The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1876-09-13
shall We Mako y Change.

The great howl among, the Democratic
speakers and politicians in this neigh
borhood at the present time is "Let us
have a change" In reference to this
matter we clip the following able article
from the Chicago Tribune:
"The burden Of tho whole Democratic
argument in the present Presidential
canvass is "Let us have u change; let US
nut out the men in Office and put in new
set; any change must be for the better
II the election Of Tilden had no other
effect than the mere substitution Of one
set Of oiliceholders for another, despite
the necessary disturbance and consequent
evil OF such a sudden and universal
change, there would be no particular
lament. The people as whole care very
little who Gil the Offices, have. no respect
for claims" to Office and rarely shed many
tears over any mans dismissal. They
take no more interest in the removal OF
clerk in public office than they do in
the dismissal Of bookkecper in hard
ware store or a, teller in bank. But
this election is not a mere struggle as to
who shall hold Office, who shall draw
salaries from the Treasury, and who shall
become charges upon the public revenue.
The election Of Tilden means something
more. It means political revolution,
not merely Of the offices, but OF the men
who are to administer, and Of the politics
and character OF the Government. 1t is
not the mere substitution Of one party in
place Of another; itisa revolution, peace.
full TO some extent in its operation, butin
its effect and all its results the practical
success OF the same movement which in
the form Of civil war against the
Uaion proved failure. What was the
am Of the rebellion Of 1862 It was to
disrupt the Union, break down the Con.
stiMtion, and the reorganization Of the
Republic upon the recognized principle
Of a confederation of independent States,
in which the servitude Of the African
race was to be beyond and above all law
save such as each State should adopt for
itself, The complete supremacy Of the
white race and the exclusive property
character Of the negro was to be n tpnda.
mental principle. This was the kind Of
Government adopted by tho seeding
States at Montgomery, in February, 1861,
Had the rebellion succeeded, Northern
and non.slayeholding States would have
been offered places in the new confeder.
aGy.1 The attempt TO destroy the old
Union, and establish new one on the
confederate as opposed to the national
plan, failed after four years Of costly
war. The same revolution, substantially,
is now attempted under tho forms Of a
general election, and Its success depends
on the election OF Tilden and Hendricks.
The election Of these two men, there
fore, means the revival Of the Rich.
mond Confederacy, with power and
control over the whole American Union.
Who will be elected with TildenH In
the first place there will be elected from
the IL States which took active part in
the, Rebellion 90 Confederate Senators,
Kentucky, Missouri, West Virginia,
Maryland, and Delaware will elect 10
more. Here then, will be SO members
Of the Senate, nearly all Of them Exon
lederate soldiers, and these SO will
necessarily constitute two.thirds Of the
whole body Of the Democrats in the Sem
ate. The Same States will elect like
body of coniederates 70 the House Of
Representatives, and these will Of necessi-
ty constitute a large majority Of the
Democratic faction, and TO these the
Northern Democrats are as obSeqni'
Gus and as servile as they we're be-
fore tho war. Having absolute con.
troll Of both branches Of Congress,
they will control the appointments, Ev-
cry judicial vacancy will b filed 70
their satisfaction. !, and, with times
changes, the Judiciary will become as
Southern aud as State Rights as 1t was
before The war. The Cabinet will be
composed to. the satisfaction Of the Con-
federates, and thus, under the form Of a
national election, the Government Of The
United States, in all lbs departments, Ef-
ecudve, Legislative and Judicial as well
as the absolute control OF tho army and
navy and Of the Treasury, will pass into