The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1872-06-07

1875. Is this belief not well iounded9
There Is great danger that Mr..
GREELEY's candidacy will so break
up the Republican vote in many
States that Democrats openly or in
the gulse Of "Liberals" will be chosen
to seats in the House Of Representatives
now filled by Republicans. Wherever a
congressional district hitherto Republican
Is carried for Mr.. GREELEY, will not the
same combination be able TO carry It's Con.
gressmanH And 50, Il the coalition be.
tween the opposition Republicans and the
Democrats shall be able TO carry Mr..
GREELEY into the White House, will they
not by the same coalition carry a majority
OF the next House Of Representatives 2
They might elect majority oil the next
House even while their Presidential can.
didatc was defeated, They could hardly
fail to do so in the event of his election.
The Senate, It is true, Is safely Re.
publican" as we are in tue habit
Of saying, for tho next Presiden.
tlal term-supposing Senators TO main.
tain their present affiliations. Yet
that Is a broken reed 10 lean on. The Sen.
ate is largely made up at this time OF men
who care more for success than for prln.
ciples. This Is especially true Of the Sen.
ators from the South; and II the coalition
should carry the South, many Of these
gentlemen would make haste to put
themselves in accord with the party in
power at home. Whenever the revolu.
ton had reached the House and the pres.
idency, the Senate would not very long
resist the pressure. II It did the only re.
suit would be IN embittered strife over
all the measures OF the administration,
which in its influence could not but DO
disastrous to the material interests Of the
country. But sooner or later the Senate
would yield to the Establishments OF ex.
ecutive power and to popular pressure.
We cannot see, therefore, but the sue.
cess Of Mr.. GREELEY, 10 the event the
Democracy accept him as their candi.
date, would be virtual restoration of the
Democratic party to power before the ex-
piration of his term, which would be
rendered complete at the succeeding cleo.
ton. What the consequences of that
would be. we shall not particularly con.
slider here. We do not apprehend they
would be SO calamitous as many fear; for
we think the reaction would not extend
to IN attempt to overthrow the amend.
ments or otherwise undo the work oil
reconstruction. But they would be in.
furious enough without that. Attempts
would be made 10 remodel the whole
financial system, break down the tariff,
and generally unsettle the basis on which
the business Of the country now rests.
This would paralyze the business cen.
tiers, and might precipitate the panic and
revulsion which have been looked for
ever since the war, but which have been
happily averted by the wise legislation
and careful non.interIerence of Republi.
can Congress.
The Philadelphia ticket is the repre-.
sentative and promise OF conservatism in
national finances, Of continued stability
and security in the public funds and ma.
tional currency and of continued pros.
perity for the manufacturing and general
business interests Of the country. What
Its defeat might bring is matter of grave
doubt and apprehension, which even in
themselves would be the beginning of
trouble. There is only too much reason
to fear that the success of the Opposition
would inaugurate period OF financial dis.
turbance and revulsion. 1t is this appre.
hension that will give the Philadelphia
ticket its strongest hold on the solid men.
otthc country and secure for it power
full support outside Of the Republican
lines.
We must advise our Republican read
ers, therefore, to accept and support the
nominee Of the Philadelphia Convention
not as the best man possibly that could be
chosen to fill the executive chair, but as
the representative Of the party and prin.
ciples which we and they in common de.
sire to see govern the country and direct
its policy, and as the now only attainable
means to that end.