The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1876-03-08


A letter signed "a Dozen Liberals y"
appears in the New York Tribune from
Ashtabula, O., in which the writer, or
writer's, say that "the most advanced and
intelligent Independent papers, especially
the Tribune, CINCINNATI Commercial and
Springfield Republican, do not recognize
what seems to them the pregnant part OF
the situation, to-wit, that in the canvass
for the Republican nomination there arc
but two parties, first the honest and sim
cere men, who are all for Mr.. Blaine, and,
second, the wire.pullers, the bummers,
the camp.followers and the otiicc.brokers,
who are at present divided between Grant,
Morton, Conkling, Washburnc, Hart
rant. and Hayes, but who will prob
ably unite on common candidate,
and, unless the Independent papers take
hold on Bluine's side, beat the latter
and perpetuatc Grantism in the par
ty. ain view Of all these things"
observe the Dozen Liberals it goes ter
ribly against the grain OF us independent
Republicans OF the West to see the indie
pendent newspapers frittering away their
influence on impossibilities. Mr.. Bris.
tow is not candidate; Mr.. Adams is not
u candidate. 1t ia futile to be wasting
honest breath in screaming for them.
The Fight is between Blaine, as the re-
preventative Of the better kind Of practi-
cal Republicans, and the Grant faction,
with It's hydra heads OF Morton, Conkling,
Cameron, Shepherd and their like"
This letter to the Tribune was written
before the Belknap explosion took place,
and therefore comes under the head Of
those letters that Napoleon once said
would answer themselves ii left alone
for week. The writer's fear Of "Grant.
ISM" as he calls it, must be sensibly |
abated by this time. II not, lie is past
cure, for OF all the dangers to the coun-
try it Is just now the least threatening.
As an entity in politics it has about dis
appeared within tho last few days, and
what is left OF il makes but very vulgar
fraction indeed.
One Of our exchanges objects to Mr..
Blaine on the ground Of his "smartncss,"
and says that tho fact that Mr.. Bristow is
not a man OF brilliant and strong
parts ia u point in his favor.
The people would Mt this time rather
have n plodding prosecutor Of Whisky
Rings than brilliant parliamcntarian.
It is said that among Anglo.saxons bril-.
liancy Ia not good qualification for ex-
ecutive politics. Theopinion of Dean
Swift is quoted, who maintained that the
popular instinct Of the English against
brilliant men was sound. "Men ofgreat
parts" he wrote, fare often unfortunate
in the management Of public business, be-
cause they are apt 10 go out OF the COM
mon road by the quickness Of their i'm.
agination. This l once said to my Lord
Bolingbroke, and desired he would OBJ.
serve that tho clerks in his office used n
sort OF an ivory knife with blunt edge to
divide sheet of paper, which never fail.
ed to cut it even, only requiring steady
hand; whereas, il they should make use Of
a sharp pen-knifc, the sharpness would
often make it so out OF the crease and
dis6gure the paper"
The editor Of the Cincinnati Commercial
las. quoted in the ISTELLTaEScER of
Monday believes that Bristow can carry |
Ohio by $4,000, The man who can carry
that great State by any such majority can
easily be elected President, for such
strength in that State would bctokCn
immense strength in other States. When
we think how close the vote was last fall |
between the two parties in Ohio, We can
easily see that great change must occur
to give the State to either side by such
majority as $4,000. II Bristow is the
man who can work such revolution,
even with the aid Of all that has hap
pened at Washington, the fact only needs
to be clearly pointed out to the country
in order to secure his nomination.
The Cincinnati Commercial man is not
alone in his apparent partially for Bris-
tow. The Boston Globe closes leader
thus.
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