The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1872-02-16
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CoNPEDRIT \ ROWS,
witch Is in the State Nv KcntucE& /
N"' January 90, 1879. J
From the Toledo Blade,
We he'd Consultashen ut inc EorEcr :
last week. at WITCH wu2 di5cusGu tnc past
present and future Nv tue Dl,ho .,r
Bascom remarked that 1t wool takG y
lone time TO 20 over the pas Nv inc parry,
hmt from nresent appearances he wu2 Nv
he oninidn That its llchGr Good lie iully
licensed in a mint or two. ! reDookt
him for Ills attempted levtty. 49,. -,
The mcetin wuzn't eggsackly n love
feast, nor VT a revival, but II parIook
largely nv the general appearance and
crc7ny funeral. There wuz on the faces
no Mi present n sort Nv subdoOd sadnis, q
kind Nv dcspairin .h0pclisnis and forced
resignation, Gz it were, witch ! hey Observ.
ed on the faces Nv gentlemen who he'd
bin convicted Nv murder in the first de-
gree, and wuz, IN conscience, standin on
4 trap door, in company with sheriff, u
clergyman, q doctor or two, and the com
mittce wich he'd bin appointed to sec that
he wuz properly hung.
1t wuz decided that what allied the De.
mOCriy wuz its close adherence to dead
ishoos, It's general Clingin to the dead past,
md It's stubborn reloosal to accept the
inevitable. Imade that last remark, and
il struck a responsive chord in oil their
bosoms. Deekin Pogram didn't hev the
iaintest idea wat the inevitable wuz, but
he scd he wuz ready TO accept ii, and
BasCom, who sposcd that il wuz ruther
opposed to the credit system, scd it wu2
wat he he'd bin clamoring for, for years,
we agreed that the time had come when
the Dcmocrlsy shood cut loose from the
dead past, accept the inevitable, and grid
up her lOins for grapple with the live
present and the kickin fucher. We de-
tcrmined that We wood bury in a deep
grave all the lumber that he'd impeded
our onward movements, and THROWN our
selves into the ranks Nv progress, keep
close up-ef not fetch ahead-uv the.
progreSsiveSt. And we appointed a
meelin at wiCh to Cnunciate these new
views, and appointed committees to draft
res0lOOshens expressive nv EN-. That
muelin wuz held last mite, and the follow
ing whereases and resolooshens, wlch waa
adopted, shows the feelin wich animated Il.
WAREAs the necessities NV the times
demand the continuance in life Nv the
Democratic party; and a'is
WAREAs it can't be expected that a
partykin live forever on wat it hez bin, and
WARgAs the times demand progress,
and the very Invest ov our live idecs, and
WAREAs the Dmokratic part is a party
uvprogress, it bein only nessary for her to
cut from her shoulders the load witch
hez borne her down, that she may be free
and unGmbarrassed 10 run new race NV
rejnvCnatid life, and '!4
WAREAs we desire to cut loose from
the dead past ana accept the inevitable,
that we may he abreast NV the most pro.
grOssiye, We therefore adopt the. lollowin
rz the platform Nv principles NV the pro-
greSsive Dimokratic party Nv Kentucky
ResOlUea, That the Dimocrisy of Ken.
tRCky bein party Nv progress and reform
reiOoses to turn its face backward-reioo
es TO consider tho dead past, or to deal
with any but live ishOos, does hereby de.
clare that the last war with Great Britain,
that Nv 1912, was not only justifiablc,
but highly rite, and that while we dc.
nouncc with inexpressiblc loathing the
Fcicralisls who opposedit, we declare the
rltc Nv American vessels TO sail The high
seas without bein subjected to the annoy.
ance Nv search, and put proudly onto onr
banners, "Down,with bloo.litc Federal.
Ism-Free Trade and Sailors Rites"
RC0lVd, That the removal NV deposits
by Andrew jackson wnz not only cOnsti.
tOOshna but Commendablc. ~.
RGS0lrd, That the charges agins the
Administrator Of Martin Van Buren,
were iasehOods Nv the. most audashus
character, and that the progressive Dim.
ocrlsy NV kentucky do hereby denounce
the lalsltyin sCoundrCls who not only
published, but proved them outrageous
statements.
Rt0IHdi, That the anneXashun NV Tex.
rs and the consequent war with Mexico
wuz justliable, and we hereby thank tho
SOlers Nv that war for their gallantry.
RENtTd, That the conduct NV Stephen
A. Douglas in dividin the DimokratiC
party and thereby electin A. Linkin to
the Presidency, was not only reprGhensi-
bic but damnable.
Rt0ted, That we desire 10 bury dead
shoos, but We do assert that the war agin
Tue Southern States, inoggerated by a.
Llnkln and carried on by the Abilishnists,
wuz heenyus and damnable, and the pro.
gFeSSlve Dimockracy NV Kentucky here.
by pledge themselves to urge an undyin
war agin all concerned in it forever and
forever, and to beQueath this undym hate
otheir children and their children's chill.
dren TO the latest generashun.
htSOted, That, turnin our faces to the
IucAer, we do assert African Slavery wa:
not only Biblikle, but wua RELY for thC
Oest interests Nv both the African and the
CaNcaslun, and that in emancipation tho
slaves A. Linkin and his Ablshn coadiu.
@rsnot only struck blow at revealed re.
!!lslon, but n staggrin one at the material
interests NV our beloved country.
RsSo'rai, That while we accept the inc.
viaCIe we declare the Afrikin to be the
I Hn Nv the white man, and must from
MolEIC and ethnologidle reasons alluz be
INFERIOR, and that the given Nv him the
ballot alter maxim Nv him free is an out.
taSe TO which no Demekrat kin possibly
Ee"sOd, That the proposishen 10 no,
only permit the niger to vote, but to
make eIIglbleto jo0ry dooty, and to oils,
sone %lch no progressive Dimokrat kin
entertain for a mint.
IN, lhSsed, That the progressive Dimoc.
MSy 10 hereby enter their solemn protest
%sn inc payment NV the debt incurred ii
Ie pFosekooshen Nv an unholy war, and
w hereby denounce all the bonds ishood
HCHaGEee Nv. that debt, Cz NV NO moro
O'1Gln force than!waste paper.
&S'rtd, That u progressive Dimocracv
OoS with alarm upon the efforts beiIr
made in Delaware TO abolish the W hipnil
post in that State,
Ieo'ul, That the opprest whites IL,
Tue S0NthnFtN ENhNnn ,.,ial, 49, oo,,,.1II, -.