The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1880-11-02

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The Close OF the Canvass. !.
Tie day Of discussion is over and the
hour for action has come. We have no
pscisI last words TO address to the readers
al the ISrELLIoEScER. For months we
have labored Increasingly TO present the
isues that are to be passed upon to-day
in lIgh! so clear that every reader would
Suve bis mind fully made up when the
DAY Of decision arrived. We take it for
granted that whether or not we have sue.
c,edsd in winning support and strength
tothe Republican cause, our readers have
nlll events by this time formed their own
souclusions beyond our ability to materi.
Illy sf.C. them now. We have never
passed through canvass where, as it
seems to Us, the case has been so fully ar.
I1ed from all its standpoin,s-in all its
fgh,s and shades-as in the remarka-
B.s campaign that is now at an end.
We have rever seen the moral and
ul,sEial aspects Of the issues involved 80
tIhlus,ively discussed, nor do we remem.
Der any previous contest in which at the
.adOI it lets ground was left for the enc.
mics Of the Republican party to stand on.
Il the advocates OF the Republican cause
have net shown conclusiyely TO q ma
phty Of the American people that there
snO good reason for change OF policy in
The conduct OF the Government, as re-
ipec:s the prosperity Of the people, then
have they been most unfortunate, for ii
hH seemed to US that in this aspect
QI the contest the Republican case
En absolutely too plain to need
anything like elaborate argument. The
experience OF all persons whose memories
luteda;e the war has been the,living wit
aess Of the success with which, in ma
tstil point Of view, the Republican party
huldmlnistered the Government. The ma
ton never knew such period Of abound
leg prosperity, advancement and develop
asut, as it has known under the twenty
years Of Republican rule. The great pub
lie cueasures Of that party have eyinced
10th patriotism and craftsmanship Of
high order, and to-day they can challenge
tAetecord to show wherein they have not
tMs the best that it was possible to do at
.rety stage OF the several crises through
rhich the country has been called to pass.
It is no exAggeration to says that q
rluder or wiser party than the Republic
an party, take lis record as whole, has
tot arisen in any nation. There have
teen great parties in England, in times Of
var and peace, and yet the history Of
England. rich in its annals Of great party
l:hievemeuts, does not show, amidst all
the great dangers at home and abroad that
have from time to time beset that nation,
qeater genius for successful administra-
ilon than has been shown by the Repub-
lcUn party. Neither it's patriotism or Its
aPacity will ever be questioned by poster
i!y. ItS achievements will be part Of the
priceless heritage Of the nation, as much
nn the events OF the war for our 1nde-
leudence, and irrespective Of what the
verdict of this day may be the verdict of
pWetty will be, "well done good and
ti,hlul servants"
We await the verdict Of to.day's vote
haspirit OF firm reliance on the intelli-
teuce and patriotism Of the American
People. We shall never assume in ad-
vince that they will prefer q party with
nsb record as that which clings to the
Democratic party to the record that en-
sireles the brow of the Republican party
Ike a wreath Of immortelles. POsterity
would forever be amazed at such an mn
natural preference. Historians would
htsat to the iugratItude that banished
Ceres alter having instructed mankind In
Tie cultivation Of grains, or to the
ialppreciation that inundated Prone
ihsus alter having brought them The dt
'iue I've, or to the sacrifice Of Hercules
utter he had cleaused the earth from i'm
futiieG
The Democratic party have filled tn
l,ud with Sreit clamor for a change
A change from what to whatf "Msn {
vIrginia," !" ealJ Daniel Webster in 1855
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