The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1880-07-01
HANCOCK AND ENGLISH.

lions of Hancock and English is un-
alloyed and extreme. The entire
Democracy of the Union halls the
Cincinnati Convention with unmix~
ed satisfaction and unbounded de-
light. They read in it all good au-
curry they feel 10 it certain earnest
of glofious triumph they see al
ready the bow of freedoms hope and
promise, spanning the skies-giving
token that the black and bitter wa
tiers of radical misrule are not only
recedog, but that there shall be no
more deinge
The nominees represent the real
ideas of Democracy they are en-
bodiments of genuine principles OF
Constitutional government, as pro-
claimed by the fathers and founders
of the Republic. HancOck's record,
made alike in seasons of war and
peace, is known of all men. 1t is as
brilliant and unblemished as any the
wealth of the country's patriotism
its roll of honor-can present. He
is q soldier, a statesman, a patriot
MAN! In the war between The
Statee, he drew his blade against the
right of secession and fought to
maintain the territorial integrity of
the Union. He fought on principle,
honestly entertained, just as we of
the South fought honestly to uphold
the contrary doctrine. When the
overpowered South surrendered,
Hancock returned his sword to its
scabbord, and was the first to extend
cordially and sincerely to the de-
feated foe the olive branch of peace,
of fellowship, of citizenship, Of
friendship. Military men who have
won great reputation upon the field
of Mars, have not, 10 the maiL, been
the best friends to citizen liberty,
nor the stoutest sticklers for the su
premacy of the civil over the mill
tary authority. Most men love to
exercise when they have pOecer 1t
is q weak ness, generally, of human
nature. But it is among the gems
which bestud, like star, Hsncock's
chapIet, that, when Military Com~
mander of the Department of LOUIS
lana and Texas, and possessed of
plenipotentiary powers, he made the
military subordinate to the civil au-
thority. His Order No 40 deserves
to be written in letters of gold across
the curtains of the sky. 1t is a
monument of wisdom, Of patriotism,
of craftsmanship, more durable than
any ever moulded out of brass or
carved out of marble. But why
need we speak his euIogy 2 All
America knows the story OF his life
by heart.
OF his associate on the ticket, Mr..
English, it is needless to say more,
than that he is a gentleman of spot
less private character, of high cul>
ture, of large experience in public
affairs, of the most conservative
views, of patriotism wide enough in
its sweep to take in all sections
and one throughout his long and liz
lustrious career that never counter
anced wrong, and ever stood by the
rigbt-no matter whether the offen-
der or the injured hailed from the
North or the South, the East or the
West. Patriots of all sections will
never forget and be glad to reward
the service he did the whole coun>
try in the trying times of l054.-
He has never known defeat his
very name is the synonym of sue
cess. Under his sign we shall con-
quer.
Democrats, be of GOOD cheer -
The day of your dehverance is at
hand. The pillar of cloud by day
and of fire BY night is already in the
heavens follow where it points and
you will pass out of the desert of
bondage into the land Of liberation.