The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1865-09-30
ReoFEnhiEing tho I1emoeTacy In west
VlrRinIn ana Elsewhere. if.II
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F5E virginia and Elsewhere.
20 EFOas tae WeIisSuIg Hen1ld,j
We have recently read n good deal
abOutrec0nstructing individuals, whose
charncters and purposes have been de-
morlliZed in certhin experiments in the
science OF treason, while lnlloring nm
der the hnllucinntlon that they had lost
certain rights; but not until Tuesday
last have we hnd n tangible evidence,
l in this vicinity, of desire to recon-
strnct that old defunct humbug, the
democratic party, which, IL Is generally
considered, went ont ut the time of
Lees surrender. What can be done,
however, In the individual, we presume
can with like propriety nlso be done in
the concrete; and there is no more im-
propriety in the "dRmocratic partyv
acknowledging Its sins and hum6ly
1mploring pardon, than there is in the
notableS tnnumernble Of the same par
ty doing the same thing for their pri-
vate. and individual behooE. On the
contrary, there Is n eertnin proprfety in
| II, insomuch nS It snVeS time and trou-
BILE, on the principle of involSinE a
blessing on the entire barrel of flour
Instead of upon each separate batch of
bread. 1t cannot be urged in bar of
clemency that they do not display
contrtte spirit, for in tho sincerity Of
their convictions they deliberately ac-
knowledge and proclaim by resolution
tAAh1 hl4e EAIky ~ phnkfupL III principle
as well as OF office; and they are NOT
too proud to accept such cast-off clothes
| and br oxen meats as their more pros-
porous antagonists see proper to cast
them. 4s. ~
But while their humility appears to
be exemplary, their morality Is by no
means sunexceptional. They would, as
n party, steal in Jimmy Buchnnan's
4 day, when they stole all the money. MI
the arms and nll the ships upon which
they could lay their hands; and now
thoy would steal the principles OF the
Union party, steal our President, and
steal all the credit OF having conducted
4 the United States, successfully united.
through the late terrible war. at n
To their prOcliyity for theft they.afld.
II n most desperate. aud bare fnSsPt capn-
Il city for lying. The worry OYnr which the
j world knows they brought upon the
country, they persist in saying they did
their best to avert; the only sembinncc
: OF truth in this connection being their
persistent attempts to close 1t, dfshon-
9t7lDIy and Intellectually, by embarrass-
Ing every way they know how, the
government of the United States in its
efforts to enforce It's authority. In this
sense they were opposed to the war,
and to this extent, no more, they are
entitled to whatever credit there is in
TINT.
No good citizen, properly endowed
with lnck of faith in the infnIIabilIty
and incorruptibility ofhuman nature.
when It tRkes the shnpe OF n political
party, Will object to the organization
OF some opposition to the present DOM
lnant party of the country, or to nnv
other dominant party-it is wholesome
that 1t should be sO-and we say let us
have Rn opposition that will be strong
and earnest, but spare us the infIictIon
OF such an organization as the old dem
| ocrHCy was in its latter daYs, CorrIID.
I fInn VrnGH HinhnRnfVf In u
thrive without corruption upon which
l TO intten. The Indications lust NOW nre
that the renovated infliction will be like
the original, and more SO. Already we
sec that its leaders and fuGlemeIi nre
old line wings, lust as in the duyR Of
yore: already we see that II falsiil6s tho
record ns II by instinct, where honest
truth would suit Its purposes better:
already We see rcpudlatiOn OF honest
public engagements urged ns ii proper
plank of its platform, just as JEFF Davis
practiced iii Mississippi i'll its Inlmy
days; already we see every old soak,
every man who cOntemns God and man,
every man who has Sympathized with
rebellion during four long years OIL
blood, without sense or education TO
realize how hntettil treason to this coun-
try Is, ErnvitHting to tho same old level
and soltdifyinE into the party called
Democratic. or course there are good
and honorable men of this political
persuasion from divers motives, but |
this does not conflict with the general /
proposition We nrc making.
II, despite our earnest cxhortatfons
the resurrection of the old worm eaten 1
hulk is IA foregOne conclusion, we can
suggest to its engineers plan to save
them trouble. Let them get their eyes
on every man of good repute, who
pays his debts, loves his wife, attends
the churches, eschews oaths, cnrds,
whiskey and cOpperhead newspapers,
tells the truth, and despfses slander as |
he does the devili who is honorable,
liberal, high-minded and of Christian |
department; then let them watch how
he votes, and note what political senti- |
ments he fayOrs, then go and do exact
ly what he does not; get MS many more /
as possible to do as they do, vote as |
they vote, drink with, lie with and herd |
with them, then cOnglomerate these
elements by appliances used by the old /
Democratic leaders, and to them better /
known than to us, into a mass, and call l
1t the Democratic party. Do all this, |
and the thing is done, and in a genera
tton or two the nation will again be |
ready for an expintory course Of war,
pesttlence and famine.
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