--Nothing easier. He's big enough. Just _walk_ over to Governor's Island. How can you prove he's a gentleman? --He's an officer of the United States army. Quite sufficient. Tell me why he's a great soldier. --He saved the Union in battle. I thought Grant did that? --Grant did first-rate fighting; but if Hancock hadn't won at Gettysburg, Grant and his army might as well have sat down where they were and gone into the "Tanner" business. Did he take a part in any other great battles? --Yes; in nearly every battle fought by the army of the Potomac until he was carried off the field at Gettysburg. What did the country think of him? --Everything that could be thought of a brave, noble nature. What did Congress do? --Passed a special vote of thanks to him for his conspicuous part in the battle that saved the country. Of course they passed a vote of thanks to Garfield, too? --Yes; a _silent_ vote. How do you prove that Hancock is a true citizen? --Because he has profound respect for the laws and constitution of his country. When did he show this? --He has shown it all his life. But more particularly? --When the war was over he put up his sword. Grant, Garfield & Co. insisted he should rule with it. He refused. He told the trembling Southern people they had the same rights _in peace_ as all other American citizens, and that he would make his army protect those rights. What are those rights? --Trial by jury, _habeas corpus_, free speech and free press. Did he put that down in writing? --I should think he did. He wrote a letter to old Pease, the governor of Texas, that must have flashed into him like lightning into a gooseberry bush. Did he write anything else? --Yes; the great Order No. 40. I remember that. What did Andy Johnson say about it? --He said: "When a great soldier, with unrestricted power in his hands to oppress his fellow-men, voluntarily foregoes the chance of gratifying selfish ambition, and devotes himself to building up the liberties and strengthening the laws of his country, he presents an example of the highest public virtue that human nature is capable of practising. Whenever power _above_ the law courted his acceptance, he calmly put the temptation aside. By such magnanimous acts of forbearance he won the universal admiration of mankind, and left a name which has no rival in the history of the world." Did he say anything else? --Yes. He said: "I respectfully suggest to Congress that some public recognition of General Hancock's _patriotic_ conduct is due, if not to him, to the friends of law and justice throughout the country. Of such an act as his, at such a time, it is but fit that the dignity should be vindicated and the virtue proclaimed, so that its value as an example may not be lost to the nation." Did Congress do anything?