A Graphic Picture

At the grand democratie mass meeting and baibecue in Albany, X. Y.Jasi week J J -- ! 8. 8. Cox concfuded aii eloqneni address with the followinggraDhic sketch of ihe Illustrious public services oí ; lie democratie presidential nominee: The flrat picture should be v rapid panorama, in a country at war with us, in "the act of Mexico." It begins at Vera ('iiiz. and moves with the speed of our victorious little army, with its many unequtil but victorioua butilos, to the city of the Montezumaa. Upon tliis march stands out the young Lieutenant Hancock, following ilie rortuues and winning nis share of the bonoi'S under Qommand of Wiufield Scolt. Subse(juent events moiT mo:iie itous nol only dwarf these scènes, amidst the cactus. mountains nnd plains of this wonderlr.l huid; hut time has shndowed them with the chiaro oscufo. Süll it was a democratie war and energized onr jeople ftr the acquisitiong which fol(owed wüli their wealtli and empire. Lift the cui'tain for another picture! Ourn'imblic is engacd in the tliruo of civil eontlict. The {(■mus and valor oí millions aro in the lieul for mastery. Out of these millions few namesshineso resplendently as tliat of tlie young Lieutenant, oalled to the active, patriotic and perilous p'ursult of his profession. Totlieeyeof the mincl tb ere is a whole gallery of battle pictures, of which he is the heroic center. Beginning in October, 1881, ander McCleüan at Eewinsville, gallant at Williamsbiirg in May. 1802, foüowing the tlag to yeni mi! in umi nistonc sunimer, and in the l'a!l at South Mountain and Antietam, gathering colors, arma and prisonera by bis kil 1 and prowess: and atrain in thedesperate eonflicts at Fredciicksbnrg and Chancellorsville, until the momentous encounter with which hits naríie is forever linked. IIow grand our soldier seerns at Gettysburg, that pivotal field of the war, even to the eye of conteniporary hiatory. It is seventeen years ago. lie is foniting the line of bah Ie onCemeteryHill. Ilis plan is aimroved bv Meade. It is to bun familiar ground. The morning of the secónd of July dawnï. Is lie ready for the onset of Longstreet and LeeV 11e comniands half of th.it magniflcent array; arethey enougti? Fleftelstbat not only bis own, bui óthor States, nay - bis country 's unity- are in awfnl peril. Baltimore, VVashinffton, lJhiladelphia and otber cities hola theirbreatb: and the naüoii is pallid with fear. Is he equalto tlie great trial? ËqualV See him and liis brave corps as tbey prepare to repel the 18,0ü0 cbosen soldiers of Longstreet, hurled against him - hnrled in vain! Around liim and his army, the air is hot with smiike of battle; ralssiles bail a tempest of dea tb. The band strikes up the "Star Spangled Banner," and out of the red tempest the majestic form of General Hancock moves down the lona; linea, in the face of the dreadful death-dealing storm. Ha in hund, and cool as on a review, be inspires the sublime eííort which is crowned with success, as lie fallo wounded and Meeding in the arms of victory! "What aitist can picture that scene of earnage and gloryr Suiround it with the after battles of the Wildernes, number them by scores, and they only serve to irradíate the supreme moment when the North was saved fr un ravage, the Union vindicated and it eneniies fáiled fbrever. Bat there is sotnething greaterthan his carecr in Mexijo, Virginia, Marylaid and Pennsylvania. ít was hls si i üdid civil conduct under the reconstruction laws in Ilouisiana and Texas. Of the last sRid Mr. Cox : "The party of hate has dethroned themajesty of ten states. The crown of popular soven Ignty is in the keeping of corrupt and despotic foree. Reconstrnction has heun to de&poil the stricken South. This hero is called to administer its reckless statutes in two statea - Texas and Louisiana. From November, 1867, until March, 1868. he is supreme. .Ilis word dietates. Sow does he execute the trust V Does he use his own will 'Í Read his general order No. 40. and his letter to the radical Governor Peaae, who besought him to be a, law unto hirnself. lie repela all allurements from duty. He places babeas corpus. trial by jury, the liberties of press and speech, and the rijjhts of person and property high above and aloof trom the military arm. 'I wil] not.' he says, 'undothe wisdonrwhichhasfltted your local ('odes lo your local needs. No act of Congresa sliall be so construed and executed as to destroy your tnheritance of liherty.' By freqnent orders looking to tli e uu loins of wrong and the doing of right, be excites tlie hatred of a radical Congress, and the love of lus late foes. 11 is present opponent, Gen. Garfield, leads the movement in üongress to annul his office by reducing the riumber of Major Generáis. At last a liostile commander-in-chief compela his removal, and lic yiekls perforce to the omer. " ïhus, as soldier and statesman, he stands pre-em inent as on e whose liostility ended wilh the conflict. Unblemished in name and f ame, well-poised in Judgment, not disputations, vet nol nntiici! by persecution in delicate military and civil rtuties; a model soldier and eliivalric gentleman ; but most of all, a man of steady devotion, standing in i'nm defense for the best muniments of our established liberties; as iealous as was Washington hinself of military force, but never sinking the citizen in the soldier, and with due charity to the governed, he ruled how wisely and hovv well I One more picture completes the serie. It is his inauguration next Alarch. Then the circle wil] be comnlete- a democratie House, Senate and President, anti peace and eoncord between tlie sections, and the ancient respect for the Constitution as the bond of la w. and for the Union as the synibol of love. Then the dead past will be buried. with all lts eninities and discords. Then we shall greet a peacef ui and happy land, all of wlmse borders will be rringed with prosperity, and within them a contented and united people."