The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1872-09-13
Mr.. O'COnOr Declines the Louisville
Nomination.,

speech urging him 10 accept, Mr.. O'Corol
presented u long address, in which lie
says;
Mr., CHAIRMAH AND GENTLEMEN My
views US 10 the duty OF resisting the Bal.
tlmOre nominations, coincide with those
which you have expressed Ever since
snap Judgment against the popular senli.
mcnt obtained by the deed at Baltimore,
Arguments very inappliCablC or very un.
sound have been used to prevent resist.
auCc. There is said to be no fit choice
presented, and that Of the two nd.
mltted evils it Is wisdom to choose
the least II all this were true,
it should not result in favor of the Bal,
timUre nominee Of transCCndGnt ability.
and energy unCQuallGd. There Is no room
Tor comparison between himself ind his
rival, justice and common sense forbid
the compliment acceptable. AS it seems
that he IS cute in anything the Outcry,
"TOo late" Is not just, even now. Men
travel by steam and commune by
electricity. II to-day popular sentiment
exists ii can be stimulated to action in an
hour. Had VIC only appliances Of antiqui.
ty II national impulse could light the fires
upon thousand hills md arouse the
whole people. With our superior mode OF
communion let it not be said that
fifty days do not afford the I'D
cQu4tc space for an awakening
in promoting the object OF your Convcn.
ton. There was no commitment 10 be.
come nominee, ard until that body ad.
jOurncd | could not have imagined such a
result rs the total omission to name or
even to suggest any other candidate. Ii
i assumcd TINT this action casts upon Mr..
Adams and myself the sole responsibility
ol leaving it without power 10 express
ItsC! Of the antagOnism which We had
done our part 10 evoke, and in which we
earnestly participated. 1t is therefore
asserted that without my inlcrvcn-
ton i'll the Democrats who dis
scut from the Baltimore coalition
aud many patriots who revolt at its origin
or Grch It's consequences will he lett
without the power TO record their protest
against il. II such were the fact, it would
present 4 case in which u citizen could
nave no moral liberty; the path Of duty
would BE- plain and direct, leaving him
no choice; his Country's defense would re.
quire that he should assent 10 the con.
scripiion and take the place assigned him
in the national army, whether in the ranks
or ut the head, and there strive for the
right TO his utmost. For reasons quite
different from those likely to be imputed,
| cannot 50 regard the present eXigcnCy.
Part Of the vile code advocated BY the
hirclngs Of misrulc is that direct and
immediate SUCCESS is the first and para
mount aim in every human effort. On
the contrary, my morality inCulCatcS
that honorable and many struggles for
the rrght, however slight the prospect
of immediate advantage To the uClOIs.
Every man nl ardent mind who is at.
iur!Cd an access 10 literature, selects in
carly lite from history or fiction, the demi.
gods OF his idulatry and with more Ur less
rarncStncSs bcstOws upon them through
life, his constant reverence. Mine were
not heroes, whose victorious chariot
wheels stained with blood u. vanuuishrd
millions, conducted them to power and
rCnown. My ideas were Trov's champ.
ion at his last stand beneath nlr walls
LcOnidas IN the Grccian pass and dissent.
ing Consulate CannHc without any claim
to hcrnism that could initiate them, could
still yield them. Ny h0mugc To spend in
ones allotted place, 4 blamrlcss liic Of an
honest effort ana al lis rnd Ia perish
nohly, cOntcnding in tie ThcrmOpyla ui
AN honest cause Ii ) ever seemed To me
III" perfection ui happy individual
destiny. Neither personal motives
suggested, nor apprchcnsiOns that your
contemplated movement must tail To nc
CompliSL any useful results influence mt.
| regard the Baltimore nominations as cX.
hihitng in their climax vices o. the nomi.
nation system, with lis pledges and plat.
iOrms, shocking 10 honest pride and sound
morals, is career Of bargaining which is
now generally required 10 prcCcde such
nominations. The platform is thing
gotten up for the emergency On ii the
candidate is made 10 sit AS on the stool Of
repentance, or rs one placed in the stocks,
by way Of holding him tOihc pledges now
forced upon him. This pitiul attitude, NJ
the most conspicuous Office bCryar in the
hnd, must be occupied by citizen before
he can receive n vote tor the highest md
most honorable OF offices. Faith teaches
that the poor in spirit will receive the
richest blessings OF the future life, but it
is no part of my political creed
tlnt the poverty spirit in worldly
affairs should be u passport to the respect
and confidence Of the great people, or
qualification Tor their chief magistraCy.
WhAtcvrr | might 10 in respect 10 any
other office, could neither accept the
nomination or become candidate Tor
the suCCcsS0rship to Washington. Like
many others which my Judgment has
COncurrcd in adopting, know these
ideas ARE questionable. Every voice
that has reached my cars COnCurs in MS.
scrlinG, rs n Gospel truth, that the clcC.
tors cannot vote tor any one but the nOmi.
nee Of - convention who hNs accepted its
nomination So bciL do not presume
to suhvcrt established usagCs, hut Gcll.
respect and mOdcsty unite in iOrbidding
me 10 play, in these days OF political de.
gcncraCy, the part Of chief Ui pos,
tu.ant in any saCh drama. Some cen.
sure will, no doubt, Rtlach To
this opinion itself, and still more
10 the ultcranCc Of it, have long with.
held it, and if possible would not avoid
expressing il. Many man, the latChcl
oI whose sh0rs | am not worthy Ia nm.
loose, has subscribed Ia II platform mud
stood as II candidate Perhaps, however,
it WAS in times less corrupt do not
augGcst or believe that any u them did
anything which, in their day and under
the Attendant circumstances, was unhc.
coming know also TINT you, my icI.
low citizens, md your highly respected
Convention has prescribed to me no
tests. hur in conformity with usagrs not
n"w to he departed from, you request me
tr accept nomination and become II
candidate. Az have said from the he.
ginning | must say now, | cannot,
Mr. Moran In reply declined To accept
this decision aq ilnal, and informed MIR
OCunur that they still regard him ns
lhrir candidate, und would support
lin, a. tho ,,,lt,