The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1873-08-04

nership," and, having received no.dlVi'
dends, the Journal Gays Of the Republi.
can party that: ; - -
at owes no debt Of gratitude to that
minority whom it raised to power, and
which to gain power disappointed the
reasonable hopes Of both parties and
broke faith with both. This is meant
for tile leaders not for the masses, who
are always honest"
We wish the Journal had been little
more explicit in defining who are "the
leaders" We think We could
name some OF them, but
we would prefer to see the
Journals list. There are two or three
in Wheeling. one in Clarksburg, one OF
two in Weston and two or three in
Charleston, who, as is we'll said by the
Journal, ITO gain power, disappointed
the reasonable hopes Of both parties
and broke faith with both" There
are some moral reflections that might
be thrown in here. to1the effect that it
is never safe to trust map who seeks
to commend himself to yurby treach-
cry to his .orme r friends, Int we leave
these to be supplied by the reader.
Having spoken thus candidly and
frankly ofthe past history Of the .part-
nership between the Republicans and
the JACOB men, tue Journal proceeds to
discuss the future. 1t is unwilling that
the Republican party shall be any
longer the mere tail to the Governors
kite. 1t says:
"If the present State officials think
proper to take back seats in the Re-
publican party and await their claims
for promotion, which only confidence
eau give, 60 good. We wish here
frankly to let these gentlemen know we
cannot further slowthem to run be-
tween and rule both the great parties.
The occasion which produced this state
of things has ceased, and the Republi.
can party has no further purpose 70
serve on this line.
"If a handful 0! independents cannot
cs.wi,h us, Who gave them power and
without whom they are nothing, the
great party OF a progressive future Gao
lot serve under them. We have used
each other long enough This game is
ended We are FOR frank terms and at
once. We have reached our Journeys
end on this line. We throw of toe
glove. We demand an immediate and
unconditional Surrender" .1
Now there's richnessr The only
"State official" accused of Jacobsen lie
the Governor himself, and it is he who
is invited to take back seat until BY
future good conduct the confidence o.
the Republicans is restored. The de-
mand for the immediate and unconditional
surrender OF the JACOB men remirds us
OF the fable in tue school book about
the vanquished cock that invited the
"s!y old OK" to devours his successful
rival, and got eaten 1tor, ~ his pairs.
The little JACOB chicken went straight
from Parkersburg in search OF the Res
publican fox, but the fox having come
of second best 10 the conflict with the
Democratic rooster, now turns upon the
JACOB chicken With an appetite rather
sharpened by defeat and demands an
immediate and unconditional surrer-
der" The JACOB party must be con.
tent to be swallowed at once.
The Journal desires the call OF new
constitutional convention; the wipins
out Of nearly all that has, been, done
since 1870 and the restoration otTtbe
Radical party to power. This is its
programme fer the future, and rightly
concluding that but few Of. the JACOB
party will be likely to join ia the
scheme, it dissolvps the Improbable
partnership ss uneeremonicusly as we
have seen. We eas imagine the Gov
ernor aud the members OF his ckitcheu
cabinet sadly exposLulsting9
"Perhaps you did right to dissemble your
love,
But why did you kick me down stairs ~ 30