The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1878-12-09


The opinion Of gentlemen as sagacious
as Hon. Charles J. Faulkner 70 Tue CON
trary Notwithstanding, the HreenpaeN
movement has not spent its force; on tne
contrary it is going forward with greater
rapidly than ever betore.-ChaFses0H ! ".
TG,) Courier.
Its maxim OF Law that lone man aver.
reth one thing, and another man averreth
another, but the verify is the record" The
late elections show that the Greenback
movement fell very far behind what was
claimed for it, and in no State did it either
control the result itself or enable its next
ofkin-the Democracy-to control it. On
the contrary, Ohio that had given 1900
Democratic majority in 1877 turned about
and went several thousand for the Repub-
licans this year, as did also every one OF
the November States, including even such
Democratic States rs New York, New Jer-
sey and Connecticut. The fight was made
on the currency sharply and unmistaka-
bly after the result in Maine had walked
up the country to the real danger OF "fiat-
ism" and the people came forth in their
strength and rallied with great enthusiasm
TO the support of the honest men and hon
Is. money principles OF the Republican
party.
The Democracy, were the Presidential
canvass on hand now, would not dare to
nominate a Greenback candidate on a
Greenback platform. They would be
routed, horse, foot and dragons, in two
thirds OF the States Of the Union. Moth
ing but the failure to resume and main
tain specie payments after the LIST ofJanu-
ary can quicken Greenbackism into active
life. As the country sinks it may rise,
Jus. as during the war, when the country
was at times paralyzed, the Democracy,
like huge black bird Of ill-omen, spread
its dark wings like pail OF death over the
land. But il resumption proves success, as
We devoutly hope it will, and the country
moves forward, even slowly, on It's new
career OF prosperity, We shall see no more
otGreeubackism, and the very men, like
Ben Wilson, who were so active this year
in appealing to the popular prejudice
against everything that is conservative
and well approved in finance, will labor
By every art OF sophistry and demagoguery
to show that, properly understood, they
were always in favor OF specie payments.
The Central Executive Committee Of
the National party" in their address to
the public, exhibit more enthusiasm than
experience when they assume that the
strength OF the party exhibited at the re-
cent elections foreshadows its triumph in
the general election oilSSO. They seem to
take no heed Of the fate Of other third par.
ties, or even OF the varying successes OF
the two old parties, which have so often
Sc; at nausht the calculations OF the best
politicians. In 1910 tho Democracy were
overwhelmed BY q tidal wave, while in
1874 they carried the country by storm; in
ls4s they were again badly defeated, while
in 1852 they carried all but four States; in
1856 they barely succeeded, while in 1850
they were split to pieces, and have not
been in power since. III fact, the Difficult.
" OF such powerful party to obtain con-
troll OF the Government ought to cause the
Greenbackers to have some doubt OF sue
cess, even though resumption should fail
and hard times should continueindeanite-