The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1880-06-30
OUR CANDIDATES.
Who and What they Are.
MAJoR-GFxERAL HANCOCK.

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Who and What they Are.
MAJOR-GENERAL HANCOCK.
Winfield Scott Hancock. the nominee OF the
Democratic party for President for ne comm 9
campaign. vas born IN Montgomery County,
Pennsylvania February IA 1924 He grad
uated al hest Point IN 1874 and was or two
years Oh frontier duty in Fhe Seminole ana
& Mexican y ers. Gui was breve5tea First LieU-
tenant Tor gallant ana meritorious conduct IN
f the battles OF COnIreras and herubuSco. Au-
gust 70, ls4I. He was regimental quartermas-
Ter from June, 1878, to 1912. and Adiutant
since 1919. Upon the eakiug out ST The civ
+ Il war he was, Septem her ,. ISL, pointed a
BrIgadIer-Gs neral OF Volunteers. A. an Off
GER o. the United States Army, he fought on
the Union side in the ar was promoted rap
idly, and accounted one Of the best officers in
that army.
THE SCRRATT AFFAIR
On the 18th of July, 1855. the Military Com
orders No 2ll, dated War Department. Adju-
tant-GeneraIs Office, Nav o. 1860 Of which
Major General David Hunter. United States
Volunteers was President, found Mrs. SUrratt,
Lewis Payne, George A. Atzer odt and David f.
Harold guilty. OF completely IN the assassIna-
ton plot, and on the same day Andy Johnson.
then President, ordered Major-General ". =
Hancock, then commanding Middle Military
Division, through E. ID. Tow nsend, Assistant
execute
the 9th General Hancock delivered the death
warrant to Major-Geueral Hartrauft, who had
charge Of the prisoners. Mrs Surratt was ex-
ecuted not by General Hancock, bur 6g Lapt1iz3
Roth, 4ssistadt BreUet- Marshal kae5Hg fsHIs-
date charge Of The execution 3rh0 care fbs sjgHa
J0T the props 10 be knocked iron, under. Geuer-
al Hancock did everything he could during
the affair to aid the pardon Of Mrs Surratt
keeping line of messengers posted from the
White House the Jail in the anxious expee-
fancy that the President would show some sign
Of relenting aud at the last moment listen TO
the pleadIngs of the angel of mercy. Judge
Nylle granted writ Of habeas corpus on the
application Of Mrs Surratts counsel. but An
dy johnson suspended the writ and July 1,
lo6j, issued to Maj General Hancock the fol-
lowing order
"ExEcUTrvE OFFICE, July :, 1853.
"To MAJoR-GESERAL W ). Hancock, Com
handing, &c: /, Andrew Johnson, President
of the United States, do hereby declare that
the writ OF habeas corpus has been heretofore /
suspended in such cases a. this, and / do here
by specially suspend this writ, and direct
that you proceed to execute the order hereto I
fore given upon the judgment Of the Military /
Commission, and you VIII give this order IN
return to this writ.
ANDREW JOHNSON, President
Hancock took Mrs Surratt before the Court .
Attorne V General Speed appeared for the Gov /
and the Judge and General Hancock /
were unable TO do anything. Thus it appears
,hat General Hancock, while doing his duty [
as an officer, as man tried every means IN /
his power TO mitigate the barbarous order OF +.
President johnson. President johnson refus-
ed to see Miss Anna Surratt, the daughter,
who escorted to the W hIte House by Gen
eral Hancock on the day of the execution, and
General Hancock ersonallys but unavailing-
y interceded.
After the
CLOSE OF THE WAR
He was placed successfully in command of the
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If Missouri 1861, of louisiana and Texas !
1878, of Dakota (lS70-2) and, the death
# General Meade i'll November, 1872, of the
Department of the East. He was once before
candidate for the nomination of a Democrat
c Convention for the Presidency. and that
vas in July, 1868, when, on the first ballot, he
eceived 80 = votes out of 81, which number
increased to l44% the eigh-
zenith, this being, with the exception Of l4o12 I
asst for Pendleton on the twelfth ballot, the
greatest number of votes given TO any candl-
late for the nomination until the twenty
econd ballot, when HOratiO Seymour received +
S12 he also prominently before the coun- {
ry as a candidate, and, at the Pennsylvania Z
tate Convention in 1869, nominated for t
he Governship of the State, but declined the
onor He married January u, 1850, Almira, E
he eldest daughter of Samuel Russell, of the :
rm of Bennett & Russell, who were promi- =
ent commission merchants of st. Louis Mo.
It West Point Hancock graduated eighteenth
n his class.
HIS LOUISIANA CAREER.
c,r, ,. -, :. TOE
Ueheral Manages na'i ~ oeeH IN Io?I as
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lSeu 70 iuIhlsil tne tloUP9r ot 'n ~ t
ne military was subordinate 70 civil 't"tHoII,
! IN Illhe Oh peace anu could ohIJ 70 useu
ME ne coIhha1ueu, 10 ali anI suPPorI IT.
Ut never 10 subordinate II NCheI"t Iitu-
lck dWeIt at some lehgth, IN ms letIer OF re-
~, on the rights OF 'he o'att, anu loeI.les o
| ne Peopie pnueI me t.lGH In7 islins
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eoPle Vi ~ uleIaha anu teN's '4"'l' mn {
'cK lot renewing theIn OF carpet Gag oPPFes-
on, without 9ouotl 5pFeaI the sentiment p
lat nohilhated MIN as rreSldeh'' Il
wTTTTAN II ENGLISH
II
The candidate for the Vice-Presidency, is
lie of Indiana foremost sons lie received
good common-school education and after
ard classical one, passing three years a
e University of South Hanover. He studied
W, admitted to practice at the Bar in
40 but devoted most of his time to agricul-