The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1868-05-22
ron PREsIDExT,
GEN. ULYSSES S. GRANT.
ROIs VICE PRESIDENT,

WE place at the head OF our columns
this morning the names of the men who
will be elected President and Vice
President of the United States next
November-Genera Ulysses s. Grant
and Hon. Schuyler Coliaxi And we
do 1t with the full conviction that no
happier, no more fitting and no strong.
er combination could have been made
with any two men in America. The Con-
vention could not possibly have done
better. We do not see how it could
have done SO we'll. For once, we may
say that absolutely the best men have
been sslected-a thing that rarely hap
pens in political convention.
The nomination of Grant was virtu-
ally made by the country long before
the Convention met, so that really
the only question for the Convention
was, who should be Vice President,
The unpleasant experience In that line
since the Baltimore Convention has
taught us n lesson that was not
forgotten at Chicago, AS was
suggested In the Convention, there will
be no temptation to assassinate Grant,
Tor no John Tyler, nor Willard Fill
more, nor Andrew johnson will stand
behind him. Many good names were
before the Convention for the second
place ON the ticket, but no one II seems
to us so happily adapted In all respects
as Colfax. In the two, we unite the
highest abilities and the most exalted
fame of the soldier and the statesman;
and in both alike we have the purest
private character. Our ticket, there.
fore, commands both admiration and
confidence.
The news was received in the city
about the middle of the afternoon yes
terday, and was the theme OF all
tongues. The nomination of Grant
was of course anticipated, but the selec-
ton OF Colrax gave universal satIsfac.
ton among Republicans. We believe
no other man In the United States
was SO generally preferred here and
throughout the State for the second
place on the ticket; and while we do
not know what vote our delegation
cast, we believe a majority of them
went to Chicago prepossessed In Mr..
CoIfax 's favor. Other men, like Curtin
and Fenton, were urged as likely to
make the ticket stronger in their own
States, yet in tho aggregate Colfax is
vastly stronger than any of them, and
we are not sure but he is stronger in
New York than Fenton, and in Penn
sylyania than Curtin. He has friends
everywhere, and warm and enthusiasts
tic friends. He is comparatively a
young man, and is therefore spoken OF
as the young mems candidate, who be-
ginning as an editor has risen to the
third highest position in the Govern
ment, and is now virtually chosen tc
the second. At tho same time he is q
man whose pre-eminent abilities
whose experience and whose ster,
ling and manly craftsmanship com
mend him to all, old or young.
AS to the platform 1t will be seen
that it embraces the strong and dis
tinctive planks upon which the great
Union party OF the country in and out
of Congress, have stood since the end
of the rebellion. It's safe and strong
and broad, one that every honest and
loyal man can stand on. SOS
This is the line, fellow Republicans
on which we shall light it out and win
With Grant and Colfax we shall Chase
the CopPerheads to their holes long be-
fore the November frosts.