The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1876-09-05

celebrated line: engraving portrait Of Coy.
Hayes: Il 10 . liie-siEe picture, and Y,
furnished at a surprisingly low rate 10
~ %TSat portrait" said Gen. Banks, "rep.
resens the moat open and manly 'face w.
have had amongst Presidential candidate
since Zachary Taylor. The eyes az 1Is o.
noble fullpess. Some Of these candidauss
look IA II thew had their mouths iuii o.
counterfeit money and wanted to s""n0"
it, .- II ,,..,vsI Nc.
Cormick, "made q portrait Oh a1s IT,. :,
thew wanted him to refine aad aver IL
r. IT, xas too much, General, OF what you
would call an exact eosHterte" present.
ment." ..... go. :,
the Democracy, Gen. Banks, to continue
%Not lonesome" said the General, "but
II was my duty not 10: assist in such q
stupendous conspiracy as this campaign
OF hlden--a united South masked behind
The deception Of Northern reform. -Four
years ago l followed Mr.. Greeley and Mr..
Sumner because thought we should
break M the sectionalism Of the South
and open the way for improvements in
administration. Nothing can be done for
administrative reform while the South Is
banded together as section, expecting
10 sweep the patronage and possess the
nation as a South"
ado you apprehend that they will sue
ceedT ,,t,'
%No. They will not only be defeated,
but destroyed, This election will be the
las. where they will trouble us as a sec,
ton. Nothing unites them now but the
muniicent possibility OF the patronage.
Defeated this year, as they will undou6t-
edly be. they will falTinto several parties
and give US no more concernI regardtheir
campaier as certain TO break down. We
have only to show them that they shall
moi come into power al a Soul, rs q recent
iy.beaten rebellion, and they will not
only be tractable, but usefsl citizens OF
our Government. Therein lies the wick
edness Of Mr.. Tilden's campaign, in say
ing 10 those Southern States: "Unite
again. By violence, or. Intimidation, or
fraud, carry the reconstructed States, and
we will pick up Northern State some
where, and enable you to possess and en-,
| ioy the revenues of:this rich Government"
Animated by such treebooters' hopes,
they are ready to murder tens Of thous-
ands Of men 10 get the United States Gov
eminent, A member of+Congress from
The south said TO me "To be frank with
you, we want the Government, and We
will get il II we have 10 murder and
stampede any number.of people"
"Then you think Secretary Catneron's
order 10 General Sherman good move
ment."
II do. It is our return warning to
tholc misguided people; led by their le-
yion OF place-seekers 10 u last raid through
| 6loodShed upon the Government: "Stand
| back you musti II you do not respect
the ballot, you shall be made to-"
"You do not trust the southern leaders
General"
"As individuals they are very easy to
get along with when they do not hold the
reins. II ia only the possibility Of getting
the whole Government that harmonizes
them. In the State OF Virginia are four
parties, and the last Senatorial election
there was among the widest performan:
ces in politics Candidates came and
went until it seemed thata large part oil
the State was put in nomination. They
are not sagacious politicians, butterrible
want and happiness for anything short oil
Office have made them race OF claimants
and place.seekers. The old Wing element
is discontented throughout the South
The defeat Of Tilden will not only scotch
but kill the hope Of victory without di'
vision, and we shall see q general reior'
nation ofparties in the South, dividing
the negro vote also"
ayes" said Gov. Mccormick, u hea,
that Gov. Lamar, OF Mississippi, is moi
satisfied with Democratic politics, and
will be likely to lead new departure
after Tilden is beaten. He will not stanC
the leadership OF Cox and Randall."'
"Did you knowGov. Hayes in Congress
Gen. Banks?7
"Yes."
"lyas he a negative man there|"
"No, sir. He was passive man, like
/, myself. The reconstruction measures
then preached by Thaddeus Stevens, and
supported by the Democrats for the pur'
pose Of adding the solid South 10 their
party. were obnoxious to Gov. Hayes as
: 10 me. believed that these States should
be admitted at intervals Of time, one by
: one, 10 that dignity and prudence might
temper their conduct and ours. But ii
was insisted that we should swallow at
single meal eleven States. We who
were in the minority found the
solid Democracy pressing the question
upon our Radical spirits, and We had &c
assent to save the South, then and there
from dividing the Republican party: s.
in more recent days We have saved The
Republican party as The bulwaIk OF the
common safety, at the expense Of many .
private twinge. II we took up admins
! tratiye reform and DIVIDED upon that, The
Democracy was ready to pierce our cen
tire. The excuses, the vices OF Republi'
can legislation, were. made possible by the
Democratic party rallying on the South
and threatening Us with rebelllon again
Gov. Hayes, liIp every patriotic man,
has known what il is TO be passive, and
isyet indignant enough, in the Presidency
to assert with tenfoldspirit his depressed
intentions"
"Don't you believe, General, that The
silent vote will be with us this year?' d
Certainly. The last blow at the sec
ti6nal assumption Of the Rebellion is &c
be- struck this fall. After this rally We
shall see its head upreared no more"
Mark Twain ON the Presidency