The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1872-03-15
The Presidency..vieWS OF Taylor
County Republican.

The ffeSluenCyssIleWB OF q Tayl0l
County Republican.
PRUNTYTowN, TAYLOR Co, W. Va, }
March IA, 1879. +
Editors Of the IntellisenCer. ra I-h.. ~.
have viewed with pain, for some limo
past, the effort Of some distinguished Re.
publicans to belittle and bring yPresi.
dent Grants administration In idihefnce.
"Those that the gods intend 70, destroy
they first make mad" II Mr.. Greeley,
Senator Sumner, Senator Schurz and a
few others had confined their opposition
or exposition Of the corruptions OF the ad,
ministration 10 facts which Il was In their
power to know without much trouble,
they might have accomplished more sue.
Cessiully their plan Of defeating tho re.
nomination Of President Grant They
have attempted too much, and stand con.
viCted Of an effort TO injure the admins.
tratiOn in advance Of an investigation. It
has and will recoil upon their own heads
! will say here, that Tor twenty years /
have been warm friend and admirer of
Mr.. Greeley and MIR. Sumner, and 1t would
have afforded me much pleasure to have
seen them in the Presidential chair, l
thought when Mr.. Grant was elected he
should have offered them the first position
in his power to give. 1t did not suit him
to do so, and their services have been lost
to the country, and they are now playing
into the hands OF the would.be Democra.
cy. It is nonsense to talk about Mr.,
GrceleY's being stronger before the peo.
pie than President Grant. His haste and
zeal 10 go the bail of the arch. traitor, il
nothing else, would lose him FIVE thou.
sand Republican votes in this State, and
give 1t as my honest opinion, that il he
ran as n Republican 1t would not gain
him one hundred Democratic votes In this
State. Where Is the gratitude Of the
Democratic party2 Look at their acts
all over the country; look at the Conyen.
tiOn at Charleston. Where is it9 They
would not touch him with u iorty.foot
pole.
! | think President Grant erred In many
Of his appointments Is it strange If he
did: When we look at the dem0ralizing
effect of the war, it is not strange that
many would seek position with view TO
plunder. With the immense increased
patronage of the President, caused by tho
war, there has been no administration
from the days Of Washington to the.
present that will'compare more iavorably
than President Grants. President Grant
has had to contend with more difficulties
than any OF his predecessors. He has en-.
forced the laws faithfully, though many of
them were odious to the Rebel element of
the country, though just and right. II
the loyal masses of the South oppose
President Grants denomination, they
ought TO be under Rebel rule and
made to feel the sting of their
ingratitude. The finance Of no country
on the globe, nor o! any administration
here, has, under the circumstances, been
better managed than the present one.
Why albthis hue and cry against the
President? The reason is apparent, and
the prime movers of it will 60 under as
sure as Chase did under similar circum.
stances, though less virulent. The faults
and errors of our officials should be point.
ed out to them, in a proper manner and
spirit, and when investigation Is necessary
make it, 1t iss not expected that the
President will remove an officer at every
insinuation of his enemy; if he did, he
he could do nothing else but appoint
and remove. Editors, you are not Brick
Pomeroy. You deal with Republicans.
You cannot ALLEVIATE them to-day, and TO.
morrow command them to face about and
fall in line. 1t is an easy matter to throw
a fire brand, but some time, It is difficult
to stay its ravages. ~ q = "A
Respectfully Yours,
HARMON SINsRI..