The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1868-09-21


evolution that these men inauguratet
who now seek your sufrages and asl
YOU to hand over to them allthe power
9f this Government. You need the all
that you can only obtain from part!
of progress and by the aid of your sis
ter States. You, herein this immediate
portion OF the State have the BattiEnorl
and Ohio Railroad and this Ohio river
but you have a Weather portion Dy lhi
than this, the wealth OF which is locked
mn because of tho lacSV Of means o
transportation. GiYe to Virginia an l
West Virginia that James river G auu
KanawIa Canal: Give them thet Ce ~,
trail Railway as:sn outlet poa o LIZ oi
our own products but the pIOuu .
the entire Mississippi YalleyL,cC.aIt 3 ,
them over that Canal at less freig1L ~
half than they can be transported nov
by yyay'of New Orleans or ny hay - -
the Lakes--the most importaht We" OF NE
the age, projected by the i Hla sI,a N II
connfryt living unfinished for want u
SJ.IIItI,y - - tbs mart OF the State through
TLjcS II masses and because OF the utter
innnostbjfitv Of persuadinR herT Oeno-
cratic as she was, that the teoeral Low
ernmenthad any right 70 aid;ner IN the
completion OF such a WORK Ihet WORK
mas attracted the attention not alone of
VIRGINIA and West Virginia and the
Atlantic States, but of the whole Mis-
sissippi Valley. At the last session OF
Congress a memorial was presented
from the Legislssure of Iowa, calling
upon Congress to take this national
work in hand to aid Michigan, Minneso-
Ia, Illinois, Ohio and all these States In
the completion ofthis great work. which
was demanded by the interests OF the
entire nation. That The Kanawha
Valley, rich as it's soil is upon
its bottoms, Is capable of sup
porting population that would
crowd these hills In the development OF
IFS mineral wealth and thus add to not
only your own wealth and the wealth
OF Virginia as well, but to the wealth
OF the entire country. Keep yourselves
arrayed alongside of your sister States
which believe in the clvilizing process
By applying the means and the use
OF the means to States which are pro-
gressive and looking forward to the
material advancement of the entire
country. Range yourself alongside with
them and you may expect the great
good to come to you that Is follow from
The completion of these two great lines.
But turn your back Oh the progress of
tine age; separate yourself from your
IoyaI brethren tarnish the fair char
acter you have won in the loyalty you
have displayed in the war, and ally
yourselves to the men who involved us
in the embarrassments that now sur
round us, and who are again arrayed
in an effort to destroy the country, and
YOU will be left alone TO work your way
rs best you can, either as separate
State or RENTED back TO the State from
which you have been taken.
These are considerations that say
should weigh with West YIrginiRns in
this contest, and hence to them the
contest is one of greater interest than
to any other State in the Union, for in
every other aspect your interests are
bound up with the interests of the
other States. Here you have this adj
ditIonal interest, and these additional
reasons for maintaining the position
you have assumed. And however
much you may regret the legislation
which you charge to RadIcalism, say
Is it not better for you to bear with II u
little while, knowing the day is not
distant when the rough places will be
made smooth, when time and reflec.
ton and distance from that which pro-
duced hatred and bitterness of feeling
naturally soften thes-acerblties of the
present hour. had you better not
bear a little longer for the good in the
granting that General Grant is an hon.
est man. lApplause.l
BIT is there not a consideration to
you my friends who sympathize more
probably than some of the ultra Radi-
Gals do with your brethren OF the South?
Every nave q
support. Whatever may be the con-
sentative tendencies ofGeneral Grant
however much he may desire to do
right, however kind his feelings may
lie to all portions of his countrymen,
he as President fthe United States in
the administration of the Executive
Department Of the Government must
have support. Give him, therefore,
support that will enable
him with the aid of the conservative
element OF the Republican party to
throw bhck this ultra element and turn
this Radical tide, stay this Radical
wRve which you feRris about to engulf
him. Sustain and uphold his hands
for elected he will be with or without
your support. [Cheers,l 1 say that
and will tell you why. L assume that
the people of this country never would
have lost the lives that were sacrificed
in the war, never would have spent the
money spent in the war, unless they
had determined that this country shall
be lone and indiyisible now and for
ever" [Cheers.l Assuming that to be |
so, and assuming them to be intelligent
men, they are not going to trust the
destinies of this country to the man
who tells you an election. is worth
nothing unless the President uses the
military power of the government
against its legislative department.-
They are not going to risk another
war-not going to entrust all that is
dear to them 10 the hands of men who
sought for years the destruction and
division of that country which they
have resolved shall be one. ~ 80 -
Then whether you are conservative or
NOT, vote for Gen. Grant with the views
1 have taken. He is to be the President
of the United States after the 4th day of
next March as certain as he lives.
[Cheers.l Come to his aid then and en-
able him to adhere to his disposition;
his conservative arm; give
to conservatism an influence in his ad-
ministration, 80 that 1t Will be enabled
TO make ultraism hide it's head. A
voice, "Going to do it'll He is ten
times stronger than all his leaders put
together, and you may throw in all the
partisan press. BE has a place in the
hearts of the people no other man &C.
cupies or should occupy. He has saved
the country. Washington was its
father-9rant its savior. [Cheers.l To
him therefore the people look to save it,
not only from open war but from the
strifes that peace has brought. They
look 10 him to restore each and
every part IN all their practi-
cal relations with the Federal
Government SO that all will move on
tremendously and prosperonsly and
that fraternal feeling may again grow
aud we may be bound not only by iron
bands but by silken cords of love, one
peoPle-as wewere before the Southern 4
section became mad, TApplause.l Let
reasopi not passion, govern Reflect
my friends; be men; dare to face the
partisan who would say you have turn
ed Radical IL you chose to- obey your
better judgment, and say quietly and
manfully to yourself that yon will
obey II. Applause. We did not see
WUy1,1 -.
siaught, as we supposed, was made on
slavery. We do not see now why it