The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1876-10-31
rHEBArrLEOF NEXT TUESDAY.

HEBATTLE NEXT TUESDAY.
To-day all patriotic hearts beat in
warmest sympathy, and the roll call Is
sounding in every nook and corner OF
the broad domain for the battle OF next
Tuesday. Democracy against Radicslism,
true republicsnlsm against despotism-
homes. government againt the robbers OF
the nations honor-good will and the
interests of common brotherhood
against hatred and sectional striie-s
cheated, outraged, honest people under
GRANTS administration for the destruc-
ton of the republic. The
angel of peace and plenty against
the demon of discoId, bloOd-shed and
poverty. These are the antagonistic forces
that are struggling for the mastery, and
the whole civilized world will feel the
impulse of the decision to be made with
the going down of next Tuesdays sun.
That decision will proclaim the Republic
redeemed and disenthralled, or it will
sound the knell of the departing glory
and perishing liberties of the people Of
America.
By some strange ruling of the nations
soul. the year "lS76" is regarded as the.
liberator of the tolling union loving
masses, who look to the BsUTUs OF next
Tuesday To avenge them. Never since
the birth of our national exist
ence was there such popular
uprising of the honest people of America
in one grand effort to bring back to the
government the standard of purity, in
the public sense, established by the
natriot fathers, and never were there so
many and such bold attempts as at pre-
sent made by thieves in high places to
maintain control Of the government, to
plumber the people of every section, and
defeat the popular will. During the last
fifteen wears of anti-DemOcratic rule,
the outrages that have been committed,
under cover of the Constitute" against
the dearest rights Of tie citizen, for the
purpose of perpctuatrng bad men IN OIL
flee. have SO blOtted the national cscut-
chcon with fouI deeds.of trespass on the
ballot box and free speech, that the lapse
-
dismal stain.
A horde of vampires-the BUTLEEs,
BLAIxEs. BApCoCKs, BELKNAPs, CuAND-
LEHs, GRANTS, INGERsoLLS, MoRToNS,
and y thousand lesser lights in the Radl-
cal service, have held high carnival over
the depleted remains of once prosper
oss Republic These faithful representa-
tves of the so-called Republican party
being well aware of the infamy that at
taches to their Intrigues i'll office and
monstrous thefts, and desiring to direct
public attention from their shame, have
nut forward MS their standard bearer
RUTHERFORD B. HAYES, a man possess
ing the good fortune Of being
less politically conspicuous than
either of themselves, and now
they have the hardihood to tell the PEG.
pie that lee is honest and will reform the
civil service Freemen of West. Nir-
ginia, be not deceived by such promises.
1t is impossible for the creatures to re-
form the creator. Should Mr.. HAYES be
elected-no matter how good his present
intentions or appreciation ofthe necessity
of rerorm-he will be as powerless AS
child in the arms of strong man. Being
the mere agent and reflex OF the party
leaders above mentioned. he could have
no volition outside of their pleasure; and
il would be utterly impossible tor HIM to
ignore them in his nominations for place
and power, notwithstanding their gen.
orally acknowledged bad character. The
fate OF BIsTow, JEWELL and others
who have not kept out of the
mire and filth of Radicahsm, is an eX
ample of the reward paid by the party
in power for denouEcing its high crimes
and misdemeanorS, The men who are
using Mr.. HAYES in the attempt to make
respectable their villsinous characters,
have resorted TO the baseSt means ever
employed in Presidential canvass. No
gentleman, however loyal to the govern
ment, or pure his life, who has raised his
voice publicly against the enormltles OF
the party in power, and declared himself
in favor of reform, has failed TO be de-
nounced as "traitor," "rebel," and other
wise msligned. They have packed the
country all over with SANDER bearers;
their csrpet-baggers in the south have
been charged with the special duty OF
producing season of strife between the |
blacks and whites that thereby |
an excuse could be made for
the presence of Federal bayonets to
prevent an independent vote, and
o "Solid South" for TILDEN and HEND-
RIcKs; vast sums of money have been
expended in the so-called doubtful states
10 restrain the will of the majority and
lighted the CHAINS of the despotic power
at Washington; every desperate resor