The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1880-07-07
HANCOCK'S MOTIVATION.
THE THREE SPEECHES THAT PLACED
OUR NEXT PRESIDENT IN
NOMINATION,
ELOQUENCE THAT CARRIED ENTHUSIASM
IN THE CONVENTION AND HELP
ED TO MAKE HANCOCK
OUR CANDIDATE.
DoUGHERTY's SPEECH.

amid great applause and spoke as
follows:
propose to present to the thought.
full consideration of the convention
the name of one who on the field of
battle was styled "the superb" yet
won the still nobler renown as a mil
itary governor, whose first act, when
in command of Louisiana and Texas,
was to salute the constitution by
proclaiming that the military rule
shall ever be subseryient to the civil
power. The plighted word Of a SOL
der was proved by the acts of a
statesman. ] nominate one whose
n anne suppress all faction; will be
alike acceptable to the North and to
the South; name that will thrill
the republic; a name, if nominated,
Of man that will crush the last EN-.
bers of sectional strife, and whose
name will be the dawning of that
day SO long looked for, the day of
perpetual brotherhood among the
people of America. With him Us
our champion we can fling away our
shrouds and wage an aggressive war.
With him we can appeal to the su-
preme majority Of the American
people against the corruptions of the
Republican party and their untold
violation Of Constitutional liberty.
With him as our standard bearer the
bloody banner of Republicanism will
fail palsie,i to the ground. Oh! my
couutrymen, in this supreme hour,
when the destinies Of the Republic
when the imperiled liberties of the
people are in your hands, Pause, re.
fleet, take heed, make no misstep.
say nominate one who will carry
every State Of the South. I nomi.
nate one who will carry Pennsylya
MIA, carry Indiana, carry Connect
cut, carry New jersey, carry New
York. propose the name-[voice:
"Carly Ohio" aye, and carry Ohio.
propose the name of the soldier
statesman, whose record is as stain
less as his sword, Winfield Scott
Hancock. One word more, if nomi.
mated he will take his seat.
| After Dougherty left the platform
he turned and came back. "AlIow
me to say one word more," he said
to the chair. Permission was &C,
corded, when Mr.. Dougherty correc'
ted his speech, as follows:
Gentlemen of the convention,
pray your pardon for one word.
said that "if nominated;" l should
have said, "if elected Gen. Hancock
will take his seat.
| The Chair-The name of Vim
field Scott Hancock is nominated fol-
President of the United States.
GOV. HUBBARD's SPEECH.
Gentlemen of the Convention,
have but word to say, rise by re
quest, request which meets the i'm
pulses of my own bosom, to second
the nomination of the soldier states
man, Winfield S. Hancock. Men o
the convention, it is peculiarly Fl
that Texas, that Louisiana shoult
respond to that nomination. Hea
me for moment. When the wa
closed, when the flag that some o
US followed was furled forever, whei
again the constitution of the father
was the supreme law of the land, a
it now and ever shall be, there cam
down through the Southland, through
my own State, and Louisiana especi
! ally, a race of carpet baggers lik
the Vandals of old, preying upon gu
wasted substance. Military COVER
nors filled the bastiles with prison
ers from civil life, men who had com
mitted naught but fancied offense
against the government were crowd
ed in every Jail and in every bastile
| from the Rio Grande to the "Fathe
of Waters" In that hour when "
had lost all, when by the side Of ev
cry hearthstone were weeping Ra
chefs, when the wolf was bowling a
almost every door, when there wa
widowhood aud orphanage every
where, there came a voice in tha
darkness of the night time that sal,
to us: II am your military ruler
the war has closed; unbar your dun
geons; open your courts and be trie'
| as the constitution prescribes. y
That man was Winfield 8. Hancock