The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1884-03-28
UNCLE Btl.LY.

"e"ssN'"ou why's sHo WHY
LAYING Private. ,,,',i' .a
II he Editor oftht lnitRioepoer.
sIE-The longer and closer study THU
prelusive campaign, tho moro clearly ! Gee
tue logical and necessary result tending &c
General Sherman. All tao little catena
are gradually welding together, link BY
link, 10 form chain leading up and out to
him. Although I&
Connections formed for Interest and oudeared
!Bysei,h views are cenSutcd."
Yet the Democratic pnrty is not 80 con.
scientious but that on the last moment 10
save itself from defeat 1t will nominate
him. Right on tho can,le OF the canvass o!
1868 all the Republicans saw that they
must nominate Grant or the Democrats
soold-snd go. iadesd they would have
done. 80
Carminative and aulispasmodic remedies
are said to txpel supeitiuous wind from
the body, and precisely 60 1t will be, II tue
wiae politicians Of our party seeking per.
sonal ravenges and their own agyrandlza.
ment make up next morning after the
Democratic nomination Is made, and Gen.
Sherman nominated the Hautulence with
which their little souls are now distendcd
will burst away like the noise OF pop guns,
and the smoke OF puff balls.
The wise,grand thing for the Republican
Nasionol Convention to do, 10 command
the respect OF the business and sensible
men o. all nations, would BIZ to nominate
John Sherman. It would DO more 10 ad-
vance us rs a commercial, practical com.
mon sense people In the eyes Of foreigners
than all tho platforms ever Manufactured,
But that the congregation Of lunacy
called a Convention cannot do. Il would
be too sensible. It must have something
to howl over like a pack OF wolves or wan
dering asses in the desert. Sentiment and
sIobber, gush and CAB must make the nomi.
nation without any more reason In 1t than
there ls in stump. 1t must be the imme.
diate tillux Of iroth and wind, and amid
great enthusiasm that is 90 near skin 10
lunacy that one cannot dGerenia!e the
one from the other without complimenting
the lunatics.
Who can give reason Tor The nomina-
ton oil Bob Lincoln, and look his vile in
the lace while giving II?
She would laugh at him for fool, Yet
he will be nominated Vice President sure,
and il the fever and lunacy get up strong
enough he will he nominated President.
It's all sentiment, sentiment, magnet.
ism and the like, whatever in tho name OF
gods and men that. may mean ANYHOW,
But when the Convention does grow cYuzy
Ganu 1t will never make any choice; never
did, never will till it is as crazy as bed.
bug. Why not make this ticket?
For President, Gen. Sherman.
For Vice President, R. Lincoln.
1t would ptn, and that is all we care for.
We should have two historic names and
one historic parsonage ON our ticket, and
deieat in November would be impossible-
utterly 30. What Democrat could bea. Old
Uncle Billy Sherman? Think OF Randall
or Mcdonald, and then OF the Hero OF At.
lanta
General Sherman once told me he never
voted but once, and that was Tor Brecken-
ridge in 1850. When General Rice was
running Tor Governor lew years ago, and
again when Hancock was running for Preg-
ident, | wrote TO him begginr,him to give
our men little help. He ilally refused,
saying be could not and would not liit q
finger fgaiLst the Democratic candidates,
and squsrely declined to make Sign thst
could aid the Republican candidates.
When pressed over and over again
TO assist General Garfield he wrote
me a letter ssying he would not turn his
hand over between him and Hancock. He
was Union man enough for any Republi.
can. But he is no politician, He yould
win our battle, il we should nominate him.
II we don't tho Democrats will, and he viii
beat any man We put up. l have letter
from st. Louis from friend Of General
Sherman that gives me 10 understand some
things that lead 10 that conclusion. Itis
inevitable. PRIVATE DAIzsLL.
Ca'dreu, Ohio, Murch 25.
L. S.-The letter is from one Of General
Sherman's staff officers and tho editor OF
this paper knows lis contents. I'D.