The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1880-06-26

and followed Ms poltttE11 fortunes ~
defeat sntii their srztefef and gallant
P-sEsistshee has made Lin president ~
Texas letter WAS not his sole title TO
repect and honor. His acts were in
accord with his principle Almost
alone. Of the successful generals, be
stood arm against the ins2ns politi-
cal plotters against civil liberty and
civil government who involved the
whole country IN the evils consequent
upon reconstruction and the carpet
bAggers. When Grant, the honorable
soldier with name u~ntarnished, con-
sented 10 Be anything for political pre-
ferment. Hancock stood square ON prin-
ciple. OF him it may be said, though
the quotation be h~aekneysd, that he
never crooked the pregnant hinges Of
the knee, that thrift may follow fawn-
ing. Il Is meet, and belts the time and
occasion, that he who stood by the civil
government in the darkest hour Of the
republic, should be called TO the highest
civil chair at that very hour when nj
last the civil government Is 10 be made
perfect and reconciliation complete.
There is victory In the ysry thought.
New York: The general opinion
among the republican and Tammany
journals and the people Is that the dem
ocratic ticket Is one Of the strongest
that could have been named. The idea
commonly expressed Is that the bloody
shirt and personalities have been taken
out OF the campaign and the battle
must be fought ON letter and wider
questions.
The Commercial Advertiser declares
that the orator who expects to win
votes on the argument that Hancock
ordered the execution OF Mrs. Surrat,
will lose votes.
Tho San wheels into line, saying
that the nomination Of Hancock pre-
sents the same great issue that would
have been presented by the nomination
OF Tilden. although II had hoped that
the latter would be nominated by the
convention.
Every democratic paper, Tammany
and anti ammany, Is elated and de
clares that the ticket will carry all tho
states that Tilden did, and Pennsylva-
mia, Ohio-and possibly wisconsin
rs well. Republicans and republican
journals confess their danger and ad-
NIT that II the election were held to-
morrow Hancock would win easily.
They hope, however. that sober second
thought will show that Garfield has all
the excellencies that Hancock has, civ
lily and military, and that he Is n tried
statesman in addition, while Hancock
is merely an uneducated tyro and must
be the tool OF southern politicians.
The latter idea finds expression in n
Baltimore paper thus: He is entirely
unacquainted with legislative work,
and the methods OF civil administration
will be impaired TO him by those whom
he win call around him for advisers and
who will really run the executive
branch Of the government. His con-
duct will be determined by circum-
stances and by the opinions Of his i'd
visers. II elected, he will be the figure
head OF his administration-not Its
motive force. As a candidate he Is
stronger than most OF those named
would have been, but he is weaker than
either Bayard, or Hendricks, or perhaps
Payne or Jewett.
The conservative Journal Of Commerce
says: While n few personal friends of
the politicians may grieye over their dis
appointment, the great body Of tho
people will rejoice at the results OF this
convention. II the campaign is con-
Quoted throughout with the wisdom
manifested ut Its commencement, the
chances are three out Of Eve, and we
think five out of seven, that the ticket
last nominated will be elected. We
believe that good men Of all parties
will gladly accept this result, and that
1t will contribute in no small degree
toward an era OF good feeling and u
revival Of the old prosperity in every
section Of our common country.
Your reporter has nevertheless the
opinion Of many Tilden men, and that
is, that Kelly has at last been success
full, and that by throwing him over
board the great fraud has been con-
doned. While they think they could
have better afforded to be beaten with
Tilden than successful with Hancock,
they will most likely wheel into line.
The republicans pretend to think Gar
field win win in Indiana and the dem
ocrats, with the solid south, and New
York and New Jersey, will be left ont.