Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1880-10-27

the nomination the third time. Bu
Y General Hancock never called hin
crazy on the Presidential question
General Hancock is too much of gen
tleman TO say that even man VIII
/, had twice been President, and who wa
willing to violate all the traditions o
the country, and be President thir,
time. General Grant admits that h,
. would have accepted the third.tern
b nomination for some absurdly INSULT
0 cient redsons, but General Hancock ha
r too much gentlemanly dignity to say
. that Gen. Grant has the Presidential
: bee in his bonnet Gen. Hancock die
, not receive vote at the Convention O.
/ 1864 In the Convention OF 1868 h,
/. received, on one ballot, next to tht
, highest number cast, namely, lI4!
against 1861 cast for Pendleton. Bu
, suppose he had received vote in 1864
and suppose, in common with many
other men who have deserved well oI
their country, he wanted to become
, President is it not a noble, a laudablI
ambition for good man TO possess
| Are not the children of the nation
taught to regard the highest office in
the. gift of the people as within the
, reach ofany one who serves his country
faithfully and well ? And is it a noble
worthy thing to vIiiy man because
he wants TO be President 2 Is 1t a
noble thing for man to do who has
already been President twice, and
wants, as he admits, q third-term, even
, General Grant says that Gen. Han.
cock is crazy to DO President; that he
is ambitious, vain and weak that the
South can easily control him This
from themouth of Grant The veteran
will scarcely believe it, He will pro
fer TO discredit the Rev. Fowler, or to
believe that he caught Grant in the
tolls into which he is known in times
past to have iallen-the tolls of inc.
briefly,
General Grant saysthat when a COM
mander was wanted for the Army of
the Potomac the Government took up
almost everybody, even went West for
officers for that purpose, but nobody
ever thought of taking Hancock. Sup
pose it to be true is itanything against
him Suppose he never pushed him
self forward for that place, neverschem.
cd for it with the accursed scoundres
who made traffic out of that great
position suppose that Gen. Hancock
always wont forward loyalty doing bis
whole duty, never questioning, never
murmuring, content to be anything in
the service of his country-was not
that very noble, very creditable
thing Gen. Grant, unconsciously,
perhaps, cast reflection on every high
private in the army, if it is anything
against soldier that he is not pro.
noted to something higher. You can.
not make all the good generals com
manders of the army, any more than
you can make all the brave privates
corporals or captains. General Grant
did not think what he was saying when
he made that reflection on Gen. Han.
cock. He forgot that the same ap-
proach would fall on every patriot who
carried o musket in the ranks. But
General Grant ls wrong in his state.
ment even. Gen. Hancock, after the
battle of Mine Run, was prominently
discussed as the man for the head of
the army. 1t is needless to dwell on
the reasons why no change was made.
Gen. Hancock did not seek the place,
but there are good judges who believe
that he would have finished the war
some months sooner and at great
saving of life on our side, bad he been
appOintedto the command OF the army.
The subject, however, has no relation
to the Presidency, for which be is now
u candidate. The command of the
army may be necessary step for
Cesar who seeks to overthrow the lib.
critics Of bis countrymen, but not for
the constitutional statesman whose
only ambition is TO serve his country
through constitutional methods.
In the same spirit Gen. Grant tells
the Rev. Fowler what he conceives to
be "the inner history and spirit of Han
cocks celebrated Order No. 49," Ac-
cording to Grant Congress was striv.
ing to prevent President johnson from
undoing the reconstruction laws. John.
son would find ways and pretcxts to
dodge around and break through the
laws, and Congress kept on patching up
tho breaches until il had taken all
power from the President, excepting
that of removal and appointment OF
district commanders General Sheridan
was put in command of Louisiana and
Texas, and having caught, as he
thought, the Governor of Louisiana
and three Commissioners in an attempt
to deiraud the State by borrowing
money on levee bonds, be removed
them. johnson ordered the reinstato.
mcnt of these officials. Grant refused,
and 30 johnson removed Sheridan and
appointed Hancock. The latter re.
fused to listen to Grants advice on the
ground that "ho was opposed to mig
ger domination" and removed the men
Sheridan had appointed, Then Grant
interiered TO prevent the reinstatement
of the Governor and Commissioners
whom Sheridan had removed and Gen.
Hancock asked the President to relieve
him, az, through Gen. Grants interfer.
ence, his usefulness was destroyed.
This is the sum and substance OF Gen.
Grants account TO the Rev. Fowler Of
"the inner history and spirit OF the
celebrated Order No. 40." 1t is indeed
bard for the veteran to believe that
Gen. Grant was correctly reported IN
this part of the interview by the Rev.
Fowler, or, II he was correctly report. |
ed, that Gen. Grant was in mentally |
normal condition when he thus incor. |
rectly gave one of tho concluding in.
cidents of Gen. Haneock's famous
though brief career as commander of
the department of Louisiana and Texas,
as "the inner history and spirit of the
celebrated Order No. 40" The facts
OF Gen. Hancock's government Of those
States are part OF our national his.
tory, than which nothing is better or
more clearly known. The President
and Congress did not agree in regard
to reconstruction. The Radical Con.
gress desired to retain its hold on the
nation by making reconstruction i'm.
possible, cxceptin such way as would !
insure the continuance OF Radical rule |
both North and South
The States OF Louisiana and Texas
were governedin amore arbritray man.
ner than Russia. The Military Com.
mander dcposed at will judges, county