Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1852-10-25

| tile TclINclOry- AM tlc oAS
have been su6dued. Al the North, the Van Blu
rens and their Democratic allies in the memorable
revolt of 1913, have sdled lovingly INTO the ranks
intent upon the spells, and INSCRIPTIONS as 10 the
MEANS The nomination of Hale-a nomination
dear to the hearts of Democratic lntriguers, who
claim TO behold in that event the detection OF ten
thousand good Wings of Ohio-has been consum-
mated; and the entire force OF their press is EN-
ployed to prove the Wing candidate an enemy TO
our Federal Constitution, and to the pemanence oil
our y ltical existence.
But were this organization much more perfect
than it is were the evil effects of Hale's nominal
less exaggerated and more Teal were the van bu
rens and their followers attached to the Democracy
| bv the impulses of sincere devotion and zeal, all
this would be of but little advantage in the face
of the odium of the doctrines maintained by the
party, and the utter and overwhelming lnsignh-
cance of their nominee, when compared with the
| name and rcIown of the candidate OF the Wings.
| We have spoken in another part of this number,
more particularly of the latter reason OF Their nm
pending defeat and shall IN tins article conhhe
ourselves mole strictly to the doctrines which the
party are carrying into the election, as connected
with its results. OF one of their points of belief,
we have befoe made mention, and the impossible
ty of their with the others forces itself upon
our minds with well nigh the certainty OF mathe-
NAUTICAL deduction .-Hr
| Driven from their ambiguous position with refer
ence to the protection of American manufactures,
i'll 1914, by the positive and acknowledged Wing
vote which Pennsylvania will throw III November,
and which not thousand Kane letters would be
| sufficiently powerful 10 counteract the leading
men of the Democratic party are urging the doc
trineS of free trade with boldness hitherto uncx-
amplcd in the history of our politics. The instinct
of 'Democracy is to follow the dictates OF South
| crn free-traders. Northern Democrats look to the
planters for votes by to elect their candidates,
and for those great staples OF commerce without
which the immense importing interests OF the Uni
ted States would instantly decay. Free trade at all
times improbable to the younger and less advanc-
cd OF two countries, has lost the appearance of dis
advantage when the eXchaEe seems nearly on an
| equality and the fact that the bulky produce OF
| America exhaustsa greater amount of tonnage than
the compressed and refined goods sent hther by
England, deludes many into the belief, that our
present commerce with the mother country is prof
liable to ourselves, and that its increase would be
attended with enhanced benefits. This doctrine,
iuculcated in every possible form by Southern DEM
ocrats, as accepted by the Northern wing OF the
party without hesitation, and IN proporto" as the
| entire confidence ofthc South becomes necessary
to the success of the candidate, greater prevalence
is given 10 the ireetradc theories among the voters
of the North. .s..
| In this matter of free trade, then. the Democra-
cy are playing vcnturesoine game; ana with rel
crcnce to river and harbor improvements they are
no less reckless. The mserly appropriations of
the last Congress towards the improvement OF nv
ers and harbors, than which more thoroughly
Democratic and unprinclpled Congress never
assembled at W aShingtoil-concStett al every step,
cut down at every opportunity, and Gnly carried
through by the hardest fighting on the part OF the
Wings, aided by few Western Democrats-arc
sufficient TO manifest to the dulest comprehension
the depth and intensity IF the opposition which the
leaders of the Democracy intend to make against
the bcnefcent system of National Internal Inn
proycmcnts. Unsatisfactory, however, as this bill
of appropriations is, may be thankful that we
have got so much. At the last hour, in the upper
house, its destruction was attempted by leading
Democratic Senator, with a malignity which needs
not his subsequent assertion TO convince us that
future sessions i'll case of Democratic success,
may not witness the passage OF any similar meas
urcS. 1t remains Tor the nation TO decide whether
lis internal shall shall not receive the
consideration of a government ordained for no
thing, if not for producing harmony among the
several States LylnSunng the highest good 10 cach
in its various relations with the Others.
| The effect of recent Democratic movements has
been, Enthusiastically, to ALLEVIATE the votes OF the
reading and reasoning portion OF those oil our citl-
zcnS, who during greater part OF the Tune, are
classified with neither of the great political par
ties Comparisons i'll all cases difficult, and 1t
is rare that remark can be in all cases applied
with equal force; hut if enthusiasm is OF anyavnil
rs test of coming success, then Wings need have
little fear to the result OF the November election
We have no desire to draw comparisons between
this mass meeting and that, between the effects OF
this speech and of that letter, TO decide between
theI' mount of distractng force that has been APP
apIicd to either pary put we are sure that no one
can have travelled through the Western States, du-
ring the last two months, without being affected
By the hearty aud spontaneous enthusiasm every
| where manifested iaSOr OF tne w mig
Ii is the tendency of old men and OF Old communl-
ties TO be chary of enthusiasm, and to TepreSS those
ebullitons of feeling, of whatever nature, winch
in younger days flow out SO readily, and are the
cause o! so much noble and permanent acton-
Ii is for this that the strongest political OK
| element of the present canvass is found i'll the
Western States. 1t was SO in lS4S, IN 1911, ana
in 1910. With each succeeding campaign the
wave of impulse traces its ripple. mark further
Westward. A political council i'll Massachusetts
appears cold 10 n citizen OF the Eigth District of
New York In New York, excitement seems
tame, in comparison with the enthusiasm maniies-
ted in Ohio. In Ohio, men talk OF the wonderful
impulse of the citizens of Michigan. Perhaps at
an era two or three campaigns distant, Minnesota
and Oregan may be still more forward, anu their
enthusiasm may be the gauge by which TO measure
political feeling Throughout the States. Eastern
politicians have never committed greater error
than in declaring the present canvass to be want
ing in vitality. We have not expected that the
scenes of 1910 would be revived in New England
The state of society is not fitted for them. And
aside from this fact, the peculiar interest attaching
TO the Wing nominee cannot be so readily entered
into BY them as " the inhabitants of the Western
States. TWAS in defence of the liberty and the
safety of those States that Scott passed the years OF
his soldier life. Every town has its historical re-
Cords and there are few ofthem III which the name
of the veteran is not written. His fame is Synony-
nous with their growth and safety. They are con-
sccus that he has always felt the warmcSt interest
in their social and Political prosperity. The me
pressiblc enthusiasm of the Western character is
also manifested by the Democratic portion OF these
States in belnlf of their nominee, but it differs in
degree from that felt by the Wings precisely in the
ratio of the difference between the character oil the
candidates. One lisa well known, historic person.
age, of whom they have read and heard, and whose
renown, before the bitterness of party strife enter
ed into the heart OF political opponents, was a
household word and a theme oil common prde.-
The other is a mere abstraction, unknown before
the nomination which has suddenly raised him to
his present conspicuousness; understood TO be an
enemy TO internal improvements on winch the pros
perty of the VI est so much depends, and only to
be labored for because on his success depends the
official patronage which his party hope 10 divide.
For such man, and in such cause, 1t Is unrea-
ahle In full measure Of enthusiasm,