The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1872-07-15
The Presidency.
iFrom DC PfoYldenee JournaLl


and nonsense and personalities which
will inevitably accompany the campaign,
there arc certain questions which will
present themselves 10 that always large,
and now much more numerous than ever
before, class Of voters which stay at
home, or votes upon conviction, without
much or with no regard TO party lines,
OF course this vote will be divided.
There certain number ol men who have
for the last twelve years acted with the
Republican party, who will In November
vote for Mr. Greeley. Among the Demo-
Gratis percentage by no means inconsid.
cradle will stay OF home, some will vote
for Grant and some who now think they
will not vote at oil, will eventually vote
for Greeley. We have no disposition to
indulge In prophecy, nor, on the other
hand, are we Indifferent TO what seems TO
US the best interests Of the country.
Were patriotism perfect, and judgment
iniallible, every voter would simply in.
form himself fully and act conscientious.
ly. But we neither claim such perfection
on the part OF the Republican press uni.
versally, nor are we prohered any evil
dence that 1t Is conspicuous element in
the Democratic party, even as newly
headed by the shrewd and, almost suspi.
ciOuslY, proclaimed "simple.minded "
Horace Greeley. There is enough, and
more than enough, OF nero selEseeking in
all political organizations, and in this re.
speCt they are precisely on par in point
Of morality with any and all elective
bodies the world has ever known. But
there is also in>all-eonstituencies a vast
majority Of those who, however mistaken
they may be in their ideas, and however
erroneous may be the means they use,
are really honest, and, in the main,
intelligent The people Of this coun-
try want, and will endeavor to main
tain, q free, honest, economical and up.
right government. Between this and
November the question will be, with more
than usual freedom from party bias or real
or spurious enthusiasm, asked by the
thinking citizen, What, in the circum-
stances under which l am placed, ought l
to do as o lover OF my country?" Such
querists will naturally turn first to the
condition OF the nation. With all our
prosperity, it Is as absolutely essential to
prevent financial disaster, that there
should be o reasonable confidence that
sny changes Of moment, however much
they may be supposed to be needed, shall
be made gradually so that business men
may conform to them without being bro
ken down. And it is further OF the last
importance that there should be no system.
atized attack upon the peace oi the country
in favor Of any whims or "revenges" Of the
south. Under the administration oi Presi-
dent Grant, the national debt has been
steadily and very'greatly decreased. With
all the criticism which has been indulged
in, respecting the policy Of the Secretary
oi the Treasury, business has been pros.
porous, and the credit Of the nation has
been constantly advancing abroad, ever
since the close Of the war. Now, suppose
Dir. Greeley had been in the Presidential
chair, and had carried his policy as an
nOunCed in the IribnnS, that "the way 10
resume, is to resume" and had offered
to pay on the instant our Indebtedness iy
gold? OF course we should have broken
down; there would have been bankruptcn
and ruin on every hand.
GTake the other consideration. Suppose
that Mr.. Greeley had been President dur.
ing the war, and had, as he urged Presi.
dent Lincoln to do, given mp the conflict
by admitting the secession Of the South,
and had also indulged in his other trifling
Vagaries OF paying four hundred millions
Of dollars Tor the lost slaves The true
and candid way to judge Of what man
is capable ol doing, and will most likely
be inclined TO do in the future, is by ar
examination OF his course in the past
Tried by this standard, which is the safest
man for the republic, Grant or Greeley
There are indications also, so plainly, moi
to say bluntly, manifested that it would
be the sheGrest atfectation 10 ignore
them, of what MIR. Greeley must do /
chosen President. The New York World
is the leading Democratic paper Of this
country; it is coniessedly a very able pa
per, and in the last few weeks il has beer
remarkably outspoken, pungent and de
cided in what it has had 10 say Of tht
nomination OF Mr.. Greeley at Baltimore
On Tuesday it declared that Mr.. Greeley
could not have the votes Of the Demo
cratic party unless he was duly nominal
ed by the Baltimore Convention, anC
made formally and technically the Dem
Ocratic candidate, in order that-says thu
; IRorId-we may have a Democratic hooh
in his nose, and control him in the in
terest Of the Democrats in all his appoint
: ments to office, and In oil his policy dur
I. inp his administration
That is the feast TO which the people O
the United States arc invited. A Demo,
cratic administration, run by Tamman,
and the Confederate generals, with Horacl
|. Greeley to make the nominations to tn
Senate, and say ditto 10 Wade Hampton
Frank Blair and Watterson, who only de
, mand, as light concession to the rebel
Ofthe South, that they be bepermitted, unde
! Greeley, 10 take sweet revenge" upol
the Union soldiers and sympathizers ofth
North. The World admits that the Balti
more Convention was "cut.and.dried al
! fair" in other words, the consummation Q
I bargain between Greeley and the reh
. els, and at last, on Wednesday, after th
4 nomination was made, said: "AlthougI
/ We should have preferred other candi
\ dates" we accept Greeley and Brow
!. The conclusion Of the whole matter !
!. this: Greeley, for the sake Of the nom
e nation, has agreed TO give, II elected, III
d power 10 the Democrats, to tue Trading
|. old slaveholding, rebeilious, secession an
!. Confederate Democrats. And the WorlC
d speaking for the party of the second par
has put it upon record that it does nc
trust Greeley, but that the nomination
r a condition precedent to his surrender
4 and a bond for 1t.