The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1880-07-22

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FORMAL Tender OF tlse Nominations fog
President aad vsce-Prea,dent, whicf, ara
Informally Accepted. .tAs
NEW YoRK, July IS.
Gen. Haneock's grandson, named after
himself, died this morning from cholera
infantunn. TbiH event has depressed the
| Geperal, and the committee'a whit 70 tsil-
der the nominationa Was In consequences
purely formal ;s
Mr. English reached Gosernor's Island
at noon and was heartily greeted by Gen.
Hancock on the veranda of biz: sesi.
dence. s a 8 y s.
| The committee left the New York
Hotel in body with the members of the
National committee and other yisitors.
The party proceeded on board the steam.
er Fletcher, and were landed at Cover.
| nor's Island q. LAO p. m. The party
went TO Gen. Hancock's residence, and
upon being urnered into the parlors Gen.
Stockton, addressing Gen. Hancock,
said: 81 s,.. M =
Gen. Hnncock-I have the honor to
introduce to you Governor Stephenson,
chairman of the Democratic National
Convention recently assembled at Gin
cinnati. have also the honor of pre-.
| sentiDg to you the committee appointed
by that body to wait on you aud notify
you OF your unanimous nomination for
the highest Office in the gift of the peo.
| pie. 1t Is source of great satisfaction
to the committee in making their an
nouncement to you to say that your
nomination WAS not secured by solicita.,
tions of personal CT political friends, ba.-
was the spontaneous action of that Con-
vention, actuated By patriotic duty. One
of the ablest and wisest bodies of our
countrymen ever assembled has given
You this nomination with perfect unaniu1-
ity. Aud, General, since that Conven.
tion has adjourned we of thst COMMITTEES
have been to cur homes. We have seen
our constituents, tho Democratic masses
and conservative people of this country,
and with one accord they ratify the ectioh
of that Convention. So we are bound 10
believe, aswe do, that your election -:,ll
De an accomplished fact. We cannot
doubt, and we believe, that when tho
American liberty will still be the inner.
itance Of this people, and ehall be forey-
| er. - fH s1.fN
And now In the name of the National
Democratic party, by virtue of the power
entrusted to this committee by the Con.
| vantion; as its chairman / hare the
honor to hand to the secretary com
munication in writing informing you
officially OF your nomip 3tion.
| Gen. Stockton then handed 20 the
secretary of the committee, Mr.. Bel, IAN
| address signed by the committee, after
which it was handed to Gen. Hancock
In reply the latter said: g 4et5 q
Mr. Chairman and Gentlemen of me
Committee: .pf s3,.6 .6af4s ~.
Iappreciate the honor conferred upon
me by the Democratic National Conven-
tion lately assembled in Cincinnati, and
thank you for your courtesy in making
that honor known to me. AS soon aS
the importance of the matter permits
will prepare and send to you @ formal
acceptance of my nomination for the
office of President Of the United States.
Those present were introduced TO Gen.
Hancock, who had few words of well
come for each.
After q few minutes spent in hand
shaking Gen. Stockton, turning 10 the
Hon. VIM. II. English, ,aid: "The Gin
cinnati Convention, with unaninl;tg
unparalleled, appointed us as a com.
inittee to wait upon you at such time and
place as would be most agreeable 10 you
and inform you in person and In writing
OF your nomination. / now have the
honor to present you,i on The part of tho
committee and in the name of the Ma.
tional Convention of the Democratic
party, the official announcement of your
nomination."
Mr.. English in reply spoke as follows !:
Mr. Chairman and Gentlemen of the
Committee
l. As o rrocfinat h,,,. 49, x-...-
accustomed to indirection of action or
/ circamlocution of speech. I will say
| plainly and in q faw words that / accent
the high trust which you have rendered
me with feelings of profound gratitude,
and that will at an early date formally.
I and il. writing, make an acceptance,
which, am informed, 10 usual on such
occasions. In doing this fully realize
the great responsibility of the situation,
the care turmoil, anxiety, misrepresen.
tation and abuse which are certain to
follow, and ] understood thoroughly
that all the resources and power of ouf
political foes from oil parts of the land
will be concentrated against us in Indi-
ana, my native State, where the first
! grand battle is to be fought, and proba-
bly, the most important of all. Butth
are great occasions when the discharge
of high patriotic duties is to be ccnsid-
eTed above oil personal considerations.
and shall not disregard the Unanimous
voice of the representatives of thS ma
jority Of the American people for whom
yon speak here to-day. fApplause.
am profoundly grateful for the high
honor which has bean conferred, and /
haye an abiding faith that with the favor
OF God and the people we shall succeed
in this contest. as as E
sissseT was spP,aad0d al the SJii-
ciuslon of his remarks, and then followed
another general handwriting, after
| which the party again boarded the
Fletcher and left the Island.
The ofacial Letters OF the onlcers of the
Convention. ia
New YoRK, July 13.
The president and secretary of the
Cincinnati Convention have forwarded
the following letter to Gen. Hancock
and Mr.. English
THELETTEn 70 GEN. HANCOCK.
JULY 10, 1880.
10 Gen. ". s. HancoeE- SIN The
National Convention of the Democratic
party which assembled at Cincinnati on
the I'D OF last month unanimoisly
nominEted you IS their candidate for
/ PFesidens of the United States. We
have been directed 10 inform yca OF
your nominatlon to the exalted trust
and request your acceptance.
la accordance with ne Uniform cds-
tom of the Democratic party the Con
eension have announced their yieRl
upon the important issues which are
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