Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1880-10-14

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iega would take him he wcnt o Presi-
deni dohnsons and revealed 70 thai az
lefWaEds democratic magnale al that
had happened And for lhe firsf, last,
and onl5 lime il lhe District Of Colum-
bl9s aud at llIe instance 1l Gen. Han-
cock The great writ OF habeas corpus
Nas saspended, and when Gen. Han
cock made his snswer to the aforesaid
writ. Instead 0f The body &C Mrs. Sur
rail as bad been commanded. h held IN
has hands the declaration Of Andrew
=. = - - - Eert hat ihe writ IF
habeas c0Epas had been suspended, end
Mrs. Surratt must be executed as pte-
yiously ordered. But Col. Harris tries
to exonerate Gen. Hancock from any
wrong ~ this case on the ground that
he was acting in ministerial capacity,
but chiefly on account OF his relation
ship to The Democratic party as its nom-
inee for the Presidency. Under any
other circumstance the Col. would hold
that Hancock ought 10 have obeyed this
writ and not have screened himself be-
hind its suspension. Col. Harris ar
gnes further, that Hancock expressed
the strongest hope that Mrs. SurTatt
might be pardoned. and this not being
done, she was forced to perform the
most unsympathetic duty of has life. =
Now, there is one living witness, and
on account Of the deep sympathy tor
her, which burns in the hearts Of all, be
they friends or foes of her mother in her
lifetime. her testimony should be re-
>pected and believed an preference TO
anythinggotten up by politicians 20 furth-
erthe aims Of Gen. Hancock candidacy
That witness rs Mrs. Professor TonFy,
the daughter Of Mrs. Snrratt, who in
forms the public that Gen. Hancock sex
pressed no hope that her mother might
be pardoned, that he gave heI no en-
couragement, and expressed no sympa-
thy for either herself or her mother" !"
And Prof. Tonry says, that he "wished
Hancock had been IN the Sandwich Is
lands before being nominated by the
Democratic party" At this time Gen.
Hancock did not dream OF being can
didate for presidential honors, and he
possessed no burning desire TO yield his
military power 10 the clvIl authorities.
But lets go on and note the change
which came over him. Congress passed
an act, together with many others, ap-
pertaining 10 the reconstruction of the
States lately in rebellion. These acts
were debated on both sides with great
force. They were matters Of muchrn-
terest to the country, and all intelligent
people read and watched them closely.
They described certain dutGes TO be per-
formed by those placed in authority and
| certain conditions TO be observed BY
the subjugated people. Gen. Hancock
was appointed and assigned the district
Of Louisiana and Texas. This position
was not forced upon him, but he accep-
ted and took the law in his military
hands and started for bis new field Ol
duty. But suddenly the idea Of beeom.
ing President of the United States
dawned upon him, and so chronic 9
form did this idea assume, that he has
been the standing candidate before demo.
cratic conventions ever since, and the
most singular feature OF the case is that
the democratic party never realized the
sterling worth of this "superb," " ''do.
mesticGted' Union general until so late
an hour. As have stated before, Gen
Hancock was not ignorant OF the duty
which be was expected to perform anC
the law he was pledged to execute. We
next hear him lecturing upon the rela'
iionship between the civil and the militia.
nv departments ofthe Government. He
issues general orders declaring that the
civil should give way TO the military
authorities. He declares that he finds
nothing in the laws of Louisiana anC
Texas to warrant bis interference %
their civil affairs. The governor o
Texas informed Gen. Hancock ''tha
murders in Texas could not be punished
BY the civil law But this Gen. sends
word back 60 the governor Of that State
that she does not wish TO interfere "a
any civil matters" He continues 10 Is.
sue orders until they accumulate to ths
number Of forty, and here he reached
the acme of bis greatness; and after {
lapse of dozen years. Col. Harris ex-
claims in the tullness Of his soul, tina
this rs s'gloyious democratic Seriptare.' >
That Hancock violated the laws which
he was sent 10 obey and administer
whether they deemed those laws goos
or bad, no one will deny. Such bein,
the case, Is ID reasonable 10 concluds
that be will more faithfully obey tbs
Constitution Of .he United States, to
gether with the 18th, 14th aud 15tl
amendments, than he did the recon,
slFuctlon laws Of Louisiana and Texas
If be could not resist his private opin.
ions and preiudices in the one case, how
will he do it in the others The soii,
South expects him 10 administering af
fairs Of the Government (Ifelectedl /,
suit i. 4 glance al the remarks of Hon
Robert Tombs wall prove this. Mr.
Tombs is another great moulder Of dem
orratic thought, and Of late be ha
furnished the country with some yer,
high sounding English. He says
am as positive that Hancock will b,
/ elected as / am That there is q God il
Heaven. You say he is Yankee
Well, / know thai, and ! know. too
that his sword has pierced The breast 0
many gallant man ID gray. But wha
are We to dos We cannot put in on,
OF our men this time and have to take
Il Yank-that being the case, lei us tax,
one less blue belIied than The most 0
them. You may depend upon II, sir
that Yank or 10 Yank. ifeIected the 81.
boys Of the South will see that fan
cock does the Gair thing By them. i.
other worfls Re w1iE rtn The raarhinn 4