The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1866-10-23

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| spired from the White House, and ap.
pealing to the sword alone for support.
So glaring an attempt at usurpation
would be even more criminal than abb
surd. Happily, the people, by electfng
an overwhelming majority of thorough
" loyal Representatives, may render its
initiation tmpoSstble.U ttE
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TEHDEMOORATIC PARTY.
Its Defeat In the Late EleetIOns---Ita
0pposltion to the War Fatal:..Lhe
verdict or the Loyal 8 tOteS thus fAr.
c0rTeuoonde'lee Of tEe Retg York Times.
The Times uttered great political
truth when It said, The people of this
country dread the ascendancy of the
democratic party. 1t is very difficult
/ for a man who has always acted with
the Democratic party to understand
this. He has been accustomed to look
phant; as associated with many of the
great names of the past, and as the au-
thor of great measures of Policy. But
he is blind to two facts, which decide
the people. First, that the Democratic
party has totally changed its ideas; and
more advanced in Intelligence, and can
clearly see what the change is. From
a liberal, generous party in favor OF
human progress and freedom, it became
allied with slavery, with an oligarchy
of SHAREHOLDERS; and it maintained
these with the dogma of secession and
the dogma of inferior races. In this age
Democratic party is about equal to that
of an astronomer who denies that the
earth turns round, ora churchman who
maintains the temporal sovereignty of
the Pope. Sod
But with all this, the party might
have fingered along, a few years but for
its insane opposition to thelwar. That
was quick and fatal blow. The death
of the rebellion was the death of the
democratic party under its present or
ganization. 1t cannot be what Mr..
Weed calls reformed" for there Is no
principle of reformation in 1t. 1t has
no moral sense, no convictions of any
kind. There is no one thing on the face
of the earth It believes in, except the
Democratic name and the inferiorityio of
the negro. What a platform to stand
on, in the America OF 1865 A great
party must have convictions. The
time is gone by in which a prevalent
party can be formed on Mr.. Weeds
theory of combinations /; and nothing
to my mind can be more absurd than
to talk about what Judge p. and Mr.. r.
and Mr.. w. agreed to do at Philadel-
phfa, or Saratoga, or Albany. The peo-
pie, who have convictions, will send
them ali where six States, voting have
sent their colleagues-tot the gulf of po-
litical perdition. And why2 Why are
the depths of the popular heart moved?
Why are the people stirl ed against their
old leaders7 atsrr ~ 5Ft
will give you three reasons, which
are quite sufficient: First, The people
found that the copperhehds ofthe North
and tho rebels of the South, and the
policy of Mr.. johnson, were all united,
to take from the loyal people Ghe fruits of
their OictO1.yi1t the tOdr. Ifthe rebeliter-
ritories could send a full representation
to Congress, and the copperheadsi of the
North could gain a little, then the DEM
ocratic party would be reinstated in
power, the fruits of victory lost, and.the
rebels triumphant. Half million of
lives and three thousand millions of
money would be lost. The rebels
would have gained the Substance of
victory and the people be defeated.
The very heavens would darken and
the angels might weep over so sad a
failure. Doiyou think people moro
intelligent than any on earth, q people
who sent millions OF men to the field to
defend their Government, will ever
submit to the ascendancY of rebels and
copperheads? The idea that we must
receive rebel representatives in order
to preserve the Union is naked nom
sense. 1t is dlsgraceful to human in
Lee surrendered. The law prevails
and the flag floats over inch of our ter
ritory. The people are resolved that
the war shall be completed, and the,
fruits of victory enure TO those G0fo Sdo1t
Lhe battle. es &. li5.7 i
earnesty religious people ofthis country
are on the loyal side, and specially op-t
posed to the course of Mr.. johnson.
They have convictions. They are in
earnest. They are what Mr.. Weed
calls radicals; aud ifyou want to know.
what their influence Isl You can look TO
the Western electtons-past and to-
come. When you count In the West,
north of the Ohio, 60 radical members
to IL Democrats, you will find that the
West has her convictions, loyal and res
'ligfous; and that she will act on these
convictions, honestly and earnestly.
The religious sentiment ofthe country
was very earnest against the course
and pilgrimage ofsMr. Johnson. This,
too, was almost compulsory; for
thoughtful, religious men are always
prepared to support the President IL
they can.
Thirdly, There is great disgust at the
manner in which the recent appoint
ments have been madenot because
every man did not sconcede the right
and propriety of the President in APP
pointing whom he Epleased, but from
the obvious purpose of 1t. need not
discuss this point. The power Of pa
tronage In the National Government
has become SO immense that it may be
we'll hereafter to consider whether we
may not cOnstitutionally put some
limits to 1t. Such are some Of the rea-
sons why the people, especially in the
West, have become earnest and excited
in the recent elections. The vote is
Immense and the verdict irraparable. i
Now what is the Verdict2 It Is that
the Democratic party shall not come
into power, and the rebel territories
shall not be represented till they have
adopted the amendments to the Gonstf-
tuition. This Is our IlLttnIdtaIa, and
those who do not accept it will fare
VINO has Andrew johnson PunIshed1 ,
Not one step has been taken by the
Government 70 punish the authors Of
the massacre of New Orleaus, and the
guilty Mayor and his rufannly police
still rule the city they have stained with
innocent blood! Yet the inyestf9ation
of the crime has been most thorough.
the evidence; solely obtained rom
white men, no one dare Contradict.
Gen. Sheridan, Gen. Baird, the Military
Board, unite in accusine the civil
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