The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1866-10-15

Eiehi y. prize,n Why my tellow. u uEens,
re1aatlng these words of Washington y
i Ithrow them all into one, and say here
Witho9t The least fear d Contradiction
IN the hereafter, when the tongue which
aIdresses y6G tonight shall be still In
daSth.. these, people dwelling between
these oceans n ast, Ia the future, as in
the past, be one or be nothing: me
only hope Of the Republic IS IN ihe
nlafht9laIlGa intact oflthat for which
It's battalions fought through iour
years Of war, that not one spgle ROAD
or any State Of this nation shall become
foreign territory A voice, eeThats
rl9ht51@!that not one holy grave in
which SLEEPS the lpefsAhed dust Of any
ofyour unreturnlng BRAY shal ever 9e
covered by,ang foreign dag h1k shall
be protected to the latest syllable otfe'
corded time by thatiban1er OF beauty
IN defense Of which they laid down their
lives 81 tApplapse,l II Sou 11eH may
say, why surely such IN issue as this -
n6tpendlng before the Anler l0A - people.
( Il say 10 You here tonight, Of . surety
that issue, and no other issue IS pend.
ing before the American people. And
II there be a man who dates. here, IN
this enlightened city J. Of WheeIing,
where / have seen in the midst OF, that
great struggle as many thousands in
propoftEon fo itb pbp6Iatioh assembled
10 maintain the causs,nf the Union, as l
haVssver seen anywhere amongstailth
assemblies j have met In other Statesi
from the mountains Of New Hampshire
TO the green plains Of Indiana, II there
be any man here who ventures 70 say
that Il not the issue made BY his own
Democratic OrganizatiQnand now press
Ing for decision before the AmeF1can
people, would respect fully invite. him
10 this stand and. let him make thAtut-
terance and give to this people Nthe
reason for the faith that is IN him."
TAppIause.1 This ID precisely the issue
that has been made and II Is no other
issue, know they do, not choose to
state 1t IN plain simple terms as have
stated IL tonight. / know they have
chosen rather to use words to conceal
their real purposes, / do not intend
that thev shall conceal their purposes ,
Tapplause1 by the use Of. any formula o.
words they employ. repeat IT, the
issue rendered by this "ConservatiVe," "
'tDemocratlc," Johnson, JET. Davis or
ganIztltion Is simply the issue, whether
the war for the Union shall itself be
condemned by the people at the ballot
box as a failure, and whether the very
men who conspired together for the
Oyerthrow OF the CONSTITUTIONAL and laws,
by arms, shall,be enabled to accomplish
their hellish purpose through the IN
strumentality OF the ballot, and all IN
the name OF "democracyIn have no
patience with these men who come
With smooth dIsImulatIon skilled to grace
A DEVILS purpose with an ANGELS ace.
asking. the people To- sustain them In
accomplishing what the people through
four wears OF such trial and peril and
suffering us no people endured ever
before since God made the world, de-
clared It was never their purpose TO
dO,-that Is, to submit the destinies OF
the Republic to the exclusive care of
tFhItorS-traitors to- the constitution
traitors TO the peace and prosperity OF
this people-mep who are opposed to
that grand idea OF securing In this land
Of ours fair days wages for q mir
DAYS work-opposed to energizing the
arm Of industry by the direct protec-
ton OF law, so that every man with.an
honest heart and strong arm might py
his daily toll acquire at least a comPs-
tence, which, humanity speaking, Is the
rock on which the citizen stands erect,
unawed by power, unbribed by gain,
able to smile at the naughty sneer, TO
give truth its due force and TO scorn tho
Embroidered lie. [Applhuse.l These
were the men opposed to
free labor, opposed TO giving labor its
lust and falr reward; and In favor,
in short, of establishing an oligarchy,
wherein the few were to rule the many
and "ride," in tho language Of JelIer.
son, "booted and spurred, over the un-
washed million" d..
Well, they attempted the overthrow,
in the mode have described, and made
yery familiar to the ears of this people
through the four years long conflict.
Failing in that, they come and say, now
let by.goues be by-gones; let us have i'm
mediate admission to full repreSanta-
tiOn in Congress; let us have "the Union
as 1t was and the Constitution Us 1t Is. +"
fApplause.l Well, "the Union as 1t
wash was simply representation In
tho Congress OF the United Slates In
which very small proportion, Ger:
tainly very contemplate minority, OF
the whole white population, as they
had voice or participated III the Gov
ernment, exercised rs much power
as the majority. In the State Of South
Carolina, as every man knows, the poor
mnn, however honest hO might be, was
DISTINGUISHED from his cradle to his
grave. not for want Ol intelligence or
virtue, but for want OF wealth. We'll
now have thought with that grand
poet OF nature, that singer FOR the mil
lion, whose name Is cherished at every
hpnrthstoDe throughout tho civilized
world-RObort Burns-when he wan:
dered amongst the crAgs and
and heather covered hills of his own
Scotland touching the heart OF humun-
ity all tho world over, and telling the
truth when he sRid: ir. ,a
Worth makes the man,
The ranks but the guinea stamp.
lApplRuse.l
These gentlemen didn't like to assO.
ciate with these "greasy mechanics" /"
Tlnughter1 and these 'sInnll listed tarm-
ers." / wonder II 1t never occurred 10
the poor fools that II there were none 10
plough the fields, scatter the seed and
gather the harvest, and give bread TO
the milton, und nOue " weave from the
fleece OF tho sheep and goat, and from
the fiber Of tho cotton and the flax, that
these moor whining devils would be
without clothes aud without bread.
[Applause.l ~,
f6ey come now and say wO want II
lust a. It was; that all thRt beautiful
TnrrItnrv RtPntOhinV nWNV from the
banks OF tho Potomac to tho banks ol
the Rio GrAnde-hHlf M largo as the
continent OF EuropG-lNrge enough ana
rich enough to furnish homes OF COM
fort for one hundred and tiity millions
Of men-Ought to DO held In the hands
OF tho iew t0tbe exclusion OF tho many
-thnt diversified industry should bc
unknown amongst them; tho mechanic
utterly exclndedi and that those who
cultivated the fields should cultivate
them IN letters. They want the "Union
As il was" and "lh0 Constitution ns II
is!" Why, don't these fellows under
stand by this time tint slavery made
Wur on the Government of tho United
States, that tho slave oliHtIrchy con
cluded they would dissolve the bonds
which connected together the various
pnrts of this Union; aud like those blhS
phemcrs of old, they would CnSt lots on
ths Nenmless garment OI tho Republic
ns those whom they Initiate IN their
ntrOciOuS work attempted to cast lou
on tho seamless robe of our Lord HnG
MnSter2 DO not those creatures know
by this timO that their institution whlcl
nude war on tho nntIOH persisted, nnt