. Life and military career of Winfield Scott Hancock; his early life, education and remarkable military career. Hospital at Fair Oaks. Bridge over the Chickahominy. WINFIELD SCOTT HANCOCK. 91 ness, bat they possess that dangerous art given tosmall minds, the art of finding the most trifling ex-cuses for the most appalling treachery. In onebreath they swept away the whole of Grants re-cord, on the foolish pretext that he wanted to bechosen President for a third term. And in satisfy-ing themselves with this pretext, they really securea large degree of party sympathy, and at the sametime carry th
. Life and military career of Winfield Scott Hancock; his early life, education and remarkable military career. Hospital at Fair Oaks. Bridge over the Chickahominy. WINFIELD SCOTT HANCOCK. 91 ness, bat they possess that dangerous art given tosmall minds, the art of finding the most trifling ex-cuses for the most appalling treachery. In onebreath they swept away the whole of Grants re-cord, on the foolish pretext that he wanted to bechosen President for a third term. And in satisfy-ing themselves with this pretext, they really securea large degree of party sympathy, and at the sametime carry their own malignity ^o far, as beforethe close of the contest in Chicago, in 1880, toinduce many people, the same now who clamoragainst Hancock, to believe that Grant had donenothing more for his country than any other mancould have done ! The great dramatic philosopher, Shakspeare,while illustrating the vice of ingratitude, refers, inbetter phrase than I can use, to the ease withwhich, when a man desires to do a mean and un-manly thing, he can provide himself with a phil-osophy to justify his guilt. Eeasons for wrong areas plenty
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