The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1868-10-24
Gov. Seymour Takos tne stump,

The Democracy is recovering little
from its panic. and proposes to make
another effort for the HLost Cause ~
Gov. Seymour is himself TO take the
stump. Finding how useless are all the
speeches made by others in his behalf.
he proposes TO gee what he can say and
do for himself. The short time remain.
ing between this and November 3, is to
be occupied by Gov. Seymour in adVo-
eating his own election.
The effort Is well meant, but 1t will
amount TO nothing. No man ever yet
Increased his own chance of an election
/ to the Presidency, by showing his per-
sonal anxiety for 1t. The people never
have regarded that office as one to be
scrambled for, or TO be given to the man
who wanted 1t most. On the contrary,
It has generally fallen to the man
who seemed TO wRntit least. Calhoun,
Clay and Webster were universally re-
cogniZed as men of transcendent
ability and as profound statesmen.
They were all ambitious, and all strove
earnestly and strenuouslY for the Pre-
sidency. Each OF them lost 1t mainly
because of his intense anxiety to get
1t. We do not Tecollect that any one of
them resorted to the desperate expe-
dent OF making public speeches in ad.
vocacy of his own election-although
they were all quite ms powerful and
persuasive orators as Mr. Seymour.
But the people regard diSfateTeStedneSS,
entire and complete unselfishneSs, as
essential to the proper performance of
the duties of the Presidency; and when
they ind any man intensely bent on
acquiring the office, they regard that
TACT as very strong reason why he
should not have It; and thew have
never givenit to such u man.
1t Is too late, moreover, for Gov. Sey-
mour TO produce any very marked
all ~ To- .
tory, no matter how brilliant or SPLEEN
did II may be. He has discussed all
the issues that are involved in the can.
vRss already. His opinions are perfect
ly well known. He can say nothing
new. Everybody knows what he thinks
OF the War, of the Debt, OF the Consti-
tuition and of the Republican party.
Everybody understands that he deem.
ed the war utterly unconstitutional
that he regarded successful coercIonD
as revoIutionary-that he looks upon
the destruction of slavery as violent
and unjust-that he considers the debt
oppressive and ruinous-the Constitu-
ton as a splendid ruin, and the Repub-
hcan party as the incarnation OF all
evil: He can say nothing new on any
OF these subjects, nor can he say any
thing about them any better or more
lmpressively than he has said 1t n hum
dred times already. He can persuade
nobody to vote for him who does not
belong to the Democratic party. and the
chances are that he will fail to persuade
great many thousands OF those who
The fact ia the people have a profound
and deeply.rooted distrust of Governor
Seymour and of the party. which seeks
to make him President. They see and
know that neither he nor his party
9SNe the Government the least support
Mhen 1t was struggling for its own
eAlstence,-that his party has, since The
Mnat was over taken the leaders of the
Isosili0n into full fellowship and given
t ,ls inc lead OF It's eouncils.-t6at II
naS Pian.e1 lself immoyablY against
eSeLy tni ~ nke progress in the tieVaIoI,.
ment OF RepublicRnisma and he q SoSI..;psr
simply the party of reaction 1hSS ~
PLATFORM Is revolutionAry---i,,'t,-Ns 'I, tss
u to overtufn by force the laws n ~,
iano anu the state Governments yVhicT
have been formed under them
violence, bIoodshed and murder 49,
the weapons by which its success
Is sought in the Southern States ana
that the doctrines Il lays down, the
spirit and temper in which they are
sustained and the character of the men
VINO control Its action, all point 10 dis.
turbAnce. and continued commotion as
certain 10 result from its elevation TO
power.
Gov. Seymour cannot remove this dis
trust by smooth words. nor oyerbear It
by lavish promises. His stumpinf- foulr
VIII anord Nun some active, outdoor
exercise, that may be good tor MS
health. and Will give his hearers n Uoofi
deal OF pleasant and Innocent enter
tainment. But it viii have no more
effect on the result of the election than
any other noise by which despondent
Democrats may seek a temporary al
version from their aorrowfnl thoughts.
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