The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1874-08-29
Col. Swami ON the Third Term

AAO SANlSotUu VVuFHut VI kut GVll
contains speech made by Col. T. 3
SWAMI, Of Kanawha, at the Republican
Congressional Convention at White Sui
phur Springs on the 25th. The Col. is I
GRO FRANCIS TRAIN sort OF q speaker
lie mixes considerable gold with o goot
deal OF dross, q certain number Of gram
oi wheat with still greater amount o
chatt in his speeches. Here is an extract
for instance, that is very chaffy indeed:
"At the head Of the Government stands
and will stand for many years man il
whom all have confidence, and who will
prove equal to the trials OF the present
rs he was equal 10 the trials of the past
and will be equal to the future. A mar
just TO all. He will save TO the East hel
bOnds,an 10 the south her schools and
her civilization, and to the freedman bis
equal rights. A man who will give
transportation to the West, and for the
nation will find an exit from her financial
troubles. A man as illustrious for his
mOdesty as for his justice. A man who
can afford 10 be just, because by the
consent OF mankind he ranks as q soldier,
Snd as a civilian he stands above the re.
strRints ol party. Every liberal advance
he has made has received three cheers
from that great party that raised him to
power, and TO whose principles he will
always be true, because they are his He
has won from all parties the title of lust
and the irreconcilable enemy OF injustice.
10 war, just 10 his sword. In peace, just
to the fallen great and the cause he con-
Quered. Just in virtuous examples;
just 10 the memory OF Greeley;
just to Lee, just TO his foes; Just 10
tho laws; just in demanding Of strong
nations the right, and In mercy TO weak
nations. The splendors OF fortune, the
applause Of nations, the confidence Of
country, the adulaton OF tl4ttery, and the
charms of vice, have not moved the Vir-
tues OF an innocent life. Those of our
citizens who fear q third term severely
reflect upon his past, while they betrsy a
want Of confidence in the permanency of
our institutions. Blessed of Providence
with such vast resources-blessed with
such examples OF Roman virtue-all that
is needed 10 restore the country to pros.
perity is patience.
Col. SwANN's head seems to have beer
completely turned by the late Presiden
tial visit TO his home in Kanawha. Fol
his enlightenment we will impart to hin
this piece Of information, viz: tha
the kinsnan Of his wife will stant
"at the head Of the government" until tht
4Ih day Of March 1877, Cf he lives ths
long, and no longer. II this is what tht
Colonel means he is very unfortunate in hil
choice Of language, and il it is not he is The
victim Of delusion from which he should
seek speedy escape. This is tho age o
hyperbole, and we are used to % hal
penny worth oibresd to an immense des
ofssck" on the part Of public speakers, bu
still we are at loss to discern, evel
dimly, what the Colonel means when b
says that "eVery liberal advance" Genera
GRANT has made "has received threl
cheers from tho Republican party" DiC
the Colonel find any "thrce cheers
in the late campaign address G
the Republican Congressional Com
mittee, in which, if We are not mistaken
the name Of Gen. GRANT was not eve
mentioned. He surely did not find "thre
cheers" greeting the third term resolution
introduced into the Pennsylvania Repub
lican State Convention the other day. Of
the contrary, quite the reverse. Nor viii
he find them in tho proceedings Of tn
other Republican State Conventions latel,
held. II the Col onel will take the pain
10 inform himself he will find that hi
rhetorical appreciation OF his illustriou
kindsman is triAe above par as compar
ed'with the balance of the country.