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

IRe rlghB OF litiganB do not depend on the
views Of the general-they are to be adjudged
and settled according to the laws Arbitrary
power, such as he has been urged to assume, has
no existence here, II is not found in the laws Of
Louisiana or Texas-it can not be derived from
any Get OF Congress-it is restrained by consti'
tuition and prohibited from action in many par.
ticulars, The Major General takes occasion TO
repeat that while disclaiming judicial functions
In civil cases. he can suffer no forcbe resistance
to the processes Of the courts
By command Of t.
MAJ GEN HANCOCK,
I don't pause to comment on those noble dec.
laratons Of principles and duty. In his letter to
Gov. PeaBe, who urged the establishment Of mil.
itary commissions and the summary processes Of
martial law, he at the same time vindicated his
obedience to the acts Of Congress, his perform
ance OF sodiery duty and his just appreciation Of
the demands Of wise and pure statesmanship.
he was sent to preserve social order and the
peace Of civil society while institutions and peo.
pie were adjusting themselves to new conditions.
He was furnished with great military power He
wore the mailed glove. He was directed to use
1t If necessary, He had determined to do. Ha
told the people he would do so. The people were
conquered, suffering dissatisfied He did not
pander TO their prejudices He did not daily with
thelr passions. He did not wink at their disor.
uSls' nc uSlu hlOll DelOIe t0elr eyes Lle banner
OF civil government On Its folds he inscribed,
NO arbitrary power habeas corpus; trial by jury;
lree speech; rights OF persons and rights Of prop.
erty." These rights had been extorted by our
iatners ana their fathers at Runnymede and had
been baptized In the best blood OF tead patriots
for six hundred years. And in this sign he con-
quered-conquered their convictions conquered
their prejudices, CONQUERED their actions, con.
quered their hearts, He pacihed Texas perma.
nenty but the demons Of disCOrd determined to
fnVnpn that fair State and 10 ht1no,pv 10 MI
with claws for hands and looks forever lean"
swooped down upon 1t and defled what they
could not devour.
Tell me the statesman who had loftier aims or
surer method.
HANCOCK DEMOCRAT
Mr.. Jefferson, eighty years ago defined Dem.
ocrat one who maintains equal and exact JUS.
lice to all men; the support Of the State govern.
ment in It's whole constitutional vlgor jealous
care Of the right Of election by the people; Sbso
lutte acquiescence iB the decisions Of the majori.
ty, the supremacy Of the civil over the military
authority; economy in the public expense; the
honest payment Of our debts and sacred preser.
vauon OF the public faith; freedom Of religion
freedom OF the press, freedom Of the person un
der the protection Of the habeas corpus and trial
BY iuries impartislly selected"
This Is very portrait OF Hancock. He is the
incarnation OF the supremacy Of the civil over
the military authority. He Is the embodiment Of
the definitions Of civil liberty.
Speaking Of the significance of the nomination,
Mr. Pendleton said:
HIS CANDIDACY MEANS
peace, trie fraternal Union, government and
aeountry benefcent alike to all its people and
beloved by all alike, cessation Of fraerna strife
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the era Of construction and reconstruction, stten
tton to the measures of administration so as 10
perform, either by action or reaction, that duty
which has alwas been so dear TO the Democratic
party, of exalting the individual and redressing
all the wrongs which law or lawfulness has in
ticted on him, Itmeans peace at the polls with.
out the presence Of an army to preserve IT. it
means free ballot to every citizen. white and
colored, native and naturalzed, without mar.
shals to electioneer with him or supervisors to
intimidate him; II means free elections, fair
counts, peaceful inauRuratons; 1t means to re-.
verse the ways Of the Republican party, to un.
cover It's corruptons to rectify its errors and 10
restore to the government the simplicity, the
honesty, the frugality Of the former republic
which our fathers created.
II means In one word to garner and to pathe.
and to combine the blessings Of that Unio
which Hancock saved at Gettysburg and of tha
civil liberty which he established al New Or
leans.
And, as his candidacy means the hope Of this
blessed change, 30 his election would secure its
fall fruition.
Mr.. Pendleton closed by noticing the favorable
prospect Of the canvass HancOck's candidacy
has produced peace and union in our party. 1t
has united the Democracy Of New York. united
the Democracy Of Pennsylvania inspirited the
Democracy Of Ohio. The Republicans are on the
full run They are In full retreat.
Occasionally, one braver than the rest pauses,
that he may hold up the tattered remnants OF the
bloody shirt or cry out "traitor" or "Kuklux )" or
repeat some stale lie about the Democrats but il
is only that he may catch breath to run the fas.
ter. Let us push them at every poiot. Let us as.
sault them wherever they may make stand.
When volley Of musketry had checked the ad
vancing enemy at Williamsburg, Hancock cried
out, Now, men, the bayonet!" Volunteers are
daily coming to our standard-good men are
daily leaving the Republcans-our candidate
and cause are invulnerabe. They deserve the
favor Of a just God, do not forget the injunc.
ton, Let not him that girdeth on his armor boast
himself as he that taketh 1t Off" but do say that
all the indications betoken signal and COM
plete victory.