Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1860-09-08
WHEELING. VA. SATURDAY. MORNING, SEPTEMBER s


sure, yetconfusion attended. these wrongly
directed efforts. She could not then esti-
mate the injury she was striving to infIict
upon the race. The world could NOT look
into that undeveloped future and see
America as she now is-eIse would Eng
llsh statesmen have shrunk from the res
possibility they were incurring-elscvo would
tue voice of the masses everywhere have
RING out clear and strong for our success.
fhis was but appther of those mighty
schemes against human progress that are
marked as failnreston the PNge of history.
Ihus have we called 10 mind briefly II
lew OF the very many examples that go to
prove that every attempt to establish
W.T. wrong mas ultimately proved unsuccessful
The march of the, world is still onward.
The Right is in tie van, and gathering
strengths the Wrong. is growing weaker
day by day.
The supporters,of slavery may lenrn
lesson from these4acts in history. Just iu
proportion to the Importance of this coun-
try IN the familyFof nations.yand in pro-
portion to the influence we can exert upon
the world, is thewrong that the support
ers of this system would intlict To load
this nation with four millions of slaves.
aud render the Government subscryient to
their three hundred thousand masters. is
no light offence. To divert the energies
of tho people from the development of our
unbounded resources, and waste them in
bolstering up wrong, is crime against
the human family that cannot go long un-
punished. 1t Involves political corruption
in its basest forms. 1t strikes directly at
all that our Government was founded TO
uphold. 1t places the nation in jeopardy
1t perils the success of the 'grnndest ex-
pertinent in self-governmcnt that the world
has seen; yet do we find parties that are
striving earnestly to strengthen this enor-
nifty and bind the nation to its consc-
quences. Shall they succeed? Have
such schemes as this succeeded? Assure
edly not! So, certainly as slavery is n
great wrong, 80 certainly will it be re-
moved out of the worlds path.
To young men this subject should pos
sess uncommon interest Thousands of
this class in our land are forming their
political connections now. Let such re-
tiect! The strongest party is not always
the largest, the most wealth, the most pom
ular. But that party which is founded on
the right will one day be the ruling pow
er in society. The young should look to
the future. They should not watch the
cbbing tide, but listen for the incoming of
the wave that is to swell highest when the
cub is gone. Let such survey the work.
ings of the public mind, and decide what
are the rising principles of the day
Think whether Slavery or Freedom is to
rule this land eycntunlly-for both cannot
control it; and then link yourselves to
what bids fnirest to represent the thought
of the masses few years hence. Start
right and success is certain. There is
nothing so CALLING to the wavcring. politi-
clans of our duy us cold records" showing
where they hgve stepped aside to favor the
wrong wheni interest called. You are
starting with clear records; keep them
bright, tor the people will sit in Judgment
Modern Democracy hdS5no5clAiI1S on the
young. 1t is at least a leaking ship, and
liable at any mop:ent to go down. Young
men cannot risk the best years of their
life in repairing this shattered hull Nor
is there anything inviting to the class we
are addressing in the ''OId Gcntemen's
Party" 1t represents no living principle,
nothing that argues strong lie in the
future. nothing that will grow young again
with the Infusion of youthful energies
1t clingS to old institutions. 1t slaves of
questions that the world is struggling 10
solve. 1t is linked to the pnst--no tendriIs
reach outiutO the future. Decay is written
upon it-and there is nothing to attract
the vigor Of youth, or afford it any we'll
grounded hopes of success.
But the party that is battling the wrong
of Slavery, and asserting that it shall not
be nutiOnal-that it must live or die as
time shall determine, where itnnw exists
this growing.party represents theprogrcss-
principles of the age and its claims on
young men are paramount. 1t reflects the
thoughtof of the masses, and in it their
hopes center. 1t asserts the dignity of Ia
Dor. Its march is with the race. It is
gathering to itself all elements that can
render it national, and is in fact the only
representative of true American national-
ty. As such it deserves the support of nll
who wish to see the purposes for which
our government was established maintained
in their carly purity.
tn, Pow w McNob,n ,-or,roI,1o