The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1880-10-22
A Shameful rALsEMOoD.
The Republican Charge that General Han.
cock DId Not Hear a shot Fired nj
Gettysburg.

GettyabnrR,
10 Tie Editor Of The Globe
In your issue OF Wednesday you
publish the infaSnous telegraphic de-
spatch "originatlng In Philadelphia
newspaper" that Gen. Hancock did
not select the battle-ground ut Gct-
tysburg, as history states, and that he
did not.hear shot fired by his own
corps during that battle" You state
correctly that this bald lio was started
through n Republican source FOR cam
paign effect, and that 'it Is telegraph
ed oil over the country" Now, IL
happens that | had the honor Of serv-
Ing on the Generals staff In Han
locks (Second) corps IN 1868 and
1864, and was present at the battle of
Gettysburg, where that gallant Union
general earned the well-deservcd and
crowning laurels OF his brilliant mill
tary career. have been Il RepubIi-
can voter for twenty six years, stead
ily, and have expended the greater
part OF my moderate fortune within
that period freely and cheerfnlly for
the advancement OF tho cause, and In
aid OF leading Republican men in
Massachusetts,. For the truth of this
assertion ] fearlessly refer TO my for.
mer friends and workers IN the
Republican party, of whom / shall
mention, among the living, General
n. +. Banks, Judge Thomas Russell.
Hon. Gideon Haynes, lion. Charles
Il. Train. Gen. John l.. Swift, Hon.
d. W. Gooch, Hon. Alexander II.
Rice, Hon. John u. Alley, Hon.
Thomas J. Marsh, General B. +. But
Ter, Hon. Timothy Davis, Colonel
VIM. II. Clapp, Major u. X. Pang-
born, and Il hundred Others / could
name, who know what have done
for the party in past years. But when
such infamous fafsities a. this latest
roorback are put forth by Republican
authority to smlrch the fair fame OF a
man so true, 50 loyal, so earnest, so
able and so brave as General Winfield
Scott Hancock has uniformly proved
himself, and who Il 80 we'll known TO
be by every man who served In the
war beside him, IL siam"S mc 10
acknowledge that | lcloug to- that
party! Theloug since written veriinhle
record Of Gen. Ilancock, and especially
that portien uf his military career
connected with Gettysburg, l. too fi.
military known TO the American people
TO permit any such trash as This 'Tel-
egram from a Philadelphia Republl-
can" TO harm him. But the inteRt
Is, nevertheless, very clearly obvious.
General Hancock led his corps on TO
the field in person. lie met the cne-
my with "his own corps" and fought
the battle that turned the tide and
saved the fate OF the nation, at Get
tysburg, surrounded by s'his own
corps" from first TO last, as every
body who was present upon that
dreadful field we'll knows. Aud, as
| can attest, at the close OF that fight
General Hancock had but just hurried
ly written his famous despatch TO
General Meade, (who commanded the
army Of the Potomac), informing him
that sphe day was won and the foe
was fleeing in every direction" when
our noble Second Corps commander
fell from his saddle, as we then fear
ed, mortally wounded. But cam
paign lies like this "Republican state
ment from Philadelphia, "only served
TO make voters for the Democratic par
ty. There are four men in this town
to-day-all straight Republicans for
years past-who served in General
Hancock's Second Corps, who if they
live till November 2, will cheerfully
cast their votes for the gallant soldier
and statesman, who now stands before
the country as Democratic candidate
for our next President, and, who, they
know, is man equally "wilhout feal
and without reproach. Among them
will be, yours truly,
GEORGE p. BURNHAM,
Late Capt. and G. S., First Division,
Second Army Corps.
| Melrose, September 16, 1880.
THE WORK OF AN EDITOR.