The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1876-08-17

"The man to be entrusted with the
Presidency this year, must have not de-
served not only the confidence of honest
men, but also the fear and the hatred OF
thieves" And so CARL SCHURz does
not support T1LDEN, but with the men
he has denounced as the Maeues, he does
support HAYEs'. We conclude with the
contrast as given in the words of the ad-
dress, and those who read and know Mr..
SEIZURES position now will believe that
Mr.. SCHURz had listened to the honora-
BILE princes who said to him in the name
of Balak, ~ will promote Thee unto
very great HOMER" and that before his
,,eo inspiration he had seen that Balak's
"house was full of silver and gold" and
when they turn to the upshot Of the
whole matter they will see that the frank,
honest, German people, are not the ass
to be ridden by him as "he went with
the princes of Moab"
THE CONTRAST IN TIE ADDRESS.
In this respect, fellow citizens, we
consider it our duty to speak very plain
ly. Never were the cause Of good gov
ment and the of honor the American name
more Immediately dependent on the
character, ability and reputation of the
men 10 be selected for the highest offices.
In view of the grave circumstances at
present surrounding us, we declare the
country cannot now afford to have any
man elected to the Presidency whose
very name is not conclusive evidence OF
the most uucompromising determination
of the American people to make this a
pure government once more. MI. Hayes
in Congress
Our duty In this respect is plain and
imperious. 1t suffers no trifing or equi-
vocation. The WORKOUT clap-trap OF
fair promises in party platforms will not
satisfy it; neither will mere fine profess.
ions on the part of candidates. Not mere
words are needed, but acts; Lot mere
platforms, but men.
We, therefore, declare, and call upon
all good citizens to join us, that, at the
coming Presidential election, We shall
support no candidate who, in public po.
sltlon, [Gov. Hayes in Congress- ever
countenanced corrupt practices or COM
binations, or impeded their exposure and
punishment, or opposed necessary meas
ures of reform.
We shall support no candidate who,
while possessing office, influence and
power, has failed to use his opportunities
in exposing and correcting abuses coming
within the reach of his observation again
Mr.. Hayes in Consressl but, for personal
reasons and party ends, has permitted
them to lester on; for such men may be
counted on, not TO uncover and crush
corruption, but, for the partys sake,
merely to conceal it.
We shall support no candidate, how
ever conspicuous his position or brilliant
his ability, in whom the impulses of the
party managers have shown themselves
predominant over those of the reformer;
for he will be inclined to continue that
fundamental abuse, the employment OF
- j
Tor personal Or party ends.
We shall support no candidate who,
however favorably judged by his nearest
friends, is not pubIIcly known to pos
SEES those qualities of mind and charac-
ter which TIE stern task of genuine re-
form requires; for the American people
cannot now afford to risk the future OF
the Republic in experiments on merely
supposed virtue or rumored ability to be
trusted on the strength of private recon-
mendations.
In one word, at present no candidate
should be held entitled to the support of
patriotic citizens of whom the question
may fairly be asked: lis he really the
man to carry through thorough-going
reform of the government Can he with
certainty be depended upon to possess
the moral courage and sturdy resolution
to grapple with abuses which have ac-
CURED the strength of established custom,
and to this end firmly to resist the pres
sure even of his party friosds?" When
ever there is room for such question
and doubt as to the answer the candidate
should be unfit for this emergency.
This is no time for so-calied "svaila-
bility" springing from distinction gained
on fields OF action foreign to the duties
of government, nor for that far more
dangerous sort of availability, which
consists in this, that the candidate be
neither so bad as to repel good citizens.
nor SO good as to discourage the bad ones,
Passive virtue in the highest place has
too oftea been known 10 permit the
growth Of active vice below. The man
to be entrusted with the Presidency this
year mus. have deserved not only the
confidence of honest men but also the
fear and hatred of thieves. He who
manages TO conciliate the thieves cannot
be the candidate for honest men.
Every American citizen who has the
future of the Republic ana the national
honor sincerely at heart should solemnly
resolve that the country must now
have President, whose name
is already 8 watchword of reform; whose
capacity and courage for the work are
matters of record rather than of promise;
who will restore the simplicity, indie
pendence, and rectitude of the early ad-
ministrations; and whose lite will be q
guaranty of his fidelity and fitness" A
man at the mere sound OF whose name
even the most disheartened will take new
courage, and all mankind will say: The
Americans are. indeed, in earnest to re-
store the ancient purity of their govern
msnt."
What has here been said of Mr.. CARL
ScHUEz applies to all these honorable
qentleme nwho can sacrifice their moral
convictions, "their apprehension OF dan.
gers arising from the corrupt tendencies
and practices in our political life who
will be very careful not TO remember 1.-The
distressing catalogue of disclosures which
for several years have followed. one
another in rapid succession" who will
not now make the comparison of what