The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1873-08-25
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Political Phases of the Day.


From the N 7. Commercial AdVerliSerl
There is variety enough in the pOlitica
news Of the day to justify grouping a few
Of the more prominent features. In Penn
sylvsnis, the Equal Rights League ma
held an important meeting, and given
strong endorsement 10 the administration
and 10 the Republican party, as 1.-THE tru'
exponent oil the highest progressive sentl'
ment Of the day" The resolutions alSt
call for National Civil Rights Bill, ant
pronounce the Kellogg government II
Louisiana legal and constitutional On tht
other hand, McEneFy is out with letter
In which he urges o State Convention II
December, and an appeal to Congress
He would have a new election and new
officers, or he would surrender the State
to the Federal government, trusting that
the latter would establish an honest homo
rule. This Is singular docIrlneto proceed
from the McEnery faction, which has
steadily denounced Federal intervention
in Louisiana. But times are desperate,
and desperate measures must be adopted.
Congress failed in It's duty last year,
though often solicited by the President to
act promptly and energetically. 1t has
the power to do Justice to Louisianai let
1t manifest the will,
In Boston the incipient steps for an or
ganization Of tho Patrons Of Husbandry
have been taken. The robust stock.
raisers ol Milk street, the sinewy agriCul.
turists Of Beacon Eill, the honest yeomen
OF the Back Bay, and the sturdy husband.
men Of the Mil Dam, laid down their i'm
plemcnls oI tillage, and left their fertile
fields as promptly as did General Put
nam, who did not wait to unfasten his
horses from the plough when the ReyOlu.
tionary summons reached him. These
hardhanded farmers assembled in the
Commercial Exchange, and there listened
to an address by Deputy Abbott, who
urged them to make common cause with
their brethren Of the prairies, in the at
tempt 10 gain cheap transportation, and
10 find better markets for their crops.
The appeal was successful, and those
who desired 10 be organized into q
Glange retired TO q side room and "con-
suited" This last Is genuine Boston
notion. Boston is emphaticallY q city
ol "side rooms" and alike popular, pleas.
ant and profitable Is the business con-
Quoted In these secret enclosures. The
Oranges are certain to thrive IN
such soil. But the Boston farmers must
remember that the Oranges are not or
gauized for political purposes merely but
that tho mind and heart are to be cult
vated and social lie made more genial.
Under the Oranges, Boston may yet reach
a Peorian culture. More comical than
tue Boston Farmers Movement Is the
letter oil the martyr Scovil, OF New Jer-
sey, in which he piteOusly announces that
political oblivion has overtaken him be.
cause of his following Mr.. Greeley. He
ia proud Of the association, however, and
then conlesses the same tender passion for
Senator Cameron and General Butler
certainly q queerly assorted Trinity In
pOlitlcs. Then Mr.. Reverdy johnson, In
tue intervals OF banQueting, relieves his
mind on the subject OF "CGJarism," and
builds the hope OF Democratic success
upon the portentious influence Of Grants
third nomination. Possibly, in his minds
eve, he secs johnson in the field as a
standard bearer Of tho opposing forces.
Atall events, he scents grave danger in
the situation, and would not vote oven for
Washington for third term.
Such are some Of the salient features oI
the political field to-day. Men are strug'
Cling 10 form new combinations, in the
vague expectation that, under some fresh.
" assumed name, they may be able to
get the "Weather.gauge" Of the Republi-
can party. Itis a desperate game these
"ouB" are playing. But it will most in
gloriously fail, il the Republican party is
trueto its record and It's convictions. Every
needed reform is within the reach OF tho
party OF progress and humanity, and the
people may rely upon that party for the
amplest measure Of justice.