The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1872-10-08
The straIght-out Way of Escape.
lFEom tho N. Y. Postl

Inc sIaIshI-Out way OF Escape
From the N. Y. Post)
The nomination OF an electoral tickle
at Albany which Is pledged neither tc
Grant nor Greeley, but to two most emi
nent and respectable citizens Of PURE
democratic faith, furnishes means O
escape for those consistent and homes
democrats who are not inclined to sur
render their individual selt respect ant
the integrity Of their party. There mus
be many Of those, who feel rs the IKorlC
did on the occasion when asked BY tht
Sun whether 1t would support Grant OF
Greeley, and It replied Indignantly, "Shall
we take a ssafUtida or sulphureLted by.
dr0gen!" Grant, We suppose, was the
sssatGtida, very repulsive drug, though
sometimes employed as q useful remedial
agent, and especially in hysterical cases,
while Greeley was the sulphuretted by.
drogen, an offensive gas, gathered chiefly
in foul marshes and bogs, and not includ.
cd, we think, In any ndteFid medicd.
Fortunately now, through the action nj
Albany, the World and other Democrats
OF Its class have no longer any need 10 tor.
ture their noses, or convulse their lungs,
or revolt their stomRchs with such nause.
Gus compounds. 0'COnor and Adams are
men OF untainted political virtue; their an.
tccedents arc according 10 the strictest
doctrine Of the church; they arc indiyid.
ually endowed with the very highest abil.
tiles, and possessed Of characters that all
parties may respect Mr.. O'Conor, in
fact, is the leading lawyer Of the metropo.
lis, and, VIC dare say, of the Union, and
Mr.. Adams inherits much OF the intellect.
ual force which has raised two ofhis an
Cestors TO the Presidency, and would have
raised third but for the detestable tricks
oI q lew base md selfish politicians, On
a broad view ol the field we think It best
on the whole, for oil, Democrats as well
as Republicans, to vote for General Grant;
but Tor Democrats who find it impossible
to vote for him there is no choice between
OConor and Greeley, the claims Of the
former being so Enthusiastically superior.
This We are going to show, not upon
our own authority which Is little, but ulpOn
the highest Democratic authority-tha( OF
its s6lest newspaper, which, though
slightly crratic just now, has never been
surpassed among the organs OF the party
for c0mprehensiveness and penetration Of
view, general independence and power,
and brilliancy of style. We refer to the
New York N0rhl-not, however, we beg
to presume, that we may convict it OF tenn.
pOrary inconsistency, which is petty
matter at worst, but TO show the real and
unbiased sentiments of the Democratic
party towards the gentleman who has be-
come, by 50 strange a freak Of fate, its
principal candidate.
That the World is well acquainted with
its subject we have from its own comics.
sion that for ten years or more 1t has been
engaged in intimate and almost constant
controversies with him, so that it has had
full opportunity for learning his intellec.
tusl strength and weakness, and his moral
habits. On the 25th Of May, not five
months ago, 1t said:
"The World has been vigorously bat
ting the Tribune for the last ten years.
lu this long war there has never been q
truce. The hardest possible blows have
been mutually dealt and received; and al.
though the Tribune has had the advaut.
age in coarse invectives and insulting
abuse, the World has always been victor.
iOus in argument. Wehave demonstrated,
over and over again, that Mr.. Greeley is
an unfair disputant; thAt he is perUerSe, 10.
nOrarlt, torong- Headed, Sophi8ticaI and argu.
mentGtirely dishonest Mat his UietcS are at
all points opposite to those of the Democratic
party; that his judgment is as unSound as
his impulses are toay0ard. - y
1t estimates Mr.. Greeley now, as itself and
all Democrats estimated him up to the
moment OF his unexpected nomination !;
and because 1t keeps right on in maintain.
ing It's long.settled opinions of man
whom il has always regarded as fanatic
and a 6kGrtGtan, 1t is cratic Which is
much the same as saying that line Of un.
devlating strHightness runs zlgzag"
During these five months, it is to be
presumed that Mr.. Greeley has not
changed for the better, and that he is now
what he was then. But il we suppose
that this estimate Of him was COlOred and
exaggerated by the passion oil controversy,
it is still impossible to suppose there could
have been any mistake as 10 his principles
or these, the World said, May the 18th:
"Mr. Greeley is the very antithesis Of q
Democrat. lie has strenuously fought
the Democratic party all his life. There
is no ono question, either Of principle or
policy, on IEhich he agrees aciM US e1cept the
transient question Of amnesty BY nOmind.
ting him 100 should StaItJy OarSGLueS as free
traders; StUltDy OurSslUeS as opponents Of
the pqternGL theory Of gOHrAmGRtj tultJy
0urSeIcsS. as tho champions Of State rights.
SiultJy 0urSelUeS as dntdgOniStS of tho fU.
KluT lGV, tho 0li0uS 6dyOnet election lao,
martial lao in the Southern States, and the
ulOle series Of SuyugatinO measures srhich
Mr. GrGeleyhaS ch0mpiOneti, and the Demo.
cratic PGrty has unanimously opposed, Dith.
in the last t,cO or Mrec years. Wehave not
altered our opinion OF these detestable
laws, and Mr.. Greeley has not changed
his. For either to change now, or rather
10 profess change, in order 10 help on the
proposed coalition, would have such an air
of insincGrity that the selfrcspect Of both
parties should forbid them TO publish SO
hollow q remuneration"
TO those who replied to this effective
demonstration that Mr.. Greeley was nev.
ertheless supported by a considerable
number OF Democrats, the Worlds rcjoin.
der was that the trading clement" OF the
party only went to his assistance. June
9th il said, speaking Of the Greeley ratia.
cation meeting held in this city:
"ThG truth Is, that Mr.. Greeley has next
to no Republican strength, and that his
most active democratic support comes
from the trading clement Of Tie party and
tie tollorcrS lrkich that element cont OILS
1t was, therefore, a cunning piece Of STRAIT.
Cgy 10 hold the ratification meeting In
this city, the seat Of the shivcred Tam.
many Ring. II the sheep were fairly
snnn rninl from the rnntS il wnnlh hp