The Weston Democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1875-current, 1880-07-10
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of t1lis great republic. The grea
principles Of our party are, til,
powers Of The general govcrnmen
must be limited by constitutions
barricrs, the affairs Of tho EocHlitie.
must be settled by men Of the 10
ca!itics, and there shall be 10 pri
vilegGd classes, whether Of individ
ua!s or corporations under the GOV
crmcnt. These arc the three car
Iinal articles Of our creed, and it i
the mission Of our party not only
to assert them, but 10 see that they
are applied in tho administration
of the government.
When the convention was organ.
lied several eminent and patriotic
men were presented for tho nomi-
nation. The sage and statesman
OF New York who in 1876 was
called by a majority ola quarter
ofa million Of votes 10 tho Presi-
tlcncy would have had n strong
following had ho permitted the use
ofhis name. The eminent jurist
Of California, who for years has
adorned the Supreme bench Of the
United States, had many earnest
friends. That able and distin-
guislled Dcmocrat-the Speaker Of
the House Of Representatives had
q support Of which any man might
be proud. Tho delegation Of Endi-
ana stood by her foster son to the
last. None Of these, however,
could secure the nomination. The
management Of leaders lailctl-the
machinery of politics were derang-
ed and Intellectual. Delegates
abandoned their individual prefer
ences and ordinary methods and
bowed TO tho will Of the people.
Tho friends of our candidate said
"we llayc no money and no boom,
but We have q man and Il catlse,n
and HAT man and that cause won.
Tho convention gave to tho people
the peoples candiilate-Wintield
Scott Hancock-that,s at,sollicr-states-
man and peerless gentleman.
Great cheering. Whose ru!e Of
life hNs been not to seek place and
prefGrnlCnt, but to "act in the liv-
ing present." and discharge faith
fully every present duty. Ills
nomination was due moro than to
all clso to the fact that his own
conduct had illustrated the great
truth that tho military must he
subordinate TO the civil power.
LIDO not intend to attempt to nd
vance one cause=in our candidate
bysrepcating charges against the
Republican candidate ZWe=proft
by 5an experience in=politics five
do not learn that cruel and unjust
charges arc oEgen made..l choose
10 assume, ttntil=tlic contrary is
proven, that no man can secure the
nomination of either of tho great
political parties who is not O man
Of ability and integrity. We have,
however presented to the Ameri-
can people a man whose life is as
undetiletl as q star, and whose abil-
lily and patriotism arc beyond ull
question. Ills nomination even
has accomplished what q week ago
were regarded by many as impolitic.
II has reconciled completely, and I
trust forever, the two rings of the
New Turk Democracy. When
John Kelly and Fellows clasped
hands in the presence of that mag
niIicient audience, and the organ
pcalctl forth tho strains Of "Auld
Lang Syue," tho doad past buried
its dead. 1t has harmonized the
Wallace and tho Candall men Of
Pennsylvania, It has united his
support in South Carolina and
Massachusetts. The men who
charged the heights and those who
manned the works Mt Gettysburg
stand shoulder to shoulder under
his banner and like
nTha Dou,tlns md thn Percy IN.
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world III ArHls'
The Union soldier can recall him
as he led his brigade at Williams
burg, or us he rotc down his line
ut Gettysburg, under n shower of
shot and she'll, and received his