Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1880-08-13
Hancock in ~.

This letter was written in reply 10
the two letters ON the situation received
from Gen, Sherman in 1877:
NAEeNhELEr pcsroFFlce, st. Louis pct. - 1915,
My pEAs GE>ESAl. favor of the Ith
u>t. reached me in New York On the 9Th. The day
beteW left for the west, intended % reply tolt
heforc leaving hut carcs inc0Cni e. the departure
intericrNi then, Again. sln2S my srrN al here
haze hctu 81 occupied with perSANll affairs et \
business nature that | have deferred writing
tr1ln ,iaN to day until this morning, and now
find myself in debt to You for another letter
In acknowledgement of your favor Of the l,th,
e1JeivVla few days since | ha,c concluded to
leaNe hcr the s9th. \;o-HorraM aNGrpoonl ~ that
| may he IN New ork on the SlSt inst, Ii has
been cvld aud 3rrarN since my ARRIVAL herr.
haNcMnrkcd Ikea Turk. Il presume thar means
harl work in the country. making fences
cutting down tnS~ Npairing buildings etc, u
am at least able io SAY that 81. Louis is the cold
NJ place IN the winter and 1t il the hottest IN the
summer Of amy that have encountered IN y tent
perate zone. have known s.. Louis in December
to have genial weather throughout the month.
This pccruher has been fright and the river has
been frozen more soldly than have ever known
il,
When heart hc rumor that WAS cr,icNI II
the Pacific coast thought il probably true, CON
sideriug the past discussion on that subject The
possibilities seemed 10 me t. point that way, Had
II been tue should Vt course hnNc prosecuted no
complaint nor made assistance "' amy k'nd.
would nave gone qnltNN II not piNwrI To ~
promptly, certainly Would have hcou NheNrd
from responsibilities and anxiety concerning
presidential matters which may fall toI
those near 10 the throne or III authority
Mtthh inc newt Tour months a> "rl ~ trNh
'tnef u,S"'nlS ~ W"''erS W9leI S'u'H n"' you
tMtahd action concerning Mhfh ulEu NOT ap
prove was not r\'StA P~farrd To - To- the
Pacific. however. aud | therefore felt relieved
Meeh N'rtN"' Your note informing me ,na. 'hStS
WAS no FU'n III tue runners. tn'" "'u uH' M.Sh
10 appear To- 'T Escaping uNm inc Responsiveness
aud possible dangers Mhtn may cluster atNHn1
hMtals V"lnu'H"uc's ~ Wv S3SS VSlE."'S ~ ~
eansal p'"od ta>t alpt'ashAs Ails Meu that
enl> WI,
HE whole muttcr of The prtSidcnuN seems q ~
Simule and To admit Ut pea etul solution. The
machinery tor such 4 contingency a> threatcuN to
present itself has been atl carefully prepared. IL
ouly requires luhrca,iuu tNtiag tp diSusc. The
army >huuld have nothing To do with the election
or inauguration If presidents.
I'm, n,,pe rI,,t IN, ,,r,Sitlrnt Tbr rnuo,,ss lis
,l,rr ", MINI s,s,ou !, IL, hr.ix No IN III, army
hn,a eily Il, oLcy Nj. mandate. ma Nv, prnt,,tWl
II " l,i,,, ,nly 81 tnr N tb,y unN NJ lawful
~. commissions ,>nr.S thnt III,
I,N,,S,n,s wnv III innuctp,tiou II ,uit. mr.
