The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1870-10-26
ne Is.aes lIads ~ tie DemoeratI.

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and speake,S have Isyrled in > limited
circle. Their csmpaigu, from thefnming
Of The platform down 70 tlls day, hnsb been
baSed % Two thlDgS; one the prtsumed
popular prejEdIcS agninst the negro; the
other q presumed ability to show the
enormlty Of tic sxiltiDg diSiraDchIsemcnl
OF cx.C ConfederateS and to excite diSaHec'
lion among the Republicans on account Of
II. Under the latter head Is Included all
the crunade against the registry law and
its administration.
In regard to the negro, the Democratic
leaders must zee they have made failure.
That lS ono Of the popular cords that no
longcF yIbrates to the touch Of the dcma.
gogue. The moro the negro question Is
cauvnssCd among the people, the more the
prejudice against allowing him his polIti'
cal rights Il worn away; the more people
come TO sec that in according him polIti.
cal rights they only fulfill the
necessity that grew out OF freeing
him, and that there s no permanent
place for him in the country except as
either a full citizen or a slave; and the
more all come 10 understand TINT in Civ
Ing tho negro the ballot they no more
compromise themselves socially than
they arc already compromised by It's Gxer'
clso in tho hands Of white men whom
they do not recognize 20 social equals In
their persistent attacks on the negro, the
Democrats have brought the pOoplO to
think and talk freely Of the Questions NJ.
iecllng his status to the community; and
| lr they have excited anlmosiiics for the
moment against him, the result has been
to tnmIlIarlze the people with the idea Of
the negro a. a man and citizen, clothed
with political rights as such, till
we hazard nothing In saying that through
out Tho State, even in the ranks Of the
Democratic party, the idea Of the negro
as voter has been greatly Slorn of Its
repuIsIvcness since the commencement Ol
the campaign. Another campaign will
reconcile all parties to 1t. Inthis respect,
VIC think the Democrats 40 far ffom in.
Iurlng tho negro have unIntcnllnnally
helped him along, and instead Of hurting
tho Republicans have only lisgustCd peo'
plG with their own Intolerance Further
more they have by their abuse Of him
rendered II impossible for the negro tc
10 vote their ticket and have thus driven
tho $500 10 5000 negro votes in the State
solid to the Republicans, For this much
favor, unlnlCndcd though 1t was, We make
duo Acknowledgements.
In regard to tho question Of rebel DIS
fruuchiscmcnt we desire no more now
than to recall to tho recollection Of OuI
readers the relative positions Of tho two
parties.
Tho Democratic party taking It fol
granted ull the cx.ConfetICrates would
vote with them, assume 10 be the Specin
champions Of that class, Tho only rca
son that party have for taking this posi-
ton is consciousness OF their aiIlliNtiOr
with tho rebellion; and in assuming thi'
championship they thereby confess 1t
They tell us the Withholding of sutTtNgr
from this class was a great Cnormity from
the beginning, forgetting that these per
sons first dIslrnnChIScd themselves by re
nounClng their citizenship to the Untlct
States. The Republicans hold that the &c
iusal to restore these persons to immediate
political rights, while In no wise unjust Il
them, was necessary to insure pCacctIl
restoration Of the country Hicr tho war
but that such restoration Is now sufficient
" assured to. warrant the rCAdmisSion o
these persons to full political privileges
The whole record OF tho Republican par
" Is against any class prescription o
tho tolcratlon Of any permanent inCHuali
ties among citizens. But tho war for tn
Union was too costly to permit its fruit
to bC endangered by removing tho re
s,ralnts lrUm its defeated foes too soon
I; and the political disabilities that folowc
1t, designed rs they were to protect tn
country against q reaction I'LL rCconStruc
ton had been fully assured, were as Mt
cCssary MS any other measures Of the wa
and Justified by the same kind Of neCess
ty. That is now past and our people ca
afford TO do away with these disabilities
and the reason for them having passe
I away, it becomes not only generous an
! ludiciOus but necessary to do so. Thi
is the Judgment Of the Republica
party Of the State pronounced by Ii
Legislature here last winter in prcpoSir
the FLICK amendment, and confirmed b
=. a popular convention OF the party ,
Parkcsburg in endorsing what the LCgi
laturc had done.
Both parties arc, therefore, fully cor
mlttOd to the policy Of removing the.
disabilities, The difference betwec
them is this: The Republicans, true
their record and instincts as a law.abidir
. party, have proposed to remove the
II in the lawful mode prescribed |
le le the constitution Of the State AS they a
4, inflicted by tho Constitution, nothing b
:. an amendment to the Constitution can T
move them. The Democrats, on Il
other hand, true to their record as a ala'