The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1875-04-01
OUR IItNCOCK LETTER.
The VI odern "PiitCIub'--NcH court
S,stem Fox Hunt-Agricu tural.
FAIRvIEW, HANCock COUNTY !

FAIRylEW, HANCOCh tOCN'i'
March 20, 1879.
/ Editors of the Register.
Whoever, being person OF cohsiuera-
ton and intelligence, should happen ID
the course Of his reading, to come upon
Lord Broughauls definition OF "F'lI
Clnb " could scarcely fail TO have his stten-
ton arrested by the peculiarly exact aoaP-
tation of that definition to our modern
American product Of political agitation
the Republican party. The latest organ
iZ4d act of that partv-the Senate resolu-
ton approving the Presidents Louisiana
policy-alone warrants and establishes
the perfect accuracy of the adaptation.
What is now called "Pitt Club, says
the noble essayist, "often signifies
little else than knot of narrow
minded persons, who are banded to-
gether by the fixed determination to OPP
pose the principles of Mr.. Pitt, upon the
greatest point on which he ever thought
or acted for himself What is now cal
led Republican party may We not AS
Justly pursue the defnitiOn?) often Sig
mites little else than knot Il Senate of
narrow-minded persons, who are banded
together by the fixed determination TO
oppose the principles of RepublicanlSm,
upon the greatest point on which the ge-
MUS of Republicanism ever thought and
acted for itself! What was the one spc-
cial and subhme'thOught of Republican,
ism? The government of the people by
themselves, us the best judges of their
own welfare and the best executors of
their own will. What the lOttieSt acts
Of Rrpublcanism? The most generous
Welding to the rights of others, and the
most heroic sacrifice of self to secure its
own incStimahlc principles. Yet thescarr
precisely what that knot of narrOwmind-
ed persons, the "Rcpublicnn'' majority Of
the United States Senate, banded them
selves together in close caucus upon the
Louisiana resolution, to oPpose' 1t was
to rob the people of ofa sovereign State
of the right to govern themselves, that
the "Republican Senators caucuscd No
generous yielding TO others rightS-no
liberation, even No sacrifice to con-
serve rights Of invaluable worth TO us all;
but. on the contrary, the selfish and cruel
tranpling upon and crushing out of
those rights. all to achieve temporary
advantage for the "Rcpublican party
Let Us await patiently the consequences.
The election on the adoption Of our
now court system occur. ON Saturday two
wceks-thc 9TH of April. | still adhere
to my opinion that it will be voted down.
An element is wanting in this instance
which is generally regarded rs powerful
in tbn ordinary election; the ms are more
numerous ,Lan the ants that have any
r.a.nn.hl. bonr. of ATTAINING places. In
,[ ,' n,,n,ic. there wifi be- sixteen
a 'tf holders f. 10 voted ont and ONLY
.i.,bt ncr.ons 20 he voted into office. You
sc, the disadvantage that the advocates
~ rcform are u,drr The Touring con-
ia ;,,,,,' ,.n,,, n,ncr q fow d,vs moo from
,L, Cnyc;e,. is monife,,Iy unjust toward
Tho , nr,nn.aJ new .vstcm il estimates
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hmnJraJ d,lIar. higher than they are NJ
~ ~ H.. ,r.,,,,. i oIInwc not 81 cent If
,,nai;t ~ s.Iirg made bv an efficient
a,,r,,. 'afaispt sy,ste,n. and M, . cent
f,r tho hundreds -n.rh,ns thousands-
ID J;,.;dr.l .uitor. Nv reason of an
III, nd,,;,i.tr,t;,n of tho lays
ILL., and nants nr. nnt .fnr MI the
Io,'.''s "l'I ~ ,,,oo.,Ir,n,ant hotvsnn
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I..;.oh;I;,rL of two.
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