The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1878-09-04

cells organ, has the following:
We have had enough and more than
enough OF "the bloody shirt In our pol
itics. Kcarney, " the great California agl-
tator" has attempted to introduce shirt
OF another color. His effort has not Dccn
crowned with the success he seems TO have
anticipated. The grievances of working
men arc not displayed to advantage bya
constant and profuse exhibition Of unelean
linen on the part OF their self-elected rep-
resentatiye. And then Kcarney's elo-
0ucnce is in exact Keeping with the ap.
pearanee Of his linen. 1t is copiously foul
and studiously blasphomous. Oratory OF
this kind advances no cause. tint once
kills the speaker and tho theory WHICH he
advocates. The working Glasses have un-
doubtedly great distress to encounter, but
much Of it Is inevitable, and the result OF
a long combination OF causes for which no
class Is answerahlc. Then again, through
all the troubles In tlnanGe and business
which have afflicted tho country OF late
wears, the vast majority OF tho working
classes have had, MS they still have, work
To do, and there is much work yet to be
obtained by tliosc who honestly look for
Il Wages must always tluctuRtc. Employ.
ers cannot pay at the same rates In hard
times that they can in FLUSH" times. They
suffer with their employees, and many OF
them have been ruined outright or come
to the verge Of ruin. All these things
should be taken into consideration In III
Dor questions The grievances and dlsas-
tiers are not all on one side. There must
be peace and good will on both sides il eli
ther party wonll better its condition.
There must be mutual forhoaranee. Ger
tainly when great public disasters occur,
as in the present sad case Of the yellow
fever, we soc no holding aloof on the part
OF those who have means, but n very gen.
eral and prompt and generous movement
OF sympathy and assistance. Now, that Is
a case very much inpOint, yet it does not
seem to have occurred to Mr.. Kearncy.
Much sinful and Outrageous OXtraya'
Cance there has been on the part OF the
wealthy in this country. Vet II close in
Guiry we're made 1t would probably be
found that tho garisll display and vulgar
ostcntation that offended the eyes and
taste OF all true men and women, OF what
ever condition In life, came from persons
who, by some happy or unhappy accident,
sprane suddenly into wealth without the
reuotest sense Of the high responsibilities
attaching to wealth. To these persons
money means money, and nothing. more
a means more or less limited OF satisfying
personal qualifications and tGstcs OF the
lowest order. We do not say that such
views Of wealth and what wealth entails
arc altogether restricted to persons Of
that class. Tho Grant regime has very
much to answer for In this way and 1t will
be looked upon in after times Us one Of the
saddest and most shameful chapters OF our
national history. Whatever Con. Grant
may or may not be, he is certainly not q
man OF lofty character and attainmerts,
or even OF refined tastes, and the result
was painfully evident In the debased and
gaudy court he gathered about bin.
But Mr.. KearDey makes the universal
mistake OF profoundly Ignorant mon who
make lucrative profession OF agitation
for the working classes, -of regarding
wealth and possessions as tho natural enc
nv OF the poor. 1t is, on the contrary,
lis natural and necessary friend in this
country, perhaps, more than In any other
Wealth Is constantly shifting here from
hand to hand. There Is little hereditary
property, 40 to say, and 1t rarely extends
beyond the second generation. Evory
honest man here who wishes to work md
knows how to work has everything in his
favor. He must not expect TO jump Into
a fortune, but he Can at lOast earn res
pectable livelihood, and, by caro- and
thrift, constantly add 10 It. It's dis
grace to the working classes to be repre-
sented even In name by ablasphemlng
ruifian, full Of ignoralit egotism, and prid-
ing himself OF being unkompt, We know
and see thousands OF workingmen. They
crowd our churches Sunday after Sunday.
They arc tho chief support and pride Of
| the Catholic church. We do not know
one OF the Kearney stripe. Wo donot
know one who would not rcpudlatO such
a representative. We do not know one
who would make personal uncleanliness a
point Of pride. Bad