Show THE rsHBOKAL attack that Ganeral Grant has made upon General Han cooirin tbe interest of the republican candidate wilt oot hurt the democratic demo-cratic nominee Even If what Grant says were true Hancock would etand aa the better men of the two True or Ms He tbe eiprendbnt must ba viewed as one depraved for a ower meaner trick tua t thw it is i bard to con J jectuf eT NolwUnutanding the assault ia upon the character and reputation and patriotism of General Hancock be refuses t 6el eio that Grant made tbo charge until he has the confirmation by the EX president S Himself Hancock cannot think it pwsibjp that a soldier n graduate frqm West Point could be go lost to a honor and could have EO little regard for truth as Grant has exhibited in this uvabby attack upon a brother fficer Ttio view taken by Hancock of the Grant interview iseuch a view as brave manly conscientious soldier sol-dier might be expected t > take and it fleets greater credit upon him ban any denial of the cnaliuoiu assertions by Grant that he could formulate would do But a straightforward contradict con-tradict oa of the Grant libel is expected ex-pected from Hancock and will un questionably be forthcoming when expresideatfi meanness and littleness I lit-tleness will be better defined than they are now The conviction has been growing stronger and stronger in tbe minds of the thinking people r every day since the CmcmnaM i convention con-vention that the democrats made ft wise choico for standardbearer While the republican nominee has been lairly riddltd cut to pieces and jfjpund to be a mass of corruption not p fa i tingle epeck of dirt has clung I to Hancock He has been found spotless His private public and official life n without blemish n and though his enemies have sought to find something thai would reflect upon big patriotism they have utterly failed Notwithstanding the terrific battle of mudslinging tbat hAS been r going on for three mouths Hancock f etands forth clean and untouched striking contract ta the republican candidate and indeed to the many nominees for office both republican and democratic who are covered with slime from head to oot If men p against whom nothing could be chargw were always selected for Anfljoo we would heir loss of corrupt administrations there would bo S fewer whiik ring fewer Credit Mobilier swindles fewer DcGol yer pavement fraud fewer deals in poet traderahips fewer Black Fridays fewer of all kinds of steals i and swindles each as mark the history his-tory of the republican administrations general and of Grants in particular I partic-ular It shows well for Hancock and Is a proud feather in the cap of his party when the enemy has to resort to falsehood and employ wicked malice in order to assail him When a party dOls stumble upon an able S and absolutely pure man and nominates nomi-nates him for president tae people C deserve to be cheated robbed plundered plun-dered and oppressed if they fail to elect him |