The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1879-04-01


United States Il thepresent time are act
uated by honest motiveS-that they are
anxious to do that which win best sub.
serve the interest Of the people, and lead
the cOpntEyytO Estate Of prosperity; but
they Rte Observation-Disclosures by those who
have spurned thecontrobO isthes otganiaa.
ton, or else habit and prejudice have 50
blinded them that they cannot realize the
effects Of the pernicious teachings Of the
party. Many ottho Democratic leaders
are doubtless honest, but 60 on in the
error Of their ways from force Of habit and
tho blindness Of prejudice. They believe
that their teachings arc for the good Of the
people, and that the practical application
Of their doctrines would promote the hap.
piness and prosperity 81 the country,
No man who gives the matter an i'm.
partial and unpreipdiced consideration
can TALL TO SEQ that the teachings and prac.
tees Of the Democratic party In the Unit.
ed StAtes tend to revolution, anarchy and
rebellion. The doctrine OF estate sover.
eighty" rs held aud taught by that party,
Ii continually initiating against the peace
and security OF the nation; II IL always
threatening the United States Govern.
ment, disturbing the public peace, and
creating doubts In the minds Of the PEG.
pie Ia relation 10 the perinaneRcy 0t our
Institutions. ......f..
The doctrine Of estate sovereignty" as
taught by Thomas Jefferson, and reiterat-
ed in the Virginia and Kentucky resolu-
tons Of 1898 and 1903, was the seed that
terminated inIthe rebellion in 1861. The
Democratic members OF the present Con.
gress, ora largo portion OF them. adhere
as tenaciously TO this doctrine as did the
Democratic leaders who engineered the
South into. rebellion, and Whenever the
party holding to this doctrine possesses
dominant power in. the United States, the
unity OF the government is endangered,
because the doctrine that each State Is
sovereign and that the power OF State Ia
paramount to that OF the United States
that the Constitution OF the United States
is 0 mere contract between the States
which any State may annul at pleasure,
inevitably leads 10 revolution, rebellion
and anarchy. an. -
That the doctrines OF the Democratic
party II practically carried ont in the adj
ministration OF our government for any
great length Of time will lead TO rebellion,
is plain to the most ordinary observer.
Let the people become fully indoCtrinated
In "State sovereignty" Let the great
masses Of the people believe that the
power Ola State is. greater than the power
otthe United States, and their pride in
the American Union will cease, aud they
will be ready upoR every little ground Of
discomfort whether real or imaginary to
dissolve thesU Union. ~
The teachings Of the Democratic party
lead naturally TO rebellion and disunion. A
man cannot be expected to have very
high regard for the Government Of the
United States when he has been taught
that 1t is only secondary while the Gov
ernrnent OF the State in which he resides
Is primary. Ifyou teach a man that a
part is greater than the whole and he &C.
copts your teaching you cannot expect
him, to have a very great respect for the
whole. "
Contemplate the conduct Of the late
rebels and you will discover that rebel
lion and Democracy fuse as naturally as
soap and water. When they found them.
selves conquered they yielded their arms,
but not their doctrines, and when they
were forced back into allegiance to the
Union and began 10 renew their political
ties, nineteen-twentieths OF them natural.
ly gravitateditothe Democratic party. II
was the teachings Of this party that en-.
gendered the rebellion. tits very clear to
any thinking mind that the estate soyer.
eighty" doctrines oft Democratic party
naturally lead to rebellion. Every Demo
crati s not arebel, but every man who was
insympathy with the laterebcllion was also
a believer in the doctrine Of Estate sover
eighty" Democracy Is not per se rebel
lion, but is seed which under certain
circumstances will produce rebellion. All
who are Democrats are not opposed 10 the
,union'ot the States, but every disunionist
1t matters not where he may DO found, Il
a Democrat. The late rebels after they
had been conquered were not unlike two
fast young men, brothers, named Bob and
John, who spent a week at neighborinr
race course, andhad bet freely lost heavily
and drunk deeply, and returned home
late on Saturday night. On SUNDAY
morning they awoke, not feeling remorse
of conscience for their sinful conduct. bui
great regret for their heavy losses, wher
the following dialogue ensued:
fBob-"Brother John We have been act.
ing very recklessly, and II We carry on
matters at this rate our fortunes will soon
be squandered.m
John-"That Is exactly my opinion too,
and think We had better take some de.
cided steps towards reformation. Had we
not better join some church,"
Bob-"1 would have no objections only
the churches are generally too strict
and hamper fellow with too many re,
straints, however, We will look around
and II We can find any church that is pref.
" near tho world, we will join it"
John-"That suits me-" ~
Now had Bob and John been successful
at the. race course they would not have
thought Of joining the church, but as mai.
ters stood they desired to Join the church
and remain as near the race course and
other exclusively worldly matters rs posi-.
pie, 50 the rebels, being forced back into
the Union joined that political church
which%as nearest the rebellion. Like the
last young men, they had stakel all and
lost, and knowing there was no chance 10
recover It. they desired to have something
that would not remove them too far from
old associations.
Tho tendency Of tho Democratic teach.
ings is ever towards disintegration. There
are now mon in tho Congress OF tho Uni.
ted States -men whose hands are deem
dyed In treason, who are bowling because
the United States laws are such that a
State cannot control its own elections 80
as to permit bull DOING and ballot box
stuthne; because the laws arc such as will
protect every citizen in the exercise Of his
rights; and those men are threatening
revolution II these laws arc not rcpealed
The late rebellion was! simply belligor.
ent democracy. Itmay be said that there
Is no danger OF rebellion any moro be-.
cause the cause Of tho rebellion (slayery)
mas mas been removed. Let the doctrine Of
Estate R0VnrniUnNH,u ~ =