Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1880-07-17
THE DEMOCRATIC LEADER.
He gives Permission to Gen. Sher.
man to Publish the Letter on
the Electoral Contest.
He is Opposed to the WiPing-out
Policy.

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He is Opposed to the Wiping-Ou'
Policy.
From the Chicago Times
New YORK, July 7.-Since. his
nomination Gen. Hancock has receiv'
ed thousands of visitors and innu'
merable congratulations. He makes
it a rule to attend to the business oil
the government before receiving
visitors. Several western delegations
visited the general this forenoon,
paid, their respects, pledged him their
support, and congratulated him upon
his nomination, and expressed the
utmost confidence in the success vi
the ticket. Among the visitors was
Gen. John Love, a prominent demo-
cratic leader of Indianapolis. Gen.
Love said there was no room to
doubt
DEMOCRATIC SUCCESS IN OCTOBER.
He thought the election OF Mr..
Landers. the democratic nominee Tor
governors, would have tremendous
influence upon the canvass and ill.,
sure the state to Hancock in Novem-
Der. He believes HancOck's majority
would certainly be over ten thousand
in the state, aud it, might rcach
twenty thousand. Mr.. E"glish's
nomination, he believed, would GER
.tainly help the ticket, anu was one
reason Indiana could easily be car
ried by the democracy at both cleo
lions to be held this year. lp the
course of conversation with a re-
porter Gen.. Hancock said lie heard
satisfactory reports regarding the
campaign as far as it had gone. lie
did not wish to talk about politics or
any thing bearing upon his candi-
dacy for the present, or until official
ly notified by the committee of the
national democratic convention he
ferring to the statement made IN
some republican organs hat after
the decision of the electoral commits
sion he still considered
MR.. TILDEN LEGALLY ELECTED
President, and would obey any or.
ders emanating from him after March
Sd, and hat he wrote Gen. Sherman
to that effect, a reporter asked the
General if he had anything to say
concerning this. cit is hardly WORT
while" said the general, ssto reply to
these stories ; there are 10 many vi
them floating around now. Suppose
] did write such-a letter as is spoken
otto Gen. Sherman. L nave not read
the accusation, but l understand its
purport. Ii ever such a letter was
written il must be i'll the hands OF
Gen. Sherman. 1t would not be
proper. for me to give its contents 10
Z b public without consent of Gen.
Sherman, even if such a letter was
written. II these gentlemen who ar:
clamering for the letter a it 81
/. badly, why don't they go to General
Sherman for it 2 If there is such a
letter in existence, 1 shall be very
happy to have it given to the public.
l have never written anything L AIN
ashamed Of" d
A RIDICULOUS STORY.
The reporter next directed his at
tention to the story published i'll II
New Yerk paper that Geu. Hancock
the command of the army of the
Potomac, advocated resistance TO tn.
order of the war department, and
urged the deposition of Lincoln anu
Stanton from the Office of presiden,
aud secretary OF war. Gen. Hancock
laughed heartily at this new accusa.
ton. at is too much like Nun.
%chausen," he replied. "Such a slor,
is unworthy of notice. 1t L began
submitting to Interviews about thes,
statements it would occupy my
whole time, and 1 would have t
c0ntinue answering them for all time
to come. Sensible persons can see
the a%bsurdity of these accusations"
A large party Of
BROOKLYN DEMOCRATIC LEADERS,
headed by Judge Calvin E. Pratt,
visited Gen. Hancock this morning
to pay their compliments. Conver-
%sation, after a while, took Il political
turn, when it was asked if Gen. Han
cock was receiving encouraging re-
ports from the canvas IN various
parts of the country. "Reports re-
ceived," sand the general, "are very
encouraging: Nevertheless, although
the outlook is bright, it bchooves us
to work in order to achieve success"
One person related a conversatien
with a Philadelphia politician, in
which the gentleman said that Penn
%sylvanie was sure for Hancock.
"There ought" remarked Gen. Han
cock, "to be no trouble about Penn,
s%ylvania. 1 had a conversation this
morning with an artist who has beer
down III the country where l was
born, making a sketch of the house
of my mother. He says hat almost
every one he met would vote for me.
Republicans as well a. democrats. Ii
this is true it shows a desire OIL the
part of the people for a change. !
ana of the opinion that the people oil
this country are
DESTROYS OF A CHANGE
in the administration, but they want
q man on the watch-tower who will
see to 1T that there shall be no inter.
ference with what has been accom-
plished in the past. "With you,
general" was remarked, "the past is
secure"
eyes," replied the general. "tht
past is If it were not so. OF
what avail would u war have
been?" Conversation then driftec
to the charges that Gen. Hancock
engaged in a conspiracy to seat S. j,
Tilden in the white house after hi
had been elected president. ":.Whethel
l wrote the letter to Gen. Sherman
on the subject of the electoral contest
l shall not say" said Hancock sbut,'
he added earnestly. my position il
regard to that matter was we'll un
derstosd at the time and has moi
changed since. l am of opinion tina
Grants term as president ended a
midnight of March 3. After that
should have paid 10 more attention