Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1880-10-14
Why Hancock Will Be Beaten.
from the Albany Evening Journal. ]

4 .ised uaftRsss for tho rlace. His whole
lie has been given to military matters.
/ lie has not had the slightest experience
/ or training III the direction of the duties
which would demand his attention as
/ President. Tie is entirely unfamiliar
! with those great economic questions
which are now pressing for solution. Ii
/ placed In the White House. he would be
a mere tigurehead from sheer inability to
/ be anything else. A brsve soldier, grant
| ed. But the time has arrived in the his
/ tory OF our country when, the war over,
reconstruction accomplished and pacif-
cation we'll under way, there is pressing
/ need that man be placed al the helm OF
! affairs who Will not be at the mercy OF
mis- advisers, but who will bring to tho
| great matters that will come before him
Tor sction ample knowledge, wide and
varied experience in civil affairs. and the
/ judgment born of such knowledge and
experience. To elect Hancock would
/ simply be TO place man in the Presl.
dents chair who would be run by men
standing behind it. The country dc.
mands man in that place who can run
himself.
III. he wtl be beaten for the same reason
that Tray came TO grtef-ho is caught in
bad company. 1t lis not Hancock person.
ally or Hancock solely that the people
Will be asked 10 vote for in November
but Hancock the standard bearer OF the
Democratic party. Even If he were
what conspicuously he is not--an accom-.
pl,shed statesman, fully equipped for all
the high demands OF the great office, the
connection in which he appears would be
fatal TO his aspirations As he now comes
before The American people he Is no
longer the Hancock they have known
aud honored in the past. He has changed
'front.' lie has gone over To the enemy.
Cincinna,i was his Appomattox. To-day
The monstrous anomaly Is presented OF q
General who fought hard to save the
Union, leading party which history will
pillory AS furnishing all the rebels At the
South who tried TO destroy that Uniun
and all the copperhesds nj the North
who gave aid and comfort to those rebels.
There were no Republicans in the Con
iederate army. There were no Republi.
cans amons the copperheads, Nor will
1t answer to say that the Democracy of
the war Is one thing and the Democracy
OF to day another. The leopard has not
changed its spots The course of the
party At the late extra session showed that
ii Is AS unpatriotio AS ever that IL is still
I
still \ subscriber TO the pestlferous ogC.
trne OF State rights; that II is still con.
trolled by It's southern element From
1861 to 1865 Gonoral Hancock was shoot
ing Democrats because they were trying
TO shoot the Government to DEATH" aud
yet to-day he Ia leading the Democratic
party which only last year, as II to show
that II has experienced no change of
heart during the war, anew commended
itself to the execration Of loyal men by
trying to starye the Government TO
death"
. Ill. Hancock wiU be beaten because has
opponent Is infnttelg better Tilted for The
PRESIDENCY. Hancock is known To his
countrymen simply AS a gallant soldier,
but Garfield is known not only as that but
as one Of the foremost statesmen of the
nation. Hsncock's tastes and sptitudes
are all for the profession OF arms He is
rs little of n statesman as he is Of doctor
of divinity, and doubtless would cut Just
ss good figure In the pulpit as he would
Ia the Presidents chair Garfield, on The
other hand, Ia profoundly vefsed in all
the various phases OF American public
affairs. Ills career in Congress has been
constant growth. He has diligently ND.
piled himself to all the great problems
that have come before the country during
the last fifteen years, and his thorough
mastery OF them is demonstrated In his
course as a legislator, in the committee
room or on the floor OF Congress. No
mans Judgment on any OF the knotly sub.
jlcis that have arisen for discussion and
settlement during that important and
most fruitful era has commanded more
respect. He has long been recognized as
one Of the great leaders OF public thought,
a statesman by the cast 81 MS mind, the
beat OF HIS inclnatIons and his achieve
ments. To elect such man TO The Pren.
dency would be to put the right man in
the right place. To elect Hancock would
be to put the right man in he wrong
place.
". Hancock oiN be beaten because AIS
opponent in additt0n TO betHg bitter fitted
for the piace represents he grand old Re
pu5ktcaa purity Hancock goes into the
race with the milestone OF the Democrat.
ic party hanging about his neck. Gar.
field, on the other hand is helped i'm
measurably by "the company he keeps"
GARFIELD will be borne along on the arms
OF the organization which has never lost
control OF the Government since It elected
Abraham Lincoln aud has earned it's long
tease on power ny slehdIhst devotion 10
the Union In war and in peace. Garfield
plus the Republican party 10 an uncon.
quersbie force; while Hancock plus he
Democratic party Is much weaker than
Hancock minus the Democratic rarty.
ftthus appears that whether the canvass
is to be pursued TO the cry, "Principes
not men," or the cry, Men not princi-
pies" victory belongp 10 the Republican
side. II the comparison be confined to
men, Garfield has nothing 10 fear and
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