The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1872-09-19
The Plttsburgh Convention.

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"A SORRY BUSINESS. THUS deslg'
n,e ,he Springfield Republican, the "sol.
I'm and Sailors" Convention 10 30 held
!, s'I ,'IEttsburch, tomorrow. The RcpuJ!i-
W. iopbls The taste which dictates the
,,,beripg, and questions its utility; and 70
!'.Tor he last argument Of the RcpUbI.
,,S ", Srst because, "the persistent effort TO
's,g ,s',,erste the men who were in the scr.
Ts M rom their neighbors, and to utilize
Ne patriotic impulse and devotion OF ten
y,ars 800 Tor the partisan purposes OF to.
5,y /, one Of the very worst features Of
M present canvass we deny the
snmE;es There is not the slightest at.
i,rDt 10 set up a military partnership, to
S,greclte soldiers from civilians, to create
ses,,e, Or to trade upon past heroism or
syyice TO the country. There Is, Of course
,rp,lsin number OF men who were In the
,rmy and navy: Such Of them as prefer
NE reelection Of Gen. Grant to the else
6a1 Of Mr.. Greeley, and can make 1t con.
y,uie1t, propose 10 meet at Pittsburgh TO
Az 50. The Republican itself will not
Dle,eud to see in this movement any dis.
psitOn Of the soldiers and sailors to
make capital for themselves as soldiers
and sailors. They are not setting up any
yliies and sailors ticket; they arc max.
isg 10 claims Tor office; they arc simply
swing, IS We happen 10 have been in the
led together, We will enter upon this
campaign together.
But the BlpuJlicaH thinks the gathering
nPiusburgh TO be in Ill taste, because
tie "eI.rebels Are as peaCeable and loyal
acOuld be desired; good deal more so
than We had any right 10 h0pe. They
notO1ly accept the fact Of their whipping,
but also its logical consequences. They
lcQuiesce fully in emancipation and ne
grV grVCitizenshIp." "Not ifthe court knows
Iself,' would reply the Savannah MepS,
lud The Richmond 1Hhig. 1t is Il little
too soon, said the latter paper, for the
Vest Virginians 10 change their Consti.
i1tiOn so as to dsfranchise the negro: we
are more cautious in the Old Dominion
bot the day will come. "Acquicsce p
Ye, as tue tiger acquiesces in the re-
Hfaint Of the iron bars. The right oil cit.
ilen'hip, for the negro, as citizenship and
IL tlOgcal consequences are understood in
New England, tue South as whole does
not, and never intends to acqniesce in
ave Us compelled by force oI law.
Is the ex.soldier any less a citizen? He
does not 90 to Pittsburgh even with his
blouse and fatigue cap. He goes as q cit
lien, citizen who was q soldier be.
cause the defence Of his country demand
ed il, and who put Off his sword and took
up his pen or his plane as soon as the war
SS over. All history does not afford a
'uOimeF spectacle in the progress of gov
eminent than that, after o four years
struggle such as We went through, five
hundred thousand men, the army of the |
north, should have settled at once, and
quietly, into the arts and labors OF peace,
and become, in so far as their future lie
was concerned, civilians. The Republican
tlnds no fault with the glOrifcation by
The southern orators of the "lost cause,h
nor C does It ctiticise the hope of Horace
GfeeIey, that the time would soon come
when The soldiers Of the south would re.
CelSe IN the north tue same honor as he |
VINO lald down his lite for the Union; but
Iae t gathering at Pittsburgh is-a sorry