Blount County democrat. [volume] (Maryville, Tenn.) 1879-1883, 1880-08-04

the person of Mr.. T.. W. Barber, third
Assistant Postmaster under Grant
and a particular friend Of the late
\ .talwart Zaoariah Chandler Esquire.
John Loague, Of Memphis. for twenty
years stauHch Republican, comes out
in a stirring speech for llancQck ana
English. Ills loyalty TO party doc. not
lead him 10 the c.ucilXiOn Qf lis views
Of integrity and right. H@beEeyes Gen
Hancock above 'repfodch, and VIII sup
gort him. ,uss.as4
New York Hour: PeYbap5 the -.
person in the world who would De
likely to come forward as a eulogist
of Gen. Hancock is the Republican
Presidential candidate. Yet in an
article in the North American Review
for March, April, 1873, Gen. Hancock
is spoken of IN the highest terms, and
reference is mado to, "his long service
on the staff before the war, his honor
able and distinguished service as a
corps commander dhring the war"
And this article is signed "James A.
Garfield" t'..,.
The Army and NavyiJOurnal closes
an article on General Hancock as fol-
lows: at remains to add that General
Hancock has been specially fortunate
in being almost or quite the most con-
spicuous example in our day of the
soldier insisting on the supremacy OF
the civil over the militaryGlaw in time
of peace. He carried this principle so
far as to act upon. 1t to an extent and
at a time not acceptable to his military
superiors, His devotion TO the princi-
pie has been undoubtedly character
istic quality of General Hancock, and
hence even those who would object to
a military candidate, must make an
exception in his favOr.1 d hrt
PrTTsBURG, PENN, July 25.-To-day
the announcement was made public
that Col. Henry b. Hays, who has
been lifelong Republican, had es-
pOused the cause of General Hancock.
Col. Hays is one Of the wealthiest coal
operators in the Pennsylvania bitumi-
nous region, and is known at all points
along the Ohio river as a man of great
liberality. He has stood in the fore
most rank of the Republican leaders
in Allegheny county, and has always
contributed largely of his means to
insure the success of the Republican
ticket in times past. He says, how
ever, that no will open an extra barrel
for the hero of Gettysburg. He was
at one time Secretary Of the Legation
to Denmark. and has a gallant war
record. His change Of political faith
will have o great effect upon The
thousands Of coal miners, who have
always looked up TO him as q leader
and guide in matters political.
Some Of the papers of the Republi-
can persuasion say it would be better
to elect statesman than u soldier to
tho Presidency. If Con. Hancock
was mere soldier, and nothing else.
there might be some justice in the
demand. But when. at, the. close of
the war, he showed such spirit Of
submission to the civil law and I'M
hesitatingly yielded a cheerful sub
mission to its supremacy over the
military, we were filed with admira-
ton Of the man who could forego the
opportunity of assuming almost regal
power and subside into the humble,
obedient servaKt of tho law. If this
docs not constitute statesman il, at
least, shows that he possesses the true
spirit of the patriot, and if he lacks in
the details of craftsmanship with such
just conception of its designs, he
will easily surround himself with
true, patriotic Democrats of known
ability and talent, so that no defeat
will appear. With the regularity of
discipline, learned in long service in
the army, there 10 no doubt of his
being able to model the whole ma
shinery of government into such har-
mony that no difficulty will DO expe-
rienced.-[Nashville Banner.
Nothing is clearer to my mind than
the fact that if the Republican party
continues to be admin stored by poll
ticians only that they may make
money out of il, it deserves to perish,
and will perish. He is blind who can
not see the signs. He is deaf who
cannot hear the warnings of the hour.
Hereaway, for more than decade, q
Republican editor has had to choose
between defending men he knew were
unworthy, or manfully opposing and
resisting them. In the first he soon
lost his own self-respect; in the second
he was prosecuted by the men his
conscience would not let him sustain.
/ appeal for the truth of this picture,
not to my own experience, but to tho
columns of every newspaper in Phila-
delphia. General Hancock comes to
us with clean hands, at any rate. No
Credit Mobilier money, no DE ,Gollyer
fee paid for services TO jobber, while
he was already paid his salary by
law, stains his name. General Gar
field-and say it without the slight
est ill-feeling-be has many noble
qualities-is exactly in this position.