Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1880-07-29

the longest pole and he bit their angle-worm. !
Last, but not least, what was Hancock? A
Democrat from his boyhood, before and during
the war, and has remained q Democrat ever
SINCE In fact all of our generals that
amounted to anything were Democrats. Let
my Republican friends, if they can, mention the
same number of Republican generals, who
were prominent before the country and merited
the same honors on the field of battle. Grant
was honored by his country, chiefly by mis-
military fame. The country now proposes to
honor General Hancock, as second to no mill
tary chieftain which this country has ever pro-
duced.
Not only because he has shown military
genius. but great craftsmanship as well.
He was educated in the first school of the
country, which is second to no school
in the world entered the army
during the early days of manhood, and has
shown his valor on all of the principal battle
fields of the country since that time. He fol-
lowed the fortunes of General Scott through
all the principal battle-felds of Mexico. and
later, was second to no general officer during
the war of the rebellion. After the disasters of
Fredericksburg and Charlottesville we behold
him at Gettysburg, standing on Cemetery hill;
Pickett's grand division before him shot and
shell falling thick and fast around him, yet he
is undaunted, and must we conclude that no
higher motive nerved him on to the great con-
test than the thought of what hiss brother
soldiers, his compatriots In arms, might say or
think of him? No! he was actuated by far
higher motive. He saw before him the armies
of the rebellion, the foes of
his country; and beyond the wheat
fields of Pennsylvania laden for the harvest.
Beyond, the cities and counties of the north;
back of him the great city of Philadelphia
wherein dwelt his wife and children, the dear
ones of his heart, besides host Of others who
were looking to the army to save them from
ruin. Beyond these and all around he saw
his country, the Union, cemeDted by the blood
of his fathers and ours; the country he loved
SO well; and he was inspired by grander, a
loftier motive to save his country from i'm.
pending ruin, that it might be transmitted to
generations yet unborn, guaranteeing to them
universal liberty as bequeathed to us by tbs
patriots of '76.
Acting upon this noble impulse he un-
sheathed his sword and led his compatriots TO
victory, hurting the forces of the rebellion
from their entrenched position, and saved the
Union. The noble deeds of daring
the terrible field of Gettysburg have
never beeu excelled in this or any other coun-
try.
Can this great country of ours, in Justice do
less than honor her heroes by placing them in
the most exalted position in the gift of the
people?
Believing that to be the true way to reward
true patriotism, the Democratic party have Sc
lected General Hancock as their standard bear
er, and propose to elect him to the office of
the chief magistracy of this nation. And, fell
low citizens, we propose to elect him to that
Office. For the election of General Hancock
means a reunited country; fraternal love from
ocean to ocean, and from the gulf to the lakes
1t means union inseperable as bequeathed to
us by the fathers of the revolution, to be trans
mltted to the generations thatSare to come
The people of these United States cannot, in
justice, do less than place Gen. Hancock in the
position to which he is fairly entitled by his
patriotism and his craftsmanship. See to it,
then. that the United States of America is not
added to the catalogue of those republics
whose maxims are " ingratitude to the heroes
of their country" The election of Gen. Han
cock ensures the success of Democratic
principles. Without these this country is a
total failure. For either Democratic principles
must prevail, or in their stead centralized
power. Which will you have? As for me, give
me HE'LL in the blacklist coloIs which an imaei.
native orthodox mind can possibly conceive, in
preference to any country on the face of the
globe, where the people are bound under the
iron heel of despot' The applause that
greeted the speaker as he took his seat was
deafening. Many Republicans that were pres
emit have acknowledged that the arguments
which vera made were unanswerable and that
they should vote for Hancock.
In the one week since the organization of the
club 276 names have been enrolled, and it is
expected to swell the list to 800. Hancock
stock is worth premium in Blue Earth county.
while for Garfield the people don't enthuse
worth cent. Owing TO the Ward and Dunnell
muddle in this district the unterrifed are
jubilant; they propose to send Senator Daniel
Buck to Congress and let the twins of the
Waseca convention stay at home Jim Baker
has got the sulks. He knows that he can never
get an office by the suffrages of the people of
Blue Earth county. As Hancock is to be the next
President, there will be no pap for him to
suck and the poor devil don't know which way
to turn. Since he sold out his delegates to
PillsbHry in the convention last fall, he has
been ''ittle off, and he don't know yet Just
how he will pan out. As he has concluded
that everything is going Democratic, he will
probably dispose of his interest in the Free
Press to Woodland, of Wells, who will run the
paper in the interest of Dunnell and the post
office, which will be a vast improvement of the
present. management of political press, that
has SO much space to devote to the sweet little
rosebuds of six, what must they be at sweet
sixteen. A SOLDIER,
Who will vote for Hancock
MANKATo. July 10Th. 1880.