The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1874-12-23

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ing the people, and weakening and des-
troying the States. That which dared
not to be done directly was to be done by
indirection. On the other hand by deny
ing to itself all such means and instru-
ments of power, and by defending the
integrity of the States, and the interests
of the people under the States, this con-
stitutional guard have been known
by but one name-the Democratic party
though from time to time branded with
every opprobrious nick mans that party
malice and defeated interests could apply
to an enemy that was always watehful,
and was never generous. Under the
name OF the Democratic party they have
always been willing to assume their re-
sponsibilities, and bear whatever Of Just
odium their measures may have OCCASION
ed them. They are not afraid of their
past history, when it is fairly measured
with the wealth of the country, and the
happiness and prosperity of the people
when they were the rulers, and had con-
troll of the power which shaped the issues.
They propose to meet the future in the
calm confidence that their principles are
alone efficient to save the States, to re-
strain the general government within the
lawful bounds of constitutional law, and
to secure to the people the blessings Of
civil liberty. More especially are they
disposed at this time to stand by their
principles and assert this moral power of
the party when they have so many ex
ampics within the States of that otficious
meddling with their concerns and of
| armed tyranny exercised over their citi-
zens which, now, SO forcibly teach us that
"There is bondage worse, far worse to bear
Than his who breaths by roof, and floor,
and wall,
Pent in tyrant's solitary thrall;
Ills his who walks about in the open air,
One of II nation who henceforth must wear
. Their letters in their souls"
Safety only In Democratic Principles
If the Abolitionists who came out Of,
and were, in the main, identified with
those descended from the Federal party on
the one side, and who never could have
been such with sound regard for
strict construction of the Constitution,
and if on the other side, the followers of
Mr.. Calhoun, who acted with that same
Federal party until Mr.. Van Buren, de-
serted the Democracy and joined the
Aboiitonists, had by their extreme views
and conduct in conflict with each other
produced an untoward state Of affairs in
the country, this is no fault and no i'm
parchment of the principles or conduct
of the Democracy The charge of Abo-
n. n
charge of hostility to the Union is false
rs applied to them. Even the extreme
view of strict construction rs presented
by Mr.. Calhoun, vas only Hypothetical
abstraction, or clear negative statement,
based upon the nature of the compact be-
tween the States, and on the restrictions
in the amendments, of what destruction
lists of the Government shall not do
until encroachment, and aggression, and
war upon the Constitution called 1t INTO
action as a law of selt-detcnce- that night
of the humblest CitiZcn-that duty which
all men must determine for themselves
when encroachmcnt is Il danger and az
erosion is violation of right.
Calmly consider the constitution: fairly
weigh the construction given to that IN
strumcnt by Madison, Monroe and Jack
son, and no man will hesitate to say that
if these fair principles had been uniform
" maintained We would not have had
the sad experiences Of the last fourteen
wears. We would not now have mill
tarv chicftain in the Presidential chair
taking largcsscs from every corrupt aspI-
rant who could purchase place, by
money or sub>crvicncy, in the ofilccs OF
the government, where he could plumber
the treasury and rob the people; no such
President, who by manifest and mani
fold means destructive Of States rights
and oppressive the people, is working Tor
Il probationary third term; we would not
have national debt, which no living
man will ever see paid no national terri
tory, IN boundlcSS tracts of wealth, held
in the hands Of railroad SPECTATORS; no
wholesale bribery and corruption
among Senators and Congressman; no
dcfulcations among office holders, swat
loving up millions of the public monies
no "saIury-grabs," no judicial construc-
tions of currency lawSto float an lrrcdeem-
able paper circulation, and in violation
of EXPIRES. constitutional prohibition; no
national debt located in the East and in
Europe. by the annual withdrawal of in
tcrcst in gold, consuming the profits and
eating up the labor of the West, and
preventing q return to specie basis; no
concentration of the war power
in tho office Of the Attorney
General; no vcnal and souIlcSS
carpct-basgers sustained in lawlcss acts
by the armed central government, acting
! in violation of law to subScrrc his amb-
| ton for third term; no corrupt Judges
! executing these common purposes OF that
partv. and. when law and order promise
| TO be successful, resigning their offices u
avoid impcachmcntSi no judicial inter-
urctations abncgating the States, and
sustaining the armed intervention OF the
| Executive, and his attorncy-gcncraI;
there would have been no tendencies to
.monarchy; there would have been no IN
Aictions of RadicaliSm, degrading society
hyTts contusionS. Nor will they recognize
the snlutarv facts which would give so
much individual happiness in the South
and disarn the administration OF all pre-
fence for lawlcss interference, that the
General fidelity of the rolorcd people to
the South during the time ofthcir calam-
i,y that the large numbers who were
found capable of reading, tLat the largr
numbers who were found deeply inbucd
! with the spirit and instructed in the
,cnets of Christianity, giving, aS the
census tables show, larger proportion OF
Christians than the white POPULATION OF
the North gave; that ali these facts show
,bn,r,I,,inns which subSi>trd there, be-
twcrn the races, and that this was and is
tho firm moral basis on which the well
fare of both can be placed, when the
poisonous intrigues ofthe adventureF and
the plunderer shall be removed.
The Men and Principles ofthe Demo
cratic Party.
Every Democrat will recognize this