The Magnolia gazette. [volume] (Magnolia, Miss.) 1872-current, 1880-01-23
GEN. EANoocKsaoHANcEs.

Who shall our standard bearer be for
the great presidential campaign Of 1880
is q question which is often asked and
variously answered. Tilden has been
dropped from the roll as no longer avail
able. Bayard has attempted to boom,
but his financial views are not broad
enough to suit the great West and South.
Thurman and Hendricks are good men.
but it is uncertain whether either Of
them can secure the nomination. Who
then, in view ofthe probability that Gen.
Grant will be the Republican candidate,
should the Democratic standard bearer
be? In answer we have no hesitation in
repeating he.assertion we made months
ago, that Gen. Winfield Scott Hancock
should be the man. In his favor it has
been noticed as a significant fact that he
is the second choice OF even the Demo.
Gratis who favor other candidates, while
he is the first choice Of all those who see
the necessity Of opposing war Republi-
can by war Democrat As is well OBJ
served by the Washington correspondent
Of the Montgomery Advertiser and Mail:
Gen. Hancock, whose splendid valor
was displayed on 60 many Of its fields, to
whom the greatest honor Of Gettysburg
is due, who shared the dangers and the
wounds which were the common eoldier's
lot, and which some of their generals did
not share, ispeculiarly the representative
OF that army which did the heaviest fight
ing Of the war. Gen. Hancock would
get thousands Of votes in New York, Con
necticut, New Jersey and ponnsy ylvania,
where the old soldiers of the Army of
the Potomac are thick, which no other
Democrat could get. But in addition to
his grand record as a soldier, he is the
solitary officer Of the regular army who
has made himself illnstrious by display
ing in the line Of his dnty profound
knowledge Of the principles Of civil lib
erty and Of constitutional law"
The Washington Sunday Herald Of the
4th inst. came out with most elaborate
and emphatic endorsement of Gen. Han
cock as the only ann whoc give to the
Democratic party a strong assurance Of
success. 1t says, "the candidate must
come from the North. or the contest will
be hopeless. And in this sense North
does not mean Missouri, Kentucky, Mary
land or Delaware; it means north of the
States which were slaveholding States
when the abolition agitation began. Let
ters from Pennsylvania say: "We can
carry this State with Hancock, but with
no one else; give us Hancock and /
shall 60 into the campaign with conf
| dence."
When in 1867 Gen. Hancock assumed
command of the Fifth Military District,
embracing Louisiana and Texas, he at
once reversed the oppressive course pur-
sued by his predecessor, and showed a
patriots respect for personal and civil
rights. In the FIRST order issued after
assuming command, he declared that
tine great principles OF American liberty
are still the lawful inheritance of this peo-
pie, and ever should be. The right Of
trial by jury, the habeaa corpus, the
liberty OF the press The freedom Of
speech, the natural rights Of persons, and
the rights Of property must be pre-.
served" This was the secret which
made his administration so pronounced
a success and endeared him to the peo.
pie over whom his rule extended
Though brave he was still tender
though determined to do justice, he still
loved mercy. His entire political creed
has been thus pithily abbreviated
No inference Of the military with elec
tions.
The supremacy Of the civil over tht
military authorities.
Home rule-under State and loca
laws-administered by local officers ant
interpreted by local judiciary.
And such are the signs by which he il
still bonnd to conquer.-N. 0. Dali,
NCity Ttprn