The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1879-12-27
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The minuteneS With which the papers
oithc country, ut the lipc OF Gen. Grants
,itabroad, ioreshadowCd the programme
Slch has since been almost literally car.
red out not only shows the remarkable
accuracy Of the press, but also demon.
states what a powerful combination Of
politicians is behind the Grant boom, and
that they expect to push it to cOnsumma.
uon by his nomination for the Presidency,
The American people ielt aattcrvd BY the
honors lHyished on the General by the
kings and potGntAtes Of the old world:
and the unprecedented demonstrations
he has received since his return, although
participated in by all shades Of politicians,
are pointed 10 by his friends AZ Indicating
popular demand for his nomination
That cannot well be resisted II for no
other reason, they say Grant must be
nominated asa matter Of l"expediency"-t
lowest reason that can be given for the &C.
cUmpliShment Of any Obiect,-A reason
most always In conflict with right. Even
the New York 1im0, one OF the most
powerful Republican papers OF the coun,
Try, while saying there are many grave
reasons why Grant should not be the Re.
publican candidate for President, sue.
cnmbs 10 what 1t calls the "publiC Clalnor"
tor his nomination.
Let US look at this matter in the light Of
eSpediency' appears TO be the
only reason that Is pushing Graut to the
high position to which he Rspires. Let us
sc II this cryltsn't altogether superficial
all on the surface. II does not appear n
hard matter for lot OF politicians and DO.
lIIIcal tucEsters 10 get together and fix up
! slate, expecting endorsement by the peo.
pie; but sometimes the people take It into
their head to break these states iuto
smitheteens. In case Of the nomination
nl Grant, not only will the third term"
shibbplrth be used with great effective.
ness bit there are other equally potent
objections that will be urged against him.
Independent tvOtGrs-independen Repub-
Lean yotcrs-will not forget how near
Grants administrations came TO wreGkiny
their par'y-redncingit from. a powerful
majority Ia Congress TO an Insignificant
nnorlty--apd how neNrit came 10 losing
'hrm the last Presidential election. They
'll not forget how he let personal feeling
sway him, 10 the detriment and disgrace
ID ttcir party. They will not forget the
ciss otmen he surroundedhimselt with, to
the exclusion Of the founders and lifc-ttied
members Of the Republican party. They
will no, forget how he stepped down from
his iigniiled position to displace Senator
'nmEer "a man who was a Republican
ohen Grant was voting with the Demo.
rTatsl AZ chairman Of the Foreign Rela.
tons Committee. They will not forget
how he lot his personal prejudiCes antago-
nIze Euch prominent Republicans as Sum.
nrr, Greeley, Schurz. IristOW and Jewell
slrtnAlly driving the two latter from his
faalnct until the party lost the influence
VI these great men. They are not apt to
.rgvt the scandals which his administra.
ton brought upon the party-the Credit
Ndbilier and whisky ring exposures; the
s'eaIInHs Of the District OF Columbia ring;
the FrtedmRn's Bank robbery; the bogus
safe robbery, in which General BabcOck,
his confidential secretary, figured unen.
yGbly; the whisky trials Rt st. Louis, iu
which he chopped oil the official head Of
the United States District AttOr.
Rey for saying he would trace
.he frauds to the doors OF tho White
House." They will remember how he
took these raseals under his wing and pro.
lected them from the penalty Of their
crimes; how the BAbcocks, the BelknAps,
the Shepherds, the llarringtOns and other
equally notorious characters tlourished
nndcrh his regime. and were honored guests
a the White HOuss,-fOr all OF which the
Republican party was held responsible.
indeed, SO peculiar was his administration
that no purity name could be found for il, |
and they called |. "GrAntism." Is this
state OF atiars to be revived, aud Is this |
the mau whom the Republicans propose
10 nominate through "expediency?"
There is no moru Vulnerable man men.
toned Ia connection With the Presidency,
aud II the 'Old crowd" who are so anxious
ior his nomination choose to forget these
things, We think they will be IoFcibly re.
minded Of them when the day Of election
ZONES.
There Is another clement OF opposition
to dsAnt, and Il powerful one, which II
would be well for Republicans to consider
before they commit political hari-kari by
nominating him, and that Is the German
vote. The talk Of monarchy, with
Grant at tLs head, il not looked on by the
Germans with the lrvity with which
Americans regard 1t. They have had OK.
peFleRcC under governments 0i that kind,
and are afraid Of them, looking with ieal.
ousy on the alightCst tendency that way.
You may not think there is any reason In
this, but the fac, nevertheless remHins the
same. Neither do the Germans enthuse
over a military character like the Ameri.
cans, their military experience Ia father.
land being sufficient to sour ::them against
shoulder straps, Again, We call the Ger.
mans independent voters. As class
their tendency Is toward the Republican
party, but they are not welded 10 party,
aud when things do not suit them th0y
arc apt 10 fly oil In IN opposite direction,
And, once out OF the ranks, are not TO be
whipped back with party lash. There
IL no doubt OF their opposition to Grant,
We do not know Oi m influential German
paper that iavOrS him; on the contrary all
Of them oppose him, The Washington
SniHtl, a powerful independent German.
American paper, the organ OF the National
Brewers Association, and paper that
Yields m immense influence, bitterly op.
pOSei him. The leading German Repub.
Iican paper Of Indiana, says that II Il
favored Grant 1t would lose "whoIs blocks
nI Subscribers" The same feeling pervad6S
the Germans Of Nav York, Illinois, Ohio,
aud other States. Where would tho Re
publican party Of Ohio have been In the late
election II they had not secured the Ger.
man vote by the advocacy OF hard money !?
II the Republicans desire success, these
facts are not to be ignored.
There Is no paucity Of Presidential mater.
GAi in the Republican party, AndRny Of the
distinguished men who have been mention.
sd-ShGrmGn, Blaine, or even the super.
diEnided COukling-would poll the full
vote Of the party. This being the case We
see no reason why Grant shonld DO ioisted
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