The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1870-08-09
Depocrratic Advice TO DemocratE.-
WHY viii iye' Knock your Heads
Against a Stone wall : TG.i nsJirp'


WHY will ye' Knock your Heads
Against a Stone wall TG.! n5Jiep'
FtUh The lC.H,.aWo1ttI .r.'yagG! ~ t}j..i,a
5rH Mr.. Douglas had. BEEN elected, NE
should have had no q civil war, and the
South would lave, been exempt from It's
dcplora6le train III consequences. q The
wisdom If Douglas consisted In his correct
appreciation Of the tone and, temper a
the. Northern, people. He saw that the
safely Of the South depended on d strong
Northern alliance, aud that iSucli ali al
lance was practicable only OIDa basis Of
moderation. What, was, true. ing 1850 Is
trebly true now, when the North has still
greater weight and prepondefa nceI; when
the Radicals control every department Of
the Federal goyGrIment,f anduai large
majority oE,the State governments, TAe
South can be relieved only by Northern
Democratic intervention, and Northern
Democrats may claim to understand the
public sentimentToflt this section better
than ourimpractieable Southern brethren,
Unless they, will permit, US to, act upon
our better knowledge Of the situation
they must resign themselves to the teudet
mercies ofRadical domination. on,...5. q
We.tell them, therefore, in all candor
and plainness, that they only riyet theiI
chains BY fliftlier opposition. u negro
suffrage tit is'hot by negro votes that
they are oppressed, but by white votes
It Is vain for them to inscribe on their
political banners that they are "whitC
mans party" so long as their tytants con.
sist of y Congress elected by'white votes
Negro suffrage is heiresult 0fa white
movement. The. negroes did not ask for
suffrage ill the white Radicals put 1t Init,
their heads. The negroes would vote
rightly enough, II thctwhite Radicals did
not mislead aud deceive them, The In
famous reconstruction laws were passscd
by q Congress in which the South were
not represented at an by n" Congress,
therefore, which was wholly elected by
white constituents. Its not BY negroes
that the South is oppressed, but by
white men; It's most, dangerous enemies
are the white Radicals Of tho North I;
and 1t isfidicul6us to'cxpcct redress from
"a white mans party,fnwheh party Of
white men. aret the authors Of all tho mis-
chief Is Grant a negro! Is Holden a
negro? Was old Th0d. Stevens q Negro,
or elected by negro constituents? Has
not Europe groaned for ages under priest
ly craft and kinglN tyranny, without a
negro among oil her oppressors! Are the
English oppressOrs Of ireland negroes?
Was Poland dismembered by negroes Is
Cuba held in subsection by nation of
negroesy Unfortunately, q great part Of
human history consists Of recitals Of
white tyranny and oppression; and moth
ing could be more preposterous than to OK
pect Justice from "a white mans party
on the sole ground that its members are
white.f 3, ,0r,4y9r ..,., ..... .....y
We ask the Southern Democrats 10
recognize the fact that the North Is the
real battle-ground Of political freedom for
their section. Hero, where the victory Is
to be won, II won Mt all, we have no ne.
gro voters worth naming. It Is contest
between two parties Of white men, and
o pOrpetuation of the old, quarrel about
the rights Of the negro only strengthens
the enemy The negro question Is the
only one on which the Radical party
agree, it is their only principle Of cohesion.
The surest way to. prevent the disintCgra.
ton Of tho Republican party, Is TO keep
that question alive and continue TO force
It upon the country as o political issue,
The Democrats can become d majority only
by drawing of some Republican votes; but
on henegro issue the Republican party can
easily hold It's own, and 80 long as II re-
tains tho control OF Congress there can be
no freedom in the South. II that section
will heed the timely advice given in the
Democratic Congressional address, and
drop dead Issues" we can easily reyolu.
tioMizc the lower Branch Of Congress in
this years elections, now close at hand.
We ask the Southern Democrats, both for
their sake and for ours, to put no obstacle
Id the way Of our achieving this victory.
When tile Federal government is once
more ip Democratic hands, we arc quite
willing they should manage their local
politics In their own way, and will not
thenlihtude npon them any unwelc0me
advice t gaaH i.anHN d!