The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1879-08-05
Mn. SQUASH.
His Return IIOmc-H baltimore Gives No
Money, bat Furnishes hatch orGreen.
zbnek.IRbor Ideas, which IsnIher Tickle
Mr. Squash.
HAMPTON SETTLEMENT,
\VHsT FIRGINNY, Aug, |, 1879

HAMPTON SETTLEMENT,
WEST FRGINNY, Aug. ], 1870,
Editors intelligence:
Home Ngin frum turin shoar!' How
deliteiul it il to set down at wons own
home after bein amung strangers. How
swca. rest IL after long and weary jurney,
SIGH az | hev he'd! 1t makes won think
ov hevin. No wunder city folk want to
git away irum the heat and dust ov the
krouded streets to inioy the invigerutein
inllooenCe Nv this mountane breaze, fur it
makes wons nerves tinglc with new life.
Mi circulation IL unusually good this even
ing, and am still under the shadow ov
these everlastin hills, kontemplatin won
ov the best platforms that wnZ
ever adopted. l gist cum trum Balti-
more, that great metropolis, the seat ov
luxury and refinement, where the Dina
krats outvote Thy repetin) the Republic
kins two to won. 1t IL a distinguished
privilege to he associated with SIGH men
az Cumpose our party in Baltouore, and
mi sojourn among them fur ten days vii
always ue TtuleltluCIGN WIN plSuSutcl GA'
cept the tinanshel part ov it. OF korce l
wus unsuccessful in mi Efforts to collect
money fur the Ohio kampane, but that
war no fault ov the DemoCkracy, but wuz
OWN exclusively to John Shernan's ri.
inous tinanshel policy kontracted
kondition ov the kOurency. Last weak |
attended meetin on Monument Square,
in the interests ov the laberin man, and
SIGH enthusiasm and likker l never
seed atore! no oY no meetin land
hav attended CRATE many where there
wuz moor magnificent lispla ov talent
and patriotism. The delagits all scanned
to hav but won object in view-to promote
the happiness ov the laberin man-and the
spirit Ov the fathers scanned to rest upon
the convention. Not since the days ov
the lamented Andrew johnson hev bin
so happy! The climax ov ieelin wuz
reached wen the resolushions wuz red,
and cud restrane mi ieelins no longer-l
sed, "Glory! glory" Every nobel and
generous continent that cud dignity hui
man nacher-inJerin human nacher-wuz
embraced in them resolushiOns.
Every plank in the platform IL is har-
mony with American instit0Oshuns, and
reflects the continents ov the EOnstitu-
ton. Hear il:
WHEARAz, The laberin man IL endowed
bi hiL Greater and the konstitution ov hiz
kountry with sertain inailyenable rites,
amung wiCh ar liberty, lickker, reckrea-
ton, tobacker, and plenty OF money; and,
WHEARAz, The scarcity Of laber, and
the present contracted Eondition ov the
Cirkulatin mejum ov the kuntry, preGlude
the possibility ov eujoyin these heven born
privileges; therefore.
RrSolrGd, |. That we thro of the yoke ov
the Observation-Disclosures, and herebi de.
clare our purpoze to seizure wat the kon-
stitution garenteeS-molr freedom.
.. That the modernized noshens ov the
laDern man, with regard to livcn, ar above
wat they used to wuz, in conscience ov
witch We ar kompelled to demand hier
wages.
5, That the demands fur rest and reck.
reation ar natcher;al and imperative, and re-
quirc the immejit and perlnenent establish.
ment ov the two hour Sistim-won hour
i'll the mornin and won in the evenin.
1. That the scarcity ov laber reveals the
absolute necessity ov abOlishin all kinds ov
machenary.
3. That we are aposed to the resumin ov
specia payments, and ar in favor ov green.
bax; in addition to witch We deklare our
selves in iaver or demonetizein gold aud
silver, and konferin the quality ov money
on shelbarkS, cord-wood, soap fat, hoop
poles, butter milk, and likker.
Now them's what kali good reSolu-
tons. Not single plank in that platform
cud be dispensed with, and mi impreShun
il that it will be indorced bi the Demock-
racy NV the kuntry. l like that resolu.
ton wich relates to freedom. Mi curase
wakes strong at the mere menshun or It,
Iur We are governed too much. Republi.
kan rule has restrained our libertv.loven
soles TO intolerable degre. five set IN
our likker stills in q secluded dell ov the
mountain, behold, there IL the United
States Marshall to scare our likkens. FL
we march up to the polls with tissue
bollots, We hev to be keeriul, or be caut
bi the marshals. The fact is, we do
not enjoy the liberty the konstitution
EontemplateS, and when that resolushen
wuE red, ! screamed fur joy! no ov
nothin our party neads moor then liberty,
unless 1t il iEker. State-rites, liberty,
likker, and onlimeted money, ar the
principles which under lie our politikal
superStruckture, and with them principles
inscribed on our banners in 1850, we can
not fail. The elections which occur this
TALL cum to sumo after the extray session
ov kongress to be helthy fur US. think |
see ;he dawn ov briter day, although the
clouds hang low along the Ohio.
HOpAfullv voDrS