The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1870-04-27
THE STATE CANVASS.
The Duty Of the Conservative States
meo of West Virginia.


From the ParkerSburg Gazette.
The only real use of parties, is, to
collect and bring into cooperation for
the general good, the assim'lated princi
pies OF the different elements in society
Designing men always seek TO use these
parties, so formed, to secure some per-
sonal end hut the masses are only i'll
terested in securing a good government
by the adoption of the principles which
they desire to see enforced This being
the case it is the duty Of the statesmen
who are the representatives and leaders
of the people, 10 carefully note the vari-
Gus changes and gradations of ideas in
the masses composing the different par
ties, and by fair and judicious com
promise of names, titles, small points Of
difference, due and fair division OF the
emoluments incident to success, and in
decd, anything which will certainly
secure the advancement of the great
principles of which they are the expo
nents, and which it will be for the good
of the people to maintain. When this
can he done without sacrifice of any
fair principle, il renders the party adopt
ing these means, powerful for good, and
makes its success secure. There has
been no time in the history OF our State,
when an application of these gen
eral principles could be more properly
and jus,itiably applied, than the IRE
sent.
If the Republican party ever had a
mission, it has been fully accomplished.
There is nothing more for it to do in the
line it claimed as It's peculiar property
except it be the continued enforcement
of its proscriptive measures. The ne
gro is a freedman. He is a voter and
an oiiirrr-a Senator-a citizen. Is
there anythingmore vet claimed for him
which it is requisite To maintain par
tv for? He is now invested with all the
sovereign powers that this government
can bestow. Must he still have guar
dams? Must he still be "the ward of
the nation" or will it not be light to let
him work out his own destiny without
the artificial aids found heretofore neces-
sary for the care of him. Within the
limits of this State there are thousands
of liberal Republicans who OnlyI differ
with Democrats in name. They are in
favor of abolishing the odious protective
tariff that is gnawing out the very life OF
the people. They are in favor OF the
repeal Of the unjust, inquistorial and un-
constitutional income tax. They are in
favor of paying the Government obllga-
tons in the same currency III which the
debt was contracted They favor a more
Just and economical administration ofthe
Government. They favor general re-
duction Ofthe enormous taxes now lmpos-
ed. They favor Il reduction of the
horde of officers all over the country, so
expensive to maintain. They favor the
maintenance of'the just rights of the
State, without impairing the necessary
powers of the General Government,
They favor an earnest and thorough de
velopment of the vast resources and
powers of our State. And more than
all, and above all, they favor strlklngthe
shackles off of $4,000 white men who
are now disfranchised and ostracised,
within the limits OF our State.
Concurring in all these principles,
great and glorious as they are, and
worthy the support Of every tair-mlnded
man. what divides them? If it be a
name, compromise it. fla question of
time, agree upon it. If a medication OF
any other trifiing difference settle 1t IN
that spirit of concession and fairness
which always heals breach and cor
reefs misunderstanding. Bring into the
next convention all the elements of OPP
position to the insane, suicidal policy Of
the "Bitter-enders," whose only vitality
is power-whose only prestige has been
success-its only Office todrive away our
best citizens-whose only purpose is
continuance in control of the State by an
unjust tyranical and arbitrary exer-
else of an unfair and unconstitutional
law. Whose only hope of popular favor
is bv continuing the excitement OF the
public mind-leading it to hate, revenge,
and all uncharitableness. Combine all
the elements of opposition to this most
vicious party! Determine to bring the
country back to its form purity! See
that every citizen of the United States
shall, in fact, be citizen of this State,
irrespective of the past See that the
offices and officers shall be purified, and
that the party representing these meas
ures, shall clean out the Augean stables,
and give to the people a fair, just,
equitable and economical government,