The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1872-08-12
acknowledgement
~ , REBEL SUPPORTS
VIII GRANT
# the Guerrilla MO'bY al
SPssea salem, Va

mac, meeting held at salem, fat,
a, . n Va, August 4, COL hoSOy
qa.a ,.I IsJ' 4, follows to speech from
H'p'1 Ii"o,op. col. MosOy was received
zen ',s L oSsSr' He said he had come 70
WI" '..1. ." ,So great political topic Of the
d'SI Is 5 ;pS hi, position and to deiend
dl g.. II from rom the a.psrsions and opinions
n.'', D,r,i sans II hi. counsel had pre-,
% .,nes a" ,Soe who had heretofore been
lighting the great battle Of cGnsi' "UI nc
, 'Ss'g messing on horora5ly for success S
W., WV IL An nnlacky moment some oil the :
, wv :. # Tho Democracy were seized e.
leA'leiS JnIp,ccountable panic, aud Waile
WI, S,,a 5ssDnoraIized had surrendered TO the
lhls , S''T Dottbe main enemy, but a band
s s9eW ni,Dderers, bummeH, torsgers AM ana
ELK I bsStsn who had assembled at en-
.i %1J Spd styled themselves Co1yen'
,. he preferred Grant to Gieei .a:y, !,
it.ynSnl,nsel[and he came to proclaim II
SaI5iy and give his reasons Tor 80 DOING .
MAI claim had he on him, or the people
,"i,b whom he lived' Had moi bis paper
S T Tyi5nn6 for the last thirtyyearS been
'4T neriect Vesuvlu,, belching forth ana
...,,erinS tbe helllsh lava Of hate and
J.contep. through the South, trsmpllng
"O5sr ioot is Institutions, Insulting Us
s - and best-in fact, doing all that
I I.ViIIsb hate and ingenuity could suggest
Us cusIiiy bis malice and creedT And
20 90, 10 was asked to vote Tor this man for
p,e;ijept because the Conservative party
raSlS nal afford to be beaten. The party
t I'D besnbesten oitentimes before. There
S"S M di,houor In defeat; but the TACT
Tss ihey could not afford to be honest
If means that honesty is not the best pol
~ II means that political contests arc
mi insugu1ted for great principles, or,
in otber words, principles don't pay; or,
Mini further, they don't want any prinei'
bleswbIch donoi pay. Applause. For
i6e tirst time In the histOryoi a great
n,r,v thew deliberately inscribe "Spoils"
non their banner and expect 10 march to
SIclory. According to this theory Of
tbe,s all men who battled for principle
were tools, and the gallant three hundred
AThermopylR ought TO have surrendered
h once, gone over to the enemy, and Sc
rured Is npchas possible of the garbage
Of the camp. Applause. The specious
nv Of the Liberals was corruption. "
That had been the cry Of the "UuH" ever
,IDce he had heard OF parties. But the
trouble with such men was they were not
corrupted. Applsuse But, oh, how
wiling they were 10 be corrupted
WHY, d BY any accident Greeley should
be elected, the companies would have to
run double daily trains TO Washington in
Orde, accommodate this patrioticcrowd
aud aid them in their efforts to be "Cor-
upIel." (ApplAusel
Gen. HuntOn had tried to make great
deal Of The Walker election and this
parallel, all OF which be denied. Walker
bad come 10 Virginia, entered into 'busi.
ness, conducted himself as a gentleman,
and he deded any one 10 say truthlully
that be had been guilty Of one mean act
toward the people Of the South. Would
bis friends and hackers proclaim that oil
NE Greeley; and the TACT is, the worst
hing which can be said against Grant is
lhst be took Horace Greeley's advice, was
arre1 by pressure Of circumstances 10
eplIn then advocated by Greeley in the
Tribune for crushing the people OF the
South. Gentlemen say bTr. Greeley has
Low charged. lie said that Greeley had
not changed a single spot in bis radical
hide, Applause He next discussed
The complexion oil the Cincinnati Con-
VealiOn, which, be said, was composed OF
political lazzaroni, beggars on horseback,
snppIicanS for SpOilS-men who were
offended with Grant because he couldn't
iced them ALL Applause and shouts oil
-Hurnh for Grant!"l These were the
nel. 1t had got so now that as soon as a
Radical got out OF office or was kicked
ont iOt rsscality, he assumed the air Of
Injured innocence, talked sorrowfully
shout corruption and nepotism- ap
pansel-and then Joined the Liberals
VI johnson once SAID that the last refuge
o. 3 scolndrel was 10 call himself q
patriot: Nowadays the last refuge OF q
disappointed 6llce seeker Il TO call him.
@li ALibah The gang at Cincinnati
were % AsanthAt they even attempted c
,leA! from Grant the man they were NOV
ing heaven and earth to nominate. III
asa tae lnpudenCe TO insert the amnesty
pISnS IN their platform, when he knew
al'WeiI Grant had been recommending
NO congress Tor two years. TCheers fol
HEAnt lie read several Of The resolu
MoSol the Cincinnati platform, and said
ney might be good enough for somC
aea '9stand On, but they were notSEoot
s%aSa 10y hlm-lapplApsel Rand he die
na 49kgoOd Itor any Southern
I1n 1t contained every heresy Of tht
oll party in its, most radical DAYS
all Just here lie wanted 10 "a,
s aaI he sputned alike both plat
0, Ills support Of Mr.. Grant wa!
REely squesllon Of personal preferences
ne asd been forced to accept and sup
nsI one Of The two men, and he tool
wan because he was tho least objection
, aOls' Aaa because he was the lsiref Of thC
So GENERAL HuntoR had said the Mat
W. S'gl condemned Tue Ku.Klux act. This
t Ss us9led and said he would read a leitel
wv" .oD ltea6en E, Fnton, one Of the mos
S,,..SaPIsled politicians" IN the United
S SSU senate, Mr. Greeley's groom, amaI
wy rsU own and runs him Just rs John Har
AZ S,, uUtS Lousiellow, He then read III,
:" %'S sly. y Nr, FentOn, urging the adoption
S,s aote vigorous measures Tor the en-
inv, SS,Os'len' Of the Fifteenth Amendnen
T Eau lhe Enforcement act and the Ku
Nv H,u , law. Why, Mr.. Greeley himself. il
~ eyer o. acceptance, eysdcd the poin
O Nasa ae said The civil law should be su
I 5's,qe over the military. Nobody doubt'
S ~ was q cnnuingly drawn psrasrsnI
, g,saSGI.IsHoG both North and South, anC