The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1880-06-30
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sive, spirited splendid, impregnable.
Abcntit hang the sweet odors Of 10y
atty, Of Union, Of patriotism, of De-
moctaey, Of tina. whitcst Of blossoms.
civil liberty. 1t IS the result Of no
cunning, or contrisanee, or combina-
tion, but its result is harmony. 1t
has buried the Democratic quarrel in
New York. II has banished the diff
ferences in Pennsylvania. It has
assuaged the feelings of Indiana. 1t
is the patriotic laurel Of the Demo-
Gratis Of the South, and compels adj
miration for this reason. It is the
commanding beauty of the ticket
thata distinguished Union soldier,
by the cagerness and votes and at
the instance Of ex-rebels, was placed
at its head. No nomination was ey-
er made with more genuine spontan-
city. General Hancock was nomi-
mated on the second ballot by essen
TALLY anunanimous vote. The nom
ination is shining evidence Of DEM
ocratic harmony. Two great names
had been fasgiotically Withdrawn
BY the men who bore them. They
were two great names. One of them
is a large and modest name, sweet on
the lips Of all men. The other was
the commanding name, which stood
MS the pleading Representatives. a
greatwrong. They were withdrawn,
not after astruggle, not after u wran-
gle in the Convention, but before the
Convention assembled 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 adjourned. When the Con-
vention re-assembled combinations
and contriyances and schemes were
unseen and,unheard Of. The throb
of the heart of the Convention, which
the preceding day had indicated, was
the emperor Of the situation; and
thousands Of men and hundreds Of
women in that temple consccrated to
art then heard the '"wild, sweet mu-
sicp Of the "rebel yell.''
Two great names had been with
drawn; more great names yielded TO
the gentle but imperial pressure Of
the MANIPULATED and splendid inn
pulse of the Convention. Thurman,
whose name has lent honor TO the
Democratic party, was, through his
friends, among the first to relinquish
his claims in favor Of the Union sol
dier. Mr. Justice Field is an emf
nent man, whose defense of civil lib
erty as it is communicable the Con-
stitution has earned for him the graf
itude Of the American people, for in
this time it is constitutional liberty
that is in danger. Mr.. Hendricks
had the yotelof his own State to the
last. butthe affection forhim.beyond
his State surrendered to the warm
devotion to the Union soldier, who,
lin peace, loved not the ways of war.
Mr.. Bayard had a large following
He is man Of highest purity Of
character, bearing a name that has
national renown. He received near
ly as large a vote as did Hancock on
the first ballot. But his friends
wisely and readily paid their tribute
on the second ballot to the desire to
Danish seetionalism from this Presi-
dental contest. There were other
eminent men, named and thought Of
for this nomination, who are fit for
the Presidency. Though Speaker
Randall held at his control majori.
ty of the delegation from his State,
the solid vote of the State was cast
with enthusiasm for General Han.
cock Of the United States.
| General Hancock was nominated
without a s.boom," without money,
without machinery. The United
!, States, with the wealth and power Of
the great country, were represented
here. Cincinnati, for the hoG., was
not a city; it was the country; and
the Convention was devoted to the
Republic. 1t is useless to deny that
the nomination Of General Hancock
was the personal triumph Of that
tenacious Scotch Democrat, Senator
Wallace, of Pennsylvania, who "nev
er hunts with brass band.n His
instincts selected the candidate, anc
his transformations methods aided his
nomination.
There are a million Of soldier votes
in the North. There arc more than
], five hundred thousand soldier names
on the pension list. Hancock is the
ranking Major-General of the Army.
and were he not to be President he
would have been one day the Gen,
eral Of all the armies of the United
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