Morning journal and courier., 1880-06-25
FOR PRESIDENT,
 JAMES A. GARFIELD, of Ohio. FOR VICE PRESIDENT,
 CHESTER A. ARTHUR, of N. York.
THE DEMOCRATIC TICKET.
FOR PRESIDENT

l CHESTER A. ARTHUR, of N. York. 
 THE DEMOCRATIC TICKET. The action of the Cincinnati convention is an instructive exhibition of Democratic con- ! sistency. For four long and weary years the Democrats have been bowling Fraud l'' and s'branding'' everything said or done by the Republicans as fraudulent. They now turn
 suddenly about and nominate man who in no way represents what they have put for I ward as their chief claim upon the votes of I the people. They have been busy and yocif- 1 erous in protesting against ''the man on
 horseback and government by men without experience in civil life, and they. nominate 8 1 man who represents what they have protest ed against completely as any man in the country. It might also be added that they l have exhibited their consistency by nominat- 1 ing man who was thoroughly loyal to the l Union and who is so strong and good man | that the universal sentiment, even among l Democrats, is one of surprise that he suc- ceeded in winning the favor of Democratic 1 convention.
 1 We have no disposition to belittle the mer- | it's of General Hancock. His war record is
 something for part of the Democratic party l to be proud of-that part which fought with
 him to uphold the Union or, though not in
 the field, remained loyal. His service during l the rebellion was active and important. In
 the battle of Warwick Court House he led
 his brigade vietoriously. At Williamsburgh, 1 where the rebels made his brigade a special 1 object of attack, he led his men in person,
 and drove back his opponents, holding the l ground until endorsements made victory
 certain. Mcclellan telegraphed to President
 Lincoln, Hancock was superb to-day" He met the enemy again successfully at Golding's l Farm, Pennsylvania, and saw hard fighting
 at Garnetts Hill, Savage Station and White 1 Oak Swamp For his services in the Penin. sular campaign General Mcclellan recon
 mended Hancock for promotion to the rank l of major general of volunteers and the bre. vets of major, lieutenant colonel and colonel
 in the regular army. In November, 1862, he
 was commissioned major general At South Mountain, Antietam Mayre's Heights and 1 Charlottesville he was in the thickest of the l fight, but he marYellously escaped his only wound being slight one received at Mayres s | l the command of the Second corps At Get l tysburg General Hancoek's part was very inn
 portant, commanding the rear guard the 1 Union army advanced. General Meade sent 1 word for him to hasten forward and assume l command at the front, although he was not 1 the ranking general. When he arrived Gen. eral Reynolds was dead and all was confusion. 1 Placing infantry and batteries on Cemetery 1 Hill he held the position until Meade
 brought up the main body and se- I cured the battle Just in the moment l of victory he was wounded in the thigh, and
 for a time it was thought the wound was 1 mortal. He kept out of active service l by it until December 1863, when he sent ] North to recruit for his corps. He went back in I the following March and took part in the bat l ties of the Wilderness, Alesop's House, 1 Spottsylvania Court House, where he cap l tured Stonewall Jackson's old brigade, and | Cold Harbor. He assisted in the assaults on | Petersburg, was with Sheridan at Deep Bot l tom, commanded the Second and Tenth corps | on the James, and had his last fight at Boyd
 ton Road.
 1 Since the war General Hancock has been
 stationed in various parts of the country, and 1 since 1872 he has been in command of the 1 Division of the Atlantic, with his headquar- ters at Governors Island in New York har- | bor.
 William H. English, the nominee for Vice
 President, has also good claim upon the support of part of the Democratic party.
 He was not "Copperhead'' and has been a l o6r of hard Ho iS O
 very wealthy man and has had some expert
 ence in public life, having been clerk of the
 Indiana House of Representatives, Clerk of
 the Claims Committee of the United States l Senate, Speaker of the Indiana House of Representatives and five times Representa- l tive in Congress.
 We have no doubt that the Democrats will
 rally pretty generally and heartily to the sup 1 port of the man who shed his blood to de- feat the extreme application of their doctrine l of State rights, and who does not
 represent the ideas avowed by the party since the rebellion It will ! be queer spectacle, but not on the whole, a I gloomy one, for it is encouraging to see the
 Democratic party have at its head so good 8
 leader as Hancock. But good as the nomi-
 nation is, it is not so good as that of the Re 1 publicans. General Garfield was soldier,
 and as brave soldier as General Hancock 1 But while Hancock has remained a soldier, General Garfield has become Q statesman,
 and if elected will bring to his duties as
 President qualifications that General Han
 cock utterly lacks. We have better candi- 1 date than the Democrats, and the claims of
 the Democratic party to the confidence and
 votes of the people will not bear comparison
 with those of the Republican party. It will
 take more than General Hancock to make that which the Democratic party calls it's