Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1880-07-02
HANCOCK AND ENGLISH.

9th Dist-WILLIAM NJ PRICE.
HANCOCK AND ENGLISH
AS we predicted in last weeks SENTINEL,
the Cincinnati nomination has produced an
upheaval of popular applause and enthusi-
asm never before surpassed in this country.
From all sections, North and South, East and
West, we have the most gratifying demon
STATIONS of the endorsement of Hancock
and English.
"Carnot," said Napoleon, "has organized
victory" so the same may be said of the
Cincinnati convention. 1t was the arm of
Nelson which delivered his country from
real danger. At Waterloo she fought for
victory, at Trafalgar for existence. At
Cincinnati we have achieved the victory,
the people at the ballot-box, in November
next, will declare its existence. OF the latter
we have not the slightest fear When the
campaign shall have been fully organized
and the great Captain with the noble Doug
las by his side shall call the roll, the very air
will vibrate with joy as those prophetic
words spring up all over the land:
False wizard, avaunt! l have marshalled
my clan,
Their swords are thousand, their blossoms
are one"
The crisis is past, the danger has been
averted Inpolitics to know the proper value
Of the high trusts, the sacred privileges the
people confide TO statesmen, show to them
that on these depend their liberties and lives,
the safety Of their children and the future
and it is not hard to predict as to the course
they will decide on. As the spotless purity
of the private and public life of Hancock and
English is made known, and the corruptions
and fraud of the party in power, together
with the hideous and blackened deeds of
their standard-bearers are exposed, the coun-
try will reverberate with the paudits of the
former and the denunciations of the latter
Happy and proud the nation whose people
can purchase Gbsotutton for errors committed
by those in whom they have confded their
most important trust, can span the gulffro
disaster TO victory with no loss sustained,
more than in yielding their preferences for
the common good, and to whom the path of
suffering, commencing by the gift of mo-
mentous trust, is at last removed and termi-
mates by ray of imperishable glory.
Hancock, almost a soldier by birth, GER
tainly one by education and profession, has
proved himself the staunch friend and sup
porter of civil liberty, who, when in the ex-
ercise Of official duties at most trying period
in the history of our country, declared the
civil authority paramount to the military,
sounded the keynote to all truly wcll-regu-
lated Republics. For this utterance of opin-
ion he was removed by a man who, debauched
in crime like Napoleon Ill, was arrang
ing his guns so as to proclaim this republic
a monarchy, and sent into exile in command
of a small fort on the frontiers of the country.
The man who struck this blow at the
spirit of our institutions, and believing that
he was secure under the shadow of the
BATTLE Of the Wilderness" and the "Sur-
render at Appomattox,' has been retired to
ignoniiny and disgrace, and Gen. Hancock,
il not like Cincinnatus from the plow. MS u
patriot and soldier from the field has been
called to the discharge of the duties of that
office for which this patriotic declaration has
shown him to be eminently fitted.
Both the civil and military positions Of our
country are full of peril, and 1t Ia obvious to
all that a single false step in either branch
may he productive of the most alarming CON
sequences, nay bring certain ruin. II was
Gen. Hancock's appreciation of this fact,
when upon the occasion referred to the mil.
iiary was encroaching upon the civil power,
he merged the soldier in the patriot and
looked 10 the honor, glory and stability of
the institutions Of his country; he adhered
10 the traditions and landmarks Of the past,
and rebuked the violent spirit of innovation
which in short time would have destroyed
the whole frame Of society and extinguished
every element of freedom.
The Carthagenians refused at one time To
send snccor to Hannibal when few thous.
and men would have enabled him TO oyerturn
the Roman republic, and had Grant been
actuated by motives of patriotism instead Of
selfishness. and had have sustained Gen. Han.
cock in his views whilst In command of the
Southern Department. the country would
have soon recuperated from those evils and
abuses which he desired 10 correct, and we
should long since have had fraternal rela-
tions and material prosperity instead Of that
long train Of strife. outrage, wrong and op.
prcssiye legislation.
When Shakespeare put into the mouth Of
Lear the striking sentiment
''The Gods are just, and Of our pleasant vices
Make whips 10 scourge III"
he did but express the conviction of man
kind, founded alike upon observation and
experience. that however agreeable and en-
ticing soeyer the paths Of an NAY be in III,
outset. they terminate alike % oomIDgniticl
aud individuals The hour Of rcisibatssl
has o,me. the handwriting is seen upon th'
wall, and the Radical Jacobins are tremb
ling Ia anticipation OF the verdict Of Il PEG
pie whom they have outraged beyond pre-
cedent If not 10 be dragged Wy ,i,s batter
they at least breed the awful consequence
which An investigation into their crime
may lead
Since the period wheH the white Has
waved AT Laumur and the tri-eoloF was dis
placed at Lyons and Toulon no such daDgcl
has bcen rs great IA that which has hoverc'
over our Republic for the past fiieen year.
but the dark hours are over. the silver lining
y visible, and Gen. HaneOck Il Ia be 0Il
political Moses. Int, biz hand, will slDl
The honor aud prosperity of this mighty Re