The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1880-07-02
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ec' ','s 's'5 than the remarks OF Gov Pei
e'.rJi Il F.irmOnt. The Governor is
F'. Nh h along in years, but he has 10
>. .'I "" bi. oId.time vim and :, zeal as
~, !, " specially when he strikes a col
F'llY, ,t,ne ,,5 as he did at Grafton Tho'
~ ..,r D ,be Governors lifelong opil
,''n ~ MI, he subject Of the rights and diI
Na' ~ ,,.l;, 'l could best appreciate his ou
rV ., t.n,busiast, on that subject in tn
sas ,s.o,'on, @' 80 man on West virgini
V,1,'J ya,' wi deserves the title ot the Gref
"" ,,,,,,. which was bestowed uPo
eDI 1I,n, stevens in his day, as the ol
ls'l;, Ta.G;or,rpor who residesat Fairmont' l.
", IsISle the war, when the Democrat t
", oI Virginia imposed a tax on tn
'lg II 4 I,boriug men in Wheeling work
and exempted slaves under tweIv
p'' Il ace from taxation, Goyerno
l'.' i., r,ms TO Wheeling and delivered
- n lbs most telling speeches eve
.,.J 7. in our midst. 1t was a mos
.s,,lpl .'ss ,rraigument Of the whole caree'
,,imus Of the Democratic party Al
=. ~ ..,,, Of sristocracy and caste; as the
e.J = rhi.e labor and the apOlOgist and
81 d lhe stakeholder
n. Governor fought this iniqultous
,r.neu, Of the Democratic party with
mn, intensity Of feeling that is charac'
t.,;, Of bis nature. He was the one
.,nipsn. man in the interior OF the
S,,.io those days who dared to grapple
,,,S he Democracy on the subject oI
,,.i, y. ,gbservieaCy TO the.slaveholding rule
'I = m, oIiyarchs at Richmond. He
n, pOniaally Wing at that
=, Int in reality was Republican,
4, ma, EVER grew up on our soil
,So s,s 70 naturally Republican as
a,,,. YeirpOinL All his instincts were in
M direction, and he grew up in West
ytrtnia u the man who above all others
wlAs champion Of laboring and strug'
s,; humanity against the intolerable ex'
,ssions and sxactions Otthe slsvehold'
!, Democracy Of Virginia.
Tbe.e being the antecedeuts Of Gov
ld,pou,'s life it was not a matter Of sur
NV to those who we're familiar with his
r.lr .Hd bis views in the days before
N al, and during the war, to hear him
usos himself as he did at Grafton in
wri 10 the history Of the Democratic
MN. lIedeBOunCed II as the implaCable
NsrbOn foe Of all true progress in this
eastry. Tue grand and historic achieve
nsru that bad shed lustre on the Ameri-
an sAne had all been won not only with
a Il, aid or sympathy but in spite Of its
,tpOsiIion. The labOring men OF the
Scaty owe absolutely nothing to it. Its
Sailion had always been against them.
hkNIlsay. been a free trade party, and
n such the natural foe Of American
Fiuns Of all kinds. II It's doctrines
uald prevail to-day the American work.
hulu would be reduced TO the level oi
4.Opprstd wOrEingman Of Europe. 1t
lu ben the foe Of common schools and
Npalir education in this country. The
Seth never believed in schools for the
pott ladthe Democracy, as a Southern
llfy, permitted the State Of Virginia TO
hcoae lu Egypt Of darkness and ignor.
NO Almost one.tenth OF It's adult white
fpalhion-its grown up white men and
Ioa,u-eould neither read nor write.
ahthen been no Republican party there
V'ld have been no school system in
Est Virginia to-day. The system we
ilVs vas gotten up and put in force while
asltnOclcy were absent from the State,
'aElsd in attempting TO overthrow
Achievement Of the United States in
asAie'est Of the Shareholders rebellion.
We Of the greatest measures ever
'1FHEed in this country in the interests
S'hSo' vas the Homestead Bill, which
lA''l both houses Of Congress but was
Maelby Buchanan, and which the Re.
aai1a party was unable to pass over
u veto, owing the hostility OF the
S'aIbon Democracy Of the South.
IUs ever thus in Congress, and out O.
C'aEfss, that the Democratic party wal
a' 1'i 10 American labor, and, as Cover
ia' rsiPoiut well said In his speech, III
Hiiac' Eere perfectly illustrated in Is
SIata itnued up its nose in derisiot
=, aas idea Of rail splitter becoming Pres
N'a' o. The United States. 1t preferred Z
40 ike iae stakeholder, Breckenridge,
''' bad no Identification with the
NPe''o Aman like plain, plebian Abra'
- Lincoln, and to-day it prefers a rep
.s'''a'ye oI the aristocratic military
wa = West Point General-a class no
s'Co'!y without popular sympathies-tt
y, y Ivy ythatt'Cd the tow path Of the can
wv !, ! living in bis early years,
iat Governor illustrated his experienc,
y ~a .V, Sss' Point officers during the war
~ =, 'o'd how it used to make his bloot
J y 70 Ne them with all the insolence o
S.s, s-S o'aeF a volunteer sOldIer-one o
s,-,a !. l,aa that had left a workshop or
'un'0 light iOrthe Union-out Of thei
E'Sa'e' with stern command never Il
~. S.' I1'9 Il again save as a cowsrinI
'V''I'h y, his hat under his arm.
i. We :, have had enough Of that sor
! w., West Pointism in the Pres
/, I.l' t'! mansion, said the Governor, 70
,aa' ~ TINE to come, We want statel
!. sS-l man Of idsas-a man Of the pec
S.-lld 4. not military martinez Zone {
y Privileged class who look mon III