The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1869-09-01
AN IMPORTANT MOVEMENT.

We prIn! this morning dgcumeu!
which cannot fail to arrest general at.
Ientlop throughout the State. !! Isan
address 10 the Republicans OF Ohio
county, signed b. large number OF
the leading Republicans Of ibis city
aui county-geutlemen many Of whom
tso known personally or otherwise In
al parts Of tho State, and nil OF whom
By reason OF their intelligence, their
business standing and their moral
and social status 10 the community,
may be Justly clAsssd among our best
aud foremost cltizans. They will be
recognized as the men, mainly, whose
laborS and contributions IN times
past built up the Union party In
this county and did 90 much 10
wards creating and sustaining a
sentiment OF loyalty 10 the Govern
nent throughout the Stale during The
war. The opinions they present are
frankly and NoTclbly enunclatcd, and
the character Of those who make the
presentment entities them 10 a respects
Jul hearing. AS II regards the number
signing this address, we are informed
by gentlemen who took an active part
In lie circulation that they found our
Republicans almost unanimous on the
points set forth in II, and could have
SWelled the list Of signatures 10 almost
any number desired had that been the
object. 1t was only thought necessary,
however, to have this expression given
to the public by limited number OF
those who by their influential and rep.
ressntative character would fairly ex.
press the aggregate Republican opinion
ofthe county.
The Views sci forth In this address
are substantially those which have
been advocated In our columns for sew.
erSl months past. We do not Interpret
this fact as indicating that our Repub-
lic2n fellow. citizens have been convert.
ell To our opinions By that advocacy,
but simply that we were giving OK.
preston little In advance to couvIc>
lions which had Hlready taken u strong
hold on them, and TO which, prelimlna.
~ 10 entering on the Fall canvass, they
have iolt It their duty TO give publLc OK.
pre=slOu. While We deem the posi-
LiouA enunoiated In this address right
In themselves, 1t Is not these that Will
strike the public With SO much forcs as
The fact that they seek this expression
at the hands OF SO many Of cur best
citizens, who are as nearly dlaIuteEested
and free from merely partisan motives
amen can we'll be. Tho Significance
OF such fact lles chiefly In another
fact, that what is true OF our Rspubli.
CANS here must be largely true Of them
all over the State, Ths reasons which
operate hero operate elsewhere. The
causes which produce such convictions
In the minds Of intelligent and dIsin-
terested men bore produce like couvIc.
EiuuS In the minds Of the same kind Of
m0n wherever we find them. And go
"" say this movement lie another and q
powerful evidence CT tho liberal senti.
ment that has beea growing up. and
ripeniHg smongst cur people, not here
alone but to greater or less degree all
over the State, for some time past. 1t Is
in this aspect that we commend 1t to
those Republicans who are not clear
that such liberalization as proposed Is
Ia a party sense Oxpedlent, for by such
evidences as these they must see that
some such forward movement IL 10.
evltAble. This ia EubstantlalIy the
platform on which tho successful party
Ia West Virginia In future will
stand. 1.-THE Republicans forocastiuE
the futuro and anticipating the newt.
able, advance aud occupy the ground
while they may. they will be that party.
1--we do not others will, and We shall
have to fall to the rear.
To our friends outside Of The county
We ought perhaps 10 say, In Iusucs to
those who put forth this address though
hero thsir names are sufficient guar.
anty oftho fact,) that they contemplate
no utilization or coalition with the De-.
mocracy. This Is a movement strictly
within the Republican ranks. It con.
templates only the success and psrpe-
tuIty OF that party. l. seeks to cor.
rect abuses Of power aud guards
against their future occurrence, and
to put the party on a truly Rspub.
lieAn platform by removing all Unequal.
tiles among citizens at az early q day
40 practicable. Those engaged In It be.
llsVe the Republican party can
be maintained and perpetuated by con.
formlty and adherence TO these ideas,
and that otherwise 1t canno! beyond
limited period. Upon such broad and
Just grounds Il Is proposed to nomIn.
ale, and II possible elect, In this couu-