The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1884-06-24
PRIVATE DALZELL

PRIVATE DALZELL
Discusses the Situation and Prophecles
ghiugs Ia n harrc,erlsiic I.el,cr.
TO Inc Editor Of The IMeatgeneer. =
siE-No man 10 as wise before as he Is
alter the event. To prove myself human
to myself, and therefore iallibIe, l have
only to read come ( my published predic.
tons as to the Presidency in this year OF
grace. Prediction is not far from predilec-
ton and akin to prejudice. 1.-THE wish is
father to the thought" Ones leaning
to candidate makes that csndi-
date appear to be the coming man,
So strongly was l prfjudiced to Sherman
that everything locked Shermanish to me,
and 1t took the complete report Of the chi.
cago Convention 10 knock the scales of
my eyes and enable me TO see xs others saw
and SEQ that Blaine Ia to be the next pfesi.
dent. 81 ri5qsEs =
l have no apologies to offer, no con-
iesaions Of shame to make, Tor having
stood by john Sherman 80 long az his
name was in the field OF Presidential pos.
sibilities; but now that the Convention ia
over, and the grea. verdict is in, it Ia nv
duly aR it is my pleasure to declare that I
Shall support Blaine as loyalty as should
have supported John Sherman, Of Onio.
Il began to stump for the Republican
party when boy Of seventeen in the Ere.
mott crmpai. oil 1856, and have never Tor
moment failed the great party since.
How any man protesting Republicanism,
proud OF votes cast for Lincoln, Grant,
Hay es and Gait I'D can refuse to SUPPORT
Blaine and Logan passesall understanding,
It is such refined and abslruse apastacy as
l CAnnOt iathom. 4 = 60, :, 10
l honor a Democrat a thousand times a
million more than do Republican who
bolts the nomir alton because. he cannot
get bis man. Modesty, If nothing else,
even whtrs honor and Beli.respect are
swallowed up in consuming envy Of pre-.
eminent abilities and brilliant prospects.
ehould make Republican hesitate 10 set
up his Judgment IN opposition to that Of
millions Of men as good rs he. Tbs reason
Of all being governed by the m.j ,rity is
founded IN something deeper than mere
policy and necet sity-the bottom OF it all
that the many know more than the few,
and the few ought not to choose for the
many. The extreme illustration of the
aosurdity Of one choosing for all is touched
in its topmt 8. climax in the arbitrary rule
Of the autocrst. e
But ssids from the devotion and LOYALTY
due the party for all lib members, what
shall we Say Of the chosen delegate Of the
Republican masses, going into a conven.
ton 10 nominate candidate holding that
be is free u support or oppose the choice
Of the ms]orliy as be may choose? As the
boyB Say, he does not have to 70 to con.
ventlon; he could stay at home. Men only
get to conventions by labor and tears, 80 10
speak, and going there as Rspublicans and
returning Democrats, or what is worse, In.
dependents, they play false to the party,
and no longer deserve recognition as Re.
publicans. =. s.stt,'
know they claim to have sixth sense,
80 refined and exalted and ethereal thai
ordinary minds csnnot see it, believe i,
well, that the sixth senBs is consummate
egolism, infinite self.consciouenees eecre,
envy, graphing mbi.ion to rule or ruin
the SIKH aehse that sent Luciler whirIiDp
over the ba.tlements Of glory and which
shuts him up in the red tortures OF eternal
hell. 1t was this superior aenas which
turned Arnold green with envy when
Washington was provised, and which
convicted Greeley and Sumner to deiea,
and disgrace. Y s9a
Have you ever noticed that it ia seldom
that Young men fall into this errorq - n
II is your old political gambler, gray with
years, bitter IS hell over disappointed day
dreams, come to zee at last that the Jig ia
MP with him, that he can never fill any
Office Once he comes to reaiizs this be
turns Reiormer
never yet eaw q bright young Republi.
can with his future all bel fore him apos,alize
and get up for an immaculate dilletantist,
~ Hhetic, too.good-ior anything Reformer
and Independent. No, sir. 1t is your old
Boured hack oil politician, lean and cada,
verous, nervous, hypochondrichsl, liter.
airy, dyspeplic, disappointed and full OF
hell that sets UP political slop Tor hilnaelf
in bis BAD old age, and proceeds to curse
all the rest OF mankind to his hearts con.
int, Such men history declares never yet
tffscted anything but their own ruin and
disgrace. The da,racters OF WASHINGTON,
the deismers Of Garfield, tho mallguers OF
Lincoln, the hstrayer OF Christ sleep the
sleep Of oblivion and it is no voice oil
charity thar recalls even their hated names,
Support Baine2 guess yss, and why
no,2 u ho not as good as the best, and
better on the Judgment Of the majorit,
Will I set up my opinion 10 opposition to
that overwhelming msjority who chose
Blaine. And Logar, Who Jays aurht
.gainpt Logal2 What soldiers The CON
ltinept will ring before the campaign closes
for that gallant soldier. see him on that
ia,a, 22i If July:' 9 ore Atlanta at the mo.
ment Mcpherson fell esspme the comm nd
otIu mighty Rlny mourning the, death Of
Its chief. All that hot sfmmer afternoon,
wheu the Fight rsgrd terctst, the black
knight with bis charmed lfs rode with bis
q ring sword and bis fierce voice, and
blood flowed in streams about him, until
When lhe shadows Of evening fell the
great battle Of the 5wAr wsB over. His
whole career was heroic. Where were bic
| critic, then? Let them answer II they in.
j vito comparisons. i3sslsIi '5g5ss;I
| And as for tho literary people who want
TO vote tor angels and ministers OF grace
where in all tho regions Of history and
poalry shall they fnd more commanding
figure than that of L,gan taking Nc
pntrson's sound as it I'LL, and followed by
his mighty shade all day, as the eveniui
Gun discounted mellowing 1t in victory
And they effect to dcspiss the man who's,
praises Homer would have been delighted
/, 10 sing-one as brave az Aj,x-as true q
Achilles, whose name with theirs shall %
sounding through the future while thsi
literary signatures will be hidden away IL
moulding pits Of maSsxines and penn,
papers in the lining Of old trunks and tn
padding ti old boot toes. 2,Ft56s ]5slI.
Il Blaine isn't literary enough either, eb
Well should take up his first volume an,
emile and smile. Wouldn't l like TO ae