Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1880-07-29
The Difference Between Garfield and
Hancock.

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Gen. Garfield was the son Of q poor
widow.
Gen. Hancock was born of wealthy
parents.
Gen. Garfield was canal driver in
his early youth.
Gen. Hancock was West Pointer.
Gen. Garfield educated himself at his
own expense.
Gen. Hancock was educated at the ex-
psnse of the National Treasury.
Gen. Garfield studied political econo-
my.
Gen. Hancock studied the manual of
arms.
Gen. Garfield volunteered to fight for
the cause of the Union.
Gen. Hancock being IN the regular ar
my, and was compelled to fight or re-
S gn in disgrace.
Gen. Garfield had an independent
military command and won an lmpor-
tant battle.
Gen. Hancock never had an indepen-
dent command, and never won battle.
Gen. Garfield is ripe statesman OF
twenty-five years experience.
Gen. Hancock is professional sol
dier. or, according to the Democratic vo-
cabulary during the war, a "hireling."
Gen. Gorfield is hard money man.
Gen. Hancock is ?
Gen. Garfield favored and fought for
resumption.
Gen. Hancock on the question of re-
sumption was ? ?
Gen. Garfield favors protecting home
labor as against the pauper labor of
Europe.
Gen. Hancock stands on the Cincinna-
ii platform, which fayOrs protecting the
pauper labor of Europe against our
| home labor.
Gen. Garfield is for protecting all citi-
zens an the right to vote for whomeyer
they please.
Gen. Hancock favors allowing Rebel
shot-gunners to he the Judges as to who
Shall vote and who shall not vote-cide
his action in Louisiana.
Gen. Garfield believes our country a
Nation with big n.
Gen. Hancock believes our country to
be federation Of States, each spelled
with big S.
Gen. Garfield believes the State Gov
ernments to be subject to the National
Government.
Gen. Hancock believes the National
Government to be subject to the State
Government-Uideh his No. 40 in Louisi-
ana.
Gen. Garfield favors submission to the
laws and is opposed to state of alIar-
chy.
Gen. Hancock is on record as having
60 nuf
-Uide his offer to support Tilden with
the troops under his command if he
would only have himself sworn in as
President.
Gen. Garfield has great record as a
statesman, on all subjects connected
with the science of government.
Gen. Hancock's only claim to states
manship is his Louisiana letter supinel
allowing the ex-rebels to crush out the
Union Republicans and introduce the
shotgun policy.
Gen. Garfield is an independent man,
and will be governed by what he believes
to be right or for the best interest of the
countrywide his Congressional career.
Gen. Hancock, if elected, will be as
potters clay in the hatds of those who
once tried to destroy our Government
Uide his order No. 40 in Louisiana.
Gen. Garfield is plain matter-of-fact
statesman.
Gen. Hancock looks well in his uni
form on horseback.
Gen. Garfield is opposed to the ex-reb-
els having control of our Government.
Gen. Hancock favors allowing the
Confederates having full control of the
Government after they had once tried to
destroy it.
Gen. Garfield never pulled down our
flag to please rebel.
Gen. Hancock ordered the flag overl
his quarters in New Orleans to be pull
ed down at the request of Gen. Beaure-
gard, the rebel who first fired on that
flag at Fort Sumter. This request was
made as condition to his accepting
Hancock's invitation to dine with him.
We have now shown the difference
between the two Presidential candidates,
and we invite all thoughtful voters to
read the foregoing and ponder over it,
and then make their choice of the two,
feeling that they cannot do otherwise
than to vote for the professional states
man as against the professional soldier
know-nothing.- Leader.