The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1876-08-10
THEJEws AND TILDEN.
why IsraeIftes should Vote the Dem.
Oeratic Ticket.

From the American lsracilto, AuSue'1'
There is but one choice left 10 the in
dependent citizen who loves the demo-
cratic republic ana is anxious to uphold
it; he must make the attempt to defeat
the party in power in the next preslden-
tial election, and keep it out OF power
until il has given up its principle OF
Capitalization and all the wrongs and
corruption spripging from that
source. 1t must give up extravaganza
and. advocate economy. 1t must not
breed and defend corruption in official
circles. 1t must not Christianize this
p.ople and government. 1t must
not sdvocate sectarianism in public
schools and government institutions 1t
must not make and enforce Sunday laws
and so-called temperance laws. 1t must
not insist upon higa tariffs and huge
manufacturing companies. II must give
up class legislation; in short, it must give
up Capitalization Of power and wealth.
The party must be kept out OF power
until it shall have learned these whole
s,me lessons. If We cast our votes IN
the next presidential campaign for the
Republican candidates for president and
vice-president, we vote into power
the same nugasory principle which under
any man will and must produce the
same nugatory effect. Hayes is no bet
ter man than Grant, and can no better
check the evils which flow from the
same source with the same force. Hayes
is neither more competent nor more
honest than Grant, and no more than
Grant can he, or will he, change theprin-
cples of his party, or emancipate HIM
self from its statesmen and politicians,
which are the sources of all the corrup
tion, misrule, extravaganza, failure and
bankruptcy. We cannot vote again In
faver OF the principle of Capitalization.
1t is not in our power TO organize
new and pure Democratic party, and
nominate ideal candidates for the high
est offices; hence we are left but one
choice, VIZ: To defeat the Republican
party by voting tor the Democratic
party, which, as party. is against GEN.
tralization of power and wealth; is now
by the nature OF things the reform party.
because it is the opposition; is in favor OF
free trade, state, municipal and personal
rights, as guaranteed by the constitution,
and is not guilty of any Of the blunders
and crimes springing from the principle
of Capitalization. We must have q
change, and we can only effect it by vot-
ING with the Democratic party. You
say the Democratic party in power will
also steal, rob and annex; well, then, In
four years we will change again, and
change so long till honesty will be the
policy also Of politicians.
TILDEN AND HENDRICKS.
Therefore, no choice is left us; we
must vote for Tllden and Hendricks who
are opposed to Capitalization OF power
and wealth, and are not only pledged to
reform, but in position to carry it out, as
they need none of the corruptlng means
to reach the end Of Capitalization, which
they oppose so we feel So We say, and
so we will vote, and so give it TO our
readers as the humble opinion of dis
interested private citizen, who is no
politician.
DEsERTINa THE REPUBLICAN PARTY.
The Republican party claims to be the
reform party, and Gen. Sherman con-
firms it. Why desert it? The answer
to this query is plain, because the god
fathers of the party and its greatest men,
those who built it up and brought it to
power, Seward, Chase Sumner, Banks,
johnson, Greeley,an many many Others,
deserted it when 1t had become party
of Capitalization and extravaganza,
breeding and sheltering corruption and
incompetency. No wonder that those COM
monty called the Bureancrats and Sotaa-
teska cling to the party in power. They
do so in every country, and do so now
here, where they are aware that about
thirty thousand officers, civil and mill.
tary, must be returned home TO private
life, if any reform is to be carried out.
We have more civil officers in proper
tion to population, and more military
officers in proportion to private soldiers,
than any nation in the civil
lied world, SO that our ex-
travagant number Of officers and titles
are too ridiculous to outlive the
age of extravaganza. Decentrallza-
tion Is the only remedy known To re
shape and reform the government.
There is too much power accumulated
in Washington; no ordinary mortal can
WELD it any longer, no Democratic re-
public can stand 1t very long; there is no
necessity for it; reform means decentrali.
zation, first, cast of all the paraphernalis
added during the last sixteen years to
the Legitimate business ofthe government,
reduce and simply in every department.
If Democrats are true TO their
principles they must, whenever in power
decentraize down to the original concep-
tions OF state, municipal and personal
rights, with the exception of the right OF
secession, which was never admitted by
the party rs such, and which the war hss
decided to be heresy. But in all other
points, decent, alization is the only reme-
dy known, and the Democrats are the de-
ccntralizing party. Therefore we can
vote tho Democratic ticket only.