Ashtabula weekly telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1880-1886, 1880-10-15

its shelter to forward their schemes.
He shows no solicitude about the laws.
save when they repress his friends of
the Confederacy. He is never moved
for the miserable black men, but is
greatly concerned for the "rights and
| liberties of the citizen whose vote he
wants. No evidence has ever appeared
that the man has or ever had any strong
moral conviction in his life. There IS
nothing Of the heroic about him. He
has always lived on the fat things of
the land-never had to face the world
in the struggle for bread or position.
He has always been secure in place, and
early imbibed the vicious notions of the
regular army. 1t was never necessary
for him to champion any cause because
it was right, to his loss of place or for
tune. Affiliations with the arrogant
unreconstructed rebels of Louisiana
came easy and natural to such a man.
His only possibility of being candi-
date for the Presidency was in virtually
disgracing himself, as he did in Louis
lana. In any other Government than
ours he would have been hung for
daring to insult the Government that
made him. 1t is such a man as this
-one who knows no more, and
cares no more, of the wants, needs
and wishes of the people than he does
of local self-government in the planet
Mars-who is set up as the figure-head
of the new conspiracy. He will an
swer well the purpose for which he is
selected. To write such commonplace
letters as that referred To-, to sign his
name when ordered to by men who will
command when they appear to advise
to posture in place and receive the
homage of his parasites and toadieS,
will come easy and natural to Hancock,
His appetite and his ambition Will be
satisfied. There is no evidence that h1
ever had anything else to satisfy, but OF
the contrary all that is known of him
contributes to show that he is a man of
moderate abilities, coarse, animal appe-
tites and sensual sort of greed of mon
ey and power. Things have always gone
easy with him. From boyhood he had
no reason for anxiety as to his welfare.
Time brought him promotion. The
Government brought him a large sal
ary, whether he earned it or not. 1t
was neither Necessary nor polite for
him to be concerned about the COM
mon people, nor about the negroes,
their difficulties or their destiny.
He was educated into a fulfilled aris-
tocrat of the lower animal order,
and but for the prospect of getting
into the Presidency by little demagog-
ism, would never have concerned him
self about public questions, but likely
have died peacefully of gout and
apoplexy. Hancock represents nothing
really democratic. He is as undemo-
cratic as an American can become and
remain in this country. His associa-
tions have always been with the regular
army officers, and never with the people.
There is good evidence to show that he
has as great contempt for the common
people as he had for the private vol
unteer soldier. In well-furnished
quarters, supplied with servants and
luxuries by the Government from
youth, never knowing what it is to be
contradicted, and seeing really nothing
of the realities of homely American
life, this man has grown up until now
he is just the creature for the hands of
the men who manipulated poor
Buchanan into a traitor in spite of him
self. Hancock has not a 1.-THE of Bu-
chanan's native ability, education or
political experience, but he is Just the
man to second the views of Secessia
Redivivus.-I'9danapolts Journal.