The daily gazette., 1880-06-30
SECOND SEC EDITION
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INDIANAPoLIs, June 28, 1880.
~ The ratification meeting held here
Tonight at the wigwam was the larg-
est and most enthusiastic that has as
sefnbled since the campaign opened.
The Democracy, although feeling sore
over the loss Of the first place, are
partially teconcfled to the ticket as it
is, as Was infested BY the meeting to-
night. s"1 n'I9oi l''l1 ~ ~, Ell w '''
SPEECH OF Mr.. HENDRICKS.
Thomas A.. Hendricks was unani-
mously chosen as chairman, and amid
cries for Hendricks. responded In the
following speech :;ni .auTfI cd ifiH a
., MY FELLow CITIZENS ;---It some-
times happens to man-(cries of s'sit
down.'' You can't all sit down.
As L said here at the State Conven-
tion the trouble IS there are too many
Democrats, 1t sometimes happens to
man that the obligations that rest
upon him toward his fellows are so
great that he cannot command Ian
gnage to express his, appreciation.
That is my condition in standing be-
fore you Tonight. haye received so
many favors from the Democracy Of
Indiana that canIlonly thank them
l cannot properly express my appre-
ciation of them. For many years you
and have fought together in the
cause of Democracy. In former times
when sometimes it was defeat and
sometimes was success we always
sto d together. When the storm was
the highest and the widest and when
the sunshine gave ussuccess you and
! were together, not, for any personal
cause, not for any personal advance
ment, but because you and / believed
in the principles Of the Democratic
party, the principals that maintain the
rights and prosperity and welfare of
ticket tic ses Hy RS0p'' hdA S0fs7ai S0ffs'f77aii ha' 5 'fe
Mr. nHEkDaIoks OK THE TICKET.
Nov, my fellow citizens, we have
presented to us ticket for our consider
alton and our support. That ticket was
made last week at Cincinnati, and the
question is, shall It be elected? (Cries
of~Yes Yes.') or the resul. / say to
you tonight have no doubt that Gener-
al Winfield Scott Hancock and William
Il. English will be elected. (Applause. }
Whyi had doubt before | could
have none now, when see this vast
crowd of ladies and gentlemen here to
attest their appreciation ofithe strength
and excellence of that ticket. General
Hancock Is distinguished in war as he is
in peace. As q warrior he was distin-
guished in Mexico; as commander he
was distinguished in the late war. No
man stands above him as a military
chieftain, ahddwhen the war was over,
and the ADMINISTRATION sent him down
to New Orleans in command ;of Louis
lana and Texas, he attested his quail
fcations as a civil ruler. H''i ''
GENERAL HANCOCK IN NEW ORLEANS.
General Hancock, in 1867, about the
month of November, was sent to New
Orleans to aid the cruel work as desired
by the Northern extreme and radical
party to oppress still further, to sub
jugate and almost destroy part of this
country, and when he assumed command
he asserted the sentiments and princi-
Piles of American democracy in the
orders which he then issued. Gap
plause.) In a paper of this evening /
observed the first order and third of the
important orders issued by General
Hancock at New Orleans. While 1
read briefly from those orders--because
l desire you to understand that General
Hancock is much more than a mere
military commander, however great he
may be in that respect-(applause)-I
want you to understand that he has
those sentiments of free government
that qualify and fit him to be ruler of
free people. In this order No. /,
issued in November, 1867, at New
Orleans, General Hancock uses this
The general commanding is gratified
to learn that peace and quiet reign in
this department. 1t will be his purpose
to preserve this condition of things. AS
a means to this great end he regards the
of the civil authorities in
the faithful execution of the laws as the
most efficient under existing circum-
stances. In war it is Indispensable to
repel force by force and overthrow and
destroy opposition to lawful authority.
But when insurrectionary force has
been overthrown and peace established,
and the civil authorities are ready and
willing to perform their duties, the
power should cease to lead, and
the civil administration resume its ma
Lu al and rigbttul dominion. Solemnly
impressed with these views the General
announces that the great principles of
American liberty are still the lawful in
heritance Of this people and every should
be.
shall not detain you to read the re-
of the order. 1t is in
accordance with the spirit of so much
as / have read. But his orders did
not stop there. 1t turned out that one
of his predecessors had established
rules for the selection of juries that
we're intended to convict all that the
party in power did not like and to ac-
quit all who were the favorites of that
party in power, and General Hancock
at once said that these restrictions up
OH the jury should be abrogated at
once. (Cheers.) He did not stop
there. ... .-t...
THE CONTEST FOR FREE ELECTIONS.
Thinking men-I dare say many of
you have thought that the contest for
free elections was made first at the ex-
ira session of Congress last year. In
that you are mistaken. The fight for |
free elections is more than a century |
old among English speaking people,
but in the politics of this country it is
older than the extra session. 1t is !