The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1872-06-20
The "Great PriaeiPIes'' Of the De-

TIE RSHGT n is leader yeSterdAy
speaks q. tie graf principles fos which
the Democracy contend" ii being A.
sunsi that those great principles are
hated By the Radicals and endangered By
TIE ProOoztiOo to make Gov. JAooB next
GovsoH Of ibis State instead o. M.
CENDES- We hare beea hearing for .
good Ehie in = eeaerN way, about The
principles hat are attributed to The
DDacrA6e party. We would really Ike
tOkooS Ehi The great principles are
that are eualeo3aa for By the Democracy
As e1poqodsi by the BeTaGz. Il cor co.
temporary woCd Oaly take the trouble to
aeSae then, &c would make 4 valuable
A3tinon TO tie e1Ae; taiuca1iioa Q! The
World We hA3 right;o ezpec; thst .
definition would have beea furnished BY
tie PukecxSarg COnvearoa bCi the rs.
Oluiioos s3op.ei BY hat bo3y are renG.
kIbie for nothing hut their careful svuSd.
Loos q Gay dec!4rAnn Of principle Thai
Csnvsa6dn didn't know whose hands ii.
party Vas going TO sGl into 5; Baltimore
sod Whether TO say good Lord" O. good
Devlss Ii wAs in The situation o. The
Mississippi negro who couldn't s4y
who his master Vas i'll the game Of
poker Vas p.Syed oct So the only
thing it could do vas to SAY nothing
There vas complete agreement o. seven
principles" VIZ the i've lo&ves Snd two
fishes Beyond this ~gresi principles
weselet severely alone, for the excellent
reason that nobody knew what principles
they could venture to assert A declArS.
lion Vas adopted, however, looking to the
acceptance o: the Cincinnati platform
and delegation was appointed tbs; was
known to be iGvorSble to HnRAcE GREE.
LET IS the Democratic standard be4rer
The Democracy in nearly all the States
are taking similar seton, and the accept.
aoce OF the Cincinnati platform and O!
GREELEY al Baltimore IS now looked
upon everywhere As foregone eooclu.
sion The Rtsisser hiss signifed its will.
ingnes to acquiesce in that action- The
CiDcinnsti platform is enphAricAlly de,
clAration Of principl&- and NJ. GREELEY
sA representative Of PRINCIPLES, IS every.
body knows; bu; that the principles O.
either are those for which the Democracy
contend or ever have commended Is news TO
Us 1.-The DenocrAtie party ever hAd aoy
great principle it vas Arootai hostility
10 any governmental in;ertGeoce With
slavery; sod stte- slavery Vas over
thrown, hostility to clothing the freedman
with civil eqEAlity; add Afte- this hsd
baea tooe, 70 ooafGTiaE O hin he .lsk;
q s1trSge- The chisf G-15cle il tie
D1a-I;ic c-ea3 i 1850 4o3 during lie
~, wSs hat Tie ScIies h43 -;c3i 70
seca3e sd b7eak u2 The Taiaa 1 asy
chose; md during md Soce TIE E- a.
AEr great principles oaooscr1;ea
thRs4Vs n tie iArss propositions as--
6uoai- hostility 10 -8hoG61o.- 70 -uirre
e9aiET nd % ~&srE sEzge Y@
;ae Cincinnati pas1t~a vhisa the ps-tr
Is Ibogi 70 endorse Il Nx6laL C.aarsn-
6n, Aoi WHICH GHt5Ei;y hsTs klceaey
saSussi = Sss.s Conversions, declares
IN the eqaLliiy az II nm bfrs The
-lET; Eo3 thu !; Is The dzty O. The
-SOEsoasztio Ds:e out e9aL ADD srscf
JIS6oe 70 81 o, EkEisrE nAdTiry,
-1a, ooIoc, 81" The ssooad .eso-
lEnn pladgs is supporters TO main
-tSin tie lina o. thss S;X:es-
Emancipation God Rdczocaiseas-L
eAo3 10 oppose any reopaiaE d he
"qneSduas sealed By The TIirAsath,
SF0uienth-Ea md fifteenth xnaineas
TO the constitution Il i 10; kooxu
that The Union Of the S:4;es vas one Of
the great pcoGPle,- particularly CO.
tended tr By the Democracy: i; Is %;
known thGt the abolition Of slAve.T, con. |
s1mnatsd By the Thirteenth anendmsa,
Vas specially advocated BY the Dsnoca.
cy; o. the Fourteenth amendment CO..
ie1ing civil rights on the tead b!scks
and imposing disabilities On Conspicuous
rebels; or the Fifteenth sneoimeaL on
fe7tng sosnse On the ~nssex The
Re71a:sT itseh, We think, hss hsd some.
thing 70 say O these amendments, but We
caoao; now positively rtcaR anything in
its editorial columns conieadiaE to. them
IS great Democratic principles Ye,
these Amendments with al ihei, @iuioai.
ds' are defended BY the Cincinnati STAT
FORM and the Democracy endorsing ,hA,
platform pledge themselves 10 ,h;aes
that they were neve. known 10 f.vo,
before This state Of facts makes j; pe,.
tinens to inquire what particular great!
principles" the ReSs<r now CONTENDS 70,
As an exponent Of Democracy. Does
that able journal iniorse the Cincinnati
platform! If so, does ii contend Tor the
three amendments If not, whG. geea,
principles does 1t contend for: Dsnoc.a.
As we'll As Republicans want to know, Tor
some Of the former, IS well IS the la.tes
think il the Democracy are required to
swallow those amendments niger equal.
ity' niger suffrage" and all. they nigh,
As wei Join the Republican party =, once,
and vote for GRANT.
THOSE who are entitled to an increase
OF pension under the set a Coueres