The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1867-08-17

OF GRANT are not SO QlSnoneSG- me
Herald, until last week extremely radi-
cal, hoists the name of Grant as Presi-
dent, with Lee of Virginia as Vice
President, and is now furious in its as
saplts upon Congress and its bowls
over what II pleasantly calls "nigger
supremacy" in the South. This we un-
derstand. II is logical. The Herald Is
probably as well informed as the Itnes,
and 1t openly claims Gen. Grant as It's
ally. The World writes long article
to show that, Iu entering the W ar Ohce,
Gen. Grant "acIed1 OF his own free
"choice, and was not Ooereed by the
"compuIsive stringency OF military
"discfpline." Grant himself notified
Stanton of his acceptance" The word
is plain enough TO all men.
AS we have said. we are not blaming
General Grant. We are really defend
ing him. If he means to be considered
supporter of Congress, he is great
enough, and frank enouhg, and he has
ink and paper enough to make that
support apparent. We are bound TO
consider him as not supporter until
TO find we are mistaken, but we do not
want to be cheated by the Times, nor
TO assent to the proposition that two
and two make five when we know they
make four. If General Grant thinks
enough of the votes of the Radicals TO
permit his friends to support him as
Radical candidate, he will certainly pay
us the compliment of telling us what
we are to vote for. We honor him
eneugh TO feel that if he comes upon
our platform he means to stay there
and TO abide by 1t faithfully. His New
York friends are not upon that plat
form. They are as far away as they
were last Summer when they arranged
the philadelphia Convention. 1t is
fhpt tho man " hn arFdnUp1
that Convention are now the busiest
in .'arranging" Grant. The Times and
the Post are as loud, now as
they were then. and they follow the
same tactics. They claimed to be Re-
publican, TO act in the interest of the
Republican party, and above all to rep
resent the maj Hjority OF that party as dis
tinct from fragment of seditious Rad
icals. Their Philadelphla Convention
was success, the party was u success,
the address was success, the resolu-
tions were wonderfully successful, the
tears OF Johnson were the most success
full demonstration in history, IL we ex-l
cept kiss once bestowed by a Coz. .seIva-
tive apostle; but when the election came,
the fragment of radicals swept The coun-
try, and these successful and ambitious
partisans were glad enough to be al
lowed to return to line without being
shot as deserters. Shakespeare tells us
that treason is Dut trusted ike tne lOAt
and so we trust these people. They are
inherently treacherous, bad, anti
Republican. They tried to destroy
us last year by the patronage and
strength of Andrew Johnson's ad-
ministration They are trying the
same game now with the dazzling
and illustrious name OF Grant. We
bow before that name so far as II
represents valor and patriotism, skill
in the field, moderation in council, and
genius triumphant in war, a year or
two since we bowed to the name OF
johnson as the representative
OF self-denying loyalty, war against
treason, and Clamorous devotion to
Radicalism. But far above these names,
as high as the stars, and to us guiding
stars, we see certain principles, whose
life is eternal, and whose success is
more important to this people than that
of mere men. We follow them, and
whoever carries our banner must lead
the way. All considerations of avail
ability, of personal reward. OF pleas
ing this interest or that, are temptations
to desert, and mean mischief. We sus-
tain no man whose record is not as
clear as the sun. We follow no leader
who does not tell us which way he in
tends to travel. Above all things, we
have as a party been too terribly Jug
gled to run the risk again.
Therefore we challenge the state
ment of the Times that General Grant
supports Congress, and demand the
evidence.