, 1880-06-26


The National response To tho nomination
Of Gen. Hancock hNs been Of sucl, ,,ni-
versnl tenur that the Dcmocrntic lenders
have alreRsty probably discovered that thelr
selection haA l,cen nistnkc. THO response
Southern States, md from tho lcatlliiy mill
tary commanders Of thu lnte Confetterncy.
tho answer Is cordial atltt- unanimous. md
tho rensun Is not disguised or suppressed,
With the subtngatton Of ttlo Rebel arms. will,
tho disbantln,ent of Tho Rebel forces and tic
dispersion of tliulr so-cn1fet Confederate
Government, tho lsabc!s sought nh immediate
restoration u 1Dsfticni powrr, inrni IA well
1s National. This WIZ of collrso impossible
consistently with Natona! safety. Four mill
Ions OF slaves 1lad been cn,auc1patcsl, mud
thor freedom, which was essenttnl to tho
safety of tho Uniut,, required tho recognition
Of their political rights. This the rroyis-
ionni Governments Mt tho South set tip by
johnson peretlptUrily refused to do, TINS
practically prolonKtng tho rebellion, md
t1eccssitnttng several years Of Legislation to
reconstruct pollticaf suctety III t1,osn States.
Andrew tol,nsnn chose to n1ly himself with
those obstructtontsts. Tho military forces
Ind 10 be reinlp!o,r.i II, preserve the peace
aud to enforce tho National authority.
lii 1s''O 1nob headed by tho municipal
police OF New Orleans assatled peaceful
State Couyuntion held In that olty, aild sur
rounding the building tnnssacred tho dce-
gates in cold blpo,i. rhe secrotary Of War
dispatched Gen. Sheridan to TINT section, and
l,e soof compelled obedience to Nntionnl au-
tl'ority. Aetlng-Presf.tent johnson, however,
SOON after ordered Sheridan nway, anl
plnced Hancock In command III tt,at city.
Ten. Hancock sy1npntl,txel with tho Jolln-'
son "poltcy," and cnunternnntlctl md set
aside several Of Gen. Sherldal's ORDERS a,sd
for the time WIS regarded by tho unrecoM-
structel anlt nntancd Nchcls rs n sort of
"sayior Of the South" so thoroughly did
Hancock cmlcnvor to sustain johnson In MI
tho Infamous efforts Of tho litter to .lcfeht thu
reconstruction legislation OF Congress, md
tho pcndlng amendments to tho Constitution,
that he won the admiration Of tho lrrcconcil-
able Rebef South, and SO inflated was lso by
tho ptnudts OF these traitors and 1nal(gunilta
that in 1868 lie applied to tho Democratic
Convention In New York for tho nomination
rs tha Democratic candidate for the Iresi-
dcncyl
During those yeare of Johnson's infamous
Administration tho struggle WIS to place In
Tho Constitution certain irrepualahle pr0yts-
ions forever clusing tho controversies Of the
War md securing tho rights Of tho freed
men. lIancoc's, though Union officer,
gave his official Influence MS commander III
tic Southwest to encourage the determined
opposition to the adoption of these ainentl-
ncnts, anu henco tha "Soltd South" has
been demanding tho nomination of Hancock
! over since tllas time. Tint explnlns why tho
South Is grntltletl md "aoitti" for lInncock.
The Northern Democrats rejoice III tho
nomination Of Hancock principally because
Ills nomination Is all escapo from that OF
rilden, Hendricks, Fiold, Thurman, or Of
some other whose defeat was certain. Wltl,
Hancock, they hope, rather than believe, mt
ters will be otherwise.
But the popular feeling Of tho country was
shown IN the i've pages Of srecinls from tho
! press Of tho country published In TitE TnIt-
USE yesterday. These opinions wero Utmost
unanimous against tho policy Of taking at,
officer Of tho regular army, whose life ntlll
education since ho was 4 child has been
In tho regular military service, Withdrawn
| from civil pursuits, dlyested Of nil tho puiit-
fcal thought, cnrc, md association of ltlH fcl-
1oW-citfZcns,-n inan III uniform to dlsti1,-
| gulst lin from tho mass Of Ills countr,1acn,
and placlng this INN, with nll his ignor-
ance, theoretical aud practical, Of civil
| atfairs, Mt the lend Of purely civil goyerl,-
mcnt,
This objection to tho election of moro
military man to bu tho civil ruler Of n col,-
merclat Natiol-a Nation Of manufacturers,
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