The Indiana State sentinel., 1880-06-30

are following here tonight. 1t was not to be
1t was no fault of his, and it was no fault of
his his ir friends, and in thinking linking
illustrative of the position which we
occupy tonight 1 draw some consolation
Those who have been nit to be President, as /
favorite son at Cincinnati, have not always
been President. Henry Clay was not President
more devotion than he had in endeavoring TO
mako him such. Daniel Webster often
presented and often balloIed for, was not
President. General Lewis Cass was not Presi-
dent; Thomas n. Benton was not President:
and in that great galaxy-I speak for myself
not venturing 10 speak for another,--I would
cupied that high and exalted po-
that high honor was not given to Indiana, /
am very frank 10 say to you that the first man
my heart reached out 10 outside of its borders
the man well; have known him long years;
have known him to be the soul
him 8ot oVafi to be mePeiy 6ish and gallant
soldier. as has ridden along the lines OF battle
with laundering artillery belching on mis-
him at the time when those who now malign
him In the columns of the newspapers
crouched in the rear. [Applause.l / know
and know him as Something more; I know
him as q statesman by intuition. Educated
at West Point let him -. having the career of
tue Instinct Of popular liberties the.
first time the great question of con-
the citizen, free speech. trial by jury,
habeas corpus ever came to him, he knew, as
the mother knows her child, by instinc
Some men have TO be educated to questions OF
that kind. Some men of great honor gain
them, because e, after long years of civil service,
they know those questions by heart: He
Is E''s not SUCH man nam as .: THAT that
f. He to Ss s6air 9
nounced them at once. Ny fellow citizens,
witnessed the Cincinnati Convention. 1t was
fore. Inever shall see its like again. We had
longed for Union soldiers of the Union,
SS,Sn f0Tsht for the Unio9i Gssinps s8g
This great soldier and statesman,
when his name was presented, attracted
around him those elements which, for the
claimed that the war was done. L saw a sight
there which L never'witnessed before, and
which never expect to again. When it be-
came evident that the nomination of Hancock
was fixed fact, / saw the sta. dards of the
States gathered up close together in little
borne by one legged Confederate soldiers, who
had fought Hancock at Gettysburg, who
had fought him in the Wilderness;
men knew personally. saw them walking
on one leg, some bearing the banner in one
hand. L saw soldiers from the North, too
from the various Northern states, coming
down the front, and as they put their banners
together IL seemed as If those banners kissed.
1 saw General Butler, of South Carolina, limp
field OF battle fighting Hancock, placing his
banner close up to the banner of Massachu-
sets set II seemed H to ms the IN LEI in OF
Where is the man that talks OF the bloody
shirt tonight? Where is the poor, sneering,
the disIoysity of the south to the union OF the
States? When / saw this going on thought,
Can it be possible that / witnessed such
sights like this saw As
have often talked with Hancock and others
that were with him.. l saw line of battle
cooiiy, bareheaded, down his line, and 1 saw,
or seemed 10 see. at the head of the opposing
line Gordon and Pickett and Longstreet anu
Lee. the tide of battle charging against each
other. seemed TO see lrim march in the strong
est positions in ihe wilderness B 600 muskets at
the shoulders of the troops saw that terrible
conflict OF battle between the gray, COM
manded by Longstreet, and by him and when
the leaden hail fell like ratndrops and saw at
the head of the surviving snock OF battle
crowned with laurel wreath OF scenic glory
man whom they have now chosen to be the
Chief Magistrate. Is that the disloyal people?
Is that no act OF glory on their partg
You tell me that his nomination was
pre- arrangement of the party. 1 stand as
your representative TO tell you that no ar.
rangement made for General Hancock's
nomination; no bureaus represented him;
aiding his nomination in advance on the
country. 1t commenced with a little cloud
not bigger than a aus band. II came from
Louisiana and Texas. who, in their down
trodden condition felt first his uplifting hand,
and heard first his kind words years ago. They
came there doubtless not expecting TO norni-
nate the man who had done so much, but de-
string to evince their love and affection. 1t
spread like the wind all over that vast hall,
and from mouth to mouth. from tongue to
tongue.and from hand to hand the voice went
forth that here is a man great for the Union,
soldier with sword in his hand-great for
liberty.
Mr. Voorhees, concluded amidst great APP
plause. by showing the manner in which the
Republicans of his part of the State received
TIL news of the nomination OF Hancock and
English.
Then came Mr.. Landers, Democratic can
didate for Governor. with this speech:
LANDERs' SPEECH.
am much gratifed TO see such a large turn
out of Democrats here tonight. When was
at Cincinnati laboring In the interest of Mr..
Hendricks feared, when we would call rat
fiction meeting here, that it would not be
well attended, but / am gratified to know that
the enthusiasm that sprung mp at Cincinnati
has found its way to indianapolis. Some OF