The Portland daily press., 1880-08-10
cleveland Plaindealer.l
A Comparison.
The Difference Between Garfield and
Hancock.

General Garfield was the son of poor wild
Ow.
General Hancock was born of wealthy pa
rents.
General Garfield was canal driver in his
youth.
General Hancock was West Pointer.
General Garfield educated himself at his
own expense.
General Hancock was educated at the ex-
pense of the National treasury.
General Garfield studied political economy.
General Hancock studied the manual Of
arms.
General Garfield volunteered to fight for the
cause of the Union.
General Hancock, being in the regular army
was compelled to fight or resign in disgrace.
General Garfield is ripe statesman of twen-
ty-two years experience.
General Hancock is a professional soldier, or
according to the Democratic vocabulary dur
ing the war "hireling."
General Garfield Is hard-money man.
General Hancock is -? 2?
General Garfield favored and fought for
resumption.
General Hancock on the question of resump-
tion was? 2?
General Garfield favors protecting home la.
Dor as against the pauper labor Of Europe.
General Hancock stands on the Cincinnati
platform which favOrs protecting the pauper
labor of Europe as against our home labor.
General Garfield is for ,rrotecting all citizens
in the right to vote for wmomever please
gunners to be the judges. as to who shall vote
and who shall not vote-yide his action in
Louisiana.
General Garfield believes our country to be
a nation with big N.
General Hancock believe our country to be
federation of States, each spelled with a big
General Garfield believes the state govern
ments to be subject to the national govern
ment.
General Hancock believes the national go
ernment to be subject to the state government
vide his order No. 40 in Louisiana.
General Garfield favors submission to the
laws, and is opposed to a state of anarchy
General Hancock is on record as having
favored MexicaniZing our government. vide
his offer to support Tilden with the troops un-
der his command if he would only have him
self sworn in as president.
General Garfield has great record as a
statesman on all subjects connected with the
science of government.
General Hancock's s only claim to statesman
ship is his Louisiana letter supinely allowing
the. .ex-rebels to crush out the Union -Republi-
cans and introduce the shotgun policy.
General Garfield is an Independent man.
and will be governed by what he believes to
be right for the best interest of the country
vide his Congressional career.
General Hancock, if elected, will be as pot.
ter's clay in the hands of those who once tried
to destroy our government-vide his order No.
40 in Louisiana.
General Garfield is a plain, matter-o' fact
statesman.
General Hancock looks well in his uniform
on horseback.
General Garfield is opposed to ex-rebels hav-
ing control of our government.
General Hancock favors allowing the Con-
federates having full control of the govern.
ment after they have once tried to destroy it
ha haf
the two Presidential candidates and we invite
all thoughtful voters to read the foregoing and
ponder over it, and then make their choice Of
the two, feeling that they cannot do otherwise
than to vote for the professional statesman a:
against the professional soldier know-nothing