The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1868-09-30
PHOTOGRAPHS
GRANT.

Grant Devoid OF amy Statesman
like Compreheusion-s.n False
hood Cannot Claim for him Any
thing Which fits him fer n Leader
Wherefore, Phillips will Vote fol
Grant.
From the AntSlavery Standard, Sept. 2i.l
OUR DUTY.
In 1854, when Lincoln was nominated
We made an earnest effort to rally
third party on more radical platform
We rejoice that we made the effort, and
still esteem it evidence of wise patriot
ism. The reelection of Mr.. Lincoln
was grave mistake, from the worst
consequences of which kind Provi'
deuce saved us by his death.
Our efforts and protests in 1864 were
vain. AS useless and vain now it seems
to us, would be any effort TO organize
third party. And there are some rea'
sons which render it largely, if not
wholly, unnecessary. IL 1864 the masses
were not by any means alive to the du'
ty of the hour. Ready for any step
they had no definite idea what step was
needed. Further, they leaned with far
too much trust on Mr.. Llncoln's sup
posed craftsmanship and honesty.
Now, the case is different. The people
have been largely educated to the Ma
tons necessity and duty, and do not
even affect to put off any share Of it on
the shoulders of Grant, or fancy that he
can OF will lead anybody, or anything
They see in him a tool, not a leader.
Faulty and defective as the Republi-
can party is, still it holds in its hands
our only chance of safety. 1t is party
without principles or leaders. Its sell
fish men cannot lead it; and its honest
men will not follow. But, spite of all
this, it either has within Its ranks, or
represents the loyal masses of the Ma
tiOn. They have chosen it for their in-
strument. Success, if it come at all,
during this generation, must come
through its help. Whether One-half of
the legitimate results of the war shall
be lost or saved depends on this Presi-
dental election.
Our latest criticism on the Republi-
can party is that they, by sheer incapac.
Hy, hare PIT the nation into unnecessary per
il. When the impeachment failed it was
madness to go Oh and admit the rebel
States 10 their old places. Without
land, without arms, with but little or
ganization. theloyal vote lies at the
mercy or Tue Iobvlo. Co to Low
ell and announce that whoever
votes the Democratic ticket
will be discharged from the mills,
how many will risk suffering to support
their principles The negro not only
risks starvation, but walks to the bal.
lot-box with a pistol ut his breast. II
in such circumstances he stands by the
flag we shall henceforth maintain that
the black race is superior to our oTn-
there is no page in 1mericdn or English
history which records a ciril right main
tanned by the masses under Snch fearful
condition. Congress betrayed its trus,
when it subjected the nation to such
peril The members proved themselves
thoroughly incapable or dishonest when
they adjourned in the presence of such
q danger.
Still the heart of the nation beats in
the Republican party, and every loyal
man must hope and work for its success
in this canvass.
Ne hare title confidence in Grant. TIL,
best thing about him is that he seems desir
Ous 10 crecute the Nations wW. He is nc
traitor like Johnson, neither has he dnJ
siatcsmanlikc comprehension Of the hour
We fear he belongs more t. Morgan
CoHkliug and Howard than to Sumner
and Wade. He Wds drunk in the publ,
streets since the first day Of January. Thi'
is Il fact as patent as the sun at monday
none bit those too dishonest TO be trustee
wih public journals (Jdts passing them
seIres or for owIs), dsny II. He is a Hes
Point graduate rith his sympathies aiiin tn,
wrong direction. He has Just been through
a Wdr Whicb WdS Gods command TO on,
race TO do justice TO 0nOiher-d wGr whoS,
root ,ras SIdrcry and WhOSe fruit ,rds free
dom. Yet Of the hdif dozen cdtch-rord,
that the nation has ertorted from his lips
not one has any relation 10 Liberty
The notices he has lent to politics ol
history. are such as bulldog might
have Crowled forth. A nation battling
for an idea takes for its leader a mai
con fessedly destitute of ideas. A stoul
soldier, an honest administrative Off
cer-but had the nation been made ~
of Grants, there never would have been
an anti-slavery enterprise, an emanci
patton proclamation, any "North" ol
any "South." France might as wei
have taken Mnrat for her Napoleon, oil
England put Reebuck in Peel's place
Our King Log is not imposed upon us
we select him ourselves.