The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1876-11-17
with accustomed kindly greetings;
Republicans and Democrats have been
freely comparing with each other notes

Republicans and Democrats have been
freely comparing with each other notes
and election probabilities-in word, the
best of good humor has prevailed among
all classes of our people; and We are
proud of them for it. For these reasons,
they were not prepared tor the unpro-
voked infsmmatory appeal which, 10
Republicans and Democrats alike, came
so unfortunately yesterday morning.
But we are told that "Bluster is cheap in
this country" May we not hope, indeed,
that the "bluster" of the IntsLligsner will
be as harmless as it is cheap at the
finger ends OF this faithful re-
fax of the sell-styled "law. abid-
ing party" which is going to
drive Democrats into the "traces" of the
Radical rule or ruin party sat the proper
time" We beg to inform this valiant
knight who is smarting under his party's
defeat, and, like frog, Is swelling with
his own wind, that he has greatly mis-
taken the quality of the men whom he
proposes to drive 'into the traces" He
has even more mistaken the temper Of
the great Democratic masses and conser-
vative Republicans, who have joined
hands in this centennial year to cor
rect the abuses which have impov-
erished the hsrd-working, honest people
-disgraced the nation, and paid pre-
MUM TO fraud and corruption in office.
These are the joint patriotic forces which
are now to the front: and IN defense of
the right. they propose to walk not out
side the path of peace, and obedience to
the laws of the land. Neither will they
suffer the 100000 office. holders under
Grants dominion to thwart the will of the
whole people, by frauds upon the ballot
box in the South, which have been
so plain to all fair minded men
in the North as we'll as in the South.
that infsmy and perjury are not sutfic-
tent names to characterize them. Yet
out of such political corruption the In
teLtgencer proposes to invest Mr.. HAYES
with the Presidency of the nation. Mr.,
REpFIELD has dispatched from New
Orleans TO the Cincinnati Commercial
that the Returning Board of Louisiana
will give that state to MIR. HAYES by
throwing tout the five parishes where
"the blacks were SO thoroughly
intimidsted. They will then
likely restore to those parishes
"proper Republican msjorities which
" they had ta0o years ago, or something
"near it. From the best infor-
" nation l can get this will be done"
We beg our readers to mark we'll this
language of MIR. REDFlFLD, 1t shows
the desperation of the Radical managers.
Can any honest man even wink at such
an outrage, as is promised to be perpe-
trated at New Orleans? Does the editor
of the Mteitigencer endorse such vile
method of making President? Why
does he not write as he talks?
He has said publicly, on the
streets of Wheeling, that he would
challenge KELLoGG's oath if his the
editors) life or property were at the
mercy of his (KELLoGG'sl testimony.
And yet in the face of his openly ex-
pressed opinion of the bevy of scoun-
drel Governors and Returning Boards
nestled IN South Carolina, Florida and
Louisiana, the editor of the Intettigencer
says they are honest, lsw-abiding
gentlemen, and worthy of the con-
adence of the American people
in the present crisis; and that if the
Democrats do not think rs well of them,
thew are to be driven "into the traces at
the proper time" We will see. But
why don't the editor of the Intetttgencer
WRITE as he SPEAKS TO mis- Democratic
fripnds on the streets?