South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1835-03-21
SATURDAY., MARCH 81, 1886.

Of the country, to use every effort TO
place him where he can exert the mos,
powerful influence. Other questions
may arise, or be revived hereafter, in
which others will have right 10 lead.
Our maxim is, take the man best quail
fled for the immediate emergency
The Constitution is in imminent peril ;
and if il had not been deeply rooted in
the hearts ofthe people, it would have
been already oveItbrown. Executive
power has drawn to itself all other
power; it waits for the unres,rained
exercise ii, only to see how far it viii!
be borne. We have no fear that ii will
be endured we believe there is yet in
the country the same spirit that has
once shaken off oppression, and that
usurpatioD cannot stand before it. But
how shall it be resisted Shall i, be
met in its principles, or in its effects 7
Shall we now, by one united effort, re-
store our palladium : or shall we wait
uati the indignation Of an insulted PEG.
pie shall sweep away the whole fabric
Of tie Government 7 This is the ques-
ton now presented to the people ofthe
U. States; il is an issue vital to the
Constitution, vital 10 liberty.
If ii be soft the question be now
whether we shall sustain the Constitu.
ton against the attacks of a specious
sophistry on the one hand, and open
encroachments on the other, we call on
all its friends TO supper, for the Chief
Magistracy tie mar whose talents and
preparation best qualify him to NEE,
these great questions, and whose tried
prudence and moderation give the sur.
est pledge that the executive power 10
his hands will be turned back to its
accustomed & constitutional channels.
And how has DANIEL WEBSTER been
prepared for this great trust How
has he gained that eminence which has
made him so conspicuous among the
distinguished men of the dayf By no
favor, by no patronage, BY no proud
origin. A man of the people, the son
of a farmer and soldier of the Revolu-
lion, he has risen, by the mere force Of
talent, and integrity, and untiring ardor
in the public service, to fill the high
place he now occupies.
Sincerely and imparlialIy, without
any desire to elevate our own State by
such means, without any expectation of
such elevation if our choice should pre-
vail, but simply because we believe the
common good and the cause of the
country require it, we announce DAN.
TEL WEBSTER as the man of our
choice and for the same reasons do
we fervently hope that other States,
with the same views, will respond to
this call, till the cry shall send dismay
to the hearts of the enemies, and cour-
age TO the friends, of the Constitution
throughout the land.
Fellow citizens The destinies of
this great country are 10 the hand of
God. We trust that il has not been
raised up at the expense of so much OF
the labor and suffering and blood of
our forefathers, to be cast down so soon.
Yet, in the success of the admnistra>
ton party, we can see no prospect but
that OF ruin--ruin TO our prosperity,
ruin to our morals, ruin to our institu.
tons, and ruin 10 the great cause OF
liberty. That we may be delivered
from this evil, let Us lay hold of the
means which Providence has placed
within our reach. Let us unite for the
man who seems marked out for this
great emergency /; who will come to
the work under no pledges but the
great pledge, solemnly given, and thus
far so we'll redeemed, to rescue and
preserve the Constitution. 1t is i'm
possible to reconcile all the differences
Of this vide land but there is one
question in which all parts of it have
the same interest. Let that be made
the ralIying point of the Wings. Let
US be for the Constitution, and the man
that can best defend il.
We appeal to the magnanimity of
individuals and Of communities, to par.
ties and to the leaders of parties we
appeal to every man in the country, to
say if there be not now interests at
stake too precious TO be hazarded by
adherence TO personal partialities and
local differences. Let these, then, be
abandoned at least let them be post
poned until we have saved the country.
When that is done, there will be time
enough for other questions.
Fellow.citizens In this crisis it is
not enough that the candidate be an
able defender of the Constitution. He
must be identified with that cause, and
Il. a