Daily Republican., 1880-07-29
HANCOUKls NOMINATION.
Dislogue Between q Confederate
BrieadtoF ana n Northern Dough

Dislsgue Between q Confederate
BrieadtoF ana n Northern Dough
Face.
Dough-faoe-"Well, General, how do
you like our Democratic nominee!
Brigadier- General-Not any too we'll.
| think you might have done better by
nominating some man who stood by us
in our darkest days; man like Sey-
mour, Pendleton or Bayard; men who
had the courage to stand by us and the
Constitution during the war. But in-
stead Of that you have nominated =
man who did all in his power to crush
us and our glorious cause, and ii we
had not the negroes completely under
our control, it would be impossible to
give Hancock all the Southern States.
For II will be bitter pill for sur high
strung Secessionists to vote for q man
who fought on the wrong side.
Dive could not do any better: we
had to take Hancock on account Of the
ueak-knsed Democrats, who were not
in favor Of the war for secession.
Without their votes we could NO. carry
q single Northern State, mot even In
diana or New Jersey, and you know
that without one or both of these
States, even with Solid South, we
cannot elect our President. The war
Democrats. you must bear in mind, con-
stitute by far the best element in our
party, and we dare not ignore their
wishes. ....
B. G.-We in the South don't think
much Of your war Democrats, for they
are all vile traitors to our cause. You
remember how shamefully they acted
In Ohio when the most famous Demo
orat( (Vallandigham) was candidate for
Governor. They permitted him to be
beaten by over a hundred thousand
votes. And how did they treat Horace
Greeley So | sm afraid they will
treat Hancock. No, no, you must not
rely upon those detestable war Demo-
Gratis. You must look for help to the
rag tag and bob tails, the cansille, the
low, ignorant and besotted foreigners,
especially Irish. Your Democratic
strength in the north is to be found in
the saloons and low houses of vice
and ignorance. Men 80 degraded that
they dou't care a fig who wins, only so
liquor is plenty and cheap. Sensible,
intelligent and patriotic people in the
North are not willing to commit this
Government into the hands OF those
who bat few years ago attempted to
destroy it.
D.-My dear sir, you ought not to
talk that way about the great Demo-
cratic party. That is the way the
Black Republicans talk about us. And
yoa know they will lie about us.
B. Gen.-Wsll, Is 1t not true that
the bulk Of your Northern Democrats
is made up of the ignorant and degrad.
cd.
Dwell, even il it be true, it does
not become as TO admit so damaging
a state Of things in the North.
B. G.-In the South all the refined
and intelligent are Democrats the ne
gYoes and low white trash are the on
ly Republicans we have. The negroes
are so completely intimidsted that
they will not dare TO vote in opposition
to their former masters and as for the
posr white trash, the few who are
among us may vote as they please, for
We can give you = sslid South.
Dwell, well, we know that but
what do You expect of US Northern
Democrats for your solid vote ?
B. G.-We expect you to do the fair
thing by US. We new have the Sen
ate and the lower House, and II we get
the President we can run the Govern
ment as we please, and we can right
all the wrongs the late war has brought
upon us.
D.-What wrongs do you refer to 7
B. G.-I refer TO the injuries the war
did us, the money we had to spend,
The negroes we lost in the war, and
The wi dows and orphans the war left
Is burden on oar hands. When the
Southern States declared themselves
'ree and independent Of the United
States, your President had NO right to
,all for $4,000 men to oppose us. We
had the right TO leave the Union then,
and we still claim that right; and II
The Democrats Of the North now help
IS 10 elect q President, we will gain
BY ballots what we could not by bull
cts. Secession is dot dead yet!
Dwell, but you do net, hope,
intend to break up our glorious old
Union I
B. G.-No, Of course not, II we can
'un the government to suit us. All we
Isk is this Give us q President, then
We will be paid for our slaves (about
'3, 800, 900, ,000), pension our soldiers,
epudiate your war debts, and make
,ood the losses we sustained during
md since the war. Soon after the war
very secession State had list Of its
laves made and fled for us.
DIT seems to me you would be
ather hard on the government.
B. G.--Not at all, for Sinclair would
ave taken the same sensible view Of
latters that President Buchanan had,
IL that he had no power to put down
be rebellion there would have been
o war we would have retained our
aves and all that other property :
hich we lost. 1t is principle Of law :
nd equity that he who injures the
roperty OF his neishbor, must make 1t
,od. But II seems to me that some Of =
II Democrats Especially those who n
ave property will kick at this say
le strain on our national treasury !
ould be too great, II would bankrupt i
). /;
B. G.-Not at all, for if they help +
) to elect Hancock, the rest will fol- 4
W for Hancock would bsa mere figure n
BAD in the hands Of our Democratic
ongress. But these things must be
ept in the dark until after the elec.l