New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-07-11
LETTERS FROM THE PEOPLE.

GENERAL HANCOCK AND HIS FRIENDS.
THE CIVILIZATION" WHICH IS BACKING THE DIM
oCRA:IC CAEDTDATE--A DISPATCH PROM BAYARD
TAYLOR RECALLING AN INCIDENT OF THE RI
BEIIION.
TO the RAZOR OF the Tribune
SIR: Among the many utterances Mt Cincinnati
in response to the nomination of General Hancock,
notice nothing more Significant as Illustrative OF
the spirit that yet pervades the ex-rebel mind than
some of the words of Senator IL. Q. q. Lamar, OF
Mississippi. These FOR instances " Our own ciylll-
zation," says MIR. Lamar. And pray what is that
Perhaps the following dispatch from the late Bayard
Taylor to Mr.. Seward. dated 81. Petersburg. March
3. 1868, may she'd some light as to what Mr. Lamar
means by " our own civilization" Let the gallant
soldier on Governors Is and read and ponder:
LEGATION or THE UNITED STATES.
ST. PETERSBURG, Maicn 3, 1883.
cir: have just surceeIed IN inierceR mig me
who CLAIMS to be Secretary Of state of the
so-called Confederate Government at omor "a;
leader OF the Southern instruction TO advocate lts
professions tIis Court Tue dispatch, yOu VIII Cd
serve is an unusually nne specimen OF the speeious
reasOnugs OF the insurgents IL lnsu - the - nli-
mar not r. hermit the Introduction of n clause prohibit
ing tie sfrcan save-trade ia aaJ treaty OF aLy aud
commerce. which the Confederate states sn Il make,
after Russia has recognized their Independence because
thc " treltyoakng p0wrr Of said States Is aub,r.
It'd to deal wln the subject II Is classed among t9os
power, which ihe said ates without deogating
e. the General Government have thought proper to ex-
rrcisc by direct agreement among themselves
fl Is curious illus alton OF the combat OF the powers
of light and darkness for the possession OF che yOrd
tnat on tbs 81 day March, 1888 the day OF jubilee
on which twenty millions 0 seiGs uccome free forever,
forward 10 YOU an nsdiou, document III tue int rest
human slavery. have h On0r to DC with the hlgh-
est respect, your ooedieDt servant
BAYARD TAYI OR. ChdrG@ d. flares.
To Mc Hon WILLIAM II. SEWARD SeeretaryoJ STATE.
lido Mr.. Lamar the Justice TO believe that he is
among the most enlarged and liberal OF the late
Confederate leaders And yet it need not be for
of iaft fnr-
get it-that the same Mr.. Lamar wac was at 81.
Petersburg ia 1868, in the interest OF human bond
age. was at Cincinnati the day the interest
of the Democratic partyl He and his co-wOrkers
have brought forward, not one of their own men
that would have been manly-but General Han
cock, gallant Union General, as their candidate
for the Presidency. And this, as 1t IA believed be-
cause of General Hancock's supposed opposition to
the reconstruction laws of Congress, and because
he was sent to New-Oreans in 1867 in the interest
of "my policy to evade the laws OF Congress!
And without tinge of shame they offer to tue
General as bonus, 1873 electoral votes to start
with! These 1873 votes they engage to deliver as
if they were doing an honorable and lawful trans
action. No Mississippi planter could more surely
comply with his contract to deliver l3o bales OF
cotton on the banks of the Mississippi RIVER Even
now the wires are burdened with their congratula-
tiOnsl Oh that Mason and Sdell were yet alive,
that they too might JOIN in the chornsl
Let the friends OF that true soldier ana gentle
man the pever-to- forgotten George II. Thomas,
give thanks that there no timber IN his line
loyal nature out of which to construct Democratic
platforms!
miss one note in the Democratic chorus hear
nothing from that eminent Christian warrior, who,
from his SAT- retreat In Canada, sent forth us
tmstv emissaries with Greek fire to burn New
York and Other cities of the North! Let HIM too
rejoice at the capture of General who fought for
the Union
= Tennessee June 80 1880.