Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1880-10-21
HancOck's Nomination an Inspiration.

ne NOMINATION or Ieneral hancock
at Cincinnati was an inspiration. His
name was not down on the bill. He
was not the choice CT the politicians.
There was no Hancock boom when
the delegates came together. But his
name was in the air. The Convention
took it up. 1t was magnetic. His NOM
lination was spontaneous and inevitable.
1t united all parties, created unbounded
enthusiasm, electrified the country.
The career of General Hancock justi-
fed the enthusiasm his nomination
awakened. The young soldier gained
the profound respect and regard OF
General Scott at West Point, and in the
Mexican campaign, where he was pro-
NOTED for meritOriOus services. The
brave General Harvey selected him for
his most difficult campaign in the West.
He was Llncoln's favorite General in
the war, and the soldiers loved him as
a brother, and were proud to follow
him. He rose to the highest rank by a
succession of brilliant deeds, and more
than met each new responsibility with
increased valor and fidelity. His course
at New Orleans made him the repre-
sentative of Constitutional law and civil
authority His letter to Governor Pease
marked him as the champion of the
rights and liberties of the people. His
letter to General Sherman distinguished
him as the embodiment of Democratic
ideas. Without effort on his own part,
without ambition, with no solicitation
on the part of friends, backed by no
party or clique, he has steadily risen in
public regard and confidence, till he
has become the Man of the Hour. No
wonder that the venerable DR.. Junkin.
the distinguished Presbyterian divine of
Pennsylvania, prophesied that General
Hancock would be President. He rec
ognized in this modest hero statesman
the Man of Destiny.
Since his nomination at Cincinnati
the people have embraced him. The
veteran soldiers of the Union army,
thousands of whom served under his
able leadership, are massing in his sup
port. Old Republicans, who joined
with Sumner, and Seward, and Chase,
and Greeley, and Lincoln. and Trum-
bull and Davis in forming the Republi-
can party, behold in him the repre-
sentative of their principles and ideas,
and are joining his standard. The
German people, renowned for their in
telligence and quiet virtues, recognize
him as their ideal leader. The South
ern people do honor to his courage, his
chivalric virtues and his statesman
ship. Capitalists trust him. Merchants
know that he is safe. Conservative cit
liens rejoice to support candidate
who respects the best traditions of the
Republic and has stainless reputation.
The people believe in him. From one
end of the country to the other his
name wakes the heartiest responses of
popular confidence. Maine sends greet
ing to Ohio and Indiana. And the
of Kepublicanism tremble at
the irresistible wave of public senti-
ment in Hancock's favor. The fates are
in his favor. His election seems to be
Hancock is the Man of Destiny. Ev-
erywhere the people feel that his cleo
ton will restore the Government to its
true principles, destroy sectional hatred
and agitation, create confidence and
goodwill everywhere, give new i'm
petus to prosperity, and inaugurate an
era of good feeling. All the best inter-
ests of the country will be promoted by
his success. All the best hopes of the
people are centered in his election. He
has name identified with the proudest
events in our Nations history-Win-
field Scott, who led our victorious
troops into the capital of Mexico, and
John Hancock, who presided in the
first Continental Congress, and was the
first to sign his name to the Declare
ton of Independence. He combines
the heroic qualities of the one and the
civic virtues of the other, and clasps
the two great epochs of our National
existence together, while his own brill
liant career illustrates its third. His |
star to-day is in the ascendant and will |
continue to brighten. N. Y Express.