The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1872-08-07
GENERAL DIX ON GREELEY.
A Leading Democrat Draws a Pie
tnfe Of ths CahdIdAIess5Oms Of
the Paulis Winch ReHdeT Hin
Uhh1 for the PFraidehey.

Wk8TiANFIVHt Jay ~, 1877.
DEAR sm-YO1r letleg Of The i2,h
inst, asking my aid 10 procure Z speaker
TOT Greeley meeting a. Hancock. WA
sent 70 me while l vas 10 XeS-Rng!.Dd
and have been unable unit! row 10 ~
knowledge H. reception.
l do ~! understand Gu what ground
you considered yourself authorized 70
sllfeaA such request 70 me. II YOU
had seen familiar win the cOuras OF nv
public lie, and equally - with Mr.. Gree.
leys, you could not have supposed me
capable o. advocating hiA election 70 the
ONCE u President Of the United STATE,
Without impalng 70 me the utter abaud-
onmeHI Of ali political principle.
am opposed W Greeley;
!. Because believe him 70 be Is "un.
ss4ble a. WAter," perpetuAlly 60undennR
70 carry out the ScriplurAl dgurC) Gmid
We suIgta Of opin!On, and dftlceht In All
NE regulates essential 70 firm, steady
and Consistent Administration oil the gov.
ernmenL
2. Because he has usually been found
among the moss extreme ultrAHiS on The
great questions Of political aud social
duty which have been brought under pub.
nc discussion during the last quarter OF q
century.
.. Because he has been the advocate
land In this instance persisten,ly) Of thai
lnost unjust and uHequal commercial Sys.
TEN which Is destroy ing our mercantile
and shipping interests and heaplnV up
enormous Accommodations Of wealth Ia the
hands OF the protected classes 10 the on.
preston and impoveriihment Of all others.
!. Because he Is associated, In relations
more or Iess Intimate, with some Of The
chieI plundeTers Of the city Of New York,
Justly WlrTAntlng the apprehension thai
through his completely or his lacile dlsp6.
siIloD the same system Of fraud and cor.
Tnplton which has diJgrAced the Municl.
pal Government OF this city may be car.
Tied TO more infamous extremes in the
administration Of the Federal Govern.
meni: and. .I..
o. Because In the darkest hour of the
country's peril, when 4 traiIOrous comb,
nation had been formed to overthrow the
Government, he openly counselled the
coWRrdly policy OF nOn.resistance, and an
acquiesCence in the dissolution Of the
Union, whenever the cotton StateS should
make up their minds TO 90.
This condition which has been formed
10 promote his election is one OF the most
extraordinary in the history Of parties,
in respect bOlh to the dIScordant elements
II embraces and the surrender OF princi.
piles it involves.
The Cincinnati Convention, called TO
bring before the people important meas.
ures Of reform, nominated him greatly
TO the surprise oil the whole country,
knowing him, in regard 10 one of those
measures, 70 be an implAcAble opponent
nominated him, too, against the wishes
and Judgment Of the chief promoters OF
the movement, who accepted him
either with an avoWed or ill.c0ncealed
disgust, which would be far more credit
able 10 their feelings II the act Of accept.
ance were not utterly irreconcllable with
their principles.
The Democratic Convention at Balli-
more endorsed and commended him to
the support OF their party-not as an ex.
ponent of any principles they have pro.
iesscd, or any measures they have adYo-
Gated, but rs known and bitter Oppo-
nent Of both-the man, who, perhaps, OF
all others, has been the most malignant OF
the Democracy, impeaching It's integrity,
traducing It's motives and villifying Us
character.
The adoption OF such man as their
candidate Tor the Chief hiagistracy Of
the Union Is the most conspicuous a6an.
donment Of political principles known to
party contests
II remains TO be seen whether the great
body Of the Democratic voters, and the
true friends OF reform, can be made par.
lies TO this INSCRIPTIONS coalition between
political leaders.
That Gen. Grant has committed mis-.
takes his most sincere friends admit.
But II his errors had been iour.fould
more numerous he would, in my opinion,
be much better Chief Magistrate than
Mr.. Greeley. He has, in that capacity,
done much for which he deserves the
thanks OF the country. Above oil, he has
kept It at peace, notwithstanding the CT.
forts Of sensation journals and popularity
seeking politicians to provoke hostilides
with Spain on the question Of Cuba, and
with Great Britain on the Alabama claims
and the fisheries.
Ii, regardless of these titles to the ap.
proval Of his fellow.citizens, and of his
invaluable services during the late civil
war, they should set him aside for Mr..
Greeley; if the latter, n mere cratic poll.
ticiau, untried in any important public
trust, should be elevated to the Chief
Magistracy oil the Union-A Union which
would not now exist II his counsels had
been tollowed-and if the man who, of
all others, has done the most to preserve
it should be discarded for a successor so
Ill qualified and so unscrupulously nOmi.
mated and sustained, the example would
be most deploTable in its influence on all
high motives to political action, and jus.
tiIy the most painful torGbodings as to the
future. am, respectfully, yours,
JoHN A. DIX.
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