The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1872-07-19

self, and protect persons and property,
whether In doing so 1t shall help or harm
the cause OF Temperance. The hope Of
the country Is In the continued ascendan.
cy and continued reformatory spirit Of
the Republican party-and, If there be
times when, on account Of It's persistent
refusal 10 adopt some vital reform, we
shall feel bound TO withdraw from II, the
withdrawal should ever be with the hope
that 1t may be but temporary, and may
not result In loss but In gain TO the party.
Another Presidential election Is at hand.
Whom shall we vote ior2 In the light Of
what VIC have said, we cannot vote for
candidates Of the Democratic party, how,
ever worthy they may be. Grant and
Wilson are my own chOice-frst, because
they are the candidates Of the Republican
party and the upholders Of It's righteous
principles; and second, because they arc
wise and honest men and have especial
claims to our votes. Wilson Is eminently
friend Of the laboring man and the black
man. Ably and faithfully, and for many
years has he fought their battles, and they
will rejoice in this opportunity to vote Tor
him. Admirably qualified Is Mr.. Wilson
to take President Grants place should II
DO made vacant by resignation or death.
Emphstically true Is 1t that there are
special reasons and Of the weightest ma
ture for voting for President Grant. He
saved our country in time Of war. He
blesses 1t In time Of peace. After q long
series Of successes and defeats, and in
which there were quite as many defeats
as successes, and when our country was
beginning to doubt oil her ultimate sue.
cess, Gen. Grant was summoned to the
supreme command Of our armies. His
policy Of persistence, Of continuing to
hew his way on the same line, though 1t
should take oil summer long to reach VIC
tory, was much censured by Gen Cluse.
ret and other distinguished military men.
Nevertheless, 1t prevailed-he' won the
final battles, Gen. Lee surrendered, and
our divided nation again became one.
By the way, the charge oil Gen. Grants
severity toward the South Is very unjust.
The easy terms on which he allowed Lee
to surrender prove the kindness and gen.
erosity Of his heart toward the South. l
said that he serves us we'll In time Of
peace also. He preserves US in amnity
with all nations. He pursues q friendly
and peaceful policy toward the poor, mis-.
guided Indian; and, though Ku.kluxism
is still countenanced by the still pro.
slavery and still negro.hating spirit OF tho
Democratic party, he Is fast overcoming
it, and bringing Its crimes to all end. The
vast debt which the slavery and Demo
cracy prompted war brought upon the
nation is fast disappearing under Gen.
Grants Presidency, and this too while
our.taxes are rapidly diminishing.
But it Is said that President Grant
should retire at the end of his term, and
give place TO another. Common sense,
however, argues that his having been o
good President once Is strong reason
why be should be President twice. Thus
did common sense argue when 1t re.elect.
cd Washington the first savior Of his
country. Thus did 1t argue when it re.
elected Lincoln, the second savior of his
country; and thus does It now argue when
it is about to reeleCt Grant, the third
savior Of his country.
1t is said, too, that President Grant has
made mistakes. In beautifully modest
terms does he himself confess it and hope
to learn from experience. All men make
mistakes. Not even Presidents are ex.
empt from the aphorism that "to err is
human" Some Of his appointments have
turned out badly. So was it with large
proportion of the appointments Of a part,
il not, indeed, OF all his predecessors.
One thing more-all the efforts land they
have been rs malignant as necessary OF
President Grants enemies to charge him
with money making motives, or with any
other corrupt motives in his appointments
has signally failed. But he has given
offices TO his relatives. Yes, it is true
that OF the scores Of thousands of offices
inthe gift Of the administration, some
half dozen or dozen have gone to his
relatives, He has even allowed his old
father to continue to be what a previous
President made him, Postmasteroi o little
town in Kentucky. If President Grant
has given offices 10 relatives simply
because they were his relatives he
has. done wrong. But If it were
mainly because being his relatives
he could judge better Of their quail.
flcations, then, surely, no great blame
should attach to him in this matter.
Another charge against the President
is that during his Presidency he has &C.
cepted presents. The charge is untrue,
though in saying 80 l do not admit there
would necessarily have been moral
wrong in his accepting them. It's true
presents were made to him as well as to
other successful Generals, to express the
gratitude and admiration OF those who
made them; and it IS also true that to
single him out for blame in the case
proves that Gen. Grant is a basely perse.
cuted man. No other General Is com.
planned OF for doing what he cid; and in
the case Of no other General is II held to
be other than entirely innocent and
proper.
What, however, shall we do with Mr..
Summers speech against President Grant ?
We cannot make light Of it and toss 1t
aside, for Mr.. Sumner is, at once, both q
great and good man. No one has spoken
more frequently or more powerfully for
his country, and especially for the colored
race. He lives today in the true Ameri.
can heart; and many generations will pass
away before his honored and beloved
name shall be forgotten. How shall we
account for it that such q man should dis.
like President Grant, whom we should all
thank and love and honor, and dislike
him, too, moro than any other man dis.
likes him? Some say he is lmpelled by
revenge for not being put again in the
Committee on Foreign Relations. This is
not true, for long before that he had re.
vealed to myself, and, doubtless, to Others
also, his intense dislike OF the President.
May We not look for the origin mot the
extent) Of this intense dislike to the differ.
ent tastes and habits Of the two men
Mr.. Sumner was Born in affluence, and
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