, 1880-08-30
Mail and Telegraph.
Gen. R~secrans' Address.

mandcr- in Chief OF the Blue anu 0r"y
Lepiou of California, and is commended
to the especial and favorable considera-
ton of all political CLUBS throughout
the State in favor Of The election OF Ham
cock and English, and the return OF the
conduct of the Government OF the United
States to those principles enunciatcd and
defended Nv those who framed it. Read
General Rosecrans' eloquent and 0atri"t>
ic words:
HEADQUARTERS OF THE BLUE AND GRAY
HANCOCK LEGION. UNION HALL,
San Francisco, July 20, 1850.
Dear Sir:-As President of this Legion,
| beg to call your attention and that "f
the members of the Club over which yon
preside to the objects and conditions OF
our membership, ard the reasons why
we respectfully but earnestly invite you
to uritc with u.s. 1t may he done wi'h>
out detriment and we think with a'Ivan>
:age to every legitimate end and aim of
your Club and party.
We are organizing without regard to
party, creed, color or race, tor the pur-
pose of procuring the election OF Han>
cock and English. Our Legion combines
all the Union and Confederate soldiers
who are willing to join IN securing this
as the beginning of new departure and
better future of our common county
We invite to JON us all voters OF all
parties who are willing to promote this
end.
We ask of them no remuneration of
political convictions. aspirations. clnh or
party. We ask no reasons why they are
willing to work for the election of Ham
cock and English. All we require to
become members is that they sign n
pledge to do so at the coming Prcsi 1en>
tial election, and to abide by the C"nsti>
tuition and BY laws of the Legion. which
pledge must he filed at these Headquar
tiers. We have nothing to dc with party
organizations. jobs and schemes. which,
if desirable. may 90 on as usual. But
we consider the following to he unan-
swerable reasons why you ought to join
US:
l. The very existence of the Workings
mems party. the Greenhaek party. the
Grangers' party and the great Constitu
tional Democratic party, are so many
substantial living protests against the
capacity of the Republican patty to satis~
fly the wants and aspirations of this great
people.
2. The party in power stands in the
wav of all the reforms advocated hv each
of these organizations, and must I've NOV
ed out of the way before anything effrc>
tive can be done for any of them.
g. Without deposition of the Repub-
Iican party from power. none Of these
other parties have the slightest chances
of CARRYING out anything which they
profes. to believe for the best interests
of the country.
A. Common sense and common pru-
dence alike demand, therefore, that they
should combine their strength to elect
Hancock and English, which will remove
the insuperable object in the way of all.
and double the chances of each and eve
~ party advocating reasonable and leg,t-
innate measures of progress and reform.
by putting in place of this intollerant
and corrupt minority, majority of the
Nation, strong enough to do whatever is
reasonable and fit to be done. and by
breadth of sympathy predisposed to give
fair and full hearing to each advocate
of progress and reform with which it has
been associated in the comminx contest.
If we are correct IN these views every
patriotic advocate Of reform, either in
labor or currency. has all chances in fa>
vor of doing good and nothing, which
deserves respect, to lose by joining US.
5. The Republican party is unquestion-
ably decided minority of the people,
held together by the cohesive power of
public plunder and ruling majority,
whose union will end its reign and
greatly enlarge the country's chances of
better future, it will also end those ap-
peas to the passions which have incalcu>
lably injured the interests of both color
cd and white people Of the South, and
been the means of whipping into and
keeping in its ranks timid and careful
souls of the North and::Ws by the bug
Dear cries of a solid South against a