The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1876-01-03
y rhE LATE JAMROREE.

rated, and Wheeling, In common Win
nearly every city IN the Union, joined IN
to WELCOME it by the ringing Of bells, the
explosion Of fireworks, the sounding OF
horns, and much noise generally. Now
the next thing is what does all this mean
1t Is but fair to presume that young boys
do not shoot OIL frecrackers so tremen-
dousy, nor old boys, called men, do not
toot their horns so vociterousiy,
unless they mean something more
The popular idea is that all this uni
versal jamboree was to create such din
that its echoes would be heard across the
ocean, for the purpose of attracting gen.
eral attention to the fact that we, as ma
ton. were nearly one hundred years old,
and we were glad'of it. That we had for
almost one century, shown the world that
a Republic could be started and made
a success, and that people were able to
govern themselves. And also it should
have meant that what had, so far, been a
success, should continue; that no imperial
diadem should ever adorn the brows OF
our rulers, but that we the people, should
be the king.
That is all very well, If We are in earn.
est in it, But to carry out that determi-
nation, the people of this country have
something more to do than to blow horns
and make a fuss. They have to keep
their eyes wide open-much wider than
they have been keeping them of late
years-and see to it that the inroads
which have been made on our republican
system of government are checked.
There is no use denying it, for it is no
mere phantasmagoria of the brain, but
that system has been seriously and dan
gerously threatened very recently, if. in
deed, the danger is already past 1t is
needless, just now, to mention in detail
these dangers. They have been
reiterated often enough to be
familiar sounds to every man,
woman and child in the country
and they would have been repeated and
consumated probably ere this, had the
party responsible for them not, to con-
siderable degree, had its fangs drawn, and
its power of doing damage taken from it.
From this we may learn lesson. There
is no teacher so useful or certain as ex-
perience. Judging then by the past, the
only conclusion that can be reached is that
it would be very dangerous to restore that
party to power. The centennial year
has opened with the old line Republican
Democracy at the helm of the ship OF
State, and already the good effects of
their guidance are felt; corruption is be-
ginning at last, through fear of what that
party will do, to get its just deserts, and
the country feels that the day Of puritica-
ton has arrived. This. is the lesson
taught. and if the people of the present
generation wish its great grandchildren
to celebrate one hundred years hence the
existence of this same Republic that SO
much noise was made over on Saturday
they must be very careful how they act in
reinstating those who by their acts, have
shown themselves friends of consolida.
ton, Capitalization, and enemies to the
rights and freedom of the States. The
passage of force bill like that, which
was only prevented from becoming
law by the Intervention OF
March 4,h last would at once viz
tually destroy the Republic, and
it would be but short step then to
yielding it up even IN name. This Is
something for the people to think about
and think about seriously. Else some
Emperor-possibly a member of the
GRANT dynssty-may, on the first of
January, 1876, issue his cdct tor n JAM
boree over the inauguration of the -
veur of the Empire.