though as a citizen of this republic nothing that concerns its future is indifferent to me; but till now I have not seen a time when it appeared to me a great and solemn duty to stand out in favor of actual Democratic work. The Democratic convention at Cincinnati has proposed a candidate for President of the United States, to whom, when a young man, I taught civil and military engineering, and know him very well. He is a clean man-[loud cheers]—a gallant and prudent commander, and a brave and chivalrous officer. I think the nomination promises to do things for the future which ought to make every patriotic man's heart leap for joy." [Loud cheers.]

GENERAL HANCOCK RECEIVING THE NEWS OF HIS

NOMINATION.

I was looking out of my bay window, corner of Seventh and Chestnut Streets, Philadelphia, on a bright Saturday morning, June 19th, when a band of music, sounding from the east, attracted my attention, and in a few moments the Americus Club, a leading Democratic organization in that city, ap peared on the sidewalk, and at the head of it my old friend, Daniel Dougherty, Esq.

The beautiful day, the stalwart men, the cheering music, the shouting crowds, added somewhat to my surprise, as it did to the evident satisfaction of Dougherty, who kissed his hand as he passed on his way to the Democratic National Convention at Cincinnati, where, as I have elsewhere written, he made for himself new fame by his great speech in favor of Hancock.

I did not conceal my admiration for Mr. Dougherty's course, nor did I hesitate to express

the hope that General Hancock might be made the standard-bearer of my old party for President of the United States.

General Garfield was a relief from the crowd of men who had hounded General Grant at Chicago. I spoke of him as I felt in that spirit, until I saw the blasting record as it was revealed by his own friends, most of which, up to that time, almost entirely unknown to me.

On the 23d of June, 1880, General Hancock was nominated at Cincinnati, and I can well imagine his own emotions when the congratulations upon that event were sent to him at Governor's Island, excited by the unanimity with which his nomination was crowned, and glorified by the splendors of the rhetoric of Dougherty and Daniel. I sent the following congratulatory dispatch to Mr. Dougherty before General Hancock's nomination.

PHILADELPHIA, PA,, June 24th.

TO DANIEL DOUGHERTY, Member of Convention, Cincinnati : I congratulate you, dear old friend, on your great speech in favor of the living hero of Gettysburg, the Murat of Pennsylvania. If nominated ~ at Cincinnati for President he would deliver this great Commonwealth from the terrible curse that has polluted its fair fame, destroyed the hopes of its young men, and enriched its insolent politicians. It will be a welcome to hundreds of thousands of Republicans who regard Grant's sacrifice at Chicago as the unspeakable ingratitude of the age, and it will consolidate North and South in the holy bonds of fraternal peace and prosperity. I embrace you,

JOHN W. FORNEY.

And when the nomination came I congratulated General Hancock, receiving from him in return a quick and graceful reply.

The magnetism of the nomination, like the magnetism of the man himself, flew like wildfire over the country. It was hailed with delight in Europe by all classes of our visiting countrymen. A correspondent in Paris states that the delight of the Northern and Southern men when the news of Hancock's nomination arrived there, was something like the delight of the North when they heard the war was over, and the surprise of the South when they heard that General Grant had led the way for their forgiveness.

How it was received in Philadelphia until the ring politicians began to try to convince our people that General Hancock did nothing for them at Gettysburg, on the 3d of July 1863, the world knows. On that 23d of June, 1880, our Bankers recollected that on the 3d of July, 1863, they were packing up their treasures for New York, expecting the arrival of the Confederate Army across the Schuylkill. Our clergy recollected how they had offered thanksgiving to God for the opportune arrival of General Hancock on Cemetery Hill, and even the politicians of the present hour remembered their own joy over the rescue. The halt in this storm over his nomination for the Presidency was, however, a very short one. And now, as I write, the boom which began with

Dougherty marching along the streets on the 19th of June is resounding all over the land.

Several weeks after, on Tuesday, July 14th, the committee of the Cincinnati Convention notified General Hancock and Mr. English of their nominations for President and Vice-President, and visited Governor's Island to fulfil that duty. The scene that took place then was in itself so picturesque, that I regret I can only give space to the following account taken from the New York World, of Wednesday, July 14th.

HANCOCK AND ENGLISH FORMALLY NOTIFIED OF THEIR

NOMINATION.

The committee appointed by the Cincinnati Convention to notify General Hancock and Mr. English of their nomination for President and VicePresident of the United States visited Governor's Island yesterday to fulfil that duty. The special committee appointed for the purpose was led by Senator John P. Stockton, its chairman, and had in turn invited the members of the National Committee to go to Governor's Island with them. At 10 o'clock in the morning the sub-commitee on the letters to the two candidates reported to the full committee charged with their presentation, and after official copies had been made, Secretary Bell called the States in alphabetical order and the committee-men signed the letters. Wm. H. Green, of Illinois, was absent and S. S. Marshall signed as his