The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1879-06-18
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TIE EXTRA SESSION.

Inc extra session IS NOT euCn Oau ii
vention after all,-that Is, for the Republ
can party. The Democratic party Is pay
Ing the piper It has given the lickspittle
Of the North fine opportunity to abas
themselves before their masters,-thos
heroic beings OF the Chivalrous south,-
in order that 1t might be demonstrate
that the Democratic party has nndergon
no change in all these years Of cruCibl
trial, that has SO altered everything els
for good. The extra session shows that tn
Democratic party is the same that 1t al
ways was, composed OH the one hand o
the chiyaIry referred to,-gallNnt souls
who formerly owned slaves, and who lat
terly, obeying the fine instincts OF nObl'
natures and heroic teachings, have devel
oped and strengthened their lofty i'm
pulses by such iurtive beatings and hang.
ings, and muimtngs, and shotgun prac.
tees, at the expense OF defenseless ne.
groes, male and female, old and young, as
the occasional absence Of United Suites
soldiers would permit; composed on the
other hand Of cheap, windy and empty
demagogues from the greasy North who
have returned TO their humiliation and
prostration before their old, domineering
courageous and cowardly masters. or
course, lack Chandler, who says that
Charlie Foster is on the stool OF repent.
ance and bringing forth fruit, ETC., and
therefore ought to be graciously encour.
aged; of course the great MfChigander
whose grip upon the tail OF his beloved
country has never loosened in all
these years that he has adorned the
walks OF private life, of course he
and his crowd knew all the time that no
good could come out OF this Lazarretto;
but there were some OF us who hoped for
better things, who believed that war did
Iegislate, and hoped that human nature,
as developed in the United
States OF America, would no longer have
such siCkening cause to blush for itself;
and hoped that the storm had purified the
waters and cleared contamination from a
certain moral atmosphere-and the extra
session has taught us Enthusiastically that
hat which We have for two or three years
cared and dared not to acknowledge Is &C.
:ually true, and must be met as an ugly,
errible fact, as 1t was In 1851, only pray
heaven not with arms again. That Is a
gain. certainly, for the loyal North, not to
'ay the Republican party. The mask is
Otf, and we know not what we are fight
ng.
But this is not all. The extra session is
reating us very neatly in m intellectual
way. The debates in the Senate particu.
arly have been remarkably enjoyable Of
ate, and the encounters between the two
PARTIES there have been peculiarly inter.
sting. The fact that Edmunds, Blaine
md Conkling are keeping the entire Dem.
'cratic representation in the Senate in a
constant cold perspiration is naturally
more pleasing 10 we'uns than to them'uns.
i you are not IN the habit Of reading the
Congressional Record with any degree OF
attention nowadays, take my advice and
let about it at once. am sure it will
prove not only instructive, but amusing
o You. (Ityou are not receiving it, write
o your Congressman to send it to you.
As he is allowed only limited number Of
copies, OF course you will put HIM to some
expense, but that is what he is for, isn't
t? You know you made him spend his
'alary in advance to. secure his election
Under the beautiful system that we have
;hosen to practice in this great and glori-
)us country. Why not keep on until YOU
bankrupt him? 1t will give some other
elbow with money chance, you know
These discussions OF the questions OF
State rights and human rights, and the
rights OF franchise, and tho right to have
l pure and honest jury system, as Conterd
ed by the Republican party, and the right
demanded by the Democracy to pack
Iuries, and make bowling farces OF Jury
trials, have been great opportunities to
hose three giants and they lave thorough.
y enjoyed themselves in oratoriCAl (nOne
.he less logical or juridical) displays.
The whole body OF Democratic Senator's is
not equal to the combat with those three
men; and, wriggle as they may, the petty
falsG pretcHses OF these nOltrCdu rttchc-
heir dishonest and treasonable attacks
Upon all the safeguards that havp grown
up about our own Government, and for
he protection Of our rights and privileges
are mercilessly exposed to the righteous
Indignation OF that great jury Outside"
IS Conkling said the other day "these gal
cries" the people.
Not TINT there arc not capable men on
The Democratic std0, -Heg who, given
4 cause with merit and Justice in It, ara fit
10 cope with the best in any land. There
are numbers Of them. But they are en-.
tirely ct disadvantage. They are busted
with the work OF un4oing oil that which
has been gained at such fearful cost,
They arc striving to turn back the hands
on the dial Of time, to overthrow the re-
suits OF progress and enlightenment, to
reduce the Nation once more to the help.
lessness OF the other days, 10 exchange
the chain OF Union so la6oriously forged
md SO painfully riveted for rope OF
sand, 10 make feasible again the schemes
Of traitors whose ambition bids them pre-
fer to reign in Hell than to serve in Heav-
ell.
OF course the Southern Democrats inCite
this new rebellion and thrust forward
again the Northern licEspittles, who
hasten over the Gresh-made graves OF their
blood and kin TO do the dirty work. and
bear the onus OF the oftense oil the MUIR
derers OF their brethren. A pretense has
been made by the ex.Coniederates that
they are not responsible-that they fol.
low thS lead Of their Northern colleagues
and enjoyed very MUCH the manly de-
claration OF Wade Hampton, when in his
recent speech he contemptuously disa-
vowed this lie, and boldly said that as he
and bis ieiiswSo the recent Coniederacy
were in the majority, OF COURSE they were
responsible, for the majority rules in the
caucus. 1t was the first manly thing that
has been said from that side Of the Cham.
Der for some time, except few observa.
tons OF which Mr.. Conkling delivered
standing among his adversaries,
a few days ago, upon the subjects OF the
river and harbOr steal and State rights
more particularly in this instance tho
right Of the State to steal from the Nation
al Treasury.
building 10 Chicago This season.
CHICAGO, June l6.-Nore permits were
IoI,on out Iouk wool, than for anV airoilar