The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1871-07-25
A Strong Candidate.

From the Turf, Field and Farm,
The more the question is studied by
thoughtful people, the clearer IS their con;
viction that the Hon. Horace Greeley viii
make strong race for President in 1873.
He is an able man, and we want ability in
the Presidential chair. He is a seli-made
man; he sprang from the people, and the
peoplc will vote for him, lie is an honest
man, and we want an honest adminstra.
ton. He knows the value Of economy,
and economy in national government will
help to tighten the tax burden which now
rests so heavily upon the shoulders Of the
toiling millions. He Is independent, and
manly independence in an official capacity
is trait that claims the frank admiration
OF all classes who do not make trade Of
politics, who do not live by triCkery and
trucking demagogism. He sympathizes
with the great body Of iarmers-in fact,
he is y farmer himself; therefore he will
claim the votes OF the vast army oil labor
ers who till the soil and garner wealth
from it. The Colored population
look supon him as the Apostle
Of Freedom; he spent the best years Of
his life in fighting slavery, and the mil.
lions Of blacks from whose hands he
knocked the manacles, owe him debt OF
gratitude which they will not forget
when he comes before thepubllc Tor office,
He gave them suffrage, and they will
freely give their suffrage to him. Though
bitter opponent Of the South before the
war, he has been a consistent friend Of
the South since the war He became one
OF the bondsmen Of the ex-COniederate
President, and while others have labored
to keep alive the flame Of civil discord,
he has sought to calm the troubled waters
and TO restore the blessed era OF peace,
He has pleaded stoutly and earnestly for
amnesty for the Southern people. He
was stern during the fight, but after the
conflict generously extended the hand OF
friendship and good fellowship. Yet he
has not truckled TO Southern sGnti.
ment, While seeking 10 restore
the waste places OF the South, and to re.
move. humiliating restrictions from those
who took part in the rebellion, he has
frankly told the Southern people OF their
faults or, at least, Of what seemed as
faults to him. In denOuncing Ku.Klux
organizations, he has done no more than
thousands OF intelligent and influential
Southern men have done, And In exc.
Grating the "thicving carpet.baggers," he
has simply expressed the views oil all
honest men, whether Of tho North or of
the South, The majority of the South.
ern whites may prefer to place u man in
the Presidential chair who Is the nominee
of the Democrat party, but il they see
that there Ia no hope for such man,
thousands Of them will be guided by wis.
dom and support Mr. Greeley as the most
available candidate, The Philosopher of
the Tribune was the. father Of the Repub.
llCan party, SO that he may count upon q
large share of Republican votes, even II
he comes before the people as an indie.
pendent candidate. Having so many
elements Of strength, II Is impossible to
ignore his claims. To sum up brief.
ly, these arc sources of his power;
The vote of the agricultural community;
also Of the great body Of mechanics, The
colOred vote, solid and undivided. The
votes Of the pure and progressive portion
Of the Republican party, Of which he Is
the distinguished leader. And, lastly, the
votes Of intelligent Southern whites, who
generosity to the yanquished,
who believe in honesty, admire indepen.
denCe, and who look into the future with
eyes blind neither TO prudence nor wis.
dom. When we weigh all these facts, 1t
Is impossible to deny that the editor Of the
2ri5UHe, equally distinguished as a philo.
sopher and Q .phllanthropist, will provo a |
strong and most available man Id tho
Presidential honors In the Summer and
Fall Of 1872.