The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1872-07-19

GBRRIT SMITH
r.,.rnp Abolltlonlst breads the
The F'' DenOcratlc Party
..,., h, Think. OF Grcele''' A''l'
VIM aucc With IT.
,.r,o,rpsy must be kept out Of Power
~. Republican Party Still the
~" COunuY'S Refuge

II.
'oI r. ess n ul,, at PeterbOrO, New YORK,
'o nS ,srg between the two parties
reproducedin full The speaker AK, 1 SS'I
The Republican party u Is my Sm nOP 80 much much
Is this pa nscd not say that i Is not the .,
afraid AFRAID democratic party-thG party Of
on oElsl e1sIiIdRSod and youth. That was ',ls, .
I my S psTiy-a party for human Ii IsnIs
w Og S1r6 an equality. 1t was the reform
AD Dc,S 1u III ia DAY. 1t favored universal
ipS SIg e. and the abolition Of impTiso son,
'u .ns 1or Jebt, and many other beneticent
a ussTI But this modern Democratic
Coaar1t T degenerate Democratic party
Plt 4. yery unlike the original Democratic !!
n,ty II Is utterly unworthy Oh tLV
p psns II has 50 falsely, not to say knavlsa'
+ I'I assumed. 1t had, for manyyears Do i
IA our accursed rebellion, sympat99izea
W, ,s;,b al and served the slave power Of our
MI Hence, when, q dozen years ago,
, ,tt mighty power became 50 infatuated
., ~ fs1i upon our nation with the pir'
:, !, If breaking It up entirely and for
fvsr Il found the Democratic party ready
s ~ Nh carry this malignant purpose into
SS.ct, Indeed, but for the well known
SrSslavery spirit oil that party, the rebel.
Eion Wonld moi have been. 1t was the
Law, ,o poTets reliance on that spirit and
a mi The impiledly, il not in fact expressly,
M aid Of tens Of thousands OF
Sortbern Democratic troops, which sup
DlIed what that power lacked Of enconr-
ppyemept and boldness to plunge into the
rsbellion. When speaking OF this de-
generate party, |, Of course, do not in.
sepde il Il tic thousands Of loyal men
who, on the breaking out Of the re-
beIliop, 6rsOOk it and eSpOused the cause
Of tbelr country. All the way through
lbe war this Infamous party continues in
more or less active sympathy with the
lave power-eyer hostile to the emanci.
nation Of the slaves, and ever hating and
ispising the cOlored race, All the way
through The war It mourned over our sue.
cesses and rejOiCed in our defeats, All
The way through the war, it distavored
ellistments in our army, and opposed the
drafting Of men TO fill our wasting ranks.
All The way through it, it did what it
could TO weaken our national credit, both
sthome and abroad; and to reduce and
cripple our means for carrying on the war,
And since the war its conduct has been
in keeping with It's conduct during the
war. Reputation Of our national debt,
and impossibility that it could ever be
paid, when not tho Cryupon its lips, were
still the deep desire Of its heart. De-
spairiug oil the literal reinstatement Of
the negro, it went for heaping upon him
IS much Of other injustice and cruelty as
was possible. 1t refused him the right to
vote and to be educated. To this day il
persists in refusing him his full measure
Of civil rights and his equality before the
law, Worst and most Satanic OF all, to
oppose all efeCtual legislature Tor sup
pressing these Southern associations, that
whip and hang and shoot thousands of In.
aOCent blacks, and not few innocent
white men also, who dare stand up for
Justice 10 these innocent blacks. Let me
here say that nothing surprises and
alarms nc more than the soItened tone in
which this hell.bOrn Ku.Kluxism is now
spoken of in certain quarters where, until
quite recently, twas denounced with the
utmost vehemenCe. How great the change
at this point, in even the New York III.
5uHs' DOesit but reflect a change in It's
lOrmer eminent editor? How sad, il so!
This and o few other newspapers, styling
themselves "Liheral Republicans" (alas,
they are quite too liberal toward this
speculative wiCkednessD continued, until
within a lew months, 10 invCigh against
ha-HIuxism as the most horrid OF
aIl the crimes Of earth. But now
these newspapers would have us believe
That ku'kllxlsm was only o little and
'Goftllved affair, which has already pass.
cd away, leavingpeace, harmony and love
10 supply It's place, ladmit that there is
Just now a lnll In the storm-but the
Storm Is not yet ended. l admit that lust
now, the outbreaks of this matchless
W 'iI, are less frequent, but there are
SUI thousands upon thousands Of men
ana women who are in constant dread of
lhelF recurrence, Let President Grant
who 50 faithfully executes the laws
SsgainSt Ku'kluxism, Withdraw hisrepress.
ing hand for only q single week, and the
names Of hell would again burstout there
As ilrlouSly as ever, and the whip and
IA y. and bullet be again rs busy as ever.
hS tue that thirty.six persons, convict
cd Of Ku'klux crimes, were sent n low
gsys ago to the Albany penltentiary, and
" sEas hundreds and more nearly thousands
o. Others arc now under Indictment for
s suGH crimes but the spirit Of Ku.klnxism
WIFI VIII not Die out so long as the Democratic
Parry exists 10 sympathize with that
spirit s Let us not bedeceived by the rem.
RESERVATIONS that Ku.kluxism IS confined
" N. tae low whites" Of heSouth. Many
I u Ine influential Southern Democrats Nre
involved IN it. No small proof OF ibis il
s oo1 mol p lew Of them fled the country as
S So.ul as President Grsut undertook 10 en-.
.otce Iae law against the murderon,
sCoundFels. No wonder that ho ia I'M.
R lS9w ni. with these scoundrels, and that
s lucy prefer for President some softer ner.
Sya Iaan this iron and inyincible soldier
,NNssveet,lheIess, the dread he inspires i inai
, SaaI Is needed few years longer to re-.
I NV a anu subdue this worst element in
S ~ population OF our country, il moi in.
S os Inc worst in the whole world. NJ,
,Sa . ald consent to have nv name o'S Al
S.a mead Of the names to Jefferson DAVIS q
IS1aIsSond, but, as you are aware, I fall va, %,
andy toward the South as IN hn f.o a.
S ne very FIST in favor of universal lam ann
TTs s When, however, the reirn "U u
nSS'Elnzism set in, l paused, and d6nb,SI
'Sr that portion Of our conn, r,
' Salca breeds and cherishessuch mon o
iTT St,I.F receive any more inherited favCrs
o na'liIy did | concur with the motion ' .
wi WI 9!d ncighbor, Senator Nvc that ~, !"
S Sai for amnesty be re1S s%I ' y
IiciSSS, themselves bytheir oaths Of ali mar =,
urIpalon in .klIxIsm. A'' par
al Gaca, my ncighbors, as 1 have descr,b
81 occ u, 5 Tie Democratic Party. But wbO
C CSSssion had | for describing il? % IN,
lesi SU5 Is Ine present rekindlipr of II