The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1880-07-15

dination of partisan feelings and dlspo'
sition to the country's interests.
When we were striving our best, when
thirteen out of fourteen joined in sign
ing that bill-all of them, except o ?.
Nor on, who preferred a conf lslon in
which the Republicans could prolong
their administration and a new tenure
of TO him and his associates at
this time Garfield used his hue powers
against that measure Of wisdom, He de-
clared there was no warrant for 1t under
the Constitution, and then, strange to
saw, he went II on the committee and
swore to execute its powers. | leave 1t to
him to explain his conduct leave 1t
to any one 10 ex lain IT.
II for the last four years you have been
in peace, if you have been at liberty to
attend your daily svoCations and build
M fortunes, do not thank the men who
preferred the mailed hand of Ulysses
Grant to lawful rule. Garfield is no UNI
known man. He has a long record. he
has been long a leader among the advo'
Gates Of force bills, suspension OF habeas
corpus, military usurpation and every
other means resorted to by his party to
prolong their power. There has not been
a measure tending to exalt the military
above the civil power, not a question
tending to create animosity between the
sections, in which James A. Garfield was
not on the same side. All this we pro-
pose to end by placing in power a man
who, although a distinguished soldier,
never forgot that his citizenship was a
higher distinction. [Applause.
The logic of Hancock is that the civil
power is above the military. Sectional
ism should not be allowed as a party
cry. What Is called the bloody shirt
must be folded up forever, and the
American people should be brought to-
gether as one people, with one govern.
ment and with equal right and affection
towards it. These are the logical results
and he has been tried. II, as a Major
General, he has done this, would be do
otherwise as President? Remember that
Hancock not only earned his great re-
nown by refusing arbitrary power when
offered him, but he also incurred the
animosity of those whose purposes he
refused to carry out and who could make
his position in the army an uncomforta'
BILE one. Unfortunately, there has been
too much of this partisan feeling in the
army and the navy, and men to gain
promotion have had to do so at the ex-
pense Of independence and by covering
themselves with partisan clothing, l
have reason to know of the case OF an
officer who incurred the displeasure of
President Grant and who asked in vain
for a reason until a leading Republican
Senator told him that he had been in
discreet in dining and winning with Ger.
tain Democrats. Laughter. 1t is this
spirit that is dangerous to the army, to
the navy and to us all. When this spirit
the spirit of Sheridan's dispatch-pre'
walls, why then, indeed, the army
changes from being the beloved servants
of the nation into a very great danger.
Hancock is more than a true soldier,
As a citiz4n he values his right and pow
er above his right and power as a soldier.
II you ask me why | love Hancock l
say because l know that with him the
liberty of my country will be safe. Zap.
plause and cheers He has proved it.
His life is to day the most brilliant ex,
ample-GnterruptiDg voice away back
in the crowd: Except yourself)-that
we have among our military men. l
l do not cay that there are none so brave,
so able as he, but l do say that none
have been so tried as he and proved him.
self to possess the lofty self control
which induced the laying down of power
at the command of conscience. This is
why 1 claim he should be sustained all
over the land.
My friends, l bid you good night. l
have tried to meet this question fairly.
1t may be remarked that we have always
talked against military power and yet
have taken up a military man. My an
swer is, we do so not because he lisa mill
tary power. We admire his gallantry
and honesty, but Hancock is not only a
soldier, but he is a man, a citizen, i'm.
bued with a knowledge of what citizen
ship should be in a government of law.
Nay, there is another reason; there are
many reasons, but let me state one more.
There has been a great cutlery in the
North that the Southern people were an
tagonistic to the Northern and hated the
Government. Now it seems to me that
this bubble must be pricked. With a
solid South for Winfield Scott Hancock,
it seems to mY there should be a solid
North the sa &c way. Surely, If the
Southern people choose Hancock for
some sinister end, they must not only be
great knaves but great idiots. Ifthis bat
tie has to be a uCcess-and God grant
that it may succeed in the fullest sense
what better instance of success can be
found than to see the man who led the
hosts of the Union receiving the vote of
every man who warred against it? What
victory greater than this? If that be not
the fruits of craftsmanship, then pray
tell me what is craftsmanship for2
Speeches followed by ex-State At
torney Charles B. Lore and x .Deputy
State Attorney George Il. Bates. Then
the crowd dispersed with cheers for Han
cock and English and an equally rousing
shout for Bayard,