The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1872-07-31
GREELEY AND CAMDEN.
Letter from q Workiugmau-HOw
a Liberal Republican Looks Upon
the State COntest-A Clear State
ment OF the Situation.

Editors Of the Register
Will you allow a mechanic-one e
who seldom NEEDLES with politics, fur
ther than to exercise the "inalienable
right of votng-to say a few words
in respect to the aspect of affairs at
present. And ! will here state that |
am Liberal Republican, for Horace
Greeley enthusiastically and above all
other considerations; and that until
within a short time 7 had intended IL
give my vote to Gov. Jacob. wish to
state, briefly, some Of my reasons, as a
Greeley man, why l have changed my
mind in respect to Gov. Jacob, and why
| shall vote for Mr.. Camden. In the
first place, it requires no very sharp
discernment to see that all those Demo-
Gratis who bolt the Baltimore nomina-
tions, also bolt the Parkersburg ticket !;
that where you find Democratic oppo.
nent Of Mr.. Greeley, you find friend
to Jacob. To my Democratic friends,
it seems to me, this is good evidence that
these men intend to cut themselves ens
tirely loose from their party, and act In
the future with the extreme wing OF the
Republicans. They oppose the Demo.
Gratis at every. point, and if they 60 not
into the camp Of the ultra Republicans,
where will they, where can they go?
Again, the tactics Of the GRANTEES in
this State are becoming more apparent
every day. They have little to say
about the Presidential canvass, but de-
vote their whole attention and energies
to tanning the little flame Of discord
among the Democracy, and encour-
agingly patting the backs Of their
tools and dupes, knowing that if
they can defeat the regular candidate OF
the Democracy how demoralizng the
effect will be and the consequent smooth
ing OF the course for their Presidential
favorite. We commend this view OF
the subject to the Liberal Republicans,
who, although almost ignored 80 far in
the canvass, are by no means an insig-
nifcant few, and who, like myself, have
but little choice as between two Demo-
crats for Governor, but who should, |
think, act with those who work for the
success of that grand old man we wish
to elevate to the Presidency. 1t cer-
tainly must be patent to any one who
will take the trouble to watch passing
events, that the effort OF the Repub-
licans, with the assistance OF q few
anti-Greeley Democrats, to elect Cover
nor Jacob is intended principally to az
feet the national election this fall. If
Jacob should be elected it will be hailed
by these men as an Administration VIC
tory, and if any Greeley Republican
votes for him he will have the humility
Of knowing that he has helped contrib
ute club to break his own head.
l am a reader Of the InteLbge1ctr,
and, as between the State ticket and the
national ticket, it is rather amusing to
witness its efforts to steer within the
bounds of consistency. The hostility
Of that paper to General Grant aud lts
partiality for Mr.. Greeley before the
Baltimore Convention are we'll known.
Mr.. Greeley was the embodiment Of
everything good-the man OF and for
the people-the man for the Presidency
par excellence. On the contrary, it ar.
raigned Grant with all the virulence it
was capable Of But no SCORER is he
nominated by its party, than it aban-
dons Mr.. Greeley and supports Grant
not very enthusiastically, however, but
still it supports him in its feeble way:
This course may have been prompted
by desire to catch what it deemed the
sslus popuIaris, but the only reason it
gave for going back on its record and
convictions Of right was that General
Grant is the regular nominee Of the
regular Republican party. While it
thus stickles for the maintenance OF the
Republican organization, and insists
that Republicans should vote for General
Grant because he is the regular nomi.
nee, and for that reason only, it asks
Democrats to bolt their nominee and
vote for another Democrat because he
is not the regular nominee, and for that
reason only. Consistency Don't look
for it at the IHteligeHeer Office!
Mechanic.
WHEELING, July 30. ..a 80