The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1880-07-01
OUR NOMINEES.

General Wlnnelo OcoIt IIancoCkI
whom the National Democratic Con
vention have placed in nomination
for President, was born in Montgom-
cry county, Pennsylvania, Feb l4th,
1924. In 10Th year of his age be
graduated at the United States Mill
tary Academy at West Point, and
for two years after entering the army
he served on frontier duty. After>
wards he served in the Mexican war
where he won high distinction, hav-
ing been brevetted as First Lieuten'
ant for gallant and meritorious con>
duct at Contreras and Cherubusco.
After the war was ended he again
served on the Western frontier for
several yesrs, and was from 1899 to
the outbreak of our civil war Quar-
termaster of the Southern District Of
California At the breaking out of
the war, in 1861, he was recalled to
w ashiugtoD, and on the 23d Of Sep
TENDER, 1861, was Brigadier Gener
al of Volunteers. He took an active
part in the pennsular campaign I'M
der Mcclellan, and also in the sub
sequent campaign in Maryland,
where he distinguished himself in
the battles Of South Mountain and
Antietam, and won his commission
as Major General. He was after
yards placed 10 command of a di,
vision at fredericksburg and Cham
cellorsville, and was especially prom
iuent at the battle of Gettysburg,
where he was the chief adviser and
right hand man of Gen. Meade. 10
this, the really deciding campaign
of the war, he was severely wound
ed, and, for time, incapacitated for
active duty. For his gaIlantry dur
ing this campaign, he subsequently,
on the 30th of May, 1866, received
the thanks of Congress.
Having, to a great extent, recov>
cred from the effects of his wound,
he, during the Wilderness campaign
of 1864, again entered active SER
vice, and 90 several occasions won
new honors He served in this cam
paigu, under Grant, until June 18th ,
1864, when his wound broke out
afresh and he was forced to retire
from the field on sick leave. He
afterwards, however, returned to ac~
tive service, and took part i'll various
actions uutil the Goth of November,
when he was called to Washington
to organize the first corps Of veter>
ans.
After the close of the war he was
placed successfully in command of
the Middle Department, the Depart
ment of Missouri, of Louisiana and
Texas, of Dakota, and, on the death
of General Mead in November,
1872, of the Department of the East.
In the Democratic National Conven-
ton held in New York in July,
1865, he received l444 votes. At
St. Louis in 1876 be received a
large vote.
While 10 command of the Depart>
ment of Louisiana and Texas, he en-
deared himself to the South by as
sorting the supremacy of civil law
over military law, and recognized
the constitution of the government
as the guide of his conduct and duty
lie has a clean record which his
enemies cannot assail and which will
command the united and cordial sup
port of the democratic party.
Hon. William H. English, of In
diana, who has been chosen for Vice
President, was born in Scott county,
Indiana, on the 27th of August,
1922. Having received collegiate
and legal education, be decided to
follow the law, and soon rose to
eminence in his profession. He was
elected to the Legislature of his
State, in which body he was elected
Speaker of the House of Represen-
tatives 10 1858 he was elected to
Congress, and served in tina; capaci>
ty with such credit to himself and
his constituency that he was contin-
uously re, elected until the close of
the year 1861, when he peremptori-
Iy declined denomination. He is
very popular in Indiana, and has a
bar'l OF money.
Upon the whole the ticket is the
strongest one that could have been
selected, and in November will be
elected.