The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1866-08-22
rhe Polisieal Revolutien.

The Political Revelations
The radical politicians, determined 70
be satisfied with nothing short OF the
rule or ruin" pelicy which guided the
actions of Congress at its last session, are
terribly snragsd at the success OF tne
Philadelphia convention and the entnu
. ;siAstic endorsement given by the masses :
Of the people to the principles eapleSSeu
in the mastery address which that con,
yention has put forth. They feel that
the arguments of the address are unan,
swsrsble, and, having nothing to say IN
II, reply, they do just what men beaten
In argument and consciously wrong a.
vsys do-that is, get exceedingly mao
They hope to accomplish by lnso,enoe
and brow.beating and unlimited abuse,
what thew are unable to do by calm anu
sober reason.
BHt it matters not how bitterly they
NAV rail against the President and his
supporters, nor how fercely they may
. a.sa;l the great national movement
which threatens to o'erwhelm and de-
stroy the structure which they nave
bn;lded of avarice, fanaticism and
fraud; the triumph of the cause OF pop
ular rights is inevitable. Men every
where are asking, Why is not the Union
restored2 The "war for the Union" has
been successfully closed; the President
of the United States has proclaimed that
"peace, order and tranquility" pervade
all portions of our country; then what
stands in the way of reunion, and why
cannot men from the North and men
from the South meet together In
spirit of harmony and brotherly con-
cord, without being assailed with the
foulest abuse from those who claim to
be par excelleaee "Usioa menT Inc
only answer that can be given is, that
the demagogues who control the leglsla-
ton of the nation consider their al
legiance to their party paramount
to the duty they owe their country
and are determined to ruin the latter
in order that the former may survive.
They say, Perish the Union Perish the
Republic Perish free institutions but
let the Republican party live!
Against .bs reckless disregard of hui
man rights which has recently charac-
terized the conduct of that party;
against its repeated and fragrant viola
tions of the most solemn obligation;
against its schemes of tyranny and des'
po.;.sm, the sovereign people of the
nation are arrayed. With patience and
long suffering unexampled in the history
of the world, they have silently endured
far greater wrongs than those which
fared eur ancestors to revolt. The new
revolution is already begun, and silent
~ and peaceably, but with overwhelm-
ing force, it will go on until the political
radicalism of the present day is thrust
forever out Of sight and the rights of
the people arc again secured.
IL is the conviction that they are en-
gagged in q desperate eause-fghting, as
it were, against fate-that imparts SO
much of violence to the rawlings Of the
radical politicians. They are endowed
with the bitterness of despair, and, as
thsy sink lower and lower beneath the
wave of popular indignation they WILL
if such thing be possible, grow worse
and worse. We are prepared to see the
second session of the present Congress
out-do in folly and crime that which has
recently closed and we also believe
that, If the radical party is permitted to
have majority in our next State Legis-
lature, it will exceed in folly and outrage
that which filed our citizens with sor-
row and indignation last winter. But
let US hope that the revolution which is
surely on its way may reveal its strength
in West Virginia this fall and restore to
our people the blessing of free govern
ment-popular liberty secured by law