The Weston Democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1875-current, 1880-07-03
No. 5.
Hancock aMa Enalish.

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The ticket is courageous, aggres
sive, spirited, splendid, impresna
BILE. About it hang tho swec
odors of loyalty, Of Union, Of pat
riotism, of Democracy, Of tha
whitest Of blossoms, civil liberty
It is the result Of no cunning, o
contrivance, or combination, bu
it's result is harmony. 1t has bur
led the Democratic quarrel in Ney
York. 1t has banished the differ
ences in Pennsylvania. It has as
suaged the feelings Of Indiana. |
is the patriotic laurel ofthc Demo
crats Of the South, and compels all
miration for this reason. 1t is th'
commanding beauty of the ticke
that a distinguished Union soldier
by the eagerness and votes and a
tie instance Of cx.rsbels, wal
placed al its head. No no,nina
tion was ever made with more
genuine spontaneity. General
Hancock was nominated Oh the
second ballot by essentially an
unanimous vote. The nomination
is shining evidence Of Democratic
harmony. Two great names had
been patriotically withdrawn by The
men who bore them. They were
two greet names. One Of them is
a large and modest name, sweet on
the lips of all meE. The other was
the commanding name,which stood
as the pleading representative Of a
great wrong. They were with
drawn, not after a struggle, not af-
ter a wranglo in the Convention,
but before tho Convention assem-
bled. This was the preface to the
lustrous harmony that marked the
Convention. The Convention met,
after organization, took one ballot,
felt its own pulse.beat, and adj
iourned. When tho Convention
re.assembled yesterday morning,
combinations and contriyances and
schemes were unseen and unheard
Of. Tho throb Of the heart Of the
Convention, which tho preceding
lqy had indicated, was tho emperor
Of the situation; and thousands of
men and hundreds Of women in
that temple consecratcd to art then
heard the awiId, sweet music" OF
the arebel yell"
Two great namc had been with
drawn; /; more grcat names yielded
TO! the gentle butimporial pressure
oftlIo unmanipulated and splendid
impulse ofthe Convention. Thur
man, whose name has lent honor to
tho Democratic party, was, through
his friends, among the tirstzto re-
linquisk his claims in favor Of the
Union soldier. Mr.. Justice Field
is an eminent man, whose defense
of civil liberty rs it is commanded
in the Constitution, has earned for
him the gratitude Of the American
people, for in this time it is con-
stitutional liberty that is in danger.
Mr.. Hendricks had the vote Of his
own State to the last, but the atfec-
ton for him beyond his State sur
rendered to the warm devotion to
the Union soldier, who, in peace,
loved not the ways Of war. Mr..
Bayard had 4 large following. He
is Il man Of highest purity Of char
acter, bearing a name that has ma
tional renown. lie received nearly
rs large i vote as did General Han
cock on the first ballot. But his
friends wisely and readily paid
their tribute on the second ballot
to tho desire 10 Danish sectionalism
from this Presidential contest.
There were other eminent men,
named and thought Of for this
nomination, who arc fiji for tho
Presidency. Though Speaker Ran
dali held at his control Il majority
of the delegation from his State,
tho solid vote of that State was
cast with enthusiasm for General
Hancock Of the United States.
General Hancock was nominated
without Il "boom," without money,
without machinery. The United
States, with the wealth and power
of the great country, were repro
sented here. Cincinnati, for the
hour, was net Il city; it was the
country; and tho Convention was
devoted 10 the Republic. II is use.
less to deny that tho nomination Of
General Hancock WAS the personal
triumph of that tenacious Scotch
Democrat, Senator Wallace, OF
Pennsylvania, who "never hunts
with Il brass band" His instincts
selected tho candidate, and his
unOStentatl0us methods alued MS
nomination.
There are million ofsollier votes
in the North. There are more than
five hundred thousand soldier
names OIL tile pension list. Han
cock is the ranking MGjor-Gener.
al of the Army, and were he not to
10 President he would have
been one day tho General of all the
armies of the United States, unless
death interviewed. Hancock is the
illustrious soldier who, when the
war closed, was first to place the
civil authority above the sword
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