Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1880-06-25
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nex. Hubbsrd,s arss, ups.sA.

HANCOCK.
uov. Hubbard's Great speech.
When the State Of TaIss Was called,
Governor Hubbarl came forward and
said
Ma Psssipxsr AND 6EsrLEnks oS
rus CosyxSrios When tho war closed,
when the day that some oi us followed
Was iurled forever, when again tho Con.
slliution oi the fathers Was the supreme
law ol the land. ~ u is now aud ever
shall he great applause and cheepl.
there came down through the South
land, through my oSn State. aud iouiai.
ana ESPECIALLY, a race OF carpet.bssysU
like the Nandals oi obi. praying upou
our wasted substance, Military GOV.
ornOrs iilled the bastilcs With pftsonery
from civil lite. men Who had Committed
naushi but iancicd oiienses ayainst the
Government were AIDED In every Isil
snd IN every hasiilc, from the kio
tirandc ~ the Father oi WAters" Ia
that hour when W. had lost oil. when
hy the silr oi every heaIthstone we're
Weeping Rachols. when the wolf
Was hnNling al almost every
door. when there MAS widow.
hood aud orphanago every ~here. thsrr
came q yoic IN that dark nsss oi the
night tine that said Ia us, u am yout
military ruler, the war has closcd un.
bar yonr Dungeons, open your courts
ani he iu,d ~ tho Constitution pre-.
scIib.s u'reat applause and cheers.
That man Mas Winfield n. Hancock.
Renewed applause. u Was an easy
thing to ho a summer friend laughtrtl
hut at the time oi our SORROW, when he
h,li his office q, the hands oi the great
Republican party, who could cut oil his
bread, and did remove lin, there stool
a nan With the Constitution before him,
reading u a. the fathers read Il that tho
war having passed, va resumed tho
habilimanis that belonged to us-ths
rights, not M n conquered province, bu,
M lreo people. The voice oi q man
like Hancock, Who risked his reputation
aud his place and power IN the very
irosn aud teeth oi the Republican par.
", IL a man that u will do to trust the
standard Of your party 10. l6resi ap-
plausc and cheers
sir, las is mol only q soldier that ls
something Ia tho contest that 10 ~ be
waged, as the gallant Hampton has told
yuu. The south will be united, Who.
over YOU may nominate. Hut failing tu
principle failing upon every issue upon
! upon iiuaucc ar oi rriorln. or oi good
government, 81 attack the record ~ the
Democratic party, marx u, the slogan
will bo The bloody south. the old
haven ol rebellion still lives" You
will hear Il from the mountains aud
your highlands; YOU " III hear 10 all along
the lines II yOu nominate Hancock,
applauss II You nominate Hancock,
where ~ the Argument Wa can Say
eyeryW here, here lisa soldier second NOT
even a. the silent man on hofsebaek.
Applause lierc 10 a soldier that here
down even upon us like the brigade st
Balaclaya, likoa Piumsd knight to the
front here ~ u nan whom one hun
| dIcd thousand Northern soldiers. u they
are like southern soldiers. will rally
around his standard, becsuss he was
great soldier. and g,pi man aud q
faithful citizen when the war Vas over.
lApplause.
Genilemen, ! believe him io be 10 day
the most available candidate oi ell the
HftNi Nalh's 'ba' HaNf bseU pFeefutCu
Ia this great presence. And. ~ ] sald
awhile ago, What 49, want IL votes, more
oi them. ~ Gods name, whether they
come from kepnbl,can soldiers or other.
wi-c Applaus. ani laughter
General Hancock 10 not wanting in oil
the rlOqncn'c oi the statesman. Read
his letter 10 Governor fssss. Il 10
worthy 81 be- onshrin~i. II 10 worthy
VI being placed upon the pfoudssi
pagcs Oi American history. la The let
ier be- di~ussej and asserted the su.
pcri0riiy aud supremacy ~ the civil
power over the sword. | have nothing
more i0 say rIoept this. that n you
nominate him. not Only the south sill
stand around him ~ thu old guard did
around Napoleon. but believe from the
soldiers oi the great North, the men who
honestly fought us IN that GREATEST II
human conflicts. Aud with thss Q rsc
ord that " xithout stain and without rs-
proach, With no Credit Mobilicr scandal
| ~ Da GOiysr frauds around HIM.
Laughter aud cheers With Q stain.
less name blending together the colder
aud the siatrsolAa, We Will win altar Q
| quarter oi cehlury, We will elm The
| contest, and aben won u there is Q iaan
living 10 ih. broad cobfnss 81 this great
country Who sill war ihes. honofs. II
!. Winfield \. IIabooak. oi I'snnsyl.
vsnia Loud and ions-oontinued sp-
plause.