The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1876-06-28

: American labor, and with It's monstror
i; custom house taxation on over 1900 at
j, ticles 1t has impoverished American labo
J A few score monopolists and few thou
: and corruptionists have been enriched
|; but capital in the hands OF those earnin
: IL by industry and saving 1t by frugalit,
/; ia everywhere distrustlul and rusts Ut
used, while honest labor goes about th
i streets begging bread. Is this, then, th
final outcome Of century OF Republi
. can self!government? God forbid It W
, have wandered far from the right paths
, we must return to the constitutions
: principles, the frugal expenditures an
/ the administrative purity Of the founder
: Of the Republic. This is the first, th
most imperative necessity Of our da.
and nation. This Is the appeal we hay,
, 10 make 10 our fellow-citizens Of ever
former political aftiliation. This is th
supreme commanding issue to which al
others are inferior, all others trivial
Reform, reform, reform! 1fyoushall re
cognize this imperlous necessity; II you
guarantee in your platform the successfu
achievement Of this arduous work Of M
tional regeneration, II you shall select .
standard bearer true TO your own higher
purpose and faithful to your pledge, vic
tory in the October and victory in th'
/ November contest is already yours. In
carnate the vital issue OF reform in the
candidate and platform, and the State
that have honored Douglass and Lincoln
, the States that to-day honor Hendrickl
and Thurman, Hancock and Parker
Bayard and Tilden-these States, with
all their yast populations, will rise lik!
the woods and the winds that followed
the fleeing orpheus-will rise and follow
you to victory. 4 d.
!, Mr.. Williams, Of Indiana,-I under
stand that the Committee on Resolutions
are not 'ready 10 report, that they have
fonly informally organized and have NOT
taken any action on their doings. ]
therefore move that we adjourn until 10.
morrow morning at II o'clock. AT the
request Of my friends about here | make
1t 10 o'clock. AT the request OF Mr.. Bel.
mont withdraw the motion and yield
the floor to him. 1.'
August Belmont, OF New York,-Mr
Chairman-I hold In my hands resolu.
ton for which l claim the consideration
Of the Convention. The campaign upon
which we are about 10 enter is ofsuch vi
tai importance to the destinies Of the
American people, more vital than any
Presidential election which has been held
heretofore. The great uuestion before Us
is whether we will sci aside the corrupt
administration which Is leading the
country on to ruin, every section Of Il, and
give to our country an industry and pros
perity beyond what the country
has ever seen before. Applause. The
question is whether the iron heel Of NAL
administration shall be put upon this
country, or whether the Democratic par
ty may once more hold the reins Of the
government and restore the country to
Union and prosperity. [Applause.1
The Republican leaders, 'scheming, un-
scrupulous and oppressive as ever, have,
by their speeches in Congress and the
teachings OF partisan press, finally, by
their platforms in the States and nation.
al conventions, tried 10 divide and divert
the attention Of the American people
from their misdeeds, and they appeal to
the worst passions o. the people and en-.
deayor to SOW the winds Of discord' be-
tween the North and South. This Gen.
tennial year OF National rejoicing and
the hallowed memories OF the past, ad.
monish us to draw close together in the
strong bonds OF fraternity and union.
We have seen the soldiers Of South Caro-.
lima arm in arm with the soldiers Of Mas
sachuseth on Bunker Hill. Jap
plause. We have seen the veterans
Of New England wlorn with flowers
the graves OF Confederate soldiers, q. .tri-
butte from the brave TO tho brave.
[Cheers. The politicians OF the admin
istration, bent on their own selfish ends,
attempt to stir up the worst passion Of
human nature, and not satisfied with the
mlseries Of the day are willing TO leave
to our children an inheritance of sus-
picion, prejudice and hatred. They have
played this same nefarious game before,
and encouraged by the timorous policy
Of our leaders informer conventions they
hope TO achieve another victory through
our fear which made US resort to ex-
pediencies and injudicious nominations
outside OF the Democratic party. Ex-
perience has shown the fallacy OF such a
policy, for every Republican vote which
We gained or hoped to gain We lost the
votes OF thousands Of our own people.
Let the lessons OF the past servo rs
warnings at this juncture. This is a
struggle between Democracy, represent.
ing Union, progress, prosperity, and
Republcanism, representing sectional
strife, religious intolerance, and contin-
uation Of the financial and industrial
prostration. In such a contest victory
must be ours, il We adopt a strong and
unequivocal platform on all the cardinal
questions which agitate the people and
place upon it national Democrat whose
private character and public record will
infuse that enthusiasm and that conf!
dence into our ranks which alone can in
sure success. The Republicans have once
more unfurled the bloody shirt-that
piratical flag with which they hope to
capture the liberties OF the people. Let
us march against them under the broad
banner OF tho Union-that flag which has
never known and never will know defeat,
either from foreign or domestic foes.
Mr.. Belmont offer the follow ng
resolution which, with the consent Of the
Convention, l move to be referred 10 the
Committee on Resolutions: ..
We appeal TO the honor and manhood
Of the American people to begin this sec.
ond century OF the American Union and
Independence by trampling under foot
and extinguishing forever the shoulder
ing ashes Of distrust rancor and animosi-
ty between the two great sections Of our
common country. We denouncc with in
dignation the calculated malignity with
which the leaders Of the Republican par
ty have labored TO keep alive through
eleven years Of peace the worst passions
Of civil war. The.Machiayelian motto Of
the Republican party has been and is to
divide the people, and We shall rule them
for the Democratic party. We reply,
unite tie people and make them free.
We denOunce the Republican party on
this great issue as party OF false pre-
tenders. 1t is false pretense to assume
the character Of a national party and at
the same time to exist only by sectional
divisions. Itis a false pretense 10 assume
the name OF Union party and at the same
| timn IN he an nhatNCla IN nationol unity