The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1872-06-11
acknowledgement
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What l"1,. Un Thinks Of Ills Chances
pOf'e' so,,nns,ld Republican, June TtA)
NOV Ni.S ssG' fact, Gen. Grant Is doubtless e
coDP pin1 tbe political heavens WIN I'M ~
scanning ,,oS T and be finds them unde'
oisbiy propltlous to his Ganai ES ,SsSulaF.
S S.S Ti,h, il has the prestige Oh teG univ
D y! ria ia friends claim 70 DO tue only
w. u;hod t Republicans in the country, anu
SS9V are IN possession orthe party pFe emu
~. and furniture. This counts iOt .0o SVV ~
'Is,i 1T more than some persons seem D 70
I'M, I'M "That strange power, . G is,aII,.
sni n,i1i ro,ent even With the most lntelli'
cent Of u.s. Old Republican; satLns -, U1 I'm
Pom the thought Of leaving I1e p Is, ,:b tC
wSicS tbey have labored and Of which TIaS.
, Ta,sh have we been 50 proud. Gen. G ..s
sney I nave ,S US'D n,eS,ige Of great military
seryices The passions exclIeu " t a0
var are subsiding, but they arc sun "a.
N wa st If 6Sing utilized for the purposes
" pGT ii, canvass. Judging from present
" n.s >, nces the great bulk Of the negro
V vpts viii BE- thrown for him. lie can N
coan, upon Ito active support oI
tSS huge railroad corporations ana
the other mOnOpolies-an elemen!
which Is playing more important part
in our politics al present than many Sus,
nett Finally, he has on his side that
natural and powerful instinct in the nature
Of The capitalist and the tradesman when
deprecates change and clings TO the exist !;
ipr status, Money.bags arc always anu
everywhere conservative. When you
have proved TO the busy wealth'seekers
hat the President has shown an indecent
iODdness for gifts, that be has appointed
rSScally or incapable kinsmen TO othce,
ibat he has cracked, il not broken, the
laws, what have you accomplished by
YOUR demonstration? They will reply to
you "Gen. Grant Is safe man. The
country has prospered and It's credit i'm
moved under his Administration. We
know him, and know that he can be trust
ed not TO smash things. Itwould bef0lly
10 Us to take the risks Of change. Let
well enough alone" This hisSezfatre
DsrLy Is one Of the oldest in the world, and
t always has full ranks. 1t stood for
twenty years between Louis Napoleon
and bis enemies, the French Republicans.
The Wis inerliR plays at least as large
rok in politics as In physics, 1t Is a force
which no politician who understands his
business, will underrate. Supplemented
BY the other forces We have mentioned, it
may very well put Gen. Grant at the head
Of ihe poll next November.
Il true that there are powerful forces
at work against bis candidacy. The per.
sonal aversion whiChhe has inspired in
some Of our Oldest and strongest Republi.
cans; the dissatisactiOn-often shading
into dlsgust-with many Of his Official per.
lOrmanCes; the instinct Of progress, de.
handing something higher and better in
administration than he has given US; the
instinct Of national unity, demanding the
anal burial Of war issues and disuse Ofw
melhOds-all these are against him. If
the opposition was united and manageable
they would defeat him. If Mr., Adams
bad been nominated at Cincinnati, the out
look, to-day, would have been very differ
ent A larger or smaller portion Of the
Irish vote would have gone over to Grant.
Some few native born Democrats or the
Chicago Times school might have kept the
lrbhmen company. But the loss would
have been insignificant by the side of the
gain. Such a candidacy would have ap.
pealed to the best instincts and the most
critical judgment Of our people, Demo.
Gratis and Republicans alike. Here at the
North il would have grown stronger and
more irresistible with every month of the
canvass, while il it had failed TO excite so
much personal enthusiasm at the South, It
would have commanded in the end a no
less hearty support.
Nr. Greeley has been a very pronounced
snd aggressive man oil his life, as well as
avery busy one. He has had mind OF
bis own on every subject, and has uttered
Il with blunt directness which has made
him a power in our politics. But the
strength Of the editor is the weakness oil
The candidate. The free.traders par er.
t.itHce, and wing Of the Democracy,
profess themselves unable 10 forget or
forgive. 1t is probable, therefore, that
midsummer will see three tickets in the
neId-and tickets, too, which will have
come to stay, OF course, that spectacle
Will mean the reelection Of Gen. Grant.
llcannct well mean anything else, unless
Weare to have political miracles OF some
sort worked in the meanwhile. II, how
ever, the project Of q third nomination
saa!! Tor any reason be abandoned, we
snail see what we shall see. In that
event, a fraction Of the embryo third party
would doubtless go over to Grant, another
inclIon would find Greeley the less OF the
Two evils, while another fraction still
would simply stay away from the polls.
lPCn the relative size Of these fractions
might possibly depend the result OF the
canvass,
AtPFeSent, tho omens are certainly on
Mesldeoi Philadelphia. But the omens
we Y n nSt always TO DO implicitly trusted.
II baltimore swings its hat for Greeley, II
~ DOLL follows, il Chas. Sumner and Carl
81: SShIIz engage heartily in the canvass, il
. u that or the other thing happens, why,
s sG[Ii tae situation may be braveIy altered.
a Sa a. me- ne not olive till you see me gather.
Gu" The fruit which now seems ripen.
.Ig So pFosperously for Gen. Grants
pH may turn out but sour victual,
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