The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1872-10-31
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The Preslden iisi Candidates Con.
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excellent address upon, the political
topics Of thesday at the Cooper Union,
in New York city, on Friday night OF
last week In tshe said Of the coming
Presidential election: Can any one
hesitate for q moment for which box he
will reach when he drops his ballot 7
No, newell Above al, can see why
the South, nay, in passing can see
why the Democratic OF the North should
accept Horace Greeley rather than
Grant / can see that the South can
vote for Greeley and cannot vote for
Grant They are quite ready to accept
Republicanism when in its best form
Thew are not willing to accept the spu-
rious Republicsnism which has been
given to them for the last four wears.
Ii they vote to accept General Grant,
they vote to accept q centralized Gov
ernment. If they vote for Horace
Greeley, they vote for a Constitutional
Government. If they vote for General
Grant, they kiss the chairs which bound
them. If they vote for Horace Greeley,
they strike hands with the men who
struck off those chains and say: LET
us work together in the good cause as
brothers If they vote for General
Grant they are as Christian turning
Turk, who splits upon his cross-a scan
dalous and shameful transaction. If
they vote for Horace Greeley, they sim.
ply turn their backs to the wrong and
60 forward to the better dav dawning
Theodore Tilton eloouently discussed
"The National Problem" in the Brook
lyn Academy OF Music, on Saturday
night. OF the two candidates for Presi-
dent, he said:
Senator Morton said Grants Indian
policy was alone sufficient to render him
immortal The kilograms from the
frontier. with their tale OF massacre, are
alone sufficient to prove its total failure,
and now we hear it is to be chasged.
Andrew Jackson established the maxim
that America should ask for nothing
that was wrong. President Grant made
a foolish demend for $400. 600. 600, and
accepted Sl5.5OO,OO0, settling the Ala
bama claims. indeed, but settling them
in shame and degradation They say
hehas "harmonized the South, y whereas
his name is now cursed throughout the
South.
He smote them in war with the iron
hand; they expected it. In peace he
has trodden upon them with the iron
heel; they did not expect it. Compar-
ing the debts of the Southern States
before the war with their present obi
CATION, we find that while their total
was not $50 600 600, it lie now in round
figures $2O0000000, an increase of
Sl50,O0O000. There are two bags ia
nous in history-the bag Of Judas that
held the money for which he sold his
Master, and the carpetbsg Of President
Grant. The President is The corner
stone of this carpet-bag government II
he be reelected it will stand, but II he
be defeated it must fall. / shall vote
for it's fall.
1t is said that Horace Greeley makes
mistakes. The journalist has no time
to correct his views-bis crude thoughts
90 down at once upon the paper and
stand before all the world as record.
What man can stand this test? But l
will say that in thirty years OF. Journal-
istic work there is no man living who
could make fewer mistakes than Hor-
ace Greeley. We are told he is sur
rounded by rogues. So is every man
who walks in crowd. But a man ls
known by the company he selects, and
no one will stand that test better than
Mr.. Greeley l am told that Mr. Gree
lev bailed jeff Davis. Immediately
after that act Mr.. Henry Wilson came
to me and told me how much he re-
GREETED the odium which had fallen on
Mr.. Greeley for that noble act Ii MIR:
Greeley lie elected the Government will
be conducted on the principle OF up
right. downright, ingrained, old fash
ioned hard work. Every man who
tolls ought to honor him, for no harder
worker breathes. Every one who hun,
gers and thirsts for knowledge should
love him. For thirty years be has
taught the people, and every man who
loves liberty ought to love him. for ne
has always been the champion of the
truest freedom. Every one who reveres
character ought to revere him, tor he
stands before our people as our typical
honest man. Mr.. Greeley's election
would still forever the question OF po-
I..:.o1 onno1itu