Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1879-08-27
CLARKSBURG LETTER.
Dix's Observation-Disclosures
and Flunkeyism-The Chinese
Questionable ShinstOn Camp
meeting.

CLARKsBURG, w. VA, August -.
Have your readers seen letter to
Senator Hill, of Georgia, written by Mr..
Dix, prominent Massachusetts, Repub-
lican. If they have not, then they
should all see it. Mr.. Dix is frank
enough to give the public the benefit OF
the end arrived at by the Republican
party, and no one after reading his letter
and taking it in connection with the
history of that party for the last fifteen
wears, can doubt the truth OF all Mr.
Dix SAYS. He takes the ground that 1t
is the duty OF the Republican party to
bury the Constitution with slavery. He
thinks that "the States should be thor
oughly suborlinated to the national SOW
ereignty." lie claims that all the Off
GERS, from the governor OF State down
to the humblest police officer, should be
a national officer, responsible alone TO
the national government.
Who is so blind as not to see that the
Republican party, from It's inception,
has been and still is aiming at Just such
a contamination as Mr.. Dix refers TO?
Their platforms, in which they never
forget to refer to the United States as
nation; the declaration Of their Sena-
tors and Congressman; their acts as
party organization; their effort to turn
the Southern States into wilderness;
their repeated efforts TO destroy free
speech; their labOrs TO control elections
bv United States Marshals and armed
s0idiers-these and hundred other
facts show the object of the Republican
marty. and its leaders will never cOnsid-
or its mission ended until State lines
are virtually wiped out and all that Mr..
Dix contemplates with SO much satlslac-
ton is accomplished.
fear the people are not fully aroused
10 the danger that threatens them. In
fact, Mr.. Editor, | fear the REGISTER
does not call attention to these things
as often as it should. | know that hun
dreds of newspapers never dis
cuss the subject. The mod
ern editor seems to think
the only province OF the newspaper is to
! Give the news. While news is the I'M
| portant item in the makeup OF a news
paper, yet | cannot help but believe that
! the intelligent discussion of doctrinal
questions, political and otherwise, Is
about as important as the news. l am
sure that it is more important to the
peOple 10 know that their institutions
are i'm danger than it is to be informed
that Jim Jones has cut his throat.
American funkeyism is another ques-
ton that needs showing up'-in fact
it is an important item i'm the sum total
of means by which the Republican
party hopes TO accomplish its object
We have too many people lmostly found
in the North who are ready to worship
ANYTHING or anybody said to possess
what is called noble blood, or great
wealth. \ lord, or the sister, cousin or
aunt of a lord will set this class on their
tiptoes at once, and they will let no
opportunity pass to pay court to such.
Bv the way, We might say that
we have seen a fair sample of
aunkevism at Clarksburg recently. \
couple OF our citizens while sOJOurning
at Oakland recently, met three mem
bers of the Chinese legation now IN this
country. The Chinese took Il fancy TO
our citizens-for no one that meets the
aforesaid citizens can help butlOve them
and paid them visit last Friday, re-
manning here over Sunday, all of which
WAS proper enough. 1t was soon whls-
parei about that the Chinese were in
town. and that they were nOblcmen-
blooded chaps, thOrOughbreds, as it
were. In TACT, one of them is said to be
q second cousin of that awful pOtentate,
the Emperor of China. This was
enough. Our ROJlmat of both sexes
paid them court Immediately. The
heather Chinese were at once bigger
men than old Grant," for who ever
heard of Grant being consin to an En-
peror. In fact, his friends, although
holding him to be the very embodiment
of Imperialism, never as much as
claimed him 10 be even HOJitmdn.
Well, the Cinnamon came, saw and
CONQUERED. Their ignoble blood, which
has run through solutions, blOck-heads,
heatbens. rat-eaters. laundrymen and
such since the flood excuse the i'm
provement on a great poet was at once
deemed purer than that which courS-
e. through the veins OF twO-thlrds OF the
citizens of this great RepubllC-tor are
not these heather nOblemen? We can
not saw how many missionaries our Wis
itors have been instrumental in muir
dcring. but we 10 know that at the same
time they were being cOurted with SO
much gracc-which, by the way was
last Sunday-a little boy, recently from
China, was visiting in town, and ms III
Their, a Christian missionary, fell by the
bloody hand OF a Chinaman; and we
know further that the Government OF
China. its Emperor and its noblemen are
responsible for this and thousand SIM
liar crimes
I would like TO discuss the Chinese
0ueStion here. | would like TO show
how necessary it is that that great horde
OF eastern worshippers of wood
and stone and emperors should
Zoe checked and driven back be-
fore they sweep across the CONT
nent and blight the blooming hopes OF
Christianity and our race, but | have
taken too much space already.
The Shinnston campmeetlng is IN
progress aud has been for several days.
Last Sunday the attendance was very
ar,r. in fact said to be larger
than ever before in the history Of the
campground. 1t would seem, however,
that very lew went there to worship.
The crowd that remained away from
the preachers stand was at least two
thirds larger than that which attended
10 hear the word" preached. sunday
though it was, horse-tradcrs were nu-
merous and dida big trade. One fer
vent minister went anon. them and
tried to get them to listen to sermon
which ne undertook to deIiycrupon the
spot, but they would not listen. fear
that more harm is done at campmeet-
inys than good. Ten acres OF ground
covered with buggics and other
vehicles, men trading horses, 9th.
rrs exposing watermelons and
various wares for sale, young
men and ladies picuicing together, and
making the air resonant with their mer-
riment, in other parts OF the ground in
toxicated men Keeling about and filling
Il .rY,.l oil this