The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1879-10-11
GOOD RYB EWING.

How Things Have Changed ON iii
Hands In the Ohio Canvass.
Cleveland Herald Of yesterday.
Probably no man ever made polItica
canvass under more discOuraging circum
stances than does Mr.. Ewing. He open
ed his campaign with a speech at Lancas
ter, in which he depicted, with all the
ability Of which be was master, the awiu
condition to which our country was re
duCed under Republican rule. lie made
his hearers weep as he spoke Of the shiver,
iug and starving laborers all over the
land, the desolate homes where gaunl
famine stalked like vol, where broken.
hearted mothers and wailing children
cried in despair for bread, where grim.
visaged want held reign, and misery and
suffering were the daily handmaids Of the
poor.
But since that speech was made three
months have elapsed, and we are on the
eve OF the election In which be Ia so deep.
ly interested. What has become Of Ew.
Ing the prophet, Ewing the weeper, Ew.
ing the croaker, Ewing the statesman, no.
lttieal guide, and head Of great party,
and what Is the present condition Of the
country which three months ago was on
the brink OF such famine and destruction
For Ewing, there's mono 80 poor TO do
him reverence" For the country. Il il
rapidly reaching the high tide Of prosper.
ity. The hum Of industry is heard ali
over the land. The smoke OF the tall
chimneys darken the air. The manufac.
tories are alive and crowded with business.
The great fires are aglow in the furnaces,
From the miners at work ia the
caverns OF the earth 10 the busy
artisan at the forge labor Is rewarded,
and the man who wishes to labor finds il
ready for his hands, The merchant has
eager buyers for his wares and the me-.
chanic reaps daily the reward OF his skill,
Providence has blessed our country with
abundant harvests, and the warm rays OF
an Indian summers sun shine on no land
more blessed with genuine prosperity
than our own. Men salute each other
cheeriully as they meet. Good omens are
in the air. Money is plenty. The Ma.
tiOnal credit stands so high no man can
tmpeach It. Gold, silver and paper-hon.
est, genuine, real money-form the me.
dlum for our exchanges, aud the era Of
speculation, rag heresies and balloon
kiting schemes for making wealth out OF
nothing, and creating riches for people
by the word Of the Government, has
passed away. Good times are coming
good times are here.
Thanks 10 the bounty OF wise and gra.
clous Providence, and the wisdom and
honest rule OF the Republican party, these
things are so. Let us, while thanking the
good Lord for his mercies, vote to keep
the Republican party steadily in power
that party TO which We owe to-day our ex.
istence as Nation; that party which
made freedom the birthright Of every
American citizen; the party which pro.
tects and fosters American Industry, sus-
tains the public credit, provides honest
money for its people, and Insists that the
provisions Of the Constitution Of the Uni.
ted States shall be the supreme law OF the
land in every corner of the Republic; and
that every citizen, however humble, shall
be protected in his right 70 life, liberty,
and tho pursuit OF happiness,