The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1879-08-25
nrn NEW VOLUME.

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The Results Of tie War and Of the
TanIc-The IsSHes Before the People.
Tho INrRlLi0EScER enters cnis twenty
eighth volume to.day-yesterday, the cath,
having been It's anniversary. II was
founded on the 24th day Of August, 1859,
and has now been in existence nearly .
generation. Three generations Of patrons
are numbered among its readers to-day
those who were in adult life when It
started, and, in addition, their children
and grandchildren. II is no uncommon
thing for persons to write or say to US,
my grandfather and father took your
paper and now | am reading it." This
tralilonary feeling is what gives an
oldand established paper ltsgreat strength
as u permanent institution, against
which many new enterprises contend
in vain. The natural inclination Of
people is to. patronisc the paper
they have always read or seen
about them. To IL they naturally resort
with their advertising and printing.
Thurlow Weed, q veteran newspaper
man, says that there is scarcely. any incli-
nation Of tho people stronger that this dis
position. Hence tho value and solidity Of
an established newspaper. We have seen
this disposition remarkably exenpliaed
since tho panic Of 1879. Our circulation,
notwithstanding tho depression through
which the country has passed, is larger
than II wa before the panic, and 1t in
creases steadily. The people will not
give up u paper TO which they have been
10 long accustomed. In this respect we do
not believe there is a paper in the land
better established than the TSrEL1IdEScER.
For a hundred miles around Wheeling its
name and history arc as familiar TO the
people who trade with Wheeling as
household words. like theancient tripod,
no firmly set il. the soil of Greece, it rests
upon three supports, each one a constitu-
ency of ltselt-the patronage Of West Vir-
gnia, Ohio and Pennsylvania.
The new volume now opened promises
t0cover n period OF unusual interest in the
business and political history Of the coun.
try. Perhaps the greatest era Of prospect.
~ the country has ever known is just
beginning. Before this time next year, as
indications now look, the tide will be high
er. Also with this revival will come the
Presidential year and the Congressional
and legislative elections. The newspapers
/, will have a lively time Of it. The ISrELLI-
qENCER expects to take a full part in these
deeply interesting matters. 1t proposes, as
in the past, 10 discuss them broadly and
literally. It's views in regard to finance
have been fully borne out by what has
occurred and what is now taking place.
lts face has been set since the panic
against the heresy Of those who for the
sake of a momentary re.inflation would
have ruined the country with more ire
deemablepa paper money. Itscourseh has been
as completely indicated by events since
the panic as was its course during the wal
by the grand results OF that great contest
The delivorance OF tho land from an ire
deemable paper money system isas mucha
de~liverance from a body of death as was
the deliverance Of the country from the
establishment Of n great slave empire.
We could have no enduring prosperity
under the shadow OF either.
The ISTELLI0ENcER believes that the
safety and welfare of the country call for
tho continued administration Of Its affairs
by the party that mainly rescued it from
its great porils, and hence it expects to
warmly cooperate with those who arc
battling for the idea of q great National
Government, and against the heresy Of
States Rights as expounded by the Demo.
cratic leaders OF the South, land not dis.
ayowed by those o. the North and thathas
already resulted, rs Webster prophesied it
would result, in the sight Of Estates dis.
cordant, discovered and %belligerent," and
in a land front with a tratricidal war;
Because Of the possible recurrence Of such
u calamity, either in the immediate or
distant future, we shall continue to labor
for the complete supremacy Of National
IDEAS.
Scarcely less important is 1t that the
country should be rid Of false theories
concerning money and business. Our
mission is to persuade the people by the
light OF universal experimental there is
no ''royal road" to prosperity; no paper
money fiction that will create wealth, and
thata real prosperity comes through in
Lustry and economy. Although the delir-
inmof the paper money frenzy has passed,
yet the danger Is not all gone, A great
deal depends on the elections this year, es.
pecially on Maine and Ohio. Should the
enemy achieve success in those States a
great crisis would again be precipitated
upon the country,
In any event, there are dangers to be
met in tho politics OF the country during
the ncxttwelyc months. The spectacle Of
solid south-kOpt solid by assassination
lis one that demands the serious atten.
ton OF all patriotic people. The next
Presidential election is to determine
whether the administration Of the Gov.
eminent Is to be continued on the basis Of
The logical results OF the war, or whether
IL is to pass to the control Of
those who continually demonstrate their
hostility TO those results and their deter.
nination to reverse them as far as posi-.
BILE. No Congressional elections since the
war have been moro important than those
oithe next few months. The record Of
The late extra session shows what would
have happened but for the veto power o.
President Hayes. 1t is now q matter Of the
utmost concern 10 so discuss and yentilate