Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1879-10-03
WHEELING W. VA FRIDAY MORNING. OCTOBER g. 1879.

turles no armed sOlulSI ndS DteH per
mitted near the polling places, even If
the peace were broken. The Sheriff OF
London summoned the juries and held
the issues of property and life in their
hands Their power was so great that
oftentimes the chiefs of the parties sat
in council anxiously awaiting the results
/ of the election as the token OF their safe
\ w for another year or of the necessity
/ OF instant fight from the country. The
/ turbulence was great. London was con-
| yulsed by riOtOus mobs and
TIE ExCEssEs OF ARMED BANDS,
/ and vet wisely curbing the impulses of
/ the moment, the statute OF l735 recited
that by the common law, by the stat
utcs OF Edward /, by the usage and
| practice of the realm, armed troops had
not been permitted to approach the
| polls for any purpose, and continued
| and enforced the prohibition. When, a
| few wears afterward, troops were used
10 uuell a riot at Westminster election,
| with uncovered heads and bended knees
| the offenders received the Censure of the
| House of Commons. Within a month,
/ when the CITY of Quebec requested the
| presence Of a regiment to preserve Its
| peace, the GOvernOr-General refused.
lie said well regulated police, not
part ofthe army, must keep the peace
OF the community. England to-day is
the Incest Government in the world eX-
cept our own. A soldier can not enter
the hall the Commons with his uni
form and arms.
Our Declaration OF Independence is
the protest in behalf OF civil liberty, i'm
mortal in history. 1t will gather glory
throughout all ages. Its voice is the
whole spirit of freedom. 1t eXalts the
| individual in stating his rights. 1t en-
mobiles the State by ydeiining its just pur
poses and powers. 1t was evoked by
the wrongs our fathers suffered. "IIe
has refused his assent 10 laws the most
wholesome and necessary Tor the public
good "He haskept among US in time
of peace standing armies without the
consent OF our Legislature. ale has
affected 10 render the military independ-
ent of and superior 20 the civil power"
ale has deprived us in many cases OF
the benefits OF trial by jury"
THIS SUBLIME PROTEST
against ortragcs on civil liberty de-
nounced the wrongs of which the DEM
ocratic party complains to-day. 1t
stands upon the declaration out of which
the Republic was born. tasks nothing
which the Declaration does not demand.
That was a revolutionary document,
SAYS General Garfield. Aye! and the
Democratic party is Revolutionary" TO
that extent, and no further. 1t teaches
the truths which the Declaration an
nOunced To be scli-evident. II demands
the rights for the assertion OF which our
fathers pledged their lives, their tor
tunes and their sacred honor. The Re
publican party to-day denounces these
doctrines as revolutionary and incOnsis-
tent with the maintenance of the Gov
ernment and the best interests OF the
people.
Ny countrymcn, must adjurc YOU to
heed the lesson OF all reason, of all his
tory? The great experiment is in your
hands to-day. Wca exposed to greater
dangers from this cause than any gov
ernment Other governments have
the kim, the Throne, the Crown, the
Executive Head-the emblem OF Ma
tIonal sovereignty-raiSed above parties,
welding the vital powers OF the govern
ment, and maintaining its form, which
ever party may succeed. lit were pos
sible ut all, such a government might
use the troops impartially TO keep the
peace as between the parties. Every
department of our government, every
representative OF the sovereignty of the
people is i'm the hands of party; every
element OF power is in the hands OF
party; every office, and honor, and
emolument is the price Of party success.
Ii Is madness, IL Is crime, 10 cOntide
To- party the power OF bringing troops
10 the polls, where its fate Is to be de
cdcd.
Referring to the election laws, he said
that Republicans claimed that the law
in regard to the employment OF super
visors and marshals in controlling or
supervising, elections, have never
been abused.
We point to the evidence taken in
Boston and Newport and Cincinnati
this very summer. We point to the
evidence of our candid aud Just minded
marshal OF Cincinnati.
He does not believe in any new
tangled
CIVIL SERVICE REFORM;
not he. He has no reason TO do so. lie
did his duty as an officer of the court
efficiently, honestly, impartially. He
did his duty in the appointment OF
deputy marshals according TO the spirit
and intent OF the law. He says
ne appointed all Republicans; he assO-
ciated with such people and he knew
them; not Il Democrat, he might be de-
ceiyed in them. He stationed them all
i'm Democratic wards. He knew the
Republican wards would not need
them. lie knew that in Republican
wards there could not be any Illegal
voting, or hardly any; certainly not
enough to hurt the Republican party,
and therefore, he left them alone.
We show 10y testimony, perfectly ir-
rcfragablc, that by the intent and pro-
visions of the law, and its practical APP
phcation, supervisors and marshals are
only partisan clectionccrcrs for the
dominant party, paid out OF the public
treasury; and thereupOn a ghOStly pro-
ceSSion Of fearful figures of State Rights,
ku-klux. Eliza PinkStons, and, above
all, Republican deieats-mOre fearful
Nlltll NlloSc " ullll SlIutN NCIIbI " Nllc
soul OF Richard, file before the eyes OF
the Acknowledgement, and he cries out:
The war is not yet over, its results are
all imperiled." And chorus of voices
exclaim: Confederate Brigadier, Cau-
Gus dictation, Starving the Govern
ment, Payments of Confederate debt"
Confederate Brigadiers, Whose fault
is it that Union Brigadiers do not rep
resent Republican States? Caucus die
tation When it is perfectly notorious
that Senator Schurz tried To eXtOrt an
answer from Senator Sherman on the
Finance Bill, and utterly failed because
the Republican caucus forbade. Starry
ing the Government, Who refused to
pass the Army Bill when Andrew John
son. the brave and honest old man was
President?
PAYMENT of Confederate debt, No
Democrat has ever suggested it. No
Democrat desires it. No party could
propose it and live.
Concluded on Fourth PdgE.)