The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1876-10-23

and strange things he told US, but I
do want TO note one thing, rs an
index Of his fair dealing. He laid down
the proposition that the Republicans
convict themselves in their platform Of
q knowledge Of the necessity for reform
but that they rejected the opportunity
for reform by refusing to nominate the
only pure and "truly good" man named
in their Convention, viz: Mr.. Bristow.
He then declared that Mr.. Hayes was not
capable Of reforming the Government;
that he will, il elected, be under the con.
troll Of Grant, Shepherd. Babcock, Don
Cameron, Belknap mark you'll and all
the others now controlling the present
administration. Afr. Martin actually made
that Gsertionl Now let us see: Prior to
the Cincinnati Convention, at time when
Mr.. Hayes had no prospect Of the nomi.
nation, Mr.. Martins party organs all
declared that Mr.. Conkling was the ad-
ministration candidate; that neither Mr..
Bristow nor Mr.. Hayes had ghost Of a
chance, because they were mot "in the
ring" Mr.. Conklfng was hen the prin-
cipat object Of the attacks, and Mr.. Hayes
was held up alongside Of Mr.. Bristow as
"pure man" in whose hands the admin
istration would be safe. OF cource every
body understood It as q party game, and
everybody laughed when the game was
"blocked" by the nomination Of Mr..
Hayes. Singular (?l now to relate Mr..
Hayes was the man they were all the time
condemning-not Mr.. Conkling, nor Mr..
Morton, sure. The proposition is pretty
thin, but in the present emergency "a lie
well stuck to, will do for the truth"
Again: Mr.. Tilden was lauded 10 the
skies, as 1t were, by Mr.. Martin, as the
only true reformer the world had ever
seen, and the old familiar incidents so
often gone over and SO often exposed as
lacking the requisite thickness were re-
hashed for the benefit OF tho faithful.
Mr.. Tilden reformed New York city, land
Tammany p and Tweed, and the usual
list OF rings. Mr.. Tweed, Democrat,
was sent to prison but escaped, and Til
den "pursued him with his detectives,
caught him, and he would soon be in his
old cell on Blackwell's Island" Mr..
Martin actually made that assertion, and
il is about the only new proposition the
boldest OF the Democratic orators have
hitherto feared 10 make. But 1t remains
for Mr.. Martin to advance It, and it needs
no refutation.
But Mr.. Martin said Hayes, II elected,
would be surrounded by the same old
Grant crew, including Belknap and Bah
cock. In this connection it is perhaps
proper to say that Belknap was about the
irorst Democrat appointed to office under
Grants administration, and the sample
proving the metal OF the stock, II is quite
certain that President Hayes will not ap-
point John Morrisey, John Kelley, nor
any others Of the Tammany school, in
New York or elsewhere, to the positions
they will likely get il Tilden shall be
elected! We can with as much-aye,
more reason say that Tilden as President
will be controlled by the men he has al-
ways affiliated with and OF whom he
Is expecting and receiving aid and
support, as Mr.. Martin has for
saving that Hayes will surround him
self with men with whom he was never in
his life in anywise associated. Mr.. Mar
tins proposition is superlatiyely absurd.
He neglected to even intimate that the
Tammany politicians quite recently quar-
relied with the anti -Tammany Democracy
Of New York, over the proportiOnate dispose
ton OF the spoils accruing from Tilden's
election Yet he devoted large portion
Of his time to cultivating "Prof." Simms'
vote-the only colored man in the county
at all likely to vote for him-by rehears-
ing the story OF the Freedman's Bank,
and labored by conspicuous effort to hold
his own and make converts, that he may
succeed in November in "bringing his
country back to her proper position"
- EELIx.
Grafton. ". Va. Oct. 1oh, 1876,