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Hancock ard English,

crntlc party, Is u native OF PcnnSvl-
vania, in which State he was born
February "a. 1924, He graduated at
West Point in 1871, and served in tho
Mexican and Seminole wars. In Sep
tcmhcr, 1861, he was made Dr;gadicr-
General in the Federal army, and dis
tiEGniShch hi,uself at Williamsburg,
South Mountain and Anlieta,n, and at
Fredericksburg and charlottesville
whore he commanded division. Hc
was promoted 10 the command of the
Second Army Corps in June, 1868,
was severely NounHcd at Gettysburg
and highly distinguished in the VIII
dcrncss campaign. lie commanded
III Washington in 1868, and was made
Military Governor OF Louisiana and
Texas at the close of the war with
headquarters at New Orleans. Instead
OF an opprcssor, the people of those
States tonnd in him governor inspir-
ed by motives or thc purcst patriotism
and the highest .;::,;:cr.
On assuming command, November
~, 1867, he Issued his well kuowu
"Gcncral Ordcr No. 49," in which ha
laid down his programme as Governor
of the district. This document was q
revelation to an oppressed, robbed and
humiliatcd people. In IL he expressed
his convictions that the people Of Lou-
isiana and Texas desired peace, and
he declared his purpose to insure it by
allowing the civil authorities to carry
out the civil laws. How honestly,
how imparially and how prutcntly
he conducted the affairs of those two
States is shown in tho case Of his con-
trovcrsy with tho carpct-baggcr ESQ.,
called Governor Pcasc, Of Texas.
This individual had arbitrarily re-
moved tho Judges and county officers
whom he found in Office and had up-
pointed his own creatures to I'LL their
places. General IIancock's first act
on assuming command was to redress
tho Injustice that had tccn done to the
people of Texas, and in his "Gcneral
Order No. 4O' lie repaired the wrong
that pcasc had committed. lie de-
clared that tho right Of trial by jury,
tho hdbe0s corpuS, the liberty Of the
press, the freedom Of speech, the
natural rights Of persons, aud the
rights Of property, should be respect
cd-nobic sentiments that have never
been forgotten by the American pco-
pic. Again, in letter TO Pcssc, he
suid that on the laws of Texas and
Louisiana. as OIL Il foundation Of rock
reposcs the entire structure Of social
order.
In these two States power may de-
stroy the forms but not the principles
ofjusticc. These will live in spite
even Of the sword. The just course
OF General Hancock in the South
offended the carpel-baggers and their
Radical friends in Congress, who ell
deavorcd by hostile legislation direct
ed against him either to have him
retired from the military service or to
make his position as commander of the
Fifth Military district irksome and
embarrassing. Finally the issue of
ohcying a wrong or resigning his
Govcrnorsl,jp was presented to him.
lie chose the latter course. and in Il
letter 10 a friend in which he spoke of
his dl'iirnlilcs he said: "Nothin" can
'ntimiijalc me from doing what ! be-
Hev1 |" be honest oanu riwbt.' He
made application TO be relieved from
his command on February 27, 1868, Il
victim Of Radical partisarship, whose
name kad become a tower Of strength
in the land. General Hancock was
brought on; in 1863 rs candidate for
the Democratic nomination for the
Presidency. lii thc National Convcn-
ton oi that year lie received l4I1
votes. Again, in 1876, he received at
the st. Louis Convention Is votes for
the same nomination. It will be seen.
therefore, that he has a record which
docs not lack the important element
OF the confidence Of hundreds Of thou
sands OF his fellow citiZcus in his
availability a: thc man 70 lead the
democracy 70 victory.
General Hancock il now Tic scrio;
.Alajor-Gencrul in The United States
Army, and is in command Of lbc East.
crn division, with headquarters III
In Now York. lie is over six feet tall
weighs over two hundred pounds and
is worth over two million dollars. Tho
Wallace wing in PENNSYLVANIA, backed
by tho solid vote of Louisiana, Maine
Minnesota and Vermont, and q scatter
ing contingent from other States, gave
him the lead on thc first ballot, ant
the tido rapidly set in lis favor.
1t might ne we'll be said hero that
the only charge brought against Han
cock is that no was in command i,
Washington at the hanging of Mrs
Surratt. Attempts have been made tt
hold him responsible for this murder
but as no was merely acting undo,
orders IN executing tho sentence of tht
court, it will bn imnneeihlo to no,o