The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1872-10-12
DANFORD'S SPEECH
AT WASHINGTON HALL
Anomalies Of the Presidential
Contest.
The Democratic Party Under Cover.
Greeley as a Decoy Duck.
TheIssue Of Protection or Free Trade
The Democratic Party Under Cover
ThsIssue Of Protection or Free Trad,

ThsIssue Of Protection or Free Trade
Capt. LoRKSzo DASyoRD. the member
Of Congress cleo; from the 18th Ohio dis.
tricl, addressed fine audience at Wash.
ingtoa Hs!l, in this city, Thursday night,
by invitation OF the GRANT and WnsoS
Cub.
Capt Danto1i wss introduced by Mr..
a " Campbell whosGid they were met
here to celebrate the great politicsl VIC
tory ihs. had Just been achieved lthsd
heea said that peace has is victories as
important if not always as renowned IS
wE. He thought the great victory
schieTed by the Republican party il
three o!;he SiSteS that held elections on
Taes az Ess one o. these important vicio.
ries. We are here, he said, 70 welcome
the speaker 0! the evening and congrat-
ulAis hin for his prominent part in this
great viciOIy. While he was himself still
citizen Of this State, 8 voter and ; tsI
payer here, he felt some sort Of identihcA.
tioa with hA: gentleman in thst he was
whst might Be called ) sleeping member
0!his constituency, as while he spent the
day time il this city he vent oyg- TO The
other side Of the Tive: nearly every night
TO sleep. He did noi know how much
his sQjourning thus in Ohio had hsd 70
60 wiih it, bat there had been certainly 8
marked change since be began going
over their 70 sleep. iLsughterl
NJ Campbell then introduced The
spsske:, who began BY an apology for the
worr out condition IN which six weeks
canvass had leti hin He sid: WehA7e
indeed achieved = signal victory Sad
IRON Indications in Belmont county thf.e
s'e good many sleeping partners il The
Rsp1b!ic1H vote 0: our district In
Richls5d township, 8, ST CAirsvile,
which had formerly BEEN Demo
c4;.c by 10 nsjority, that ma.
j0..tT was reduced 10 GO, showing that
great nxny Democrats II that town.
snip hsd voted the Republican ticket
lApplE1se) Whilst we lost 8 lev Liberal
Republicans in or county, We gained
;wice The Dumber Of honest Democrats
Sci viii be In this contest everywhere.
Though contract hes been inside Be.
tween The Lberal Republicans and lead.
ers q the Democratic party ths: the three
million Democratic ToieE are 20 be hand.
Cd OTeT 70 the support Of Greeley and
the principles q the Liberal Republican
party, YET throughout the whole country,
Is In Belmont county, there are many
kO1est Democrats who will no: be deiiT.
cred 1n5ez that contract Applsuse
This Is In many respects an Anomalous
campaign. Our old opponent, the Demo.
cratic party, instead OF presenting candi-
date representing its principles, sccepH
aeandidste presented by the Liberal Re.
publican party and Is willing to abandon
every principle heretofore regarded a.
Democratic and stAcd On this Cincinnati
platform. II Is remarkable thst 8 party
with the history made BY the Democratic
party since is organization In the coun.
Try, should be thUs delivered over 10 It's
enemies Yet 50 far as platform and
principles are concerned, and the speeches
Otleaders and declarations Of newspapers,
there Is nowhere any advocacy Of Whist
We have heretofore known Is Democratic
messuHs OF principles Their opposition
10 the measures Of reconstruction has
ceased. They have abandoned the propo.
sition made in 1868 TO tax the government
bonds. Their position held from the
close Of the war down to within the last
two years IN pay the government in.
de5tedness by an Issce Of greenbscks, has
also besn abandoned. TIE opposition to
the national banking system that was part
Of the Democratic creed in 1s6S-69 has
likewise been abandoned; and not in plat.
form OF speeches or press are any Demo.
cratic measures advocated in this canvas.
On the contrary the entire Democratic
party Is trying TO get behind Horace
Greeley. There Is an Sttenp. 10 make
his old white hat and coat cover and hide
the entire Democratic organization in the
country. Applause Greeley said In
49,, speaking otthE Democratic party and
oil this campaign, that leading Democrats
were In favor ofpushing = Graft Blown
as the next Democratic candidate for The
Presidency. he says, Or Il would make
agoOd candidate, that he Is rather hones,
for a successful politician, thst he could
get some negro as well as white Republi.
eau votes, whereas any known Copper
head could get none Of either. He then
says: Ave all know that il the Demo,
cratic party were in the GsceDdent in The
country they would not touch him with
a ten.ioOt pole, but they are the under
dog at present, and must resort TO strale-
81 to get uppermost" The Strategy" oil
the Democratic party is, that they will
take their banners that have hung from
year TO year on the outer walls, abandon
their principles for the time being, and
get into power by advocating Horace
Greeley as their candidate for the Presi.
dency. Applause. We have learned
how strategy works in Maine and Yer
mont, and more recently in Pennsylvania
and Ohio. lCheers Strategy" won't
win this time, me boy" And why
should it win? Why should this cry q
anything TO heat Grant" succeed in This
cOuntryy Its not the first time we have
heard this cry within the last l9 years
Applause We heard 1t Fort Donelson
IN February, 1862, and at Vicksburg IA
1868, and at Chattanooga, in the Wilder.
ness, and from Chicago in 1854.
But Grant was not beaten at any Of
these places, nor at Petersburg, nor al
Richmond, nor at Appomattox. lie was