Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1880-07-16
OUR CANDIDATES.

The letters of the committee appointed to
notify Messrs. Hancock and English Of their
nomination as President and Vice President
of the United States are models of concise
ness, and of themselves form o platform
upon which any party might be proud to
stand. The note to Gen. Hancock expresses
the opinion that that which chiefly
inspired his nomination was the
fact that he had conspicuously
recognized and exempli6ed~ the yearning of
the American people for reconciliation and
brotherhood under the shield of the consti-
tuition, with all its jealous care and guaran-
tees for the rights of persons and of TIE
States, and adds
Your nomination was not made alone because
in the midst of arms you illustrated the high
est qualities of a soldier, but because when tho
war had ended, and when in recognition of
your courage and fidelity you were placed in
command of part of the Union, undergoing
process of restoration. and while you were thus
clothed with absolute power, you used it not
to subyert but to sustain the civil laws and
the rights they were established to protect
Your fidelity to these principles manifested IN
Important trusts heretofore contided to your
care, give proof that they will control your adj
ministration of the national government, and
assures the country that one indissoluble union
of indestructable States, and the constitution
with itwise distribution of power, and regard
for the boundaries of State and Federal au-
thori,y, will not suffer in your hands; that you
will maintain subordination of the military.to
the civil power, and will accomplish the puri-
hcation of public service and especially that the
government which we love will be free from
reproach or stain of sectional agitation, or
malice in any shape or in any form.
A more eloquent or more deserved trib.
ute to any man could not be paid than is
contained in these few sentences. Gen.
Hancock, the public has every reason to feel
confident, will fulfill all the expectations that
the committee has expressed, and even more.
He is man whose past record is a guarantee
of his future course, a patriot who has proved
his devotion to country by shedding his own
blood, and has demonstrated his love for
constitutional law by standing alone among
all the military commanders as its defender
against the encroachments of the avowed
power of the nation. Personally his record
is pure, and it is safe to say that he will insist
upon the same integrity in his subordinates
that has in the past, and will continue in the
future, to characterize his own conduct.
The compliment paid by the committee to
Mr.. English is no less deserved. The letter.
says:
Your long experience in the affairs of gov
eminent. your able discharge of many trusts
committed to your hands, your steadfast devo-
ton to Democratic principles, and the upright
ness of your private character, gives assurances
to the Democracy that you are worthy and well
qualified to perform the duties of that high po-
sition, and which commend you to them for
the nomination which they conferred.
The encomium, though enthusiastic to
certain degree, is not overstrained. In every
position in which Mr.. English has been
placed he has proved himself honest, faith
full and capable. Both public and private
trusts have been discharged in q worthy
manner, aud wherever he has been known he
has deserved and won the full confidence of
all.
With ticket composed of men who de-
serve the warm eulogisms that have been
passed upon them, the Democratic party
need not hesitate to enter upon the contest.
They can defy all assaults, and challange all
Criticism. They fully represent the best
sentiment of the party-are true to its an
cient principles, faithful to its present policy,
devoted to the best interests of the whole
people. Under their guidance the country
will enter upon new era of prosperity, and
march forward until it takes its place as the
proudest, the freest and best nation on the
face of the globe. Victory, with such tick
ct, is an absolute certainty, and with united
party-united as it is to-day that victory
can be made overwhelming.