The comet. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1877-1882, 1880-09-18
HANCOCK WILL BE ELECTED.


of the nationality of the fathers of tn
. Republic of its primitive integrity
sincerity and fraternity.
2. He is II fair personitication OF TIN
chivalry and honor of America-with
out stain upon his escutcheon-witl
no vulnerable spot for his enemies t.
strike.
8. He is the inspiration of the unfit
cation of the CONTINGENCIES having
gagged in political contests enough t.
embitterhis soul against any honorabl,
class of his fellow-citiZens, and being
Il man of sufficient breadth and depth
of intellect and selt-reliant confidence
rs to make it impossible that he
should dwindle into the supple tool
of managing and designing and mar.
row politicians OF any party OF
| section.
| 4. Whatever interested and con-
tracted and vndictive partisans IN ny
say of him and his party, it is impossi-
bic TO shake the faith of any consider
portion Of the American people in the
soundness of his fealty to the Consti-
tuition, in his comprehension of the
true genius of our government, and ON
his fidelity to the best interests of this
whole people. And it is equally i'm
possible to convi ce thinking men,
north, south, east or west that the
Democratic party is sectional or
dangerous political organization, or
that it has not more of the elements Of
safety and patriotic conservatism and
gendine nationalism than any other.
5. The fullness of time has arrived
for Il change, and the people yearn for
for it. The honor OF the nation de-
mands it. twenty years of uninter-
rupted control is enough for any one
party. Experience has shown that II
long lease of power tends to corrup-
ton and sense Of responsibility to
the people, and that change is not
only wholesome but absolutely de-
manded to check. the insidious en-
croachments of otfice-holders upon the
people. This idea has strong no d
upon the silent American thought
and is producing an undercurrent
which cannot be resisted.
I. The people Of both sections are
tired and sick ofnursing the hot-beds of
sectional hostility, merely to hold Il
corrupt party in power, which ought
to be deposed anyhow. Twenty years
embraces nearly a generation, and far
too long time for men to live on
hate. 1t is time for every body, of
whatever section Of the Union, to
begin to be ashamed of this Indian
like perversity, which only multiplies
the obstacles to content, happiness
and prosperity. 1t is time for the
true patriotism of the different sec
tions of the Union to embue itself
with Il little common sense, and to
frown down the sectonalism and
hostilities which foster discord. The
election Of Hancock means that this
will be practically done in every Sec
ton. His administration will be
based on the idea not of Il "solid
South" or of Il hostile North but of a
solid Union and Il restored brother
hood. Neither the bitter men of the |
North, nor the extreme men of the |
South will guide it. He has said just
enough in his order No. 40, and in his
letters to PcaSe and Sherman to show
-he size of man he is, and that he will
not only be the President in fact as
we'll as in name, but an cminently
wise, just and constitutional President
not only the President of the North,
nut also of the South, bringing to both
he genuine reconciliation yearned for
" both, upon principles which rccog-
lize the equal manhood and equal
tights of both.
I. The South is conceded to Han
ock, and with the Northern States
arried by Gov. Tilden in 1876 he will {
ave electoral votes to spare Nobody !
ut Il blinu partisan will assert that r
hancock is not as strong Il man as ,
'ilden. The fact is he is vastly more ,
opular in the States carried by Til +
en- in 1876, and the cOnitions new are |
asst y more favorable for him than Z
hey were for Tilden. The recent :
IectiOns in Vermont and Maine prove $
nat the last desperate card of the t
.epublicans-the unpatriOtc attempt L
sectiOnalize their party and fan into a
new flame the expiring embers of 7
le warts Hat failure. The vfgor- r
Is Haunting Of the bloody shirt does c
Dt work. The bugbear Of the "solid j
Outh" fails to brighten voters. All Il
gns go to show that the Republican t
lrty is doomed. Its mission is ended.
; time has come. 1t can live no longer h
pom the memories Of the past 1t o
i'll be permitted no longer to play the "
lrt Of vultures and tear open healing I
ounds to satiate a depraved appetite. fc
he people want health, and the Re ft
lblican party is found to be poison b
Is obstacle to the complete restora- Il
ion OF health to the body polite. il
s. With the States of the South con- "
eded united with the States that ei
ted for Tilden, Hancock would have Il
of Is. But it must not be al
Iagined that his vote will stop there. st
has good fighting chance for Hi as
is and Ohio. He is almost certain I'll
carrying Pennsylvania and Califor- fU
|; and his prospects in Oregon,
isconsin and Colorado are fully as NJ
ID, and in our opinion good deal fl
tier than Garfield's. He could lose hi
diana and New York and still he tIl
cted. But these two latter States re
as safe for him as Mississippi is. 81
m any view of thp oupstion tho indi- l.;