Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1853-12-05
-sentiuei a ana ARGUS.

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tnel, at which we are Sumo what snow
ing as we do that The editors of those papers are
men who -obghtbetter to understand the subjects
of. ushiohthey speak, and from whom we hsd exf
neetel ,iustice at least to~ardsa rfallen conpeuf
tor" The purport of those articles Is that ing
"Wbie Marty desires to strengthen the Govern
mentS while the inference is that the Democratic
desires TO weaken it. We attempt to state
f,irly the issue. Now TO the facts. What IS the
government referred tot Is it the Executives or
Goppress, or bothP 1.-THE Executive be alluded TO-
,,o the Wings, or have the Wings ever desired TO
strengthen tbeir hands, Were the Wings the adj
voeaiesl Of the Proclamation III 1881, the most nos
,Reees,l and anti State Rights document that ever
sn,ousied from any Executive of the county,
! Did the Wig party originate the tOEce45lht Diq
they advocate the Removaliof the Deposls where-
Nv one man was enabled TO crush an INSTITUTION
which the Representatives Of the people bad OF
,lained and established? And are the Wing party
in favor of saying to one man, you may nave inc
power of negativing tOheH yoH Ptease' the action
ofthe peopleisrepre natives, the men by
the people to reflect their will aud to carry out
tbeir uieasutesY Answer these questions and It
willthen be seen which party desires astrong
Executive or one man pO,oer, in opposition to tie
wTIlof the people and the majority of the Epeo-
nile speaking through their chosen representatives.
Is Congress the Government If SO do the Wings
desire 10 strengthen its hands2 We admit that
tbe Wigs claim under tue Constitution, powers
denied by the other party, while it isequally mani
fest that the Democratic party has claimed and
e1ereisef under the same instrument powers far
more ouestionablethan any claimed blythe Wings.
We need only point 70 the annexation or acquiss-
ION OF Territory, which Mr.. Jefferson said was
.spower not in the Constitution" So far so good,
parties even. But grant for the SAKE Of argument
that the Wings desire Congress 10 exercise powers
denied to It BY autobiography WHAT'S CongFssIa
uisthe peopIs's rationale Governments and the House
OF RepteSehtatyes is as much the exponent of The
nopuIar will of the Union, asis the Honseof Dele
ratesof Virginia of the popular viii of Virginia.
The Senate is the exponent proper OF the people
in their State capacity. Now II the Wing party
desire Congress to exercise certain rights, opposed
by the Democracy, who are therebythe opposers
of the rights and the will Of the people?- The
81 Wings who advocate the principle of.lettingthe
peopIe speak through their REPRESENTATIVES or the
Democracy who would restrict the, rights, otgthe
people, :eltsr their representatives and place their
action under tie absolute control of an autocrat
who can thus tie up the popular ,acion2 Let the
candid reader decide on this issue. .'.t.t
II 10th branches are to be taken as the Govern
1nent, how stands the issue The Wing party are
opposed 10 Strengthening the hands of the one
man, the Executive; are opposed to permitting him
to override and overstrangle at his will aud pleas
uTe the will of the people speaking through their
representatives, and advocate permitting the pso-
pIe to speak and act through their organs as they
may deem best Who, then, areSthe oppfessOrsof
the rights of the people2 s4i+AN -
90 Ana what are the measures which are clamored
at by the Democratic leaders as Federal, and OPP
posed to the rights of the people, is it opposing
the tights of the people to say that they should
have their own Isit opposing then rights TO say
to the Government, that if you viii squahder the
public lands, give them equally toan the!people,
have no pampered few, but divide equally our pa
ternal domain Is it opposing the rights of the
people TO SAY that the great West, our fairest
county, is tindeyeloped and that we desire 10
SEE iouI country, and ot1r whole conpty press
onward tofuII and permanent Improvement. Is
it opposing the rights of the people to say that we
desire fosee our mighty rivers and lakes made sale
fnrthe lives and The commerce OF the Unionf- is
it depressing the rights of thepeople for the Wing
party to advocate system which makes ou7 Union
absolutely Independent Of all other natOns7 And
is it opposing the rights and the interests Of the
people and the Union TO advocate the internal and
close connection. Ofthe. Atlantic and Pacific, of
California ana 0fesod, Vith'ths Ancient Denim
ION t,ya railwsy which shall, in the very sugges
tive IF NOT eleganD language of the PRESIDENT
bind the Union together 'as iOith hoops. 5s8g
II to advocate such measures as these, measures
for the common benefit, the common good and the
common advancement of the whole people of the
Union, what will raise up, elevate, improve and
press forward all cur people and develop our whole
country, be to advocate strong government at the
expense Of the people. then fhe,wh:g patty fnpst
plead guilty to the charge OF Tie Sentinel andt
Argus. But on the contrary, il tho candid. reader
should conclude, as we colcluds. that thai party
is the peoples party which advocates the rights of
the people, which advocates the advancement of
the people and the whole country, which you'd
tie the hands of the one man rather than of athe
peuple, which the rational consistent and
progressive march Of the Union as a unit, and
which would foster the industry of our own Intherz
than Of Dther counties, tLed the party is the
true Dem6cratic, liberal and progressive party, the
advocates OF progression which IS rdtiOndl rather
than desb ueiipe, psrsoaal rather than foreign
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1--WE insert to day, extracts from speech de-
Iivered by j. M. BORIS of Virginia, at Newark,
New Jersey, in September last, (which We find in
the columns Of the National latch lsehssr. There
are few men in the Union TO hohl nature has
given m. ADLER, intellect than to Nc. Bolts, and
whatever he may say or write Will always repay
attention or perusal. We have heard Mr.. Bolts
often be fore the peope, and never heard his equal
IN substantial and powerful debate. He!has long
been prominent Wing, and, barring his impIacli-
cability and impotence Of the advice or sugges-
tons of Others, he has few superfors ia the Wing
party. His remarks on, Progress are admirably
pointed, while his illusions to the naHe of Demo
crazy as being the more potent weapon than its
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