Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1880-07-06
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.CT ATOR A
Speech Of Senator Bay ard at Wilmington,
Del...4n Eloquent Plea for Hancock.
WILMINGTON, DEL, July "A large
and. enthusiastic meeting IT, ratify the
nomination of Hancock and English
was held here to night, Ma, Or Allmand
introduced Hon. Thomas F.. Bayard as
the orator of the evening" de was re
eeived with great applause. .dr. Bayard
said: "When the American people
meet. to take counsel together in respect
Of choosing their rulers it is u matter of
great gravity. The democratic party,
that great party which never had sim
lister object, actuated by q great patriotic
impulse, sent the best men OF their par
ty to Cincinnati to choose a Standard
bearer, firm in the faith of that party,
and it is, fellow-democrats that we are
here tonight to indorse their choice.
They did not choose obscure men or
dark horses, but men who have been
known for their lifetime. There is no
one who does not know and honor the
name of Winfield Scott Hancock. APP
plause. Long before he, was mention
ed at Cincinnati, and in the cOunsels Of
thenation, where Indiana sent him,
VIM. II. English has proved his worth.
Hancock is no untried man. He has
been tested, and has vindicated his claim
to public confidence in . way that falls
to the lot of few public men. He has
been long before thepeeple, and, though
subjected to the fierce light of partisan
exaI1iin alton, his rep1tatfon is still spot
less His military recofdis ss glorious
as that of any man inythe country. If
you ask why we put in domination "a
soldier, I will tell YM because that
man has proved that the good God gave
to him the same characteristics of self
control and conscience thstfe gave to
the great Washington. Sfncethe world
was, nothing has been 40 dangerous to
society and Man - the love ofpowef in
the heart of man. When military DOW
er theshdUst absolute was In the hands
Of Hancock, what was, his course in
comparison with that of the other mill
tary Governors whom you can recollect?
When in Louisiana and Texas he was
asked to arrest men. He said, Where
is your Judicial process ?, When asked
to restrain liberty of properly, he asked
for law to guarantee it, When he WAS
asked to try men by military tribunals,
he pointed out the court houses, with
their judges and jury boxes. Who else,
placed with such power in his bands,
has refused to exercise it? He (Gen.
Hancock) said he was q citizen, and
held his rights as that higher than his
power as asoldier. Compare this with
the course Of that general who asked
permission 10 outlaw the people Of
Louisiana, Alabama, Mississi ppi,, Texas
and Georgia, and the reply of Belknap,
then Secretary of War, who sud he ap-t
proved of such course ~
The speake reviewed >the history Of
the republican party and that of Mr..
Garfield, and accused the former of be-
ing the exponent of a principle to re-
tain by force power gained by force,
and the latter as! fully endorsing these
sentiments of his party.
Mr.. Bayard recited graphically the
scenes IN Washington during the ex-
element over the election troubles of
1876, and recounted Garfield's opposi-
ton to the electoral bill fol, the electoral
commission, and his subsequent accept
ance of position on a body which he
declared had no warrant under the con-
stitution. 'The logic of the election of
Hancock," he said, Judging by.hls own
past, would be to place the civil power
above the military. If as majOrYgen-
eral he did so, it is likely he would do
SO as President. If you say Hancnck is
a soldier, L say aye, and a true one, but
he is more; he is a citizen who values
his right as such above his power as a
soldier. With Hancock as President
the liberties of this country are safe.
We do not take him because he ik,a mil
itary man, but because he is a good citi-
zen." ~. Esz essae .ssst
Mr.. Bayard closed by saying 1.-THE
South, by their votes at Cincinnati,
have proved, and in November will
prove their love for the man who has
tuition of the country If man who
can turn foe to friend and bring con
Quered enemies back to allegiance b.
not statesman, skeH pray tssll ne What
is craftsmanship ?"
When Gen. Hancock was in com
mand, at New Orleans in 1868, and was
endeavoripg to secure for that people
the enjoyment of civil liberty by civil
and constitutional means, his efforts in
that direction became so distasteful to
the powers at Washington that it was
decided to bring his administration to
an end The tyrants at Washington,
however feared the consequences of an
abrupt removal of the humane soldier,
and were puzzled to devise means to
rid themselves of him. At this juncture
one James A. Garfield. of Ohio, Chair
man of the Military Committee in the
House of Representatives popped up,
and proposed bill to reduce the mum
Der of major generals in the army, with
the avowed object of getting rid of Han
cock, and thus punish him for his stead
fast subordination of the military to the
civil Jurisdiction. They were afraid to
press this measure, however, and Gar
fields sneaking expedient fell still born.
This same Garfield is now the Repub
lican candidate for the Presidency,
gainst Hancock. Can any Southern
man hesitate as to which of the two de-
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