Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1880-07-03
OUR TICK ET.

Our readers will perceive that W.
have TO day placed at the head OF our
columns, the honored names OF HAN
COCK and ENGLISH, by which we
mean il to BIZ understood, that from this
time forth until after The election in No
yember, we will do what We can, by
all honorable means, and TO the best OF
our humble ability 10 promote the sue
cess of the Presidential ticket nomina-
ted last week at Cincinnati.
For, in our opinion, no better ticket
could have been selected under the cir
cumstances to meet the peculiar require
ments of the present canvass.
1t is a ticket which concillates all sec
tons and harmoniZes all interests-one
which commands the support OF the
Democracy and the respect OF the lie,
publcaus; while ut the same time twill
secure the confidence Of that large and
influential class of independent voters,
who, refusing 10 submit 20 the arrogant
diclation of selfish rings and selfap-
pointed leaders, dare TO net in accord
ance with their own convictions OF duty
and 10 vote for the candidates OF their
own selection.
The manner in which the ticket was
made was a significant tribute 10 the re
uocnized merit of the men selected; and
its reception when announced, was an
unmistakable token of their popularity.
In fact it seemed as if the convention
had met merely to ratiiy q nomination
previously, though perhaps unconscious-
ly, made deep down in the peoples
hearts, BY the people themselves.
For when the silyertongued orator
from Philadelphia, mentioned the magic
name of HANCOCK-a name around
which cluster so many Revolutionary
associations, and which has been Ell
shrined in the affections OF Americans
for more than a century-it caused a
responsive throb in the hearts of all who
heard it. 1t was like touching off
loaded columbiad! Or rather, 1t was
like an electric flash which
Gran through each nerve and thrilled III
every vein"
charging the convention so ettectually
with its explosive power, that next
mornings ballot was but mere formal
ity to register the edict OF toregone
conclusion, before the whole assembly,
"went off" spontaneously into about the
biggest "boom" that has been heard III
our country since lS4O-a boom which
the political Bosses did not originate and
which does not depend for its contin-
uance and intensity upon their coun.e-
nance, any more than it does on litter
arv bureaus" or "barrels of money.
1t j, emphatically the Peoples boom
and the best thing about it is, that it Is
not a manufactured article, gotten up
for the occasion by party managers and
machine politicians, who by making
states" setting up pins" and packing
conventions" have done so much to Ger
rupt the politics of the country, and dc,
fraud the people OF their rights aud
principles.
l, means free elections as much az
any thing else, and On that account
more than any thing else, we will sup
port the cause of the soldier statesman,
whose character is as stainless as his
sword, and who, when the war was
over, not only ceased to tight fallen
foe but recognizing the supremacy OF
civil law, preferred 10 hold the shield OF
protection over the heads OF defence
less people rather than point the sword
of subjuoation at their hearts.