The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1880-07-01

tuCii1 AuO1OJcO ~ Ob. LOulSs III Was
right and proper that the military
inquiry should be adjourned in
order that the ordinary civil proc
esses might take their course, which
suggestion was duly adopted. In
1868, while in command of the
Fifth Military District, General
Hancock, in a letter to Governor
Pease, said: "On them (the laws
of Texas and Louisiana), as ON
foundation of rock, reposes almost
the entire structure of social order
in these two States. Annul this
code of laws, and there would be no
longer any rights, either of persons
or property here. l say, unhesita
tingly, it it were possible that Con-
gress should pass an Act abolishing
the local code for Louisiana and
Texas. which do not believe, and
it should fall to my lot to supply
their places with something of my
own, do not see how / could do
better than follow the laws in force
here prior to the rebellion, except
ing wherein they relate to slavery.
Power may destroy the forms, but
not the principles of justice; these
will live in spite of even the sword"
Hancock, in personal appearance,
is tall, well-formed and very hand
some. His height cannot be less
than six feet two inches, and he
weighs fully two hundred and forty
pounds. He will make the finest
looking President who ever sat in
the White House, except, possibly,
George Washington. His form
towers above other men, and he at
tracts attention by his mere looks
wherever he goes. His eyes are
blue and have a benignant and
mild expression when in repose,
but inspiring when in danger.
His manner is dignified and knight
ly, and he is courtesy itself. He
is always magnetic, and draws men
to him by his kindness and gentle
interest in their affairs. His SYM
pathies are easily aroused, and he |
becomes intensely concerned for
the sorrow and mlsfortunes of 9th
ers, striving in every way to relieve
them, as though their trouble were
his own. Hancock's Kindness to his |
always won not only |
their love but their confidence, and |
caused them to rely on him as a
friend as well as commander. He
gave man a good opinion of him
self, and made each one feel he was
of more Importance than he ever
before suspected. 1t WAS this |
which caused him to have such
power over his officers and men in
battle, and made them prefer rath
er to die than forfeit the good
opinion of their leader.
WILLIAM H. ENGLISH.
The Democratic candidate for
Vice President was born In Scott
county, Indiana, on the 9th of
1922. He is, therefore,
something less than two years the
senior of General Hancock, who is
in his fifty-sixth year. Mr.. English,
after receiving common school
education, entered the University
at South Hanover, where he re
manned three years. His public life
began in 1S43, when he was chosen
Clerk of the House of Representa-
tives OF Indiana. Upon the cleo
ton of Mr.. Polk to the Presidency
Mr.. English obtained an appoint.
ment as clerk in the Treasury De-
partment. He was afterwards made
clerk of the Constitutional Conven
ton of Indiana, which assembled in
1850. He was next chosen to the
lower house of the legislature of
his state, over which body he pre-
sided as Speaker. He served in
Congress from 1853 to 1861. the
of the civil war, since
which time he has devoted himself !
to his private affairs
and by Gint of superior abilities
and remarkable energy of charac |
ter, has amassed a large fortune.
His record on the financial question |
is sound, and his views decidedly |
on the hard money order. The
long retirement of Mr.. English |
from politics, embracing period of
nearly twenty years, relieves the
canvass of the discussion of any |
record that he might have made
for himself during that long inter
val.
His nomination insures Indiana
for the Democracy, as he is quite as
popular in that state as Hendricks.
He has never been defeated in an
election before the people.