The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1877-03-15
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problem that mas puhAIeu 'he "oEtu lVF
ages, and that Is apparently incapable Of
satisfactory solution. President Hayes
ia to all appearances the very incarnation
Of good luck-altOgether the most lucky
man known to fame in this country. ut
ia better to be born lucky than rich" SayS
the proyerb. Hayes illustrates the pro.
verb in every sense Of the word. Born
poor, and losing his father at au early
age, he happened TO have a rich uncle,
and he became his uncle's heir, inheriting
very large fortune. He went into the
army and always had good luck, and
came out at last, after honorable service,
without aScratch. He went into politics
and never experienced but one defeat,
although he had some very narrow
escapes. Once upon a time, when lin
1869 he ran against Thurman for Cover.
nor oil Ohio, he was supposed to have been
beaten. So sure were the Democrats Of
Wheeling that he had actually been
beaten, that the then editor OF the Regi,ter
sent dispatch to Thurman like this
"The coppcrheads OF West Virginia send
greeting to ohio's elected Governor" &c.
They thought that Thurman had deliver.
ed the party, and they looked upon him
as their Moses. In this they simply
made one Of their numerous mistakes.
Hayes was Governor all the time, quiet.
ly awaiting the count, just US he was
President all the while when awaiting
the decision OF the Electoral Commission.
The great Napoleon was a firm be-
lever in lucky men. He had infinite
faithin the stars OF certain people. His
own career made him fataIist, that is n
worshipper Of fate as the veritable deity
OF the universe. His lie was expressed
in single verse:
"Hc leRS his i4tO too much,
llr his deserts are small.
Who fears TO put It TO tue touch
And lOtO or win Il ALL"
There were times when the whole ca.
reer Of Napoleon was staked upon the
hazard Of the die-the losing or winning
OF battle. And thus it has been with
Hayes in different sphere, under differ.
ent circumstances, with different motives,
and with no special agency Of his own to
work on his behalf. Napoleon apparent
ly carved out his own fate, even while
claiming that "the stars in their courses"
fought on his side. Hayes, on the other
hand, has been passive instrumentality
10 the hands Of fate, and has been com.
manded, as It were, to stand still and see
the salvation of the country through him.
His destiny called him from retirement
in 1875 to witness in his own election as
Governor Of Ohio the triumph through.
out the whole country Of sound currency
ideas, and the defeat OF the mad howl for
more money. His success in that great
currency canvass gave him such promi.
nence before the country as tosecure him
the nomination at Cincinnati last summer.
Had Hayes faltered on the currency
question in 1875 he would never have
been where he is to-day. Had he not
boldly come out, apparently against rap.
idly rising tide Of popular demand for
more money, he would have been beaten,
and in his defeat we should possibly have
seen greenback saturnslia, with conse-
quences to the country that no man can
now estimate. But he did not falter. 1t
was never Hayes nature to falter. He
has never yet been weighedin any balance
and found wanting. He is always equal
to the occasion. And in this fact resides
to-day the explanation othis great moral
power over the people. They believe in his
disposition, in his nature, and in his fate,
to be on the right side and the good side
for the country, and hence there is wide
spread and spreading belief that his ad.
mlnistration will be another Monroe era
in the history Of the Republican era ol
conciliatiou and good feeling, and Of great
peace and prosperity to the country.
ArRoPos TO the subject Of Spiritual
lem, which is once more fresh topic in
Wheeling by reason Of Prof. Baldwin's
late. exposures at the Opera HouSe, We
are reminded that We met with John B