Connecticut western news., 1880-06-30

Gen. Pettis, of Alabama, said that at the request of Indiana he placed in nomina- tion William H. English, of Indiana. The roll call went on, and State after State seconded English's nomination un- that State, nominated ex-Gov. Bishop, of for English. Gen. Villas, of Wisconsin, moved that the nomination be made unanimous, which was done.
 GENERAL W. S. HANCOCK.
 Major General Winfield Scott Hancock is at present in command of the Military Department of the Atlantic, with head quarters on Governors Island. He was born in Montgomery County, Pa, Feb. IA, 1924, and is consequently in his fifty seventh year. He was graduated at West Point and assigned to duty with the Sixth Infantry, with which he served during the Mexican war. In lo55 ne was ordered to Florida to take part In the campaign agalnst the Semlnole ln- dians. In 1861 he was made Br1gadler- General and attached to the Army ot the Potomac, being present at the various engagements of the Peninsular cam paien. and at South Mountain, Antietam, fredericksburg and Charlottesville.
 A few days before the battle of Gettys- burg he was placed in command of the Second corps, and in the heavy lighting of July 3, 1863, he was severely wound ed He remained in command of the Second corps until the close of the war, taking part in the battles of the Wilder ness and in all the subsequent operations in Virginia. He has since been Con- mander of the Middle Department and the departments of the Missouri and of Louisiana. He was candidate before the Democratic Conventions of 1868 and 1876, receiving in each convention @ vote large enough to place his among the foremost names. He is of magnificent physique, standing over six feet in his boots, and weighing close on 300 pounds, but graceful withal. He is the senior major general of the army.
 VIM. H. ENGLISH.
 William H. English, of Indiana, is 57 years old. His figure is tall, erect, and we'll proportioned He was educated as a lawyer, and has practiced in the United States Supreme Court. He has been Speaker of the Indiana House of Repre- sentatives, and a member of the national House of Representatives for four con- secutive terms. He was President of the national Bank that was first to put its issue in circulation. He retired from ac- tive business in 1877.
 Se THE PLATFORM.
 The Democrats of the United States in Con- vention assembled declare
 Frct VVo Y,1od to stitutional doctrines and traditions of the Demo- cratic party as Illustrated by the teaching and example of 8 long line of Democratic statesmen and patriots, and embodied in the platform of the last National Convention of the party. Second-Opposition to centrahzationism, and to that dangerous spirit of encroachment which tendst to consolidate the powers of all the de- partments in one, and thus to create, whatever be the form of government, real despotlsm. No sumptuary laws; separation of church and state for the good of each common schools fos- tered and protected.
 Third-Home rule, honest money, consisting of gold and silver and paper, convertible to coin on demand. The strict maintenance of the public faith, State and national, and tariff for revenue only.
 civil power and general and thorough reform of the oi FiftSNT5e right to free ballot is the right pre- ssryaye of all rig6ts and must and shall be main n y is the sentative of conspiracy only, and its claim of right to
 arshas to iptmidate and ebstruct the eleetors and the unprecedented use of the veto to maintain it's corrupt and despotc power, insults the people and
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 0i Sae s1oT sy to preserve the country from the horrors of cix hs o more sacfed duty upon the people of the Union than e9ecrate the course this Amntra tion in making places in the civil service reward for e fy ny e candidate to bribe his way to the seat of usurper by yeips RaR the of sanse r again be candidate for the exalted place to which he was which he was eSeudsd by the leaders of the Repubi is by the e9 seesr ef fn ua adb dence in his wisdon. patriotism and integrity un- Saer % he oWe se ment he has chosen for hmsef by the sympathy and who. by eievatins the standards of publfc morality and adorning and purifying the public service merits
 Tenth-Free ships and living chance for American commerce on the seas and on the land. No discTimi nation in favor of transportation nes corporations .-Eievent6. endment of the Barlingame treaty No more Chinese immigration except for travel edu- cation. and foreign commerce, and therein carefully
 Tweifth-Public money and public credit for public purposes solely and public land for actual settlers labor and the laborinf and pedges itself to pro tect him alike against the cormorants and the com
 Fonrteenth-we congratulate the country upon the honesty and thrift of a Democratic Congress which npon the of home and the % m s6Gnf a 1 of 9s Ss ss sna dnspps M tsg s genne g ard sstng reform