The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1876-09-04
4. relatiops to the Union Pacific rail

He said that Tilden was smirched
from head 10 foot with suspicious as.
sociations and questionable transactions.
Was this the kind Of q reformer 70 put aL
the head Of the government OF the United
States. Was 1t The kind Of man to prefer
over Gov. Hayes, man whose record was
pure and unaSsailable-a man whose life
was good all the way throngh-whose in
stincts were all right-who had not spent
his life in wrOcking and gobbling up rail-
roads-who was not spokesman and u
money grabber-but a true man in every
sense Of the word-a born gentleman.
But, say the friends Of Tilden, Hayes is
not great mah-he Is not great fnan-
cier like our man-he has not great
name. The speaker illustrated this idea
by asking the audience II they had ever
heard OF Bill Allen. Well he knows
Hayes. Had they ever heard OF Geo. II.
Pendleton. Well, he knows Hayes. Had
they ever heard OF Allen G. Thurman.
Well; he too knows Hayes. These are all
prominent Democrats, and they all know
Hayes mighty well. He whipped them
all on their own dunghillS. Helaid them
out in way that they are not likely TO
forget him very soon. Gov. Hayes has
been twice u member Of Congress and
three times Governor OF Ohio. That
ought TO count for something. What
has TiIden ever been? Has he ever sat in
Congress L? What public position has he
ever held except the one lie now occupies.
1t was claimed for Tilden that lie was
largely instrumental in overthrowing
Tweed. II this was the case he ought TO
have credit for ii, for that was a great &c.
Complishment. But what were the facts?
They were that after the New York
Times had made It ~ clear as the noon
day sun that Tweed was the great robber
Of the age-that he had plundered the
City Of New York Of millions-yes, even
then, when the scandal was the talk OF the
nation, Samuel J. Tilden had gone
10 the Rochester State Democratic Con-
vention and labored for the admission OF
Tweed and his crowd as delegates to that
convention and for the exclusion OF the
anti.Tweed delegation. II was only after
Tweed was virtually down aud deserted,
that TiIden came TO the front rs his
prosecutor, That was not the kind Of n
reformer for President OF the United
States. We want u man who can see his
way clearer at an earlier day to fight cor
ruption-one who does not wait for the
lob to be 10 near accomplished before he
steps in.
MIR. Dayton discussed the question flax
en- quite extensively, especially the claim
thai they had increased 20 much since
1860. Well, said he, admitting that our
taxes are higher-who is responsible?
We could not put down the rebellion
without great expense-Rnd who made
this great expense? The Democratic
party. They went into the rebellion
rather than let Abraham Lincoln be
President Of the United States, and it be.
came necessary to incur a mighty debt
in order to put down that rebellion. Now
they complain that we did not whip them
cheaper. But the point that the people
will never forget is, that the Demo-
cratic party is responsible for the debt
and for the expense TINT debt has entailed
upon the nation. 1t was the resolutions
passed by the Democratic rArly all over
the North that encouraged the rebels Of
the South to attempt the overthrow Of
the government OF the United States. The
speaker quoted the famous Ohio Demo-
cratic Slate resolution OF 1861, wherein
100000 Democrats sent greeting 10 the
rebels OF the South, assuring them that
not until the North performed It's obliga.
tions to the South would the question OF
the rebellion be considered by these 200
900 Democrats. These were the men
who made il impossible to conquer the
rebellion for four long years, and who
stand before the world to-day rs RESPONSE
bic for the national debt and all the
taxes that have followed in the wake Of
great war.
The conclusion OF Mr.. Dayton's speech
was followed by an outburst OF cheers
from the crowd, after which came some
music by the band.
MR.. DuSDARs SPEECH.
After quiet had been restored, DR.. 10.
gan arose and introduced Mr.. J. Dun
bar, OF SteubenvilIe, stout, portly.look-
ing gentleman Of lawyer-like get up. MIR.
Dunbar, on coming forward, remarked
that he proposed during the time he
would occupy the stand 10 consider brief
ly three or four points that had not been
discussed by Mr.. Dayton. First WAS the
question OF sOvereignty-where it re-
sides-whether in the States or the Ma
ton at large. This was an issue before
the WARM fact, the issue that made the
war poSsibe-and il was still an issue.
The Democratic party had contended
that the Union was partnership
that any partner might break up.
The Republican party cOntended
that we were Nation, and that no State
could interpose its naturalization to
dismember the nationality. The Demo-
cratic party still adhered TO the insidious
doctrine OF State Rights. Even the war
had not eradicated the theories which
the party had held on this subject. Mr..
TIlden was an exponent OF their position.
His record in 1861 was in harmony with
this position, Just as Buchanan's was a
few months later, when he sent that re-
markable message TO Congress on the 4th
OF December, 1851, saying that there was
no power in the Constitution OF the
United States to coerce n seeding State.
Samuel J. Tilden, another miserable old
bachelor like Buchanan, aspired to the
Presidency, but we did not want man
in that position who hell views like
Buchanan, who would have let the Union
go to pieces without putting forth hand
TO save it.
REVENUE.
The next question discussed was that
OF Revenue. The Democracy complain
that the Republican party does not tag
everything equally. Their great cry is
for equal taxation. Did you ever exam.
inc this question OF revenue? II you
did, you know that the Government col
leots every year about 800 millions Of
internal revenue. 0ne.half OF this I'M.
mense sum, or $50 millions OF dollars,
is collected from three leading articles,
viz: whisky, beer and tobacco. The speak
er held that ii is immensely better that
these articles should pay one.half OF all
our internal revenue taxes rather than
that the amount assessed upon them
should be cut down and put on things that
are necessities 10 all classes OF people.
The man who complains OF the tax on
whisky, beer and tobacco has only to stop
using them, and he will cease at once to
be taxed in that way. II was better to