The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1868-11-03

Editor. 1nteuigeneer.

Editors IHteutgeneeT' s-s
The necessity OF the Republican party
in this State and in this county is
searching, thorough and lasting organ,
iEation. We have hitherto depended
upon the excitement of a warmly con-
tested campaign for an organisation
and have always permitted that organ
iZation to perish with It's immediate oc.
casion. The consequence IS mat nan
the time and effort which shonld De
devoted TO the effective Work o.. Lne OF
gRnizsd party, Is expended In forming
It's organization and preparing LOT itS
More than this, the best season for
work IS lost. We cannot reasonably
expect to convince political opponents
while they are excited by conu 1as
buoyant with hope and zeal for their
party and blinded and misled by the
representations of its leAdersand news
papers, No man who has attached
himself to party can be changed under
circumstances like these, except In
special cases which very rarely occur
The minds of those who have given
their adherence to the Democratic party
are AT such times, closed to the facts and
reasons we have TO present. Even II
any of them would read and hear, their
party associates prevent them by a sys-
tenn of persecution and tyranny which
has been but too efectually employed
LQ6 EeCeuG CFAhN ass
The only use of the organization and
effort of party during the heat Of the
contest. is 10 kindle the enthusiasm of
its lukeWarm adherants, to gain the
support of the doubtful and hesitating,
and on the day of election to get out it's
votes. 5at
The Republican party, which intends
the benefit and elevation OF the whole
people should not be limited In its wide
purpose to these seasons and these
classes. Its mission is to all men, and
the avoWed and prejudiced Democrat
needs its effort most of all.
When can we reach such a man and
make him listen to reason2 II at all,
only when his passions are cool, his
head clear and his humor good; that
is in the interval between elections.
Then II ever he can see the extrav-
agance, corruption, oppression and
crime of the Democratic party, and
then 1t 1t is that our organized effort
should be made to show him these
things. 10
That is Just the time, when hitherto,
we have failed to make any effort at all
and have without concern seen the par
ticular organization which included us,
melt into nothing.
Shall 1t continue to be so2 1fnot
and we mean to secure West Virginia
and gain Ohio county to the free prin-
ciples ofRepub licanism,t this is the hour
to make the attempt. - a1a
II is proposed TO form and incorpor-
ate in this city a Republican club which
shall be alive and active while life and
activity can be useful, which shall see
that all are supplied with political in
formation when they are in the mood
to profit by 1t and which shall so
maintain the party Organization as
TO save the waste of time, labor and
expense which invariably attend
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club We're to provide. free reading
room, literally and judiciously sup
I piled with newspapers and magazines,
and were to have occasional lectures
| from some of the.eloouent friends OF
| our cause, II would WELD a powerful
influence for the right in our midst. Its
reading room would be the resort and
rallying point OF earnest Republicans
and pleasant place for even Demo
Gratis who are willing to live and learn
and do not believe that the sum of hu-
man wisdom is daily expressed in the
Wheeling Register. -
Many OF the young men, the hope and
strength of the party and the country,
would spend their evenings there in
preference othe less improving scenes
which now attract them. Its influence
on the community would be for good in
other respects than politically. zai1aH
Such public society as is projected
sation, and at periods when such work
is most effective. 1t would be us ready
to put forth Its exertions at a charter or
Legislative election "a in the choice of u
President, and would be prepared to
embrace every opportunity which may
occur to labor for the good cause.
The plan on which the club has been
projected Is broad and popular. The
shares are SO low as TO be within tbs
easy reach of every one, while those
whose means are more abundant, may,
by subscribing for more than one share,
aid in proportion to their abilities.
And while 1t may be unnecessary, il
is not improper in this connection tc
remind the wealthier men among ouI
friends of the manifold interest they
have in every effort to educate and ele-
vate politically those around them,
When the founders of our institutions
extended wide the privilege OfsuIrage,
they in effect made property enterinto
bonds 10 make voters Intelligent, be-
cause they are powerful, and TO -edu-
cat them that they may be just and do
right. Can our men of means better
discharge their duty tosociety or bet
ter suoserye their own Interest than by
assisting this Republican club in its
endeavorto make every voter an in
telliGent voter, SO that the ballot he
puts into the box shall express his own
enlightened ideas of right and wrong,
and not the bidding Of dishonest men
i or despotic organizations2 Can the Re-
publican party of Wheeling build a
nobler monument to Its zeal, its free.
dom, its patriotism its humanity, than
m institution, whose power and dis
position for good shall be greatP
4 Yours, RADICAL.
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