Signal-Copiahan. (Hazlehurst, Copiah County, Miss.) 1885-1888, 1886-02-18
The Two Dead Statesmen.

tricks aud Hancock.
There lives were spent, in the
main. in utterly dsicrcnt pursuits,
but there were points in common
IN their character that their dca'h
brings To Eind lIcn,iicks WIS II
r,vl, Hancock n military hero; hut
they were both, generous broad
statesmen, aud true a. their
convictions, AMI each in his day
and respective place showed las
ami friendship Tor
the South.
Ia 1862 Hendricks was chosen
Senator from iudlanua. and from
that time till the close of the war
he was Il strong advocate Of the
union cause aud voted in favor of
every measure looEingto the sus.
tcuarcc of the Union. But it was
after the war WAS ended that hc
showed the spirit aud tho power
that was in linn. During the days
of reconstruction, he WIS daily AM,
sometimes hourly contcsting tue
radical measures cf TIE republican
Senate, Ia wl,ich he hal tn meet
Suci men as FcSScnlcn, Sumner
aud Trnmhull. lie antagonizcd,
with all of lis great powers, the
doc;giGc oi reconstruction, IN iin.
tanning that congress had 10 power
To reconstruct the governments of
States. which had never ceased To
~ mCmh,rS Of the uUiOn, according
to his ideas, and claimed that the
people ui The respective states were
euti,lyd 10 the con;rvl OF their own
state governments.
lie lead ",hc iovloyn hope" ior
years, when tEclr waS only thirteen
democratic Senators at lis back, OF
whom he was thcir recognized lead
Grand lived 10 see the rcsult of his
great laborS in . r. united country,
ANA has left 20 postcii,y the r..
suits of 4 uS,iul life, Il >po,lr>S rec.
ord and an llonorcI name. y; thc
same time, hu, in Il different Sphcic
AMI place, Hancock was maintain.
ing tie Sainc POSITION as that so
ably championci 10y Hendricks in
the United States Senate. VIXEN
he was in command ct tie Fifth
district, composed OF Lou.
isiana aud Texas, on the 10Th OF
November, 1887, h. issued that
memorable oricr "in war it is in
he sail, "to rcpol iorcc
10y iulcc luL overthrow ani destroy
TO lawful authority.
But when iuSurrrc,ionary forces
has been oycl,hrowu, aud peace a.
talliShci AMI tlc civii authorities
axe ready aud willing to perform
their dU;icS. the military power
ShouIl cease to lcal and the civil
administration resume lis natu,a
and ush!ul dominion. SOlcmnly
impressed with these views the
General announces that the great
principles ct American liberty still
are the lawful inheritance OF this
people, aud ever shoall bc. "iic
right of Iiial 10y jury, the habeaS
corpus, the liberty OF the press, the
freedom Of speech AMI &c natural
rights OF persons aml rights of pro.
perry must h. preserved Ii has
been we'll saId that ''hcrc was
struck the key not" of the political
situation and that this iingin :
dclivcraucc woke M the land, aud
made Gen Hancock famous. Here
wax true craftsmanship that looked
beyond the applause of the hour,
that be tokcncd the lights that was
to break on this unhappy country,
and rendered possible the express.
sion of Senator Ransom, AT the
memorial exercises Of Vice prcSi'
dent Hendricks.
From all The Southern States"
said he, "therc comes M sincere,
deep, Overlooking sympathy aud
sorrow nj the bereavement OF their
Northcrn sisters. Oar tears min-
gle with yours ovcr the graves of
your dead; your cOuutrynen AID
our countrymrn. Thank Almighty
God that the everlasting covenant
of our union i established in the
hearts of all our people, aud that
in the clouds of this SORROW, Wa can
behold the bow fl peace, never 10
be broken
Such a record ~ the country's
greatest heritage, and we honor
ourselves When We honor them.
Their names shall I've after those
who have courtcd applause by al-
pcaling to the passions of the hour
are forgotten. Monuments OF brass
and marble, towering 10 the skies,
will liit their heals in honor to the
memory of these departed heroes.
but Il monument more precious 10
their memory and more valuable to
the world, has already been found
ed in the hearts Of The people whom
they served with Snch pure aud dis