Wheeling times and advertiser. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1839-1849, 1843-09-09
WHEELING DAILY TIMES.
FoR PRESIDENT ~ lS44,
III T. ~ X Y e. l. a n.
FoR VIcE PRESIDENT,
JOHN DAVIS. OF MASSACHUSETTS,


We do not believe that MIR Van Buren, can
be the nominee Of the Locoioco party. We do not
believe, impuaeni has been The language Of their
leaders To the people that they can have such bare
laced efironiery to bring him again before the
people for the Presidency. II is true that the ma.
ory Of the presses Of the British party now su2por
his claims at The same lime that they declare IN the
language uf the address Of the committee Of the par.
~ in The District Of Columbia. that concerning the
election Of $40. the Wing organization Of Congress
ramr6ed into every county and town, 10y means Of
funds raised among themselves and throughout the
Union il not in part from foreign bond holders. and
by the abuse Of their official franks. inundated eve
~ nook and corner Of the country, with rivers ana
Of arllul Iion hold sehood aud
eloquent denunCialion. Vast ussembages madden.
ed 10y liquor ant nfuriaed by songs, by rnvings
called speeches. and by senselcss yengs SEM forth
their well drilled thousands each as If with torch
from He'll to kndle fire TO the Furies upon the al
tai Of every log cabin and light up a flame upon eve.
ry stump. And the orgies Of The canvass were CON.
summaIed.by Peunries and frauds which the mind
still shudders." Yeton the other hand the people
know and feel that the election of $40 WINS the
most pure and abless political conte.r that was ever
fought ia this country. There was enthusiasm
no raised iR II did not originate in any eIraordi
rary popularity Of Gen. Harrison. HIS name had
not been for yearsas that Of many another man had.
heard on every tongue 10 the motesi corners of the
Union. His achievements were confined mostly Il,
the North West. and that when the West had a sparse
aud not reading population, aud had he not been
brought forward for the Presidency by those v no
conhded IN his integrity and patriotism his situation
would have been like that Of many warrior CHIEFS
among the native tribes.
They had no poet and they died"
The wing contest and victory of $40 wns not like
the lghiming's shalt 1t came aud conquered a, a
how,t Is true; but il not in the clouds CO IN
ing TO rive the oak from the op;t shook society from
lis foundation the volcano shakes the earth From
Maine TO louisiana the sound came forth simulIane.
ously' not iiom Congress member, thereof; no
from the press, not from public meetings where the
accustomed orator mounted the rosrum TO harrangue
the politicians around him; but il sprung from the
people, men who have business and ate nd 10 H. men
who are not always he tore the people but know ing
their rights and dulles. when they fad the one in
Noded or The other calling them, they stand forth
with warm hearts and strong hauds to do the
one or defend the other. These were no drunkrn
orgies nor were the fires Of He'll lighted; but the
sunlight glorious liberty shono foil upon the hearts
OF whole people hey found they had cherished
Ia their bosoms foe, a selfish adder that had
s'ung them. "M'ddened ny liquorg' No, by wrongs
Inc liquor sellers were as much disappointed by The
meetings as the leeches on the public purse were
by The great and gorous result; Il proof were need
ded, the fact that without effort nav without civ
"g time ioI the enthusiasm 10 die away the genius
OF temperance spread her wings over tie country,
furnishes them.
Almost the same enthusiasm almost the same NEE.
ings on the suh'U Of temperance followed m quick
succession The immense gatherings, the frequent
and enthusiastic meetings, the banners. the device,
The emblems were greatly Characteristic. and k;ng
alcohol was baulshed from power in 1871 no The
same class and the means that Mr. Van Buren,
VAS banished IN 1910 The reasons were mani re,,
the one was iyrant and 50 was the oIber: IN.
one lu1nrIaiedin the ppckels Of his subjects and
| the other upon the public purse TIE one brouobt n
people To Leggary and want and the other br ,ugbt .
COVE Tnment TO the stale the one r, voreJ t,-
egn ImPoriaiions Of liquors and the other Of every
description Of goods. The one was the enemy Of in
dtslry. 50 was the other; The one DESTROYED the cur,
rency OF The country, the other that Of i, subiec
The parallel was good, true throughout the one wal.
| banishcd from power, so was the other. Will the
people ever suffer either to be reinstaiedl Never,
never 50 long as The people Ofhe country retain their
present honor and intelligence Politicians. Will.
The people are attending their own business NAV
make bad government; but when the evil becomes
TOD great too manifest. and The people lake the mai
Ter INTO their own hands as they did ia 1910, they
viii soon put things right aud should politician. o,.
tempt to palm Mr. Van Buren, on Them again. they
Will again take The mailer into their own hand. and
asking Mr. Van Bulen what he has done sine. ian
Jusy the reversal Of their verdict they will cen.
,fe upon HAIRY Of The West" whose integrity they
know and honor. ~
We perceive by the following from the Cumber.
land Civilian that The people up in the mountains