Democratic Sentinel, Volume 4, Number 24, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 July 1880 — OUR CANDIDATES. [ARTICLE]

OUR CANDIDATES.

The Coming President and Vice President. They Are Formally Officially Notified of Their •MFominatione. Nrw York, July 13. The committee appointed by the Cineinnat 1 Convention to inform its candidates of their nomination, held a meeting in the New York Hotel at 9 o’clock this morning, ex-Senator John Stockton, of New Jersey, in the chair. A sub -committee, composed of Stockton, John W. Daniels, Virginia ; Uen. D. M. Debpse, Georgia; ex-Gov. • Saulsbury, Delaware) R. M- Speer, Pennsylvania; George Hoadley, dhio, and Augustus Schooenmacker, NewTbrk, reported the drafts of the letters to Gen. Hancock and Mr. English, which were adopted and signed by all the members of the Committee of Notification. The committee left the New York Hotel in a body for Governor’s, island. They were met be Gen. Hancock in the parlor of his house. Gen. Stockton spoke as follows: Gkn. Hancock i I have' the honor to introduce to you Gov. Stevenson, Chairman of the Democratic National Convention recently assembled at Cincinnati. I have also the honor of presenting to you the committee appointed by that body to wait upon and notify you of your unanimous nomination for the highest office in the Government of the people. It is a source Of great satisfaction to the committee, in making this announcement to you, to say that your nomination was not secured by the solicitations of personal or political friends, but was the spontaneous action of that convention, actuated by patriotic duty. One of the ablest and wisest bodies of your countrymen ever assembled have given you this nomination with perfect unanimity; and, General, since that convention has adjourned, we of that committee have been to our homes, wo have seen our constituents, we have seen the Democratic masses and the conservative people of this country, and, with one accord, they ratify the action of that convention. So we are bound to believe, as we do, that your election will be an accomplished fact. We cannot doubt it, and we believe that when the election is over the great principles of American liberty will still be the inheritance of this people, and shall bo forever. And now, in the name of the National Democratic party, by virtue of the power intrusted to this committee by the convention, as its Chairman, l have the honor to hand to its Secretary a communication in writing informing you officially of your nomination. Gen. Stockton handed the Secretary of the committee, Mr. Bell, the address signed by the committee, after which it was handed to Gen. Hancock. In reply, Gen. Hancock said : Ma. Chairman and Gentlemen of; the Committee : I appreciate the honor conferred upon me by the Democratic National Convention lately assembled In Cincinnati, and I thank you for your courtesy iu making that honor known to me. As soon as the importance of the matter permits, 1 will prepare and send to you a formal acceptance of my nomination for the office of President of the United States. Those present were then introduced to Gen. Hancock, who had a few words of welcome for each person. After about ten minutes spent in handshaking, order was restored, and Gen. Stockton, turning to William H. English, who occupied the same position in the room where Gen. Hancock had lately stood, said : The Cincinnati Convention, with unanimity unparalleled, appointed us a committee to wait upon you at such time and place as would bo most agreeable to you, and inform you in person and iu writing of your nomination. I have the honor to congratulate ourselves on the event, and to present to you on the part of the committee and in the name of the convention of the National Democratic party the official announcement of your nomination, which wili be read to you by the Secretary. Secretary Bell then read the address, and Mr. English spoke as follows : Mb. Chairman and Gentlemen or the Committee : As a practical business man, not much accustomed to indirection of action or circumlocution of speech, I will say plainly and in a few words that I accept the high trust which you have tendered me with feelings of profound gratitude, and that I will at an early date formally and in writing make the acceptance'which I am inf ormed is usual on Buch occasions. In rtoing this I fully realize the great responsibility of the situation, care, turmoil, anxiety, misrepresentations and abuse which are certain to follow. And I undersland thoroughly that all the resources and power of our political foes from all parts of the land will be concentrated against us in Indiana, my native State, where the first grand battle is to be fought, and probably the most important of all. But these are great occasions, when the discharge of high patriotic duties are to be considered above all personal considerations, and I shall hot disregard the unanimous voice of the representatives of the majority of the American people which you speak for here to-day. lam profoundly grateful for the high honor which has been conferred, and I have in abiding faith that, with the favor of God and of the people, we shall succeed in this contest The speaker was applauded at the close of his remarks, and then followed more handshaking. Shortly afterward, the committee, and their friends accompanying them,: left the island. Following is the letter to Gen. Hancock : Jult 13,1830.

