The post. [volume] (Middleburg, Snyder County, Pa.) 1864-1883, 1880-07-29

tiNl5 'fbV'' N-NlD N'Nl bfutt u blhuN
since ho has leclirel in favor Of tue
Republican ticket.
Missouri is now claiming General
Hancock ns a resi- lent. ne owns II
farm in that STATE, IN | alsJ another
in Mississippi
As between the two'Yankee Gen,
erals, Jefferson Davis says he pre-
fers llaucock,-which is quite natur
al, aud very proper.
Col Forney has called upon Gen.
Hancock, and received personal as
surance that tho latter appreciates
the formers sacrifice.
Hancock, a soldier ani-here hi z
record ends. Garfield is a soldier
and n statesman. record is con
tainsl III the history of the country
for the last twenty years.
General Gnilields letter il, on
tho whole, satisfactory, except to
people who don't want 10 ini any
yirtne in it. This number. however,
is small,
Congressman lfnrch. tho Greeu-
backer, says his party iloIrishes
best when times are bard. The
confession is honest aul huni!ii;-
ing.
Col. Forney is writing the life OF
General Hancock for cnmp,igu cir
culntion. iie is To receive 5000
for tho work. Well, tina. is sJne.
thing.
General Roger \ Pryrr. who won
his military title Sighting agniusi
the Union thinks the country il in
great danger from tho Il pub.icanS.
The Democratic organs don't Ike
General Arthur's letter OF accept.
auco any batter than they dill Gar
fields, They are 80 difficult to
please.
Vale Hampton promiscl Han
cock the solid SJushrra E,sc.ora!
vote. He should have added :
"Pe,coaoly il We ciu-Nith shotgun
Il sc mGst"
Senator Clmeron's alleged lake.
wgrlnnass in ths yre-,ut contest
i,os not appear To hive been we'll
grounded, much 10 the disgust OF
the Democrats.
Senator Ermen,rout thinks he /.
tn" maa vho il going - wear NJ
ClvIners Congregational shoes
There are, however, nine othe
patriots after tncm.
There il = probability Of n dead
failure being the result Of the At
teupt % hLr.upnial tho d, G)crt,ic
troubles in New York, Ia Phila-
delphia, ditto.
Hon, Galusha A. Grow has receiv
ed invitations 10 "open the cam
paign" at twenty different points
in tho State within the next ten days.
Uo is kept busy.
Senator Wallace, it is sail, pro,
poses to conduct the campaign 10
Pennsylvania on the "s'iil hnnt'
plan the Republiclns vii! soon
ma lie him abandon such tactics.
Tho IIawkeye says: Don't
grnmble abont tho hot weather, 1t
is manufacturing the biggest crop Of
corn aud potatoes AL II pnblican
votes ever known iu the history OF
the country
General Butler has at last, jein
ed his position He will devote
himself this year TO thorough
Identification with tue Den Dcratlc
party and next year run for Gov
ernOr.
In 1854 the solliers refused TO
vote for General McClelan because
he was the candila,e Of the Demo
cratic party. 10 1850 they will do.
cline To vote for General Hancock
for the same reason.
Barksdlle. the assassin OF Captain
Dixon, Of Yazoo, Mississippi, is
organizing Hancock clubs in that
state. He expents to make things
lively for Republicans. Greeubakers
aod Independent Democrats
How would You like to have an.
propriations made out of the public
funds To pay rebels for their pro Der
ty con6scated daring tho slsveholl
er's rebellion : Add yet that il one
of the thin ~ inevitable if tbs Bour-
bon party is restoretlto power.
General Gariields letter formally
accepting the iepublican nominatioa
for the Presidency, is the strong vet
simple eSpr' ssion by strong an |
well trained yet modest mind Of th
Fundamental truths aud progl essi,e Il
i'leas which are the faith of the Re
publican party. The leading
thought of the letter, as it is the na.
tion. the supremacy Of its laws, the
power of the national government,
the universally of it's citizenship,
aud its right aud duty to protect it's
every citizen everywhere in the on.
|oymsnt Of every right. I