The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1876-10-26

laid before you by the Republican speak.
ers. Sol believe that Democratic Ad.
administration will, by the very necessities
Of the case, be one Of the most extraya'
CANT Administration this country ever
had. There is still another reason why
this will be 80. The Southern people be-
ing the prePonderatiDg power in the
councils Of the Democratic party, viii
also dictate its financial policy. The
Southern people stand now compared
with us in the position Of poor relations
In other words, they being comparative
~ poor, and the North comparatively
rich. The North will pay the great mass
Of taxeS and the South will pay com.
na,atiyely little. The necessary conse'
auence i; that those who pay very little
dont feel the burden Of an extrayagant
government, and will therefore always
Be in favor OF spending as much money
as possible. You have an illustration Of
this in the city Of New York. A very
large number Of your voters are nom
taxpayers; 4 minority Of your voters
are wealthy tSx.payersi the non.ta1-
payers do not care 4 snap OF their myers
how much money is spent by The city
government, and therefore you have al.
ways a lavish administration. Is not
that 90? Then the same relation will be
borne bv the South TO the North as to
our national councils, and therefore, l
repest, il is by the very necessity Of the
case that Democratic administration,
governed as it must be by Southern in'
fiuence, will be most extravag"nt one
[Applause.l
THE QUESTION OF NATIONAL PEACE.
There is still another thing l would
call YOUR attention to, and that is the
question Of National peace. l do not
mean to repeat what I said Of my action
with regard to the Southern people, and
the impulse Of generosity which have
always followed. OF course ! did that
with the expectation that satisfactory re-
Spouse wonid be ELECTED from the other
side. We gave them back their rights
with a lavish hand; we gave them back
their rights 80 shortly after the rebellion
that I can only repeat what / have said
before, that the generosity Of the AmeF'
can people has never been equaled BY
any other nation in the world in that re-
spcct. We did it with the just exPecta
ton or at least, the reasonable expectation
that the Southern people, receiving
their rights at our hand, might bt
counted upon to respect, also, the rights
OF others. / am sorry TO say that thai
expectation has been, in great measure
disappointed. When you look at The
State OF Soaih Carolina, you will mol
deny that the situation OF things is ex
ceedingly serious. ! am the very las
man in the country who would approve
OF the presence Of troops in the neighbor
hood OF the ballot.box, and would stanc
by 10 the last in the endeavor to secure
to every man the right to vote uninHu
enced by force Of any kind. But as thing
now stand, If the United States troops arr
Withdrawn we are pretty sure to hav'
another armed force in its place, ant
that is the rifle clubs OF the South Car
olina Reform Democracy. believe
in reform, gentlemen, but l do no
believe IN Iae reform Of the ria'
and the revolver in the hand
Of the terrorist. Now, then, the,
may succeed possibly in Subjugatins Re
publican majorities, but one thing l looI
upon as perfectly sure-we have come Il
the settlement OF the questions growinI
out OF the war by debating certain Con
stitutional provisions. These Constitu
tionsl provisions may for the time beinl
be overriden in this or that State, but
the attempt is made-which look upoI
as almost inevitable in the event OF
Democratic victory--if the attempt i
made TO nulliiy them in the whole exten
OF that Southern country. am sure tina
the loyal people Of the United States o
of America will not submit TO it. Ap
plause. II the attempt is made upo
, such an issue between the North an
the South, the Solid South on one sid
/ will find 0 solid North on the othe
. side; and liberal and generous as
may be, when the question is b
: tween a solid North and u soil
South, am on the side OF tll
North all the time. ApplAuse.] / an
, on the side Of the North not because
happen 10 i've HeIcI uut OSS@uNO "
, lieye that the North contains the intellet
, tual rs well as the moral vitality OF th
, American Republic as it is now constitui
ed. Now, gentlemen, looking at the al
,cmpts tina: are being made in the South
{ can anybody doubt that they would b
greatly encouraged by victory Of th
Democratic party? am sorry that l az
Obliged to say il, but still that part.
stands in tho politics Of the country, as
continual threat Of reaction against tn
, results OF the war; and it is my conyiC
ton at the present moment that the can
didates OF the Republican party are no
only the best, but they are the only in
strumcnts by which the true interests Q
} the American people can be promoted
Applause.