The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1871-11-24
A Few Plain and FOrcIble ObSerVa-
lions on the DecaYing Democracy.

| LlOuh un INC OGCalAAb DSAASSA0SSs
Prom tho Cincinnati Commercial u. n
Ills party spirit which leadg journals IKE the
Chicago TFibNRS, Cincinnati OoDlH'efeidk and ST.
Louis Democrat to write az though u would be
good thing II there were but one party llnd that
LhsIr party, Of eOurseO In the Ahd.-LouIsrGh
Courier" Journal
lift Is partisan to insist that there shall
be no more fOolery in this country about
the right to smash the nation according to
the cOnCeits OF any corner OF it-no more
provincial nonsense about the right OF Sc
cesslon, or the supreme sovereignty OF the
States, as States--nO more malignant per.
secutiOn of men on account OF complexion,
or the continent their ancestors, or pOr.
ton of them, came irOm-nO more base
trucking to class because they or those
before them inherited, bought or beg0t
and sold negroes-then We shall DO parti-
sans forever. II lit Is partisan TO insist that
We, the people Of all the States Of the
Union, constitute Nation, with all the
powers Of selEpreserVation, aud all the OBJ.
legations OF honor 10 pay It's debts and pro.
serve the liberties Of its citizens that any
Nation possesses or ever possessed, then
we shall be partisans to the end Of time,
The stink Of slavery Is still to be discOv.
erable in the Democratic organs, and the
idintic incohercncy Of the jabber about the
sacred and inviOlablc sovereignty OF States
is still the fayorite theme Of hundreds Of
Democratic country papers. Why don't
the members Of the Democratic party,
who have good sense and are patriotic,
suppress these fellows Of cviInolses and
VillGinous smellsI The country Is grow.
ing away from them, Of course, Not ono
day passes but that the advance OF tho
country increases the difficulty, already
insurmountable, oil tho return Of the
Democratic party to power. The old
Democratic party will never more rule
America. It Is impossible. There iS
enough oil itleit to prevent the proper at'
tention TO Administrative reforms. Inca
pAble of good, the Democratic organiza:
lion Is formidable for evil by perpetuatlng
power in the hands Of Republican denia-
gogues. The party has persisted IN q
malignant vitality, In spite Of oil the leS.
sons OF history, and every demand of pa.
trlotism. The true parties arc not tho
Republican and the Democratic, but the
Administration and the Opposition. THUS
our parties would now have been or.
gained, II It had not been for the an
omoly and anachronism Of the Demo.
cratic party, which, Identified as II was
with slavery and rebellion, could not,
after the war crushed the ono and
abolished tho other, have healthiul
existence. II could not DO otherwise
than q protest against the pro.
gross of the NatiOn-a "reminiscences of
warning Of the shame and waste OF the
past, Thepetty bowling about tho con.
ditiOn of the country Is absurd, and i
would be humiliating II II were not In a
dull way ridiculous. The country 10 do.
Ing magnihcently. 1t Is getting out Of
the murk and miro Of slavery and State
Sovereignty, and the rest of tho barbar-
ism and ignorance, for tho return and
reign OF which there Is such signing and
wailing iu Kentucky. She Is paying her
debts, too. Grant Is not doing II with
his Casey In New Orleans, and Murphy
In New York, and Simon CamerOn's
Douglass In tho Internal Revenue Blu.
reau. The millions who are at work In |
the fields and the shops, and along tho
rails and the rivers, and everywhere that
o strong arm and an active intelligence
are made productive, arc those who are
To be honored for the advancement Of the
Nation, just as tho millions Of boys who
carried the guns In the armies Of tho
Nation, and not any General or Generals,
crushed the rebellion and won the gloryI
of that achievement. The Democratic
party, as q party, can't go forward. II
will not be permitted to drag the nation
backward. The only practical question,
the solution Of which Is within It's capa.
city Is, wa II get out Of tho wGy9