The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1880-08-27


idan, whom he could not use In the fur
therance OF my Policy. by Hancock,
whom he could. Was It much TO his
credit that he rendered null and void the
law he was sent there to enforce? He re-
leased the prisoners confined for violation
Of the laws 1t was his duty to execute.
He rendered practicable the midnight
raids that are disgrace to the history Of
the restored South. Does this commend
him TO those who love their country and
value freedom ofspeech and opinion2
But an examination OF Hancock's record
as 10 whether he always championed
civil law might result disastrously TO that
gentleman. A case, famous at the time,
was related, where the City Council OF
New Orleans passed an ordinance provid.
ing Tor the election Of recorder. Han.
cock had d States right friend whom he
desired 10 fill the Office OF recorder, and
he Issued an order removing from office
the members OF Council who voted for the
ordinance. This was under the Presidency
OF Grant, and he issued o counter order
reinstating the Councilmen and relieving
Hancock Of his command. There Is an
illustration OF Republican respect for civil
law, and by the very man whom the
Democrats regard as the embodiment oil
what they call Oesarism. Hancock was
sent To New York TO await orders, aud
there he has been ever since, and he only
got his orders, from Cincinnati, the other
day.
The absence OF any record as states.
man on the part OF Hancock, was referred
to. The ignorance OF the public as to his
standing upon the currency question and
many other absorbing issues, was shown
up in laughable light, in iuxtaposition
to Ben Wilson's shifting position in regard
to the tariff.
The inconsistency OF the Democratic
national platforms In the past with one
another and with their present one was
also shown in manner to provoke an au.
dible smile from the audience. The same
variety in the views OF the candidates
chosen by them was also referred to. They
put forth man first with one sort Of
views, and then with another, and now
they have given us a candidate with no
views at all.
Hancock as defender OF the Union
was contrasted with Phil Sheridan, 'as
brave and gallant a soldier as ever Han
cock dare be, and yet the Democrats show
no particular love for Little Phil" with
Sherman, whose achievements ring
through the world as the clash Of his
arms rang through the air from Atlanta to
the sea; with the hero OF Appomatox, the
conuueror Of Richmond, who had grasped
the tiger Of rebellion in the iungles Of the
wilderness, and while all creation stood
aghast, uttered those historic words OF de-
tiance, an fight it out on this line II II
takes all summer" At each Of these
eloquent references the air was rent with
cheers, heartiest at the mention oil the
name OF Grant.
The issue Of free ballots Gen. Golf be-
lieves to be the absorbing issue OF the
campaign. He narrated instance after In
stance OF frauds in the South, where whole
counties had been shamelessly made to he
almost unanimously Democratic at the
next election after they had given
liberal majorities for the Republican
ticket. This monster evil with which we
have TO grapple, the speaker denounced
with righteous indignation. 1t was a mat
ter Of as much moment here as in Ala
bama or any Southern State, for by these
shameless frauds the South sent represen
tatiyes to Congress who voted on thu
tariff, and by advocating free trade i'm.
periled the very lite OF our industries.
"Is this right2" asked the General, ant
and some unusually frank or very forget
full Democrat in the crowd shouted luatily
"Yes.n
The address closed, in the hearini
Of o crowd that had kept its immense pro
portions with very complimentary steadi
ness, with an appeal to the workingmel
upon the records Of the two parties. TIL,
efforts OF the Wings and Free Sellers Il
pass Homestead bill, and It's failure TO be
come law on account OF Buchanan'sveto
and the subsequent passage Of the law b.
Republican Congress, aud It's sanction
by that gift, of propitious Providence t,
a struggling people," the martyred Lin
coin, were mentioned, and the remark
provoked fitting applause.
After Gen. Golf had finished. cries o
caldwell brought the Republican can
didate for Attorney General to the front
and he kept the crowd at the highes
pitch OF enthusiasm for few minutes will
a ringing speech in bis happiest vein.
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