The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1874-08-20
The EIlenbOrO Convention,

hdltoiN lnteluReneef;
Now that the nomination Is made, will
the leaders Of the Democracy in Ohio
county and elsewhere give that hearty
support TO the nomination that the nom.
inee has reason 10 expectP Surely they
will not go back on their standard bearer
"a man who, in their estimation, was 80
eminently worthy Of the position but a
lew months ago, and who, It was said,
was 30 patriotic that he sacrificed every.
thing In the effort TO carry out the will Of
his friends. But as these gentlemen are
In favor Of new departures, and death TO
everything that does not place them In
office, whether competent or incompetent,
shall we stand In readiness to witness one
OF those stampedes which so frequently
characterize our Ohio county Democracy
after q nomination Is NADER We trust
we may be mistaken, but from present
indications We expect 10 see the whole
business repudiated by the disappointed
aspirants. How long the Democracy of
this county aud State will submit TO this
ring and packing business we are unable
to say. We are indeed sorry for our
young friends disappointment, but as
packed convention Is only a chicken oil
his own Matching, he should not com.
plain If the bitter cup was pressed to his
lips in Ellenboro, Why Is It that the vete.
rams who achieved tlme.honored triumphs
no longer move with the old energy and
harmony to meet the antagonist they have
SO often defeated, Why Is 1t that the
Democratic party Is disrupted, and It's
wings arrayed in bitter opposition to each
otherg What fire brand has been thrown
into their midst, lighting up intestine fires
and consuming them as with devopring
1Amef Let the plain, unvarnished record
point 10 the accursed Parkersburg Con-
vention. We condemned that proceed
ing, and still most decidedly condemn the
policy Of the party since that time. The
public mind has become alarmed the
mischievous effects Of Its proceedings have
been seen and felt in every part Of the
State; the work Of bold, unscrupulous and
Vindictive leaders Is now apparent. Well
might the once scorned dogma ol Garri-
son be applied 10 them-viz-they have
made covenant with He'll and league
with death. With q lanaticism rapidly
getting more intense, as that OF Peter the
Hermit, they have kept tanning the flames
OF envy and strife till at last Il has ended
in warfare. Nothing but blunder and
mismanagement has met the eye or filled
the ear OF either friend or foe Tor the last
three years; and now, TO cap the climax,
and put q finishing touch on all previous
acts, let us have that most worthy Of all
Democrats, the PSrkersburg gentleman,
made U. 3. Senator. Let US have q mate
for our Piedmont representative; let US
have brace Of congenial Senators, and
II we cannot brsg on our young State for
statesmanship, we can do as Dan Rice
does with his educated mules, we
can console ourselves at having
furnished amusement for others. My
Democratic friends, we must not
close our eyes TO the dangers that hang
around US. 1t has been brought about
by unprincipled, incompetent demagogues
aud wire.workers, who call themselves
Democrats. They are adopts in the art
OF intrigue and full oi low cunning, and
although they are narrow and contracted
in every way, yet they have managed 10
SOW the seeds ol strife in party which for
many generations has stood undismayed
before It's political antagonists. Fellow.
Democrats, or BOurbons( "a rose by any other
name smells as sweet, we have no pur.
pose and no desire to censure or condemn
unnecessarily. We mean to stick 10 Dem.
ocrstic principles, and mean to utter no
words Of reprOach or bitterness In this
canvass. Opposed as we are now, let all
Democrats treat each other not as Vindic.
tive enemies, but as hoping again 10 be
friends. We take the fact just as it Is, viz,
a divided Democratic party, and not the
less divided no matter who or what Is to
blame for II; and out Of this division the
best men in the State should calmly and
carefully select the material for recon.
suuction OF the party. II not, we are
fast drifting to destruction. A paralysis
has come over the energies oil the Democ-
rscy In Ohio county, and VIC fear it may
soon reach the remote sections Of the
State. But We still have confidence and
hope that the Democrats Of the olden
time will come to the rescue: that the
DRIFT and rubbish must be cleared out Of
the way, and the bone and sinew, yes the
very pillars oil the party will have TO take
hold Of the struggling vessel and steer
her clear OF the breakers that surround
her. IRISH DEMOCRAT.