The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1874-11-21
gheQmtelEiqstrrer.
The Cause of The Results Of the
LRto Collections and Their PrObas
BILE Consequences.

Ev' hAVAAbShlkCuSCls
CLARKsDuRG, w. Va, November 10.
HeSsrS. Rditors:-The Republican jour-
nals generally appear 10 be endeAvoring
to account for tho unexpected disasters
suffered by that party in the recent cleo
lions, and your correspondent having but
recently dlsmounted the trlphod, and still
feeling disposed 10 have something to say
in such matters, has concluded 10 give
the public his humble opinion concerning
the causes which led to the Republican
defeat, and the consequences thereof.
There was combination Of causes
which led 10 tho late disasters, and In Or
der 10 show what they all were 1t is prop,
or to premise that the first grand success
o! the Republican party In 1850 and the
rebellion which followed close upon its
heels brought 10 the field now political
aspirants, Men who had previously been
content with obscurity were suddenly
seized with desire to direct and control
party movements. These new RspIrantS,
with the men who had pioneered The Re-
publican party into existence and led It
to ts first great success, constituted q host
Of leaders, or would.b0 leaders, and
although the Republican army was very
large, it had large excess Of officers,
and party leaders are generally office
seekers, and there not being places for
vi who aSpired 10 them, jealolsies would
naturally arise. The leader who was
deeply Impressed with the idea that he
was kind Of political Atlas, and the fate
Of the world resting upon his shoulders,
would very naturally feel outraged when
his claims were overlooked. While the
Republican party was at the height OF its
success, and prospects Of It's suffering de-
lea! remote, these disappointed aspirarts
smathCred their rage, and though their
curses may have been deep, they never
uttered them aloud. But when the pros
poets OF the Republican party began to
wAne, and when they saw that there was
chance for the Democracy to build q
city Of refuge Tor them, they began 10
cry aloud. These malCOntents amounted
10 considerable of an army, and a large
number of them went over to the enemy,
or remained neutral-nOt enough, how
ever, TO cause the success Of the enemy,
hGd not other causes assisted in their
favor.
by some the Republican defeat is
charged to tho financial policy of
the Republican party, but this
could not have been the case,
Jrthe Democrats had no settled fuan-
cMl policy. 1t is true that some OF their
State conventions adopted something in
that way for mere Gi cdp!Grdum, but this
amounted 10 nothing.
Again, these disastrous results have been
nscrlbCd TO President Grants predilec.
ton for third term. This could not
have been the case. The good sense of
the people certainly taught them that il
tue President desired a seCondre election,
they themselves would be the arbl.
terS who would dispose OF the matter
that President Grant can not be re elected,
or renOminated, simply because he
wills it, II he does will it, 1t Is true that
some Of the political journals announced
that the President desired to be elected
tor o third term, and lab0red TO make the
people believe that il would lead 10 Ce-
ssrism, but all this waa the mCrest pOlili-
Cll sophistTy. 1t ia not probable that q
third term had any influence in defeating
the Republicans in the late elections
President Grant has strong hold upon
the people Of the United States. They
are generally satisfied with his admins
tTatiOn OF the Government, and It is moi
likely that they would be frightened at The
prospect Of its continuing tour year,
logger. The great cause, however
Of the Republican disasters was The
Civil Rights Bill. This was probably The
sole cause in the Southern States. The
people Of The South have great predju
dices against the negro, and even those
who arc willing to accord to him the
same political and legal rights as the
white men arc averse 10 any measure ths
slvors Of forcing the social equality Of The
races, and the passageIoi the Civil Right
Bill in the Senate last winter, and thI
perslsteucy with which 1t was urged by
ita friends in the House Of Representative
alarmed many oil the Southern Republi-
cans, md drove them from the party
How far this question influenced th'
election in the Northern States I am no
auAG W AGlGILuluGI wv IL GOuDklSEa llhN
considerable weight.
One other cause Of the Republican dis
sister was tho corruption that had beer
developed in the Republican Congress Il
the Credit Mobilier, SC. Some men vii
Judge Of tho merits Of party by the con
duct, particularly tho bad conduct, of {
few OF its members, and hence the cor
ruption Of a few Republican members O
Congress creates blot, in the eyes o.
some, on the party escutcheon, and til
party had to suffer for it. Tho party ha
suffered from sore heads in its own ranks
from tho corrupt acts Of It's promlnen
leaders, ,Rnd from the impolitic Legislation
urged by the friends Of the Civil Right
Bill, and also from tho "Salary-Grab
Bill.
But whatever the causes may have bee
that led to the late Republican defeat,
Is an accomplished fact, and the conse
Quences thereof, whatever they may b,
will have 10 be met and endured so far 9
any serious results TO the country are COZ
cerned, there need be no apprehension
any In the near future. The Senators
both the 44Lh and 45lh Congress will
Republican, and should a Democrat
President DO elected in 1915, It would nj
DO iraught with any grave consequence
1t Is very probable that the political or
tsgonism Of the two branches Of the AL
Congress will be productive Of good, I
each will be check on the other, an
there will DO little probability Of eitht
going into any great extreme.
Should the Democratic party gal
possession Of the Government within Il
next eight or ten years danger to the Il
lure Of the country may be spprehende,
This party often changes It's tactiI
10 endeavor 10 obtain some d.
sired end, but 1t never changes It's an
mus. Hate to the negro has dwelt IN Il
bosom OF tho Democracy for tho Ia
thirty years. and still retains lis leadln
place. and should that pArtv ohtSin a.