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Hancock and English.

crntic party, is u native Of Pcnnsvl-
vania, III which State he was born,
February -, 1924. lie graduated at
WcS; point in 1871, and served in tho
Mexican and Seminole wars. In Sep
tcmhcr, 1861, he was made Br;gadirr-
General in the Federal army, and dis
tiE.uishc,l iii,uSclf at Williamsburg,
South Mountain and Antietam, and at
fredericksburg and charlottesville
whore he commanded division. HC
was promoted 10 the command of the
Second Army Corps III June, 1868,
was severely Wounded at Gettysburg
and highly distinguished in tlle Viii
derncSs campaign. lie commanded
i'll Washington in 1865, and was made
Military Governor Of Louisiana and
Texas at the close Of The war with
headquarters at Now Orleans. Instead
Of an opprcssor, the people Of those
States found in him a governor nspir-
ed hy motives Of tlc purcst patriotism
and the highest i"}!:cc.
On assuming command, Novcrihrr
20, 1867, he Issued his well known
"Gcncral Order No. 49," in which ha
laid down his programme as Governor
Of the district. This tlocumcn! was a
revelation to an oppressed, robbed and
Inundated people. In it he expressed
his convictions that the people Of Lou
isiana and Texas desired peace, and
he declared his purpose TO insure it by
allowing the civil authorities to carry
out the civil laws. How honestly,
how impartially and how pruicntly
he conducted the afInirs of those two
States is shown in tho case Of his con-
troversy with tho carpct-baggcr (so-
called) Governor pcasc, of Texas.
This individual had arbitrarily re-
moved tho Judges and county officers
whom he found in Office and had up-
pointed his own creatures to fiji their
places. General IIancocll's first act
on assuming command was to redress
tho Injustice that had Eccn done to the
people of Texas, and in his "Gcncral
Order No. 40'' lie repaired tho wrong
that Pcasc had committed. He de-
clared that tho right of trial by jury,
tho habeos corpus, the liberty of the
press, the freedom Of speech, the
natural rights Of persons, aud the
rights Of property, should be respect
cd-nob'c sentiments that have never
been forgotten by the American poo
pic. Again, in Il letter TO pcasc, he
suid that on the laws Of Texas and
Louisiana. as OH Il foundation Of rock.
rcposcs the entire structure of social
order.
In these two States power NAV de-
stroy the forms but not tie principles
of justice. These will live in spite
even Of the sword. The just course
OF General Hancock in the South
offended the carpet-baggcrs and their
Radical friends in Congress, who en-
deavorcd by hostile legislation direct
Ell against him either to have him
retired from tho military service or to
make his position as commander Of the
Fifth Military district irksome and
embarrassing. Finally the issue Of
ohcying a wrong or resigning his
Goveruorsljp was presented 10 him.
lie chose The latter course, and in y
letter to Il friend in which hc spoke of
his diliiHu';ics he said: "Nolhinn can
'ntimiJaic me from doing what be-
licvc 10 hc honest @anl riubt.H lie
made application to be relieved from
his command on February n, 1868, Il
victim Of Radical partisaEship. whose
name had become a tower of strength
in the land. General Hancock was
brought or; in 1863 rs candidate for
the Democratic nomjna,ion for the
Presidency. lii thc National Couycn-
ton oi thai year lie received lib
votes. Again, in 1876, he received at
the st. Louis Convention 75 votes for
the same nomination. 1t will be seen.
therefore, that he has record which
docs not lack the important element
OF the confidence Of hundreds Of thou
sands OF his fellow citizens in his
availability as The man to lead the
Democracy 10 victory.
General Hancock l.; now Tic snuio;
Major-GenerNl in The United States
Army, and is in command Of The East
ern division, with Headquarters in
In Now York. lie is over six feet tall
weighs over two hundred pounds and
is worth over two million dollars. The
Wallace wing in Pennsylvania, backed
by tho solid vote Of Louisiana, Maine
Minnesota and Vermont. and q scatter
ing contingent from other States, gave
him the lead on thc first ballot, anf
the tide rapidly set in lis favor.
1t might ne we'll be said here tina,
the only charge brought against Han
cock is that he was in command i,
washington at the hanging of Mrs
Surratt. Attempts have been made tt
hold him responsible for this murder
put as no was merely acting unde,
orders IN executing tho ecntcncc of th,
.r,sl l.