syxtrnI H., r,1l, nInpr=nn zhars,hnrk 10 tho ,nn,
ta II f,nr il MAS tb, nd tnnitol ti,l his horse
i, +, rail fn,,, ,nt,rel md w,s ,.uly sworn il,
tben ro,l, tn tho ,>,rutil, mansion and took nos
llp nuu,rurnt,,1 hin.Tlf sinulN hN tuk
Ill. H., ,,,tb ,t an, fber,, i ~, Mo-, lr,r,1 ~
a,t7,,,s,iin,, ~ n,,r .,.t,n m, nc,nl, ~ uniti
,t.9,s p,ay in.titnt, ,n,0a,s IL hannr II ms
,N,nt NH MIMI, oAieinlS NM ndl "a
IN, mcrnnt III nS>rnbl,np irons md
Ji.nlnyi n,, hammers NM nh tbnt only comes n,,n
e,lx oft,r I'M, ,nou,ur,ti,n moi h,t,u,, and il i
nai ;, nnrt nf il tlur sy.f,n, lnrs not pr,,, i,ir
that ono rrrSi,l,nt should innur,l,gtr another
rbrr, ,nioGt In ,luugrr in hint ana il was sn,li
suslv laft nut uf I'M. charter Eut VAN n,, nlnrcl
II IN rx,,piionnlly impertuut pHSition i'm CON
nrrtion WITH coming r,rnt> The cnuital Il ii
n, ,nIiS,li,t;,n ~, hni / ,,n Snh,rimnt, MI
Nh ~ m, ,nnt ma # i wcr II nlsn
would il, M surror in authority fur thcrr il the
station of tho general n.ehier tn the priuriple
thai a ,,,rularly elected presidents term of oihcr
evpires with thr third oi Nnr,b of which | have
moi thc slightest Doubt and which the laws bear
insg ON thr ,ubc, lmifor,nly rernruiy nu, i'm CON
sheraton Of TN, possibility thH, the lawful.
elected president may not tpnenr until thu 9Th If
March !, vr,nt drnl III rrsnnsihility may ncros
SniYIy I'm upnn you Ynu held nN,r n ~ wilI have
lie power ana nrcstirr 10 sapport Won The
secretary nfwnr tnn nrnbahIy ho,s o,rr hut II on
pr.si,lrnf unnr,,, he nny not IL, able tn exercise
fhe functions il, the name ii n president for his
praprr nets are those of n known superior II law
ful president You NET ON your own RESPONSIBLE
" and Inv virtue of n commission only restricted
by tn, law The secretary az war is The month
piece Of n pr,sil.nt You, a,,, not If neither,
/ a
electoral ,ollerr N thc senate ma house. on thu
occasion az the count al not unite in declaring some
person locally elected ~ the pcoplc there il 4
lawful machinery already proyidcd'tn meet that
contingency and decide the question peacefully
II hns not been recently ured NJ occasion present
ing itself hut our forcfathcrs provided it. II has
bton excrriscd and recognized mud submitted to MS
lawful ON every hand. That machinery wonld pruh
ably elect MIR. Tdrn president and Mr.. Wheeler
wee president That would 10 rirht enough for tie
law provides TINT n + failure "a clcct ,luly IN
thc neanlc nc housc shnll immediately elect III,
president nnd the SENATE The ,icc president
some tribunal must decide whether the people
have ,lnly elected n president. presume of
course that il i, in the Joint affirmative
notion nr thc SENATE and housc or why nrr they
present Ia witness the conpt II not Ia soc that il i
ini,.nnd iu.l If n riilnrr la norec nrsrs br
tweri, tbr two bodies there enn rs no lnwC Mir
mnti,e decision tbnt the peonlp hnyc elected 4
nrpsi,lent nnd IN hnus. nn.t then ,,rrced n .,ct
nat M srnntr rhc scnoieelrpts H., pr,.idc,Its
nat III. n,r.i,lcnts DouhtIeas ~ rnsc or rnilure
4, tLr bnusn M rIcet II nrosi,lcnt Inv tho mn If
March the pr,sidcnt Of tho senate II tbrrcbr one
would hr thr lnpitimatr ncison Ia exercise the
nre.,ential authority Tor the time being. or until
ths .nnnarnncr az y lnwful nrpsid,nt or
IA, thr timc l,d down n The constitution
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