The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1865-09-05
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How shall we vote in the autumn
clcctionsH Every honest man willask
himself this question, and he will an
swer It by determining to which party,
in so important aInational crisis MS
this, political power ought to be ihtrust=
ed. Foralthopgh NJ issueis hs yet dis
tInctly made, u very grave issue soon
will be, that of reorEanizaLion-and he
must look to the arEecOdentsIand COM
position of parties 10 infer whit their
probable action viii be.
The Union party comprises the great
body of enlightened American citizens
who have always faithfully striven for
greater juStiCe, for universal liberty
regulated by law, and for freedom of
speech and The press everywhere In the
country. They haTp unfalteriDgly AS
serted the rights of the whole people
against privilege md Aristocracy in
every form, and have claimed itlir play
for all men, rich or poor, foreigner or
native, whatever their complexion and
condition, and to that end haYs been
constantly jealous for popular eduqA5
ton and every method of enlightgn-
ment. They hold tnt tho Constitution
iSn0t q compact letise0n soverelg Ign gov!
ernments, butts fundamental national
law established blythe people OF the
United States; and that tho Union Is
not II confedCracy but nation. They
believe Tint this National Government
is supreme, Tint the jSLatcs,are properly
subdftlin1te(l tb II, and that State rights
are purely local and secondary. There
fore they have been steadily faithful IN
the great and successful struggle. They
have mover tampered with rebellion.
They have never justified treason nor
exCtisCd traitors md IN the deathgrap-
pie with rebellion they havewisely,used
every power of the Government, com
sCiOis that all extraordinary powers
were exercised by magistrates under
the immediate supervision of tho people,
and whose acts merely recorded the
popular will, Ns the election Of 1854 trisl
itnlphnntly proved.
This Is the faith, and these arc the
men who compose tie great Union p,lr-
w., Have they toTlelted the confidence
d the c6tihtry?' siT
On the other hand, the. Democratic
party tx cofhpdSGd Of those whu.hlVg
always excused the most appalling
crime against human nature, and tho
most filal treason to the American
principle Of equal rights, under the
pretence OF State rights; who persist
emily eOnnived at the extension md
perpetnity of that injustice which Inns
soaked the land ia blood md neccsSi-
t6ted the debt, Tjtey hilSfs bfen the as
'Siilants Of freelspeech and II free press,
and have justified the murder and nlnl-
treatment of citizens who claimed tO
exercise those rights in the. Southern
States. Their Influence has been nd
versa9 tn general education and wise
progress and reform; and their pra,lOnl-
nance has been and IL always iitdsa
marked among the most dehasetl part
OF the population, and IN the least In
ttelltgallt portions Of tue country. EvOn
now their conventions, vaguely us In
Maine, distinct Y and openly as In Ohio,
reatfirm the principles Of the Virginia
aud Kentucky resolutions OF 1888,
which are and always have been
pleaded by the rebels MS their JUS
Ititicalloti. as lthey ClHare by South
Car0llna for qualification rin GlSEl,
and which will always afford annm.
bush for treason until theyNre utterly
and expressly OvcrtlirowH: or, ns IN
PENNSYLVANIA, their Conventions delib-