Democratic Sentinel, Volume 4, Number 25, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 30 July 1880 — Hancock’s Sayings. [ARTICLE]

Hancock’s Sayings.

EXTBACTS FROM HIS ODERS THAT SHOW WHAT KIN» OF A MAN HE IS. The true and proper use of the military power, besides defending the national honor against foreign nations, is to uphold the laws and civil government, ai d to secure to every person residing among us the enjoyment of life, liberty and property. The right of trial by jury, the habeas corpus, the liberty of the press, the freedom of speech, the natural rights of persons and the rights of propeity must be presented. Tell General Meade that the troops undei my command have repulsed the assaults of the enemy, who are now flying in all directions in my front. Power may destroy the forms, but not the principles of justice. These will live in spite even of the sword. The great prineipl s of American liberty still ar« the lawful inheritance of this people, and ever should be. Armed insurrections or forcible resistance to the law will be instantly repressed by arms. Nothing can intimidate me from doing what I believe to be honest and right. Arbitrary power has no existence here.