Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1880-06-25

the country that the nomination Of
General Hancock makes impossible
what, In the common political slsng, 10
called a
bloody Shirt Campaign"
The Southern question, 81 called, has
been for years not merely sterile but q
mischieyous issue in our politics. The
nomination of General Hancock Is Of
importance 10 the country, therefore,
because II periorce eliminates the old
sectional ISSUES from our politics and
places them tor the first time in many
wears on u
Broad and national Plane
II enables the country 10 choose with
out prejudice, without sectional alarm,
and to choose for itself between two
lines oi policy clearly marked out. very
decidedly differing one from the other,
and in which men may reasonably and
scnsbly disagree.
The Republican party stand for cen
taliEation. Tor larger concentration oi
power In the hands Of the Federal gov.
ernment, ior Whist Ia called the "paternal
system" and u considerable part OF tho
country agrees with them In this
view, which is fairly presented
by their candidates. Tho Demo
/ ala lAN Ill mi raj A n a
Tor local seligoyernment, for = strict
Limitation Of the Federal power accord
ing to the Constitution, aud q considera'
ble part of the country agrees with
| them.
General IlancoCks civil record makes
him one oi the most distinguished rep
sentatives ol the Democratic policy. His
constant Difference tn civil law and to
civil officers during his military com
mand in Louisiana and Texas after tho
war, shows that hc IL much more than a
mere soldier. That he has cloar and
well defined views on the most impor-
tant points Of national policy, views
which are honorable to him and which
give him deserved aud high rank
among statesmen.
Between General Garfield and Gen.
cral Hancock the voters may choose
freely and safely, according to their
views Of what in the best policy, and
with no fear that the Union or any
mans rights IN the country will be en-
| dangercd by the selection oi either.
Tho Washington Post on tho Ticket
| special Dispatch Io the Register
,sulSGroN, u. O., June "a.
Tho Post Tomorrow will say oi the
| Cincinnati nomination;
The work entrusted Ia the Cincinnati
Convention has boen perfect. The ~.
suit il before tho country, and the ring
ing shouts OF glad approval that has
gone up from every locality to which
the nows Of tho nomination ol
Hancock aud English has penetrated at
tests that the delegates acquitted them
selves oi the high duty with which they
were charged In such manner ~ leaves
nothing lo regret Tho STAMPEDE "
Hancock, which resulted in the over
whelming majority given him on the tirsl
ballot of yesterday, and the indescrlba'
hlc enthusiasm with which state after
State rushed to tho standard 81 that
hero leader, may bo accepted s u
loreshadowing oi events that will soon
trauspiro on larger stand, the soldiers OF
the Union the men who fought under the
old flag IN the war Of the rebellion,
will rally 10 Hancock with the same i'm
pctuosiiy that marked the sudden Wild
aud uncomfortable wave that swept tho
delegation into the Hancock column
at Cincinnati yesterday. Happy ~
it tor the Democratic party, fortunate Is
il Tor the people Of the United States,
that the delegates at Cincinnati made -
wise "A decision. without disparage'
ment OF other candidates, each Of whom
had his peculiar elements OF
strength, II may be safely An
serted that no man would have
evoked greater enthusiasm or In
fused into the public mind stronger con
Rdonce OF victory than the name OF this
gallant son Of the keystone State. Ito
will sweep the soldier vote; an irresis,s.
bile impulse will prompt them to follow
his standard; thousands OF voters who
support the hes, man, regardless o'
previous political affiliations, will tie
compelled to vote for Hancock, IN whose
fair record there IN no blot, whose lame
has not been tarnishod by Credit Mo
huier; whose reputation has not been
compromised by De Holyer corruption
fee, and whose oath does not stands
contradicted 10y report oi
committee oi his friends - The
independents 90 the grand army
of eclcc,ics vote ior Hancock
a. against the smirched candidate oi The
Republican party. Pennsylvania will
vote for her noble son. This may bs
do. b,ed and denied, but We venture the
prediction that from this hour the he
publican management will regard the
Krys,onc state as doubtful, aud that on