Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1880-06-25
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,nand Of the military district Of Louisi'
ana and Texas. with headquarters In
New Orleans, In Noyvmben lSdf, HAN
,uos, found himself met hy difficulties
arising out ut the results Of the Wat
With admirable tact anda keen sense ct
Justice To the laws OF the country rs
we'll Ms the p,orlo Of Louisiana aud
r,Nas lac pConciled the differences that
laA previously preyailedand which had
their origin "a the Accountable carpet
hag governments tia, smN' The close at
the war hal blsbI,d thoor Stats In
stead 1T an olprcssor the l.ouisIanans
anl Texans found in him Eovernor
inspired nv the motives ri the rurcSl
patriotism aud Of the highest ilsllcN
"GENERAL oRnGR M, 10
On assuming command, NoVcm6eI ~
lSas, hr issued his we'll Known General
Order No. ii" IN which he laid down
his programme as Governor at lhr d'S
uirt. Th,s dNVument Was a revelation
u AN oppressed, rohhcd aud Inundated
people, Ia 1t he expressed his c"nNic'
tions that the I.eol'lc ol Louisiana aud
Texas desired peacc, aud he declared his
pnrpase to insure ID by allowing the
ciyil authorities u carry out the ciNd
laws. There MAS everything In this nr'
der to produce u profound sense OF graf
itude ia the hearts Ut those to whom II
MAS addressed. Following It came lot u
While the blessings oi peace anj pros
perily, and hut Tor the tact that the AL
munistraliou at Washington removed
General Hancock iron his sphere ol
Justice aud henehCcnt cavern
mrnt the period at misrulc in Lou
iana aud Twas would have COME to an
rnl ten years axe, How honestly, how
impar,ialh aud Now prudrut'y le
conducted the affairs at those two States
il shown in the case at his controversy
With the carpot.hagrer lso.canrd GOV
ernor rEAsE, oi Texas THUS indi-
V,dtal hal arbitrarily NmoNri the
Judges and county oniCcrs whom he
found ia ottCe and had appointed ms
own creatures To t)l their plaCts, Cen
rral llNNvoCN's drst act on assuming
command Was Ia rcdrcss the injustice
that had been done to the people
M Texas, and IN his "Gcnrral urdcr
No, AZ he repaired the wrong that
rt\sG had committed, Tie Declared
that the right at trial 10y jury, tie
hgt,us O,y,,,s, the liberty at the press, the
n,c,lnm vt sps'ch, the natural rights at
prrsous aud the. rights ot property,
should he rcsrVrtrd-nohlc scnttmcuts
that have never been iorcottcn 10y the
American people. Again, IN a letter t.
pGNSr. he said that ou the Laws ut Texas
AMI Louisiana, as ga u foundation vt
RICK, rcposcs almost the entire structure
ol social orlcr
law : 81 rENNN,N uNEE CuN WuEin
In thcse two states power may DIES
tie, the forms hut not the principles at
Justice. These will hVctu spite even ct
the ,Word the Just course at General
llNNvo,A ia the South oRcudcd the car
pet .harGcrs aud their radical friends IA
Cousrrss, Who CudcaVorcd N hostile
legislation Lurttrd against him either to
have him retired from the military ser
\ ice or Ia make his position rs COM
manLyr ot the t,ith Military district rrk,
some aud embarrassing. Finally the
ISSUE wi oboyiug wrong W 'eS'gnlns
his GoycrnorshiP VAS presented L. HIM.
lie chose the httrr course, auj IN
lrttrr toa friend M which lac spoke NJ
has difficulties hr said, "Nnth,uG Cau
iuiimi,la,c NE lrum doing What | hc,
llcNr to hc hourst aud right tie made
application "a hc rrlcVcd lrom hls com-
maud ou February ~, ISIS, a victim at
Radical part,SauNhlp, whose name had
h,,omr a tower ut strength IA the land
General llNN,ovN Mas brought out IN
IS,,S as a candidate tor the Democratic
ior the Presidency, In the
National Convention vt that year he t..
c,Iy,d lill Votes, Again. IN lS,t, he
rrcciNcd at the 81 Louis Convention -
votes tr the same nomination, ltWul
hr seen. thcr, iarc, that rs candidate IN
1850 hr has u rrcSldrnllal rccord which
does not lack the Important clrmcut vt
tho confidence at hundreds At thousands
at hi> fellow citizens IN his availability
as tho man tn lead the pvmocracy To
victory,
NullNN n, kNullSu
VAS born M S,ou county, lndlana, On
Au.,nst 18th lS,n pTaluatVl al college