The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1876-08-07
THE TREM ENDoUs SHOCK.


combat that precedes.
II is too soon TO forecast the Iss'leI
With respect to the mighty allied total,
surging through the whole Union, per-
haps it is. And yet, in the faith OF Amer.
lean capacity for self-government, con-
templating the shame and corruption
that are to be continued in the triumph
Of Hayes and w heller, and the reform
that is to he begun in the election OF Til
den and Hendricks, the ninds eye can.
not fail to see truer "victory in the air.
than ever inspired political gsmester ut
Cincinnati?
With respect to the fight in our own
mountain department we have n nearer
view and can better judge: The battle
plans are all laid, and lin somewhat
MARKED DISTINCTION
from the other kind of war-
isre) are published To the world. Let us,
there, in all prossic seriousness, examine
some of those of our opponents, and see
if thew be wise, or such rs are likely to
wrest victory. They are TO be found
written in the Parkersburg platform.
Passing over the preamble of that doc
ument (which is nothing more than the
accustomed gas from that lively old stink
not. Billy Stevenson, with no substance
more solid or drlec;able), the Radicals
demand rs the
ORR EcTIyE POINTS OF THEIR CAMPAIGN.
Firstly, "such amendments to
the Constitution as will relieveit from
odium, incongruities and absurdlties'
without once indicating whose absurdl-
ties etc, are. Honest and practical seek
ers after amendment would have done
otherwise. Had those Parkersburg shut
flers been theologlca'ly, instead OF polltl-
cally bent, they might have held precise
ly the same language toward the fresby-
terrain Conversion of Faith, or the Meth
odi.t Book Of Discipline, and the people
would only have understood this about
them-that they were not Presbyterian,
or Ms,hodists, but whether they loerT
Bsptists, Shaking Quakers, Mormons or
Moslems would have been past all ind
ing out. So, the trainers of the above
language we know to be, not Democrats,
but what their true political nature and
complexion may be all mere con lecture
other than as certain known earmarks OF
the political dead beat are exhibited.
The next Radical demand is not de-
maud at all, but the reverse; it Is n sur
render. Having been whipped clean out
Of its
TRULY sATINIC DARLING,
the rigistry act, the Radical party Sol
EMMY frames plank to declare (but who
is the fool to believed! that it 'cont do so
any more.
Or who would believe its next follow
ing pledge-"to reduction ofthe amount
of taxation for general State purposes.
The Whisky Ring Leaders could never
demand pardon and pledge themselves
to honestly and more sweetly.
Next the Petersburg "demand' is for
"the abolition Of the county court" But
has that demand been denied, in a single
instance, bya Democratic Legislature
when any county has as ed 1t through
its member And up here in hancock
IA model Republican county,, when that
same Democratic legislature acceded 10
that demand, and bill framed by one
Republican delegate John A. Campbeli)
was passed, did not the stout
REPuBLICAN MAJORITY
of the county vote it ANONYMOUSLY down
"rhe restoration Of townships that Is,
the restoration of a name, the thing being
all the samel and self government oy
means of test osths and registry boards |;
the exclusion ofevery thing of sectarlan
or psrtissn character from our schools =
lust as at present gioriously existing-are
slso some more of the demands OF the
Psrkersburg leaders.
But Why follow through the
FOOLS CATALOGUE
is, seriously considered, an insult to
the intelligence OF our people. Only one
more demand Of the Parkersburs plat
form calls for passing notice; that Is the
demand that the Capital question be 70.
ferred to vote Of the people. 1t was OF
the philosophy of the renowned aud
puisssnt Knight OF the Sorrowtui Figure
that, at is better TO lose the game by
card too much than one too little. IL
must have been somewhat similar
sc,us,ing life principle that controlled
Mr.. All Sin, whose little game and con.
seouent uuplesssntness with Mr.. Nye
live in mesric immortality. II surel!
coulI have been no other philosophy thai
urged the way TO the Petersburg Con-
ven,ion upon the Capital question. The
resolution adopted is the pledge OF the
Republican party 10 the re-opening OF
the Capital question, and in favor OF the
SPECIAL CLAIM OF CHARLESTON.
Do the people desire this2 Will they
sanction it? And yet that the pledge
was given in the merest spirit OF dems
sosuery las the ROOSTER has amply
Shown there cannot be the slightes
doubt. The result OF this policy OF
treachery and deceit may be anticipated
IN this alternative result-if accepted a:
seriously meant, the people Will vos'
down the Republican party q
false 10 and unrspressntAtive o
their interests and viii; il accepte'
at il true worth of chsaser!
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