The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1880-10-07
TaE GREAT AMERICAN LETTER.
WRITER.
Another Batch Of Gen. Haneock's Private
Epistolary Correspondence Made Pub.

NEw YoRx, October e.-Col. Blantor
Duncan furnishes the Herald with two let
ters from Hancock which he says were
never before shown anybody Or pub
lished. The firstn letter is dated 0cto.
Der go, 1879, and is as follows:
"MY DEAR CoLoSgL:-1 received to-day
your favor OF the 25th and was much in.
terested In your resume Of the working oi
the political caldron. Ihaye always been oi
the opinion, and am 80 still, that until the
Democratic party has disposed OF the ques-
ton as to whether they would nominate
Tilden as sequence Of past events il was
folly inside that organization to advance
other candidates II their availability for
the future was q question oi Importance
or interest. ! have no part in any pro-
gramme looking TO the future. My name
comes up through friends, and foes posi-.
bly,, yet know OF no machinery in the
interest OF my nomination. 1seem, in pub.
Lie opinion, to be put forth as exponent OF
certain political available possibilities, and
/ would he better pleased II permitted to
pursue the even tenor oil my way un.
touched BY political excitement. lido not
wish to be considered o chronic candidate,
for know what that atmeans when the end
comes; 30 my true friends had better let
the matter rest, or II not, let 1t DRIFT.
The next election Is TO be momentous
one. What may come out OF 1t, good or
bad, l do not know;l but am certain that
I cannot assist in leading to good re.
suit more certainly than by following the
quiet course l have always endeayored TO
pursue. II II come in question in politics
It will have to be from the States and
people and not from me.
I lam very truly yours,
[signed1 WINFIELD s. HANCOCK.
Very singularly, writes Col. Duncan,
there came to me about the same day
letter from one Of the most prominent
Greenbackers, whose name and that of
others concerned l will not mertion.
They are at the present time active sup
porters OF Weaver In his plan TO aid In the
election Of Garfield. The letter was
marked
F@-l-i =. tconadsntIal.l gteT-l lid
5 yllil OCTOBER, %, 1880.
Col. Blanton Duncan,
My DEAR sIR:-For some time past
and myself have been talking over
q plan to elect General Hancock President
Of the United States. Our plan Is that
you write to General Hancock, and II he
responds with right views on the financial
and labor questions, that we then decide
TO call the National Convention first and
nominate Hancock for President and
some ex.Confederste for Vice President.
It will force the Democrats to meet and
nominate the same ticket. Your plan OF
calling both the Democratic and National
Conventions on the same day will not
work, and will give large element Of our
party an excuse to say twas political
trade, while my plan Is one that a large
majority Of our party will endorse. l
hope you will agree on the plan and have
a conference with General Hancock on the
subject
That letter, continues Col. Duncan, was
forwarded by me with a recommendation
to General Hancock not to make any re-
ply to it. He, however, wrote to me as
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