The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1880-10-28
HANCOCK.
The Truesta and Ablest OF the De-
Tenders of the Union, Now
Before the Public.

tenders of the Union, Now
Before the Public.
The New York Sun of the 18th, un-
der the caption of "Will the Rebels
Rule if General Hancock is Elected"
says:
"No; never. What is the use in
writing or talking and saying nothing3
What is the use of a public journal in
political canvass that discusses eve>
rything save the real, live issues be-
fore the people, but never touches up
on them, or only handles them as if
they were thin-shelled eggs, and easi,
ly TO be brokenf Life is too short to
be thus wasted; and such an Occupa.
ton would be too meaningless for us.
1--WE have felt from the beginning
an irresistible impulse to handle this
Hancock and Garfield campaign with
out gloyes-to deal with it with the
utmost frankness and fullness of
speech. Hitherto what we are now
saying might have seemed to some
premature; now all must concede it
opportune.
The greatest fact in the history of
this country next TO its first settle
ment and the Revolutionary war,
is the war of the rebellion. The par
ties engaged in that war on the one
side were called Unionists. and on the
other Rebels. On the part of the I'm
ionists the war was waged for all that
is sacred and dear to man, for all that
is comprised in the vast and hallowed
word liberty, and for government
pledged to the support of liberty and
equal rights, while the rebellion was
indissolubly welded to human slav>
cry.
"The Unionists, thank God, con-
querei, and they will forever hereaf-
ter control and conduct the American
government. We not only recognize
this truth, but we rejoice and glory 10
it. We ourselves helped to dig deep
and to lay in principles the founda-
tions of the Republican party; and so
far as these principles touch upon hu-
man liberty, we are still in cordial ac-
cord with them, and we support Gen.
Hancock, the 10y soldier, who fought
on the side of the Union, who never
uttered or entertained a rebel rentl-
ment, as their truest and best repre-
sentative in the present campaign for
President. If we thought that i'll his
victory disunion and rebellion would
triumph, we would oppose him as
earnestly as we now support him. We
go further and say If We believed that
disunion and rebellion would triumph
in his election, we would sooner see
him shot than elected.
"But the election of Gen. Hancock
will not and cannot be rebel triumph.
The former rebels may be encouraged
under it to repentance, and to bring
forth works meet for repentance, but
that the unrepentant and persistent
devotees of the lost cause will swell
into new and dangerous Importance
and undue or increased influence un-
der it. is utterly untrue, and if we be-
lieved it to be true we should oppose
Gen. Hancock's election asstrenuously
as we now advocate it.
"What if the south should be solid
for Hancock? Would not the Repub-
licans like to have the south solid for
Garfield? They would give 81, ,000,-
900 for it to-day. Gen. Grant himself
was the man to 60 south and tender,
in person, the first fattering solicita-
tions to the old rebels in the beginning
of the campaign, this very year. The
truth is, the rebellion is dead, and it
can have no resarrectiOn-nOt parti-
Gle more under Hancock than under
the Republicans. 1t deserves to die
and have no resurrection.
"Now, Independents and Demo-
Gratis, do not be frightened by bug
bear. Vote for Hancock, for liberty,
for union, for free government. Han>
cocks administration will be as free
from the rule of the rebels as the rule
of the czar of all the Russias."