Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1880-06-25
THE DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATES.
General " s HancneS

General W. S. Hancock.
General Winfield Scott Hancock is the
ranking Major General of the Army. He
possesses the advantages of undoubted
ability, of conspicuously distinguished
record, and almost unbounded popularity
wherever he is known. He is prudent,
sincere, conservative and inhexible in his
loyalty to principles approved by his judg-
ment. General Hancock is q native of
Pennsylvania, having been born in Mont
gomery county, in that State, on the l4th
of February, 1924. He graduated at West
Point IN 1914, and served mainly on from
tier duty until 1916, and afterwards in the
war with Mexico, being breveted as First
Lieutenant for gallant and meritorious
conduct in the battles of Contreras and
Cherubusco. From 1913 to 1855 he was
again employed in frontier duty, and from
1855 to 1861 was Quartermaster of the
Southern District of California In August
of the latter year he was recalled to Wash
ington, and when the Army of the Poto-
mac was transferred to the peninsula in
1852 ne was already q Brigadier- General,
with the approp pirate command. in the
Fourth Corps. His first opportunity to
make a mark occurred at Williamsburg,
and he made
A BRILLIANT ONE.
He next distinguished himself in the
Battle of Frazer's Farm, and subsequently
took an active part in the campaign in
Maryland, at the battles of South Noun
tain and Antietam. Being made Major
General he commanded division at Fred
ericksburg and Charlottesville At Get
tysbprg he did magnificent work. Ga the
first day of the battle, July Ist, 1868 he
was sent by General Meade to decide
whether decisive battle should be given,
or whether the army should fall back. He
reported that Gettysburg was the place to
| fight, and took immediate command until
the arrival of Meade In the decisive ac-
ton of July Sd he commanded on the left
center, sustaining the terrific onset of
| Longstreet's Confederates, and being Sc
verely wounded. The thanks of Congress
were formally rendered him for his con-
duct IN these engagements. Being disabled |
| by his wounds, he was on sick leave until |
March, 1864, being meanwhile engaged in |
recruiting the Second Army Corps, which |
was placed under his command. At the |
opening OF the campaign OF that year under |
! General Grant, he took the active CON-
maud OF this corps and bore prominent |
|
Spottsylvania Court house and North |
| Anna, the second battle of Cold Harbor,
and the operations around Petersburg, I'M
til June 10Th, when, his wound breaking
out afresh, he was fer short time on sick |
leave. He afterwards resumed command,
and participated in several actions, until
November 26th, when he was called to
Washington to organize
THE FIRST CORPS OF VETERANS.
The name OF every great battle in the
East is inscribed on Hancock S flags After
the close OF the war he was placed sue
cessively in command of the Middle De- |
partment, the Department of Missouri, of
Louisiana and Texas. OF Dakota, and of |
the Department of the East. He has his |
headquarters on Governors Island. In
| the Democratic National Convention of
| 1865 he received l44k votes for the
Presidential nomination. In 1876 in the |
National Convention of the same party he |
received 70 votes for the same nomination. |
General Hancock has uniformly main
tanned the doctrine that the military power
should in time of peace be subordinated to |
the civil law. This was particularly shown |
in his address to the Court of Inquiry con-
stituted to try General Babcock, in 1873, |
| in which he urged that that officer having |
been formally indicted at st. Louis, it was |
right and proper that the military inquiry |
should be adjourned in order that the |
ordinary civil processes might take their
course - which suggestion was duly |
adopted. In 1868, while in command of |
the Fifth Military District, General Han. |
cock, in a letter to Governor Pease, said
"0n them THE laws of Texas and Louisi- |
on iaft
almost the entire structure of social order |
in these two States.
ANNUL THIS CODE OF LAWS,
And there would no longer be any rights,
either of persons or property, here. l
say, unhesitatingly, If It were possible that
Congress should pass an Act abolishing the
local codes OF 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, excepting wherein
they shall relate to slavery. Power may
destroy the forms, but not the principles
Of justice these will live in spite even of
the sword" General Hancock is a man of
handsome presence and most agreeable
manners. He is perfectly straight;
blonde, with rich skin and blue eyes, and
light hair, now turning gray; and his adj
dress is both courtly and simple. General
Hancock, while citizen of Pennsylvania,
is in almost all respects of fellowship and
association New Yorker. He is on ex-
cellent terms with the leading volunteer
officers of the New York militia, and CO.
operates with them in their parades, shoot
ing matches, etc. He is the favored guest
at the houses of some of the best people in
New York, but makes no pretension to
wealth or style The regard of his men
for him is boundless.
The foregoing is an extract from recent
personal sketch in Frank Leslie's Illus
troted Newspaper.
William H. English.
The nominee for Vice-President is VIM.