The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1872-06-27
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d%a De liability ability that Greeley would re- re-
the pr nomination at Baltimore; h nSs
ceive !s,1,ssrStbenlng ever since inc tn ,its
been 8 sI TsooSSSentIon, where the uuanimlty,
the ensGu !. 10 convince the Democratic
% sA hat hey had no hope o. ,; succg ~
leade ~. '1A, he onIy way TO utilize inc nc
'a. ns that remained to them "S Tb u
,!Ie Sa 4 Of 10 the best customer. l I.hS
usoS ,hS natural conclusion Of men WIZ =
vi wv ID6n politics as a business q !. .
msSps 81 personal advancement, n VI, I.
,Sa means oi carrying out certain P,I LiuTS Ia
I1 s. Hi n Government. Nothing coaIa ,L ~
PIE PIE, " man 10 bring the leaders 70 !nIs
rSsnlt. The danger Is, thaI snv soI SS'
iii NOT command that complete .,,S,a aS,,T%
'Ua which under the best Circumstance a'.aaSss
ing Ma,SI We will not say to success,
Int 10 respectable defeat. V ,,1o poD"SII.
M, Ius men who have deserted the KepEIuI'
c Ss maj marty, and set up 1917 theinsely ,Ss
C ss,ii0Iu n S5t personal considerations, the
m lhSanSyointed The dlsaaeCted, the re-
18th I and that class Of men VINO
y never could be content with anything, are
rs, Is'I most noisy Of all ils former support.
a sae Di Thew are far from being the most
ssIcIent. Noise and brag are excellent
,SInSS in politics, and have often rendered
imp5rtSnt service, but they amount 10
iHtIe when unsupported by more suOslSn'
tiSI agencies. We are NOT fond oil predl,c'
ions ANYBODY can make them NOBODY
can cana answer them; and they who can be
convinced by them arc too weak 10 1oLu
long 10 any Judgement But We are Ger
AIN tbat he shfewdest politicians 10 the
Republican party have, from the begln.
linz, desired the nomination OF Greeley
Al Baltimore, believing that It would be
impossible to carry to hissupport those OF
,be late Democratic party, who really
believe in It's principles, and that 1t would
isIl Of cordial support from many Of the
odainators Of the movement whObrought
him before the public. If there be any
sort Of consistency in men, there must be
Sbolt, in each branch oil Mr.. GrGeley's
marty These bolts need not be open and
Organized; but II Is impossible to suppose
tbSt ali the men to whom his nomination
supeals will so stultily themselves as to
NE for the exponent Of those principles
10 which they have been, all their life:
time, opposed.
And 50 ends the great Democratic par
", that party, arrogant, insolent, domi.
Ieering, that has exercised such control
over the destinies Of the country, and
now 50 Door that il submits to-a nominA.
lion whose only recommendation Is, that
Il 3 against the nomination Of another
mSn. 1t goes down, not in a gallant
light, appearing its soiled and tattered
banner, as long as there is q regiment
TO rally around Il; not sending from that
fatal field the message, proud even in de.
feat, all Is lost but honor" not with the
uncOnquerable spirit to renew the battle;
but sneaking in at the back door Of the
enemys position and surrendering with.
out blow, and with no conditions but a
promise Of rations, il the rations hold
out. Excellent as this is for the country,
desirable as it is that the party which
has exercised so dangerous and corrupt a
power over the country, should go down
sad go down disgraceiully, there is some.
thing melancholy in such an overthrow,
however well II is deserved, however 1t be
Tor thepubliC good. And the old Democrat.
iC party had one virtue; with instructive
knowledge Of the popular feeling, II has
almost always sustained the national hon.
or In our foreign relations; unrelentlng in
lis evil policy at home, unforgivlng in its
rsentments and inscriptions in It's pur.
Pses, conservative only Of slavery, de-
sIructlVe of everything else, filllbusterlng,
arrogant to inferior powers, it did not
Cringe 10 strong ones, but generally stood
Up Tor the rights of our own government,
however neglecIiul OF its duties. II
le.Ves
"A eorAIt's name to other times,
Linked with one virtue aud q thousand crimes -