Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1880-09-24

The nomination of General Hancock al
Cincinnati was an inspiration. His name
was not down on the bill. He was moi
the choice of the politicians. There was
no Hancock ''boom" when the delegates
came together. But his name was in the
air. The convention took it up. 1t was
magnetic. His nomination was spon-
taneous and inevitable. 1t united the
parties, created unbounded enthusiasm,
electrified the country.
The career of General Hancock justi-
fed the enthusiasm his nomination awak-
ened. The young soldier gained the
profound respect and regard of General
Scott at West Point, and in the Mexican
campaign, where he was promoted for
meritorious services. The brave Cen
eral Harvey selected him for his most
difficult campaign in the West. He
was Lincoln's favorite General in the war
and the soldiers lloved him as a brother,
and were proud to follow him. He rose
to the highest rank by a succession of
brilliant deeds, and more than met each
new responsibility with increased valor
and fidelity. His course at New Orleans
made him the representative of Constitu-
tional law and civil authority. His letter
to Governor Pease marked him as the
champion of rights and liberties of the
people. His letter to General Sherman
distinguished him as the embodiment of
democratic ideas. Without effort on his
W part, without ambition, with no
solicitation on the part Of friends, backed
by no party or clique, he has steadily
risen in public regard and confidence, till
he has become the Man Of the Hour. No
wender that the venerable DR.. Junkin, the
distinguished Presbyterian divine of Penn
sylyania, prophesied that General Han
cock would be President. He recognized
in this hero-statesman the Man of Des-
tiny.
Since his nomination at Cincinnati the
people have embraced him. The veteran
soldiers of the Union army, thousands of
whom served under his able leadership,
are massing in his support. Old Repub-
licans. who joined with Sumner, and
Seward, and Chase, and Greeley, and
Lincoln, and Trumbull, and Davis in
forming the Republican party, behold in
him the representative Of their princi-
pies and ideas, and ar. joining his stand
ard. The German people, renowned for
their intelligence and quiet virtues, rec
ognize him as their ideal leader. The
Southern people do honor to his courage,
his chivalric virtues. and his statesman
ship. Capitalists trust him. Merchants
know that he is safe. Conservative citi.
zens rejoice to support a candidate who
respects the best traditions of the repub-
he and has a stainless reputation. The
people believe in him. From one end of
the country to the other his name wakes
the heartiest responses of popular conf
dence. Maine sends greeting to Ohio
n Indiana. And the strongholds of
Republicanism tremble at the irresistible
wave Of public sentiment in Hancock's
favor. The fates are in his favor. His
election seems to be ordained.
Hancock is the Man of Destiny. Every
where the people feel that his election
will restore the Government to its true
principles, destroy sectional hatred and
agitation, create confidence and goodwill
everywhere, give a new impetus to pros
perity, and inaugurate an era of good
feeling. All the best interests of the
country will be promoted by his success.
All the best hopes of the people are GEN.
tired in his election. He has a name
identified with the proudest events of
nations history-Winfeld Scott,
who led u victorious troops into the
capitol OF Mexico, and John Hancock,
who presided in the first Continental
Congress. and was the first to sign his
name to the Declaration Of Independence.
he combines the heroic qualities of the
and the civic virtues Of the other,
and clasps the two great epochs OF our
national existence together, while his
own brilliant career illustrates us the
third. His star to-day is in the ascend.
ant. and will continue To hr;ohtac