Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1880-10-13

: anu aSheu 10 DE put In the gJIard-EOuSe. Ar
ex-reDel lawyer took up their case, made out the
appeal to General Hancock, asking that they
be tried by the military authorities. and not re-
turned, as they could not have a fair trial where
they were charged, nor any trial; that the writ
was SIMPLY meant to murder them. This was
sent to Hancock under his order No. 40. He
referred1t to the governor of Texas. The gov
! ernor ordered their return. They were taken
| from the glard-house and returned. They
were put III dungeOn-a tight log-hOuse-and
| before court day, after much abuse and suffer
| ing, they met death. band of masked men
surrounded the jail and burned it, watching
against their escape. They were burned alive.
Respecting the nomination for a third
term, Grant said shat no man felt more
relieved at the final result in the Chica-
go convention than himself; that he
would have declined to permit the use of
his name had it not been for the charac-
ter OF the men who were urging it; that
he would have accepted nomination
because he believed that he could break
UP the "soid south" as lifelong Dem
ocrats had given him strong assurances
OF their support; that his visits abroad,
and his study of public questions, he
thought, would have enabled him to adj
vance the commercial interests of the
country, particularly in relation to Mexico.
Of Garfield, Gen. Grant said: "He
SIS great man; he has few intellectual
peers In public life; he is every way
worthy"
Of Conkling the general said: CT re-
"gard him as the greatest mind in pub
" lie life, or that has been in public life
since the beginning Of the government.
Z" He has the advantage of having been
trained from his very infancy. He had
Ga father of unusual ability, who early
taught him to reason, and correct his
"errors. He has grown to great pro-
"portions. His cold manner, he said,
is only external, and disappears upon
close acquaintance, when it is discovered
that "he has true greatness and simple
city"
Regarding the result of the campaign
he said that he is hopeful, but that he
expects TO see the most gigantic frauds
by the Democrats in the states of
Indiana and New York, and that
they will seek pretexts for throwing the
election into the house if possible; and
in the event of getting it there would
throw out Republican members enough
to give them control of majority of the
states.
In case of Hancock's election by the
people, the general said that the North
would submit quietly, but closely watch
proceedings, and in case things should
go wrong, the northern legislatures
would be convened and their representa-
tives instructed either to resign or to re-
sist the solid south. This is remedy
for the evils which are feared from the
possible southern domination which has
not been before suggested, but which
might be made very effective.
The frankness and directness of this
statement of his views are something
remarkable in one usually so reticent as
General Grant, and show very clearly
how grave he considers the political stu
alton. The utter absence of any soreness
over his defeat in the convention, and
the heartiness with which he gives the
support of his influence to Garfield,
speak the real greatness of the man, and
set most notable example of fealty to
principle which many in humber sta
tons might follow with great advantage
to themselves and the public