The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1880-07-01
THURMAN ON HANCOCK AND EN-
GLISH'S NOMINATION..

Columbus, June PA large meeting
was held in the State House yard to-
night to ratify the Cincinnati nomina'
tions. Speeches were made by Senator
Thurman and others. Senator Thur.
man said:
Mr.. Chairman, Friends and Neighbours
1t gives me sincere pleasure to meet with
you, my friends and neighbors, tonight
to ratify in the capital of Ohio the NOM
nations made by your convention at
Cincinnati. 1 say it gives me pleasure,
and for reasons which 1 shall briefly
state to you. Pleasure, because the
nominations are good; pleasure, because
they will bring success to our banner;
pleasure, because the men you have
nominated will be elected, and their
election will bring peace and harmony,
and it is right and proper that here, in
the capital of this great state, which we
mean to rally under the Democratic
banner next November that here, we
should set the ball in motion that is to
roll to victory. (Cheers.) Now, friends
I want to speak as plainly as possible,
for you know | am not given to rhetoric
speaking; / leave that to young men, to
men who have more fancy than l have.
l want to speak plainly. and tell you
why Winfield Scott Hancock should be
elected President of the United States,
and Mr.. English of Indiana should be
elected Vice President. First, who is
Winfield Scott Hancock. There is not a
boy in this audience who does not know
that w. s. Hancock was one of the alb
lest, the brightest, and most daring Of all
the soldiers who went to war to maintain
the Union. No man who aver Comman.
ded an army ever displayed more cour-
age more heroism, more skill than Han
cock, from the time he entered the war
until it was closed in triumph. Every
body knows that. But, my friends, there
is one thing everybody does not know,
| Hancock has been in the army all his
life, therefore you might not at onCe sus.
peCt what, however, is literally the truth
that Hancock is not only a soldier but a
| constitutional lawyer, and as good an
| American statesman (cheers). l call
| him an American statesman; a constitu-
| tional lawyer, and / have a warrant for
what l say. For when, after the rebel
lion, he was placed as military Governor
over Louisiana and Texas before their
admission to representation in Congress,
and to exercise their rights as states, he
showed in great contrast to what some
other military Governors showed. He
showed he knew there was such q thing
as the Constitution Of the United States;
that he knew there was such q thing az
q free republic; he knew that the true
| doctrine, the vital doctrine Of every free
republic and free government, is that
the military must be subordinate to the
civil power cheers ;and hence, although
besieged by that ravenous horde of car
pet baggers that had taken possession Of
these states in order that they might OPP
press and plumber the people; though
besieged by them to lend the and of the
military to their meditated wrongs and
expressions, said mo- that trial by jury
is the right of all American c~ltizsns,ttee
dom from unlawful arrest is the right Of
an American citizen; peace 10 his home
and peace where he is disturbing nc
one, is the right Of an American citizen
/ win not use the American flag, or the
American sword or bayonet, or the sold
Ter to deprive these people of their right
[cheers1. / fought them in the war,a n
no man harder; / helped to pull dowr
the rebellion, no man did more according