Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1880-07-03
WHOLE NO. 2,327.


IS an eminent man, whose defence O
civil liberty as it is commanded il
the constitution has carmel for hin
the gratitude Of the American peo
y pie, for in this time it is constitu
/. tional liberty that Is in danger
I Mr.. Hendricks had the vote of hi
! own state to the last, but the affec
, ton for him beyond his state sur
I rendered to the warm devotion t.
the Union soldier, who, in peace
loved not the ways of the war. MIR
Bayard had large following. lie
is man of highest purity Of char.
acter, bearing name that has
+ national renOwn. He received
, nearly rs large a vote rs did Gener-
eli Hancock on the first ballot. But
his friends wisely and readily paid
their tribute en- the second ballot to
the desire. to Danish sectionalism
from the presidential contest. There
were other eminent men, named
and thought of for this nomination,
who are fit for the presidency.
Though Speaker Randall held at
his control a majority OF the delega-
ton from his state, the solid vote of
that state was cast with enthusiasm
for General Hancock Of the United
States.
| General Hancock was nominated
without a "boom, without money,
without machinery. The United
States, with the wealth and power
of the great country, were repre-
sented here. Cincinnati, for the
/ hour was not q city; it was the
country; and the convention was
devoted to the Republic. 1t Is use
less to deny that the nomination of
| General Hancock was the personal
triumph of that tenacious Scotch
democrat, Senator Wallace, ofPenn-
sylvania, who "never hunts with a
brass band" His instincts selected
the candidate, and his unostenta-
tious methods aided his nomina-
ton. faanI i
There are million of soldier
votes in the north. There arc more
than five hundred thousand soldier
names on the pension list. Han
cock is the ranking Maj0r-General
of the army, and were he not to be
president ne would have been one
day the General of all the armies of
the United States, unless death in
tervened. Hancock is the illus
triOus soldier who, when the war
closed, was the first to, place the !
civil authority above the sword. !
He was the first to proclaim that |
the bayOnet should make obeisance |
the civil power. His name not
only stands as an heroic emblem of
the Union, though its cost should |
be death, but as the splendid SYM
boil that civil liberty is the COM
manding general of armed men. |
How ought the million of Union
soldier voters in the north to vote |
in this election? While rebel SOL
diers are voting for this eminent |
Union soldier, will Union soldiers |
refuse to vote for him?
The name of Hancock is an his |
toric name. 1t is linked to the |
Declaration of Independence. From |
the birth of the Republic till now ii |
has been the representative Of free
dom. 1t means liberty. Winfield |
Scott Hancock mean Liberty and
Union, now and forever, one and /
inseparable." 1t means, also, LET
us have peace"
There are many thousands of
voters in the north who have beei.
accustomed to vote the republican I
ticket because they looked at that
wave Of the bloody shirt. These
men have now no excuse. for voting
against the democratic ticket.
There are many thousand of repub-
lican voters in the country who
love the name OF General Grant,
and who resent the treatment he re-
ceived at the hands of the Chicago
Many of them viii re-
joice in the opportunity to vote for
General Hancock. There are many
thousands of voters in the country
who deprecate the power of money
in securing nominations and cleo
tions. They are unwilling that
money should be monarch. Han
cock is the mOneyless candidate.
Patriotism is his bank.
Mr.. English is as popular in Indi-
ana as any man in the state. As
his name is mentioned as candidate
for the vice-presidency, he will be-
come the most popular man in that
state, and will, beyond peradvent-
ure, carry Indiana. 1t will be diff
cult for the republicans to carry
Ohio and Illinois. 1t is not prob
able that the republicans can carry
Pennsylvania. And we can not
better close this article than by
without leave, a private
and eloquent dispatch from a Penn
sylvania republican OF National re-
PHILADELPHIA, PENN, June "a.
To Daniel Dougherty, Member Of
Cincinnati: / con-
gratulate you, dear old friend, on
your great speech in favor of the
living hero of Gettysburg, the Mu-
rat of Pennsylvania, and if n0ai-
mated at Cincinnati for the presi-
dent would deliver this great COM
from the terrible curse
that has polluted its fair fame, de-
strOyed the hopes of its young men, !
and enriched its insolent politicians.
1t will be a welcome to hundreds Of !
thousands of democrats who regard
Grants sacrifice at Chicago the un- =
speakable ingratitude of the age, {
and it will consolidate north and
south in the holy bonds OF fraternal
peace and prosperity. ] embrace
you. :" ii. JOHN w. FoRNEY.