The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1872-09-25


they could, as though they had nevel
heard anything 80 droll in their lives
that a man who was not a lawyer, or f.,
soldier, or q general, should be nominated
for that position. Well, gentlemen, month
have passed by, and now we find almost
the whole Cabinet on the stump elec
tioneering. Every one but one, ] think, 4
speaking You have never heard OF tha
before. You never knew q time wher
the great officers Of the government
unanimously forsook their posts, and fol
months went from State TO State to beal
a private citizen as candidate for the
Presidency. There you see the mighty
power Of Office, More money than has
been expended by all the parties thai
divided the country from Washington'l
time to this year, Is now heaped upon one
side TO carry the candidates Of the ad,
ministration In for another four years.
do not say they will not succeed
but / do say that this tremendous
combination Of power and Of wealth
OF cash money In hand, indicates
alarm and apprehension indicates a
perfect consciousness that the matter ID
not funny, bit, not a Bit daughter
am an humble man and pretend to
have no great claims; but the sentiment
represent Is that we shall cease TO be enc.
mics and live under one flag; that we
shall no more rake up the hardest stories
we can tell oi each other and try to for.
get our quarrels, and remember that we
are brethren. That sentiment represent.
You know I have acted In accordance
with it from the day the rebel armies sur.
rendered; that have tried to bring our
people to love each other, TO appreciate
each other more and more. I have sui.
fered reproach; l have been called
secessionist and rebel, sympathizer
with rebels and all that, but
none OF these things move me. From the
first day had any consciousness / have
loved the American Union, have believ.
ed that disunion was not remedy for
any evil whatever, but have said some.
times, give the Southern people lair
chance and they will show you they too
don't believe in disunion. Il this senti-
ment l represent does not prevail this
year, 1t will still grow In strength every
year till it does; even hatred will die out,
patriotism and sympathy will expand,
we shall learn to love each other, and so,
friends, believing we shall be more
united people because Of this contest, l
rejoice that my name is in 1t, though de.
feat should be its portion. I shall be
happy Il it can be said OF me that tried
to re-unite theAmerican people. Zap
plause)
The following is Mr.. Greeley's speech
at Clyde:
"Shsll the sword devour forever" was
the anxious cry Of 3 Hebrew prophet In
the midst OF his country's desolation.
Here stand to-day as an American citi-
zen TO ask the same question and plead
for tho same cause OF reconciliation and
peace. We do not propose 10 pay for
emancipated slaves. We do not propose
to pay rebel pensions. Our purpose is
plainly set forth In the Cincinnati plat
form, and he who runs may read. We
have no arLIy, no treasury, no official pat
ronage behind us. Look around you, are
not the Office holders everywhere through.
out the country engaged rather in re-
electing the President than in attending
to their official duties? Yet we trust that
the people Of this common nationality
will give US q great, generous triumph, q
triumph which will be bought with the
shedding Of no tears, and one over which
the hearts Of the widow and orphan will
not weep. ,.r.
The following is Mr.. Greeley's speech
at Sandusky:
Fellow CITIZENS oE SANDusDY-It
seems to me that questions of the greatest
moment now await the present action oi
the American people questions of pru-
dence, Of political economy, of currency,
Of taxation and tariffs and of education.
These seem to me to kept in obeyauce by
an interest for present action, or more
urgent theme. With regard to the first
question OF Civil Service Reform, I never
heard Of anybody except Gen. Butler who
held our present Civil Service to be in
satisfactory condition, on the contrary,
all men admit something must be done.
But what ls 1t you see at this hour. How
men are appointed to ootilce and how men
are removed from Office, not because oil
their fitness or unfitness, but because of
the effect of such appointment or removal
on the Presidential prospects. You know
as know that thousands of men are at
this day in the public service, which
neither needs them or is profited by
them, but because the party desiring the
reelection Of the present rule desire their
services. 30 they are hired in behalf oi
the people, paid for from the money Of the
people, but mainly employed to do work for
the party. Our navy yards are now full Of
men thusemployed, not because their VOL
is wanted, but because their votes are
wanted. So It is all over. All men know
that these matters need TO be reformed
| venture to say there will be this year
paid out OF the public treasury no less
than $40 100000 which has no other par.
pose or effect than to aid q canvass for
the reelection OF our present rulers
$40 100000 will be paid out Of the treas.
ury for the sake Of re.electing them and
two or three millions Of that will be put
into the party treasury TO answer the
same purpose. All this is crying and
fsgrant abuse. The people should choose
their rulers. uncontrolled and unbullied
by off1ce.holders.
The people have decided that the first
in order of questions is that of recon.
ciliation; that this people can be
one people, that there can be no
alienated class, that there shall be the
whole American people again around
their common boards as equals, not
as subjects; that there shall be
no subjugated class; no sublugatcd sec.
tion, but tree welcome to The National
councils to the whole American people.
The generous heart Of the American peo.
pie is fred in this resolve that when they
next assemble to choose President, there
shall be no disiranchisemeut in this coun i.