The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1876-09-04

lack OF money that Drought on the panic.
It was The great abundance ofmoney dur.
ing .the war and afterwards that had
brought II on, by inducing people to live
beyond their means, TO plunge recklessly
into debt aud speculaiions, and TO em-
bark into all sorts Of wild business en-
terprises. The panic came and there
was a sudden lack Of confidence. Every
body wanted to be paid, and it was
soon discovered that many people
represented to be rich were liv-
ing on credit-on the ignorance
or sufierance Of their creditors, and
hence bubble after bubble had burst, and
they had gone on bursting eyer since.
But we were now nearly through that
process. This was the year Of bottom
prices. Already there were signs OF &c.
suscitaton. Cotton was looking up, oil
had gone up, and iron was. no worse.
All the country needed now was an as.
surance Of stability and quiet, and espe:
cially OF peace in the South. We wanted
an end put to negro numbering in the
South-an end TO the ku.kluxism that
had cursed that region. The strong arm
Of the Republican party was needed to
do this. The success Of The Republican
party this fall would be an assurance to
The country and to the world that, the
party that had preserved the Union was
still to govern il. in all its parts, and
this assurance would quiet all the
apprchensions oil capitalists and draw
the attention OF all classes TO the
work Of building up the industries
Of the country on the solid and
safe basis provided for in the Republican
national platform. The Democracy re.
lied upon the misfortunes Of the country
to bring them into power. The leaders Of
that party knew that il they did not sue.
coed this year their chances were hopeless
for the future. Hence the death struggle
that they are now making, With the res
toration Of the country to prosperity
such rs was now dawning-the people
would have no use for the Democracy,
and well the leaders know it. Their
record is Of such nature that only in
fit Of desperation can the country be in.
duced to restore the Democratic party to
power. The country has every reason TO
believe that Gov. Hayes will give them
prosperous and an honest administration.
All bis life pointsto such prospect. He
has voluntarily renowned in advance the
idea Of reelection. His aim will be to
give the country acivil service reform in
the true sense Of the. word. He
will retain good men and put in
good men wherever such are needed.
What will Tilden do? Bring into power
vast my"of hungry ofiice.seekers.
And what will they be like2 Let the
Cincinnati Enquirer answer. That paper,
is one of the leading Democratic papers
OF Ohio and Of the West. That paper
said before his nomination nj ST. Louis
that "if elected he would take to the
White House the worst set OF political
jobbers and thieves ever seen in Wash
ington." The speaker believed that the
Cincinnati Enquirer spoke truly when it
published.that prediction. Let us all see
to it that Tilden is not elected and that,
he never gets chance 10 take such u
crowd to Washington.
Mr.. Dunbar resumed his scat amid
hearty cheers from the crowd, after
which the immense concourse gave three
cheers for Hayes and Wheeler and three
for the Republican State ticket. And
thus ended the largest, most enthusiastic
and most successful NEE ting OF the cam
paign on either side,