The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1868-07-20
ne Grm. Issue

Tie Democrats Cszveul1z oE Es4
dzc1a-sG EEE EE 4 EaIETz- L6s loyal
EecpLz zesEzsd the SoE5z Azt zoaxEE
ou % IN GncaE6lEioz4L vEZ1Ery. Tie
Democrats CGETzE-tC1 oE LsGE declares
LEs 1ar 6sCt zEALL &c rePa1LatEd- Ard
I1eIr WCEA VII ~ equally spUEEeG ~
IL zams EorcEz5fz PEcpEs. In 1854
EpCu a platform CE zuzrsccz- 70 rsczE-
LCE- re DzuGcr43 EcuE11zEd the CO..
zpbc1cua military zaLLGrs Of EEs va
In LSEe, CPc1 4 FIzSHcEE a rep1cla-
Li1E, CEsF c5UIn4-z = Pars GoppsE-
k=ad. In 1854 EhE uEH VIC tEcEEEs L
possIcIE 70 prevent victory directed
EEa eocve1Gjoc- IN 1873 ne saus usc
WEo mix tiara = a. 1=as[ eEAEcs O.
d4z-zslz he Fic1nz controlled "a.
TEsre Il Ia dou5E ~ 50 shz EsOs a.
tbs can aLzn- S1zG the ex-Ee6=zS and
,E=EE roElEIcz4I allies dLzEoEcc the La
c5crAi Eaus by rspudEAzInz tie de5E
AID czGEzEInz Thz Loyal sttiZz1s Of the
SoC=hzEr STATS Sail All tEs E6rx
q rscoEsEEucEiha L. uudoas, and TIE
eoznsr- pEuuzsd ans= icto JEs EXeltz-
uzEE a orzaniIInz the UcioE S6A4
TIE poL5cy q za15zcEnZ the LoyaL Pcp-
UEaJIoc 70 the late rebels os substituted
s5- tle policy q RECONSTRUCTION upeC
EGE4L ElxE1 WElca - noE n pEacz=z
o. 4ccUu piIzcuz=cE2
These a<s tie 3GEsE+1Es fairy pa. u
Tie god sen=s ard patriotism OF Tie
A@=FIeaD p=opIs Oy the two platforms
ard TIE c1a5I-E1GS- SoC does L mGtEeE
inAE L m4y a. dsaI=d tEzs Iks Demo
cratic PLzEEoEn explicitly opens tGz
Gaestioc ct rEcoczE-1eticu- Is dsc42-
TAEion L, that the EscoEzEcueEIoa scts
go called o. Congress are uzurparIccz.
and unconstitutional, revolutionary
and VOID Any man G. cheer Who
refuses 20 Acknowledge them Il J1Sti1=d
- the DsD0c-sc5c platform Coming
into power re party u4ss fT=es LEcse
acts a T0Ed O. belle III declarations. II
Il acts a. Il Pr0fszsEs TO osfIsEs II will
sss the aets aside II i chooses 20 bale
itz words, il VII i: iLhen stand Bet
IN wat manner IL i likely to rApscs CT
enforce acts which Il 0EuoCnc=s a.
void L Eh= E@conzsrCc-ton Ae[s ars 20
bzoyErfhrcEn, let tns DsmccEAIic party
cone into power. II the are 20 remain,
WnIca viii mCss hoaoFz6ty maintain
EnEn-tke PARTY which BELIEVES In tie
principles trey emcCdyr CT tEaE which
dsrtcsz E1e principle and declares them
uSaEPat3Ous, revolutionary, AID void :
The attentive ard reflective reader
viii also remark tE2s, according 70 the
Democratic platform, the present zIIua-
what might ba wished, Il wholly due
20 the Republican party Tat men
ike Wade Hampton and " 3 Forrest
and General Hoks, and hundred 9Th
er rebel oEcEEs who sat IN the ConvEr-
rion, have directly oE indirectly done
any thing to disturb ths national tran
guilty or increase the public debt, is
NOT remotely suggested. Bot words
were feeble IN The mouths Of the Com
EitCee upon Resolution 70 describe the
enormous odsEsss ct q party which had
led the country in its noble and til
umphAns resistance TO the rebellion.
whether In the field or in Copperhsad
L. ~ -
speaEabIe stain from the nSGiouzl char-
aSteE, and which, without e stroke Of
vengeance, has restored the Union
upon the enduring principles of Liberty
and justice. L has not made Wade
Hampton and his companions the ar
6irers OF the fate Of their loyal neigh
boEs; and the Democratic party, which
four years ago ciamoZed for surrender
to Wade Hampton and Forrest and
Hoke, now deuouncss the party that
prevented the surrender. and LhaE hon
ors all loyal men in the land.
The issue OF reconstruction raised by
the Democratic Convention Is precisely
that for which Andrew johnson has
been coatendin2; namely, thai when
the rebellion in arms was overthrow
the only national right Whatever within
the recovered States was the night OF
prosecuting for treason, and that every
State might rsorSaniZs itself as II chose.
The Republican ground OF EeconStrue-
ton Is, that as there was no authority
len in any Southern State after the sur
render bot that OF the United States, no
step toward civil government could be
taken but by their authority, and that
they were bound in recognizing the
States 10 take such measures as eman-
ciPatton and the general welfare of the
country required Upon this principle
the Government proceeded. Il moved
slowly, fog only gradually could the
real disposition Of The Southern States,
uPcu which 50 mech depended, be as
esrrAicsd- Ii did NOT acE upon any al /
ztract theory, fog Il was peculiarly = /
s1otscE Of practical s-AIesmsnshIp. 1.
has nov restored all bCE three of the
States that made var upou the Uafou.
me ecmPtEte Pac5heaIiou of those
atss. their adApsAsiou TO the rsd!csI
csa12e4 WrougOE by the war oncf tl1gir
renewed Industry and prosperity. sra
results that can ns only slowly et:siT.-
ed, BAT are hoet attaiuablz al All Tr1tIy
AFTER their PoiEicaI Organization n
this which the Democrats platform Ife-
noUnces a. void. II Is tais Whfcb the
American people viii sustain preeis=FJ
as they sustained the Saz, azairsr ne
declaration OF the Democraric Vfafsar[I
of 1854 that it was = faIlnre.-RarpeTEs