The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1872-03-07
The Next Presidency and Our Posi-
tion IN Regard 10 II.


With some regret we have noticed the
vacillating course which the wheeling
INTELLIdRNcRR has been pursuing ior
some time on the subject Of Grants re:
nomination. There can DO no doubt OF
the real sentiment Of the paper, yet there
Is want of positivism on its part with
regard to It's dlsapproval oil the present
Administration that is painful 10 those
who wish to know, positively, who are
friends and who are enemies.-BeInOnt
Chronicle.
AS this seems TO be case of sincere
anxiety, and Of honest lnisapprehension
we may say for the information Of our co,
temporary, in as explicit language as We
know how TO use, that the INTEILIOENCRR
does not favor the denomination Of Presi-
dent GRANT by the Philadelphia Conven.
ton. The INTELLIoENCER believes
LIST. That the one term principle Us ap-
piled to the Presidency of tho United
States is so valuable safeguard against
an improper use Of the Presidential lunc.
tions that it ought to be embodied in the
National Constitution, and, until 1t Is, it
ought TO be rigidly adhered to by party
conventions and people.
2nd. That there Is no such dcarth Of
capacity, craftsmanship or deserving In
the Republican party as 10 limit It's
choice for President to single man.
There are many eminent statesmen In the
Republican party who arc older, II not
better, Republicans than President
GRANT, and who would oil the Executive
chair as creditably as he and as advanta-
geously 10 the nation.
3rd. That the reelection Of President
GRANT, should the Convention 10 nomi.
nate him, will be far less assured than the
election Of almost any one OF hundred
other distinguished Republican statesmen
that might be named. That, whether
through any fault Of his or OF his advisory
friends does rot NATTER there will DO u
serious division in our party il he Is made
the standard bearer, which would not &C.
cur in the event OF any other nomination.
While the whole party could unite cor.
daily on CoLFAX or boutwell, or on al.
lmost any other Republican who is at all
prominent before the country, it is already
certain that II We rc.nominate the Prcsi.
dent VIC go into the fight with our party
sorely divided and discordant. This
surely ought TO be avoided.
4th. That where the aght is expected
to be severe, it is wise to carry as few ill.,
cumbrances as possible. If we should
accept President GRANT as personally the
fittest man in the Republican party for
the place, we must not forget that to re.
nominate him is to renominate all the
harnacles that unfortunately have attach.
ed themselves 10 his administration and
to his personal fortunes. We shall have
10 carry through the campaign the LEETs
and STOCKINGS, the CAsEYs, the PACK.
ARDS, the CRAMERs, the DENTS, PoRTERs
and BABCoCKs and all the rest OF the crew,
and likewise all the mistakes and scandals,
that it is the misfortune Of the admins.
tration to be burdcned with. Our party
will have enough 10 do without carrying
any weights OF this kind. With fresh
candidate, unencumbercd, receiving as he
would, we presume, the cordial support of
the administration, there could be no dan.
ger Of division and no doubt of success.
9th. That it will be the duty of the
Philadelphia Convention to look solely 10
tue success Of the Republican party and
OF its principles, not sacrificing either out
OF Difference or subserviency to the dc.
mands oiany personal interests whatever,
Now let us add: We understand the
Republican party to tolerate the widest
freedom of opinion, and in the exercise of
that freedom VIC have expressed ours
without reserve. Whenever the Republi.
can party ceases to tolerate this, it will
cease to be the Republican party. We
should regret TO have tho Chronicle class
US IS an enemy" because We entertain
different views from its own about what
tits advisable for our Convention to do at
Philadelphia; but il men arc to be set
down as enemies" of their party because
they deem u particular nomination unad-
Visablc, then really there can he no need
OF convention at all, since the purpose
Of one is to compare views and obtain the
Judgment of the majority.
We expect to defer to the Judgment OF
the Philadelphia Convention, and to give
its nominee, whoever no may be, the best
support VIC can; and we think il very
probable now that Judgment will be ad-
verse to our own and that nominee not
the one OF our choice. But VIC have
right to independent opinion before the
Convention acts, and we esteem the right
otfree discussion too valuable to suppress
our opinions out Of fear that we may be
in the minority. We Concedc this right to
every one, and mean for ourselves to be
satisfied with nothing less. II all the
newspapers in the country would do tho
same, the Philadelphia Convention would
DO far more likely to represent the real
judgment OF the party than tits, as matters
now stand.
Tho Chronicle concludes its observations
with this unworthy insinua,ion:
We have heard it intimated that Post.
office patronage has had something to do