The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1880-07-15
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BAYARD ON HANCOCK.
SPEECH OF THE SENATOR FROM
DELAWARE, DELIVERED AT
WILMINGTON ON FRIDAY
EVENING.
The Democratic Candidate the one Military
Governor Who Refused to Override the
Civil Law,

Civil Law.
Wilmington, Del, July 9.-An opens air
meeting Of 10000 persona was held here
last evening on Fourth street to ratify
the nominations made by the Democrat
iC National Convention. Mayor ALI
mond presided. Elk Secretary Of State
Ignatius C. Grub told the crowd otthe
efforts made by the Delaware delegation
at Cincinnati in behalf Of Senator Bay
ard. The Senator was himself then in
troduced by Mr.. ]. P. Hayes, Chairman
of the Joint Committee of the Jefferson,
Jackson, Excelsior and German Demo.
cratic clubs, under the auspices Of which
the meeting was held, and vas received
with the widest enthusiasm by the vast
multitude. He spoke for nearly an hour,
beginning deliberately, but growing
more and more enthusiastic when he
compared the Democratic candidates
with their opponents. de said;
Fellow CITIzENs-I do not know that
my voice can reach the ears of all in
this vast crowd, and therefore l ask you
to preserve order. There is a time for
all things-a time for laughter and a
time fJr idle amusement; but when the
time comes for American citizens to
take counsel together in respect Of chos.
ing ther rulers, then, it seems to me,
there should be gravity, a manly earn
estness taking the place Of idle muse
ments
NY fellow citizens, it is at all times to
me a great pleasure to stand in an assem-
blage of Delaware men, for here l was
born, among them l have worked
and l have represented them in the pub
lie councils and received from them
from the hour of my entry into public
life until now-nearly the close Of my
second Senatorial term-an answering
support that would have sustained me
even had I been disposed to doubt.
This is an occasion Of great interest
and Importance, The National Democra-
Cy-the party that had a second
object or a second intent the party that
always stood by the banners of the DEL
egates, the representatives and the in
terests of every State in the Union-this
great party, animated by the greatest
patriotism, sent a fOrtnighta ago delegates
from every State and from every Terri.
tory to Cincinnati to take counsel to-
gether to choose a standard bearer of
the faith and principles Of that party in
the coming campaign for the choice Of
a President and Vice President. Men
of high character and intelligence, sin.
Cerely DESTROYS of doing what was best
for the whole country, made that choice,
and I am here as your friend, as your
political brother, bound with every in.
terest of your own, to say that l warmly
indorse the action of that convention
They have not selected unknown men;
not men of obsCuIity; not men who
would be called in the slang of the times,
clark horses" No, they have chosen
men on whom the bright light of public
investigation has been shining for years.
For the lifetime of a generation have
they been known. There is no man in
America and few in any part of the
world where the English language is
spoken who did not know and honor
Winfield Scott Hancock long before the
Cincinnati Convention was thought Of
Applause and cries Of Right" and
"Bravo."l
And so of his worthy associate. Years
ago Indiana sent William H. English to
represent her in the councils of the ma
ton, and there he gave proof of that
sterling worth, high intelligence and
unimpeachable character that makes
him to. day a fl, mar to take the chair Of
Vice President of the United States.
The Democratic candidate for Presi.
dent is no untried man. On the contra.
nv, | shall show that he has been tried,
thoroughly tried, and that he can lay
claim to a record that has not fallen to
the lot of any other public man of his
time. [Applause.] In 1868 he was
named by many as the f%avorite candi.
date for President, and the delegates
from Delaware at that convention, held
in Me- York, ballotted for him, i'll rec,
ollect right. He was also voted for in
1876. and now for the third time he
stands conspiCuously before the nation,
with his every act subjected to the vigor
of partisan examination. And how
does he stand? Spotless and without
reproach, favored by the unanimous
voice Of the representatives of the
party.
Now, gentlemen, let me ask you one
thing. Having passed through this fire
Of examination, let me ask this crowd
whether there has been the fret breath
of suspicion as to the honor,intelligenCe,
fidelity or patriotism of that renowned
and great soldierP
Why was he nominated? He never
held a civil Office. True. He has a mil.
itary record as brilliant, as unsullied, as
glorious as that of any man in America.
Why did the Democratic party nomi-
nate a military man. / will tell you
why. Because this man has proved that
God gave him the same characteristics
of conscience and of self.Control which
he gave to the great George Washing
ton. My friends, this is not the extreme
utterance of a stump speech. 1t is the
deliberate ~utterance Of a man struggling
to see the right and to follow it.
Since this world was there has beenno
influence so dangerous and corrupting to
mems hearts aslove of power. What was
free government designed for but for the
protection Of the minority against the
majority ? The great difficulties and
dangers to liberty have arisen wherever
men intrusted with power have used it
to perpetuate their own sway and bring