Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1880-06-29
REPUBLICAN OPINIONS.

hancock Conceded to Dc Strong.
Washington dispatch to Village Record, Rep.
That they have selected one of the most |
distinguished Union generals to head their |
ticket, no one can deny. General Han
cocks services to his country in the hour
of peril never should and never will he
underrated.
Utica Morning Herald, Rep.
We deem it a most fortunate thing for
the nation and its politics that the Demo-
cratic party has selected presidential can
didate who is personally worthy to wear
the highest hOnOrs within the gift OF the
American people.
Philadelphia Ledger, Ind.
A number of the party organs that pro-
tested against the "mud-thrOwing style
of election canvass when General Garfield
was the subject, have already begun to
spatter their little daubs over General
Hancock. These gentlemen may as we'll
understand at once that nothing is to be
made for General Garfield by that style of
warfare.
inghamton Republican, Rep.
General Hancock was gallant Union
soldier during the late war of the rebel
| lion and his record as an officer and man
| is good one. We have naught to say
| against it on the contrary, We cOngratu-
| late the Democracy for having made so
good q nomination. We believe General
| Hancock to be not only i patriotic Amerl-
can citizen, but all honest, well-meaning
man. AS such it is our purpose to treat
him throughout the campaign.
Baltimore American, Rep.
| We believe that the interests of the
nation will be much better in Republican
hands than Democratic, and will have
| good deal to say upon the subject during
| the campaign, but we congratulate the
nation that the Democratic party has pre-
sented so good and true a man as General
Hancock as it's candidate, and the charac-
ter of both tickets is such that discussion
will be compelled to address itself to
reason, and not to prejudice.
Philadelphia Evening Bulletin, Radical Rep.
The over-zealous Republicans who are
trying to smirch the character Of General
Hancock as gentleman and soldier should
be called to halt. The reference to the
hanging of Mrs. Surratt and the newspaper
criticisms of some of his military work
will do no good to the Republican cause.
That cause, happily, has foundation SO
sure that intelligent Republicans can rely
upon it without resorting to personal
d
splendid service to the country and help
ed to preserve the union when it was as
sailed by the party that has chosen him
for it's candidate.
Philadelphia Inquirer, Rep.
Before General Hancock was nominated
it was not supposed that the Republicans
would be obliged to make serious contest
for the electoral vote of Pennsylvania, but
his nomination renders it incumbent upon
them to enter upon mos. active and az
gressive campaign in this state, in certain
!, populous portions of which General Han
cock has great personal popularity. If
the party be thoroughly united, and the
campaign be vigorously prosecuted here,
, General Hancock. even in the character of
sfavOrite son, " will have no chance
whatever to carry Pennsylvania, but
otherwise he might have some slight
: chance, and it will be only wise for the Re-
publicans to leave him no chance what
ever.
Altoona Tribune, Rep
The Democracy when they met in Gin
cinnati fully realized the political situa-
t ton. and their actions partook more of the
nature of consultation than intense devo-
, ton to the fortunes of any one of the great
number of presidential aspirants. Hence
the unanimous nomination of General
l Winfield Scott Hancock OH the second bal
S lot. The Democrats have certainly dis
played wisdom in their choice, as he is the
most available man they could have placed
in the field. He is great soldier, and has
rendered his country faithful, heroic and
t magnificent services in the hour of her
3 greatest need. His record is clean and
, brilliant, and he will have to be fought
, solely as the representative of principles.
!, Rutland (Vt.) Herald, Rep.
Hancock is the peer of Garfield in patri-
otic sacrifice and more than his peer in
' splendid soldiership. The Union gun we
, have hitherto trained on the Democratic
candidate must be shifted from the candi-
, date and directed on the Democratic camp.
Nor can we fairly say longer that the South
: gives no earnest reason of 4 desire for con-
l ciliation when she is willing to vote for a
Union soldier whose trenchant arm
wrought as much destruction in her ranks
as Longstreet did in our own. The candi-
dacy of Hancock is most formidable; it
. will carry by storm many simple, honest
Union soldiers who followed his flag, who
! are creatures of generous impulse and az.
!, dent sentiment rather than men capable of
calm reflection, who see that principles not
men is the issue of the fight.
r Springfield Republican, Ind. Rep.
Hancock is strong in the South, popu-
lar in the North, and obnoxious nowhere.
He was an honorable and heroic figure in
the war, winning rs perhaps no other gen
eral did the cordial confidence of the old
Army of the Potomac. Though never ris-
ing above corps commander, he did re
markably even, sterling, and brilliant work
with each new occasion. General Hancock
is Pennsylvania man. and now has his
headquarters at New York as commander
of the Eastern department of the army
facts which strengthen his candidacy. In
his record as related to civil life there are
! two most creditable incidents of historical
importance. As commander of the Fifth
military district at New Orleans in 1867
6s he steadily maintained the pre-eminence
of the civil authority in local affairs over
military rule. His doctrine was thus set
forth "The true and proper use of mill
tary power, defending the national honor
against foreign nations, is to uphold the
laws and civil government, and to secure
to every person residing among us the en-
joyment of life, liberty, and property 1t
was Hancock, too, who defeated President
Grants proposition to have BabcOck tried
by court-martial pending his examination
in the civil courts.