The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1872-07-16
rom Tho Tribune, December Il, 1917


/. What proportion oil the voters Ut the
Five Points and kindred districts Of our
city have usually sympathized and voted
with tho Republican and with the Demo.
cratic parties respectively
2. What proportion ii those voters Is
likely to vote for Black eniranchisement,
North or South? fiEH
0. How will 1t compare with the vote
Of tho intelligent moral, industrious farm.
ers Of this State, or Of New England, on
the same question d DE-. Ell XII
A. How do the blacklegs, pugilists,
keepers Of dens Of ill'famo, criminals, and
those who arc popularity designated
"rough," stand on this issueS How would
the World like to have the question Of I'm.
partial suffrage decided by tho votes Of
the members In good standing Of all the
churches and synagogues in tue countryV
WOuid it not feel more confident Of such
q verdict US II desires, ii these were not
to vote at all, while tho dOg.lanclers,
cock fighters, shoulder.hiLters, gamblers
and rowdies were polled TO decide the
great issue!
We shall sec whether the World dareS
give candid responses to our inquiries. 1t
often talks. sneeriugly OF Republican
morality, sobriety, decency, &c, &C., as
though they were preposterous, Pharisaic
assumptions. Now let US see what Is its
own estimate Of the relative moral worth
OF the two great parties.
(From tho Tribune, January 4, 1867
The World recently gave graphic &C.
count Of the dens and denizens which
give character 10 the Five Points and
other "slums" Of our city-a class per.
laps lower in the scale Of being than can
be found in any heather city on earth.
We thoreupon asked our contemporary to
state frankly whether the pugilists, black
legs, thieves, burglars. keepers Of dens Of
prostitution, &c, &C., who make up so
large share Of our city's inhabitants,
were not almost unanimously Democrats
tFrom the Tribune, January z, 1852
For the last thirty years every Ameri.
can slaveholderon the African coast has
accounted himself in politics democrat.
So every one who chooses to live by pugi.
lism, or gambling, or harlotry, with near.
ly every keeper OF tippling house, is po.
litically q democrat He believes in
"tatSses flire"-that the "world is govern.
ed too much"-that "the best government
is that which governs least. he wants
This trade to move without restriction"
de joyfnlly subscribes to the World, and
echoes It's cry, "Let the people eat, drink
and amuse themselves as they see fit, so
long as they do not infringe on the same
liberty in Others" A purely selfish in.
terest attaches the lewd, rufianly, crimi-
nal and dangerous classes to the demo.
cratic party by the instinct Of self.preser.
walton, the preservation OF their right to
make gain Of others degradation.
AS Greeley has given no signs of amend.
ment or repentance since these words
were uttered, it is to be inferred, that he
still regards his old enemies in the same
light. 1t will be seen that he was not
satisfied with opposing their principles
and measures, which is all that an honor
able and high.minded controversial cares
to do, but he must needs dissect their per-
sonal characters, and endeayor to show
that they were as destitute of decency
and virtue as they wereo OF good faith and
sound opinions. 1t must be pleasant for
the gentlemen who,nOw propose to make
their slanderer their champion, to read
his former high estimates Of themselves.
One or the other of them, we think, must
swallow great deal unpalatable stuff.