The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1872-09-03

as did the Wings In 1850, go to the people
without any platform, save the character
OF our candidateS, This also, although Il
elected some enthusiastic support, was
finally rejected, and the resolution OF De.
trees, having been adopted as the sense oil
the committees to It's substance but
not It's iorm-was referred TO sui. com.
mittee consisting Of John Deirees, Gov.
ernor Hamilton, Of Texas, W. Bell, oil
Pennsylvania, Mr.. David A. Wells and
myself, and put In such shape as to ex.
press accurately the meaning OF the com.
mittee. In this subcommittee proposed
the following resolution In the hope that,
although 1t had become evident that we
could not unite in favor OF revenue 70.
form, we should thereby at lest avoid
the false statement that the President and
Vice President had no constitutional duty
to Ipertorm upon the subject.
We demand q system OF Federal taxa.
tion which shall not necessarily interfere
with the industry Of the people and shall
provide sufficient means 10 pay the OK.
penses Of the government economically
administered, pensions, the interest Of
public debt and the moderate annual re-.
duction OF the principal thereof, and that
the great task OF framing such system
pertains properly to the representatives OF
the people Of the States In Congress, un-
molested by executive interference"
The subcommittee failed to agree.
MIR, Defrees's resolution, in rs original
form, was reported back by myself, Gov.
Hamilton and Mr.. Ball. The resolution
l have quoted was repeatedly MI. Wells
and myself. The minority report was
adopted BY vote OF 30 10 0, GSv. Hamil.
ton having meanwhile reported that his
views as expressed 10 this sub.commit.
tees report required modification, and
voting In the committee in favor of the
minority report. The Committee on Res.
olutions, having adjourned leaving anoth.
er subcommittee al work upon the form
OF the residue Of the platform, repaired
to the convention there TO find that after
iebatinga majority Of the convention
had expressed unequivocally their sub.
stan tial approval oil the views Of the pro.
tectonist majority Of the Committee on
Resolutions Wherefore became neces.
sary still further to modify the resolution,
which was done in the morning, a: my
instance, 10 conform to the evident will OF
the convention, and the resolution assum.
ed the shape in which it was reported by
the Committee on Platform; the resoli.
ton assince published having been finally
adopted in the committee with but sin.
gle dissenting voice, that Of Mr. Waldo
Hutchinson, Of New York, Mr.. GreelcYs
nearest representative in the Convention,
and that dissent was withdrawn by him,
after consulting with the New York del
enatton at the Convention hall.
Among the revenue retOrmers OF the
Committee on Resolutions think there
was no difference Of opinion. We were
disappointed, grieved. distressed, but we
regarded the resolution as adopted, though
lar different from what we wished, yet
not dishonest and greatly preferable 10
the DeIrees resolution, for which it was
substituted. may say that in the reve.
nue. reform minority Of tina: committee
were two Of the large manufacturers off
New England, both OF whom publicly
expressed themselves in the committee as
having gained practical knowledge 10
their business Of the necessity of revenue
reform as vital condition Of success of
American manufacturing enterprise.
Returning from the committee in this
state of mind, those who felt, like nv.
self, that in the statement OF the princi. |
pies OF the movement there was wanting
an essential element, looked forward new. |
ertheless with hope to theYprobable nom. |
ina ton OF Dir. Adams as likely to lift us
up in clearer atmosphere. That nom
ination was not made Greeley and
Brown were nominated, and and others
left the Convention in anger which has
not yet cooled. - "
Many of my friends who lett the con-
vention with me, and one whom | greatly
esteem, the President Of the convention,
Mr.. Schurz, one of the ablest and purest
OF American statesmen, urged the SUD.
port Of Greeley. They said the move
ment was not what you wished: the
candidate We don't admire, but he is |
better than Grant I don't think so.
That tchIeh sce most condemn in Grant,
Horace Greeley either procured or has in.
dorsEd. The centralizing tendencies,
which constitutethe chief item OF the In.
dictmsnt Of the Cincinnati Convention
against the Republican party, were forced
upon the party and upon Grant, by Flor.
ace Greeley. He urged the Ku.Klux
legislation. He urged the suspension Of
the hG6eGS corpus. he urged the Bayo.
net bill, and he regretted that it could not
be applied to State and municipal leglsla.
ton. l think, therefore, he is either the
principal sinner or an accessory before or
alter the fact In January, 1871, after
Grants nepotism and gift taking, and
Santo Domingo, and his other acts Of
otfense had been committed, Horace
Greeley Endorsed him as moro fit for
the Presidency in 1872 than in
1868" In May, 1871, against the attacks
OF the independent press, he defended the
Presidents course with regard 10 Sauto
Domingo and the Ku.Klux legislation.
In January, 1871, he had denounced the
independent press as fraud. He sustain
ed the prescription by which the bolt of
Schurz and Brown in Missouri was at.
tempted to be neutralized. lie Is thus in
the position Of one who, having organized
q burglary, and kept watch to prevent in
reference while the crime was committed,
to avoid punishment has turned States
evidence, and now seeks not only 10 es.
cape the penitentiary but actually to be
elected President, Jedediah Blanchard
once preaching Q revival sermon, was in.
terrupted b. the entrance Of Aaron Burr.
"Here comes one" said the reviyalst,
against whom I, even I, will testify in
tho day OF Judgment" "Yes, SIR" said
Burr, sin fifty years Of criminal practice
have always found the greatest rascals
turn States evidence
What hope have We Of civil service re.
form from Horace Greeley? Last week,
In Portland, he told US that his ideas OF
civil service reform were not to run twice
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