New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-08-01
Hancock wrote il al! himself. That's clear

citing the unbouuded admiration OF the bod De-
mocracy. See how boldly be stands BIS the Con
stitutionw lie does and see also how nlmoy nc
leaps over the free trade plank in TIE platform
The Constitution is a pretty safe hing TO SiHhe oht
for: for even the Grcenbackcrs are not orp3seu 10
that. There is not word about II lahciai pu.L
tiors mo- word about tariff not WoIu WiCH
conld by tie most liberal Interpretations ne iah'n
rs an indication Of an opinion on gltHer OF 49,
two lrad.nL questions OF the JAY. lH!S, nay M,
cate iearcssnoss" bu IL looks more IKE an 'h'el-
lccmal drouth.
The country has heretofore known little o. M
English. He has furnished Us now with o most
sDcakiug photograph Of himself. lie VIII go INTO
hist nv as the candidate for Fice-Iresldsnt VEG
turncd a oackwoods stump speech INTO lettc' -; u
acceptance and hadn't sense enough 10 seo ''e III
decency of the performance.
Ii Hancock absorbed any craftsmanship from III
den IN those two interviews he did not allow any
OF il 10 slip INTO his letter
It's the beginning OF the end. The campaign as
sumes humorous aspect from this point. and be-
fore the November elections arrive the soldier
statesman and his followers will be laughed out OF
the held.
Why do English and Hancock both feel called
upon to assure the country that they Will stand by
the Constitution There no need OF such
pledge from the Republican candidates. Inc reason
is obvious II Hancock receives the necessary $50
votes to elect him. 13S Of them will come from the
South and VIII he gwen through the violation OF
the Constitutional Amendments which give the negro
his rights az . freeman. Hancock can take ms seat
only because Of a broken and despised Constitution
only through the success of principles which
Wade Hampton assures the south are the same
~ thoS. for which Lee and jackson fought Tor fonr
years The south viii come INTO tho next Con-
gress with 1T least 30 Of the 30 seats, Wlch were
ssgned 10 It because of ITS negro vote stolen tor
1. fi,s IL
keen the Constitution "InYl0l1to" on UnaJ queS-
ton 2 VIII he recommend. If he IS elected that
those seats be declared vacant through iraud
Hendricks almost assumes the proportions of a
statesman when compared with English.
Ameek and lowlv expounder of Christianity. in
Griffin Ga by name the Rev. j. +. Reeves, has Pub
hshed the following card IN The Aecs OF that place:
whereas some slanderous person, or persons has
taken the liberty, without the most remote shadow
OF authority, to connect my name with the obJec-
tionable side of politics (RadlcaD IN this commu-
nitv, when had hoped to he permitted to pursue
nv sacred calling as minister of the gospel with
malice toward none, but good Will toward all,
feel it nv duty and esteem it privilege TO say as
a native GeOrQan | have never entertained or e&-
pressed a sentiment or csSt vote against the best
interests of my beloved Southland. The slanderous
rumor is as base and lse the source from when
it emanated." In other words, this sainted person
believes il SANDER" to charge man with Sl NJ
pathy for the party which freed the slaves ana
which tries to protect them IN their rights before
God and man.
It is absurd to say Tilden had anything to do
with Hancocks letter. There would have been
some frs-class fraud yelling III 1t II ne had
II is altogether appropriate that Randall, who
passes himself off for a high tariff man at home.
should be put forward to advocate free trade that
Ewing, the representative of wiid-eyed initiation
ists should be set up the champion OF hard
money and that Tilden, with all the load of the
cipher nfamy upon him. should drag himself down
palgn where Union soldier consents to lead the
Solid South in a raid on the National Capital.
Does the country banker for change" under
the leadership Of the authors Of the two astonishing
documents printed yesterdays 1t would be the
most radical change any country ever witnessed-a
change from order to chaos.
What does Hancock mean by coming out for
harmony among our own ndustrles"f Does he
detect signs of war in that direction The indus
tries of the country to be getting along COM
fortably with each other; even the Southern in
dustries of shooting "niggers" and radicals"
aud of manufacturing tissue ballots are allowed TO
pr coed without interference from the local public
sentiment.
p How use doth breed habit in a man! Here is
the Editor of The WOrid, so deoraI1Iod by his IN
ventions about General Grants supporting Hancock
and Judge Swayne's censunng Garfield, that
he has got down to this: General Garield's
letter indicated in every paragraph that
it had been carefully gone over. by
politicians and modified into meanlnglessness with
reference to the prejudces Of this or that wing
faction of his party" Intelligent people who have
taken any pains to observe current facts know this
TO be the exact opposite of the truth. No pol
itican OF other critic was permitted 10 " go over
the letter in any shape or form, until
within an hour of the time it was given TO the ele-
graph when IT was read in ITS completed form TO the
Chairman and Secretary of the National Committee.
Then. without the change of word,
il went to the press. No leader of
any faction, Stawart OF Conservative. had
any chance at modifying" il, and there never was
letter of acceptance that better suited the of
the party better stood the test of time and the
stress of q campaign. Just contrast ii now with
Hancock'S platitndes.
Talking of the amazing Swayne-Garfeld libel
the chief Democratic journal Of the State, outside
this city, The BGgdtO Courier says: " The blunder
of the Editor of The u orid ineXcusable" The
Courier doesn't understand the situation. The man
did II purpose; and to this hour he thinks he did
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