, 1880-07-31
COMMENTS ON TIE LETTER.
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NEw- YnnIi. .July A).-'rlc Sun says on tho
letter Of acceptance Of Gen. Hancock:
Gen. Hnncsck's letter neccpttng tho Demo-
cratfc 'oiuinntinn for President Will be found In
,o.ds5s SMn + Is rather s,ntesnake loeu.
| rIsI nl'scnro .of Ju.t9o 11lhck. 1t Is lr4a.t
ns fnllin rubber. and us Hwcct ns honey. Gou.
innc''ck tInkes on!y hne nltstnke that VIC
se s tnSahs sf, Ct . s ftac e. kov .s 0s I'M pe
hive only nnc clnss In this country. nfid TINT IL
no cla.s w supposo Mr. I,i!ten would not
| THE "T1atEs"
The 'Tt,ncs Guys: ":rhcre Is ono CLEAN Of
seliye III tie fitrrago of Dunsbyis,n a,.tl co,,-
laonpiarc wllfcl, constitutes Gcll. unncock'a
letter Of acceptance, and 1t is the statement
| Tint It Is only by II full vote, rrcu
ballUt, and fair ,c0unt that the people
can rnle itl fact, ns required by the theory Of
| our Government. As tile AIatorGcner1l or
tho literary fel!cr who attempted to, give
shapo to his pulpy Tr6sU vGry properly adds:
Take the foundation away md the
! wh0ie structure fa!ls.' On tho other hand,
I let this foundation, bo maintained md thu
| S0.ltl,. with all tic snperatruetllre of DEM
/ away. Let the Major-t;enerat only declare
that lie will respect tic result at llu cleo
tiol' w'!te!! Il not reacl!ed through means of
free 1atlot 'a!Ht tnir count. aud though
scryitu tn Ills country nit: Ills purity linn II
| lse carried to tlo Executive .cl1nir tcMfcld
'!,nro ability tllan he lla*4. the slIghtest
s"| s u avs y to v ssfss wi SO ,porat Il 5siy oy
late for tho highest Office Of tho Nation In
,a. iixt yef: ao~,t; W.. wGatl E!a..''y .,c ,lis,
tss sa.ss II H;fmHf f !. The On ost wxt extrdsrs i tse
document Mlt' fort,, by public man whirh
u iiils ever heel. our fortune to see. 1t ls:ts
leel! wtcket!ly suggested TINT tho united
r% II o ' to 'SaHs fsis fe1t 4sFf tis Meutt onx ~
/ expected l,anifrsto Vt the calttiute'H sentf-
n!Gl,tsniul PURPOSES. ThcreI.ayo beenaI'cged
consultation on Governors Island, Mt Gran-
.!ucE!,tng bruins Of tlle Deiaocracy. I'ut il
they lassse takct' p!acn t&oy werv certainly
sweet inauEty of tho letter, and 1t must l,o
nsw yiew Of tic m supesrib so.Iicr:' liz We hmt i
no"E Els poo S! It "ss sscme taefs ,ssS' nst r S
hard i,Ianliood In 0llo who 'ad fought but
Indicative Of sons crlltle rcsolutIon. bit
we nre now convinced tl,at It l,ntl It's origin
at Washington III those long. rrei1!llniry
tnlksw It'll lougl.-llendttl old A,ilrewJo Johnson.
aafs4 Rsssx wien il so peSybs fsiy yy pay ssyer II
meMt uru presented to his wol,tlcrstrickcn
eyes. Arc there such things. M poliiics md
st9sg NO. MrS eze Ws sSsre of taSsoRlsnE
Bsqhlen'# Bs]nt anil p TIC isi;y %ny Of so,t freq
s' pa1e a%i 4 enlc1ent ''' civil lf0"E's sssrvlce'
the reyiya! q s!l!prng, md the promotion ct
um Government hut t!oattnx t,l fa!ry |Hlat
o1. II Summer ,sea?, II thcfo IL work to, by
dune, u there Is statesmamshlp needed, whit
oes Gr s oss 9xetsE' xy Gsy % s 1"tsF an a b4E bsEar
that something may b. accomplished"
TI1E "rMluUSE."
The TFfllt7le snyS: "Gen. Hancock has
written Il liEnlfleu letter Ut acceptance. 1t
II nn. particularly luxnrant III ollnto,ls
s s Sss'{ In s'sf III. q sct s t@y y%i d d. IL
We sfsi iookstl for a q ring!ns % - Mstatt"le11it 1it
q q d,s pemosrdtic pr, p'ncip!es Te ettsF taay
tIlS t. i 10 ssatyfa fep It Til ill., ON oas feaIt is
fur tt.e Presidency: IT Is not q De,,ocrat!c
letter. Tie. plntitndes art, tue nlailtuttes
whic!, they never prnctlcc. These nre tic
tiocirlnes which Democrats do not heleyn,
though they ottrn. prot.~s, thon. but Tho
GGSs''7f Gs aaeoeEE eoeEFK ecares t 81 sS ssny wAfa II
n 'asps fair e eons, 81 M Ill 1ts stole' pla,itss; i;
Tits s.otus the most Krotesque. Thcre, have
ss,'at COZ @ i tie $Sths?;. III bttss T fsr ysr$ r. past,
DO p"ssible Il :by, any mlracis they
should e9u,s to pass. H. cail only be elected,
aatoy I'll sS Sy' tSss By mssasFs as.4s %fgPas " s a HI
thirteen volumes Of Congressional RI.
is,s' itaa pfsixje1ted pSsije1 full ec,ss yo;s at ~
shameless frauds tl,ey have tnu!ls tho yery
l1ea 0f q ta!r count i.l ut least xix Southern