock is a strong
candidate, not only in his military rec
ord AMI his unbletnished personal char
acter. but in the fact that he has no
political record, aud therefore no po-
litlcal enemies. SO long as the South
! stands ready to support him there are
no autagonisms anywhere in the par
ty aroused by his candidacy.
st, Louis Times: The convention at
Cincinnati yesterday did its work
promptly and we'll. If 1t had dehbera>
ted a week it could not have made a
stronger ticket or one more acceptable
and to the mass Of the people. Its ac-
ton had the rush of a cyclone and the
wisdom of an inspiration.
Richmond State: The general JOY
with which Hancock's name will be
hailed throughout the South will meet
with an equally hearty response. We be-
lieye, from the North, and we shall
Elmira Free Press. The nomination
unites the party from one end OF the
land to the other. New York vii. go
for Hancock by a larger majority than
was ever given a candidate III that State
before. Tue two sections of the party
will Se as firmly united as if there had
never boon "A Disagreement. The uom-
nation, all thiugs considered, is the
strongest and best that could have been
made.
Boston Traveller: The nomination is
personally strong aud the candidate is
worthy of all the respec: that is due to
a patriotic soldier, and, so far as we
know an upright and honest cit'z N.
Aelexandria Gazette: Hancock aud
English constitute a ticket OF which
any party might be proud, aud with
which i'll the existing condition of
American politics, when men, men. not
principles, are the things to be consid-
cred. no party could well be defeat-
ed. There is victory in the very sound
of it. The Democrats will support it to
a man, and IN choosing between it and
that presented by the Chicago Conven-
ton the vast army of voters will not
take long to consider.
Waterbury Amealcan:The nomination
of General Winfield Scott Hancock at
Cincinnati Is a settler for the war is,
sue, upon which political campaigns
for the past twenty Yeas have been
fought. 1t places two soldiers in oppo-
sltion to each other in the political
field who fought side by side in the
physical struggle between the sections.
Albany Times: 1t has fallen to the
lot of few men to render such valuable
services to his country as General Hau-
cock has done. Upon all occasions
and under all circumstance III which
he has been distinguished by remarka-
BILE judgement, discretion and force of
character. A glorious soldier, a stead
fast friend, a useful citizen; he is ali
that is noble, just. and brave Thou
sands and thousands of his old soldiers
will gladly vote for him, aud almost evs
cry citizen in the land will think twice
before refusing his suffrage to such a
candidate as Winfield scott Hancock,
the patriotic soldier.
Port Jervis Gazette: Hancock's name
stands we'll everywhere, and the only
hope the Republicans ever had, in wav-
ing the "bloody shirt from morning,
until night. is now buried,
Newark Journal: Tue nomination is
one that will heal all differences and
solidlfy the Democracy at the North As
well as at the South. Given that resui.
,o.,., -, f.llAv 90 Oh, -.-I. At
day.
Louisville Courier Journal; Win
field Scott Hancock is the Democratic
candidate for the Presidency OF the
United States. The South takes him.
and will give him her undivided vote.
He fought the South, but when the
smoke of battle rolled away he as ear
nestIy fought against the impositlous
of despotic expedients upon the South-
ern communities i'll the military divis
ion of which he was head. He under.
stood the war to haye been fought to
maintain the supremacy of the Cunsti-
tuition over the Southern States, aud
when the conflict ended, he knew that
logically these States were under the
| Constitution. aud that the substitution
Oh tue SWDEu ~ SlNIl kONcIuIltuL WAS
but II new phase Of rebellion against
the Constitution for which the Union
soldiers fought.
Philadelphia Ledger: In making
their choice for the presidency the
! Democrats took one Of two men who
are, beyond doubt, their most desirable
candidates. Senator Biyard IS the
other. Both are men of high character
any %distinctio.. justly standing high i'll
the favor Of the country, and either is
far more formidable than any other in
the list before the Convention. Bay
ard has the larger experience in public
affairs, bat he was threatened with an
attack upon his war record. The war
issue continuing to be uppermost in
party politics, Notwithstanding the
lapse of fifteen years siuce the suppress
sion of the rebellion, it is this which
constrains the conventions to turn
their attention to military heroes, and
it is this which moved 1.-THE Cincinnati
Convention to concentrate on General
Hantock, who IS by far the strongest
candidat the Democrats could have put
in the field.
Philadelphia North American: It is,
the simplest justice to him who has
been honored, and the most unavnida-
bic need of prlise to those who have
conferred the distinction, to say of Win.
field s. Hancock that the Republic can
boast of no citizen whose private life
and public career have been more wor-
thy Of being held up AS the pnrest and
most praise worthy types. Physically, |
mental y aud morally General Hancock