The Sunday herald. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1866-1887, 1880-08-15
HINCOCk'S COTRIGE on COMIC
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HiNCOCk'S COTRIGE on COMIC
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The Republican press finds nothing in the
personal or military character of General
Hancock to assail Having sought in vain
for prctext for attack, they fell back upon
the argument (if argument 1t can be called) |
that by accepting the Democratic nomination
he has formed an alliance with the men and |
the cause he helped to defeat in war, and |
that hc thereby places himself in direct an
tagonsm to the men lac led and the cause hc |
cspouscd on the field OF bDttle. This is the
sum and substance of their condemnation,
and with this they expect to fight the cam
paign. The New York T,ibuHo occupies a
foremost position in this sort of talk. There
is no objection to Hancock himself, The
affairs Of the country would he safe in his
la nds, hut the fear expressed is that he
would bc controlled by that horrid rebel
element. They, and not Hancock, would
control the country. They would fill the
offices and mould him TO their own views.
There is not an intelligent newspaper writer
cooperate upon the unthinking masses. What
is there in the character or history of VIM
field Scott Hancock that would for moment
warrant the belief that he could he per-
suaded to abandon his convictions at the
beck of any man OF set OF men When
elected President, as we firmly believe he
will he, he will he the President of the
IT,,ttnl MOI, and hn In thn or
men who would dare to attempt to subvert
tile least of the provisions of the Constitution
of the United States, or of the laws made in
pursuance thereof. Hancock is not of that
| stuff that could he made clay in the hands
of any political potter. Knowing his duty,
| he will in the future, as he always has in
the past, fearlessly perform it. His convic-
tons of duty to his country are imbeddcd in
the solid rock of patriotic devotion to her
| best interests. When the call to arms re-
sounded hc was one of the first to draw his
sword. No one gave the Contederacy more
| stunning blows. The Southern army felt
| them and staggered under them. The blows
were given in the interest and for the cause
of the Union.
L AFTER II WUllt llt war was OVER. lit
people of the South accepted the situation
The flags of the Confederacy were furled
The Confederate armies disbanded and tn,
soldiers returned to their homes to build NJ
the places desolated py the war. Hancock
was placed in an important command in til,
conquered section and among conquered
people. Again he had the courage of Iii
| Al l.
sword was never sheathed. When the arlne,
enemies of the Union were scattered far an,
wide he bowed to the supremacy of the civi
authority. He did it too while the radica
element in the North was grinding its teet
with rage. He was denounced upon the ioo
| of Congress. The overwhelming Republira
majority in that body refused him vote q
thanks. Amid it all Hancock stood firm as
granite rock, and sternly adhered to til
T. principles enunciated in his letter To Cover
: nor Pease and in Order No. 40.
I The idea that such n man is to he swerve
q from any patriotic purpose by any party q
Y faction is simply prepostcrous. Fully recoe
e ni2ing the supremacy of law himself, he wi
!. compel obedience to it, and see that a
g others recognize it, and in that recognitio
t he will not fail to embrace all the amen,
! ments to the Constitution and the laws mad
Il in pursuance thereof
We have referred TO the New York TdbW
as one of the papers that condemns Gener
II Hancock because he is the Democratic cand
=. date. and because he is supported in larl
e degree by Southern Democrats. He is
e bad company, says the Tribune, and ther
?, fore we cannot follow him. In 1872 lIora,
Ii Greeley was the Democratic candidate f,
II President. He was nominated by the san
80 class of people that nominated General llal
l, cock. The Tribune gave him an earnest su
port and We are not aware that it ever int
al mated that Mr.. Greeley was in bad compan
D or that he would he Influenced and sway,
~ by the men who had borne arms in the Coz
e. federate cause. He would have been inf
enced, perhaps, just as General Hancock wi
W he, for the good of the whole country. That NJ
N Greeley's views of the supremacy of the la
were not at variance with the views entt
tanned by General Hancock, is shown by Il
following extract from an editorial in 4
u Tribune of July u, 1865:
II the war be really and wholly ended then the ri
10 OF civil law should be everywhere restored at one
y If it he ended far only the loyal States are &c
a. cerned, then should have old fashioned civil &c
-, ernmrmt and restoration Of habeas corpus 10 Il
extent. But let these come when they may, We oul
IL To lie very careful that martial law and military
Y, cessty are not made prcexts for nameless acts
of tyranny which tend to dcbase the spirit of liberty,
, habituaie the public mind 10 despOtic unrepnbliC
IN rule, and 10 weaken among the loyal their habit
IL wholesome Jealousy Of the rule OF the sword
hs history shows that II Is much easier to break do
-, this jealousy than TO revive t-that despOtic poy
unresistcd tends holder and still lder
10 tions.
'' The people of the South understand I
- character of the man nominated by the De
=" Ocrats for President. They do not expect
W lead Him or to dictate to lin. But they
IL expect that his administration will be one
h' constitutional law. November will sh
's that the people of the North understand Ia
''' too, and that they will feel perfectly safe
'' placing the reins of government in the han
Of one who has the courage to maintain
cony lotions in war and in peace. The 5
dier who saved the day ON the bloody ii'
of Gettysburg will not be distrusted by
~ country in time of profound peace.
IIiE CENSUS AND JIfE .SOifIH
The South cannot please the party of I
,on bloody shirt any way. That section !
wn been abused all the while for standing still
pie the race of population and development,
~, driving away emigration and dwindling
the atrophy and decay and 10, when the Gems
returns show that the South is active a
by uprising, keeping pace with and actua
on surprising the most favored sections of I
u. Northwest in filling up its waste places a
tic developing its resources that it will 6;
m rather than lose Congressional represen
~ tion and political power AS the result of
ne enumeration which has just been made a
in is being foosed up, the bloody shirt orga