To Gen. Hancock: Sir : The National Convention of the Democratic party, which assembled in Cincinnati on the 22d of last month, unanimously nominated you as their candidate for President of the United States. We have been directed to inform you of your nomination for this exalted trust, and request your acceptance, in accordance with the uniform custom of the Democratic party. The convention havo announced their views upon the important issues which are before the country in a series of resolutions, to which we invite your attention. The resolutions embody the general principles upon which the Democratic party demand that the Government shall be conducted, and they also emphatically condemn mal-administration by the party in power, its crimes against the constitution, and epecinlly against the right of the people to choose and install their President, which have wrought so much injury and dishonor to our country. That which chiefly inspired your nomination was the fact that you had conspicuously recognized and exemplified the yearning of the American people for reconciliation and brotherhood under the shield of the constitution, with all its jealous care and guarantees for the rights of persons and of States. Your nomination was not made only because in the midst of arms you illustrate the highest qualities of the soldier, but because when war had ended, and when, in recognition of your courage and fidelity, you were placed in command of a part of the Union undergoing the process of restoration, and while you were thus clothed with absolute power, you used it, not to subvert, but to sustain, the civil laws and the rights they were established to protect. Your fidelity to those principles, manifested in in* portent trusts heretofore confided to your care, gives proof that they will control your administration of the National Government, and assures the country that one indissoluble Union of indestructible States and a constitution with its wise distribution of power, and a regard for the boundaries of State and Federal authority, will not suffer in your hands; that you will maintain subordination of the military to the civil power, and will accomplish purification of the public service, and especiallythat the Government which we love will be free from reproach and the stain of sfectional agitation or malice in any shape or form. Rejoicing in common with the masses of the American people upon the bright promise for the future of our country, we wish also to express to you personally the assurance of general esteem and confidence which have summoned you to this high duty, and will aid you in its performance. Your fellow citizens, John W. Stevenson. President of the Convention. Nicholas M. Bell, Secretary. The letter to Mr. English is as follows : July 13,1880. To Hon. William H. English: Dear Sir : By direction of the Democratic National Convention, assembled at Cincinnati, June 22 last, it becomes our pkaeant duty to notify you that you were unanimously nominated by that body lor the office of Vice President of the United States. Your large experience in the affairs of the Government, your able discharge of the many trusts committed to your hands, your steadfast devotion to Democratic principles and the uprightness of your private character give assurance to the Democracy that you are worthy and well qualified to perform the duties of that high position, and commend you to them for the nomination which they conferred. While your personal qualities and your public services well merited this honor, the actiod of the convention was no doubt designed not only to vindicate their appreciation of yourself, but as well to testify their profound respect for the Democracy of Indiana, ! your native State, with whose manly struggles you have been so long identified, and in whose glorious achievements you have shared. The convention set forth its views upon the leading political issues which are now before the people in a series of resolutions, a copy of which we have the honor to present to you, and to which your attention is respectfully requested. It is our earnest hope that those views may be met with your approbation, and that you will accept the nomination which is now tendered you. With sentiments of high esteem, we are respect-

; fully.

JOHN W. STEVENSON,

President. Nicholas M. Bell, Secretary of the Convention.

“You had better change that rug,” said a lady to her servant. “ Don’t you think it corroborates better with the carpet in this way?” was the response. It was the same girl who told her mistress that a gentleman with a predicament in h|s speech ha*} called to see her.