The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1880-07-22

Almond inuodueeu Hon. Thomas +.
Bayard as the orator of the evening.
He was received with great applause.
Mr. Bayard said: When the American
people meet TO take counsel together in
respect OF choosing their rulers, it Is n
matter of great gravity. The Demo-
cratic party-that great party that new
er had sinister object, actuated by n
great patriotic impulse, sent the best
men OF their party to Cincinnati to
choose a standard-bearer firm In the
faith of that party; and 1t is as fellow
Democrats that we are tonight met to
indorse their choice. They did not
choose obscure men, or dark horses. but
men who have been known Tor the lie
time OF q generation.
There Is no one who did not know and
honor the name OF Winfield Scott Han
cock applause long before he was
mentioned at Cincinnati; aud I'm the
councils OF the nation, where Indiana
sent him, William IA. English has
proved his worth. Hancock h. no un-
tried man. He has been tested, and vim
iicated his claim TO public confidence in
"A way that seldom falls TO the lot Of
public men. He has been long before
the people, and, though subjected TO the
fierce light of partisan examination, his
reputation Is spotless. His military re-
cord is as glorious as that of any man
in the country. Ii you ask why we
put in nomination a soldier, / viii tell
you: Because that man has proved that
the good God gave TO him the sAmo
characteristics of self control that he
gave to the great Washington. Since
the world was, nothing has been so
dangerous TO society and man as the
| nj a IN -
When military power OF the most abso-
lutte kind was in the hands OF Hancock,
what was his course in comparison
with that of other military governors
whom you can recollect? When In
Louisiana and Toxas he was asked to
arrest men, he asked where is your ju-
dicial process When asked 10 restrain
liberty or property, he asked for law to
guarantee II. When he was asked TO
try menby military tribunals lie pointed
out the cOurthouses with their Judges
and jury-boxes. Who else, placed with
such power in his hands, has refused tn
exercise it. He said he was citizen,
and held his rights as such higher than
his power as soldier. Compare this
with the course OF that general who
asked permission TO outlaw tie people
of Louinipna, Alabama, Mississippi,
Texas and Georgia, and thc reply OF
Belknap, then secretary OF war, who
said he approved of such course. The
speaker reviewed the history of the Re
publican, party and that of Mr.. Garfield,
and accused the former OF being the eX-
ponent of principle 10 retain by force
a power gained by force, and the latter
as fully endorsing these sentiments Of
his party. He sketched graphically
the scenes in Washington during the
excitement over the electoral troubles
Of 1876, and recounted Gariield's oppo-
sition 10 the bill Tor the electoral COM
mission, and his subsequent Acceptance
of a position In body which he declar-
ed had no warrant under the constttu-
tion. The logic OF the election OF Ham
cock, Judging by his own past, would
be to place the civil power above the
military. If as nsaior-general1 is IL
likely he would do so as presidehtY IL
you say Hancock Is a soldier, say aye,
and a true one. But he l. moro; he Is
citizen who values his rights as such
above his power as a soldier. With
| Hancock as president the liberties Of
this country are safe. We do not take
him because he is a military man, but
because he Is a good citizen. Mr.. Bay
ard closed by saying; "The south by
their votes at Cincinnati have proved,
and by their votes In November will
prove, their love for the man who has
been true to the Union and the oonstitu-
| tion of the country. II man who can
turn foe to friend, and bring a conquer
ed enemy TO alliance, be not states
man, then pray tell me what Is states
manship.