The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1872-11-14
The Future Of the IlepablIcaa Party,

IVILom tnV DETROIT TT1oune (hOpublcan.)
With much Of the agitation Of Reform
In oil It's phases-in our revenue laws, h
our system OF civil administration, In thl
character Of our public servants, and h
The details Of our partisan manAeement-
which preceded the opening Of the now
finished political campaign, we heartily
Sympathized and co operated. We mad,
tho best fight that was In Us TO affair
these ends one year ago, and We belieyC
That We have been following the onlI
path that leads In their direction eyel
since, and we are now marching under
the same colors to-day. The so.called
"LtberaI movement impressed 10 at Inc
outset as an intrigue, and we declined L
enter into 1t, even under the leadership Of
eminent men whom we had long trusted
1t soon developed into 0 mammoth CON,
spiracy 70 betray the cause OF reform, and
enthrone 10 its place the reactionary, The
dilloyal and the qulxotic elements 81 oul
politics, and We fought It with all The
vigor we possessed. WehAye no tears q
shed OF It's death, and no panegyric 70
pronounce over Ito grave. 1.-THE great
Reform uprising" has been In all its his.
tory merely o gigantic confidence game"
The Cincinnati Convention, pretending
70 be Q demonstration Of Independent Re.
publicans In favor oil 0 new order Of
things, was, It Is now evident, designed by
thu Wire.pullers to organize q coalition for
The benefit Of the Democracy. Claiming
70 be movement for the reform Of abuses
II the Republican party, Il was In reality
q movement to drive the Republican par.
y from power Tor the benefit OF itB rival
Upon this superatructure Of false preten-
cea was raised 0 Buperstructure Of palpa-
Die fraud. The Convention was captured
by the adventures and bankrupts Of our
politics, and its nominee utterly failed 10
embody It's prescribed principles, or per.
aonify It's announced aims.
Il Republlcanism would drain and not
spill its cup oftriumph, It would make It.
SELF the champion Of Reform. II must
remedy the defects that inhsre In the
very system Of our civil seryfce, and II
must make the qualifications OF honesty,
intelligence and fitness the touchstone Of
81 appointments. It must not Sbate its
fidelity to the great cause Of equal rights,
and 1t must adhere to the discreet and
conservative policy with which It has
managed the national finances. Il must
guarantee economy In the public expendi.
lures, and honesty In the collection Of the
revenue. It must not be the friend Of
class legislation, and 1t must be the I'm.
compromising foe oiall abuses, even II its
own body seems to be the source Of their
parasitic growth. Above all, It must se6k
its leaders and find It's representative
men among It's ablest and its purest mem.
bers-the Wilson's, Garhelds, Hawleys,
and that class OF statesmen. And 1t must
not permit It's organization to become the
mere weapon Of domineering politi.
clans, and It's machinery simply
an engine that shall be used
to advance schemes of purely personal
aggrandiZement. The danger be fore
Republicanism lies In the fact that Inc
Camerons and the Conklings and the Nor.
tons will regard General Grants re.elec-
ton as an Endorsement OF the peculiar
regime which they have sought to eStab-
llSh within the party, and will arrange a
programme for the future, more high
handed, reckless and defiant than ever.
II they do take this view and follow this
course, they viii reckon without their
host Thousand Of men yesterday repu-
dated the disgraceful Cincinnati. and Bal.
timore bargain who do not believe In the
ideas OF political management.and partisan
duty entertained by the gentry we have
named. General Grant could not have
been re elected save by the votes Of this
class OF his supporters, and to-day hold
the balance ofpower In the Nation. They
are loyal thoroughly to Republicanism,
but they are too sincere, and honest In
their attachment to it to participate in or
tamely submit to any policy that shall
degrade Its aims or pervert It's labors.