West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1880-05-29

party, out Win more VICIOUS ana extreme
ideas, stand to-day the lordly leaders of
ling, Blaine, and the like. With Isfferson
the bright li9hts Of Democracy, lighting
the same lcause that he f6ught.-popular
rights, the freedom of the people, our
constitutional government with ms first
principle, THAT the people are the
source OF all power'-The New England
ideas of to-day were identified with those
OF Adams ana Hamilton In 1901, and
meant strong government, coercion, and
dinally Imperialism. Te thes the Demo
cratic party is opposed, and IA the spirit of
our constitutional fathers we stand upon
the Bin of Rights which declares THAT
no ifee government 81 the blessing Of lib
nrm adherence TO Justice, moderation,
temperance. frugality and virtue, and by
frequent recurrence TO fundamental prihl
ciples." No student of history or close
observer Of the tendencies OF popular opin-
ion OF 70 day. % u COMICS from press. pull
pit apd fostrqm, can deny that we have
prtssdng need st this time for speedy re-
cuffence I'd the impdttant theories that un-
derlie our constitution, And must be It's
preservative against MI attack. That
Grant, the head of what might be called
the monarchial spirit Of the age, will be
the next presidential nominee of the Re
publican party, - beyond doubt. The fat
has gene fourth, and Logan and his
ton, that they may, like the Roman trium,-
virste, divide the government among them
as the reward of their success. That he In
regarded by the leaders of his party as
the coming WAn, and Is the Representative
Of American Imperialism, Mr.. Lucas QUO
ted from Henry Ward Beecher, who in
reply 20 O toast Of OUT country, declared
That he MAS In ,fayor of Grant, and for
a third, fourth, fifth and sixth term IL the
people require il :. slso the Duke of Ar
gYle, a recent visitor to our country, and
q philosophical student, OF our history,
who said, probably never haying read a
Democratic paper, "ITdo not think peo-
ple can do no better than to replace Grant
in the White House and keep him there by
successive elections, IL need be for the re-
mainder of his life, and IL you once place
him IN power again what will you gain by
rembving him." Conkling at Utica declar.
cd What he was for Grant because peo-
pie had 80 much confidence in him thar
they would fear revolution And If the
idee OF these men is TO carried out as IL Is
plainly the schemes Of a ring 20 do, with
Giant twenty four. years 10 the White
House or p afaSa-fourteeh Years longer
than Cromwelrs prOtectorate, nineteen
years longer than Caesars couusulship-
what would prevent the Crown Prince
Frederick trom assuming hereditary hon.
ors as did Cromwells Successors. The
danger lies right here. Republicanism to-
day means Grantism, and Grsntism means
strong govermet and imperialism TO de-
feat which is the mlselOn of the Democrat
10 NArhx Hhof or Il
plished by divided organizstion-una-
must resist the evil.
He said he was sorry to find 30 frequent.
lY in the party ranks disheartened and
waVering members, whose feelings were
propagated far and wide and tina. the
staunch members of the pa1ty-7-like the
Christian of Bunyan. who, When" ascend
ing : hill on his journey met two return
ing Pngrims which upneryed him far
more than Apollyon, With hi9 tanning
sWord-%ere more alarmed By the cowar-
dice OF these faltering members than by
the fear of their enemies. SO far as he
was concerned. he was not discouraged
A party which less four years ago had pol
led popular majority of more than $50,
90. would poll 1t again, and with that re-
cord, why should any shrink or wayer.
LIE, all the armies of Rugs, office holders
and Republicans be met with stern re-
slstance at the polls.
He next spoke of the election laws un-
der which IN spite of, and In the teeth of
SS5 saS isS asS so,S
standing the murmurings of the people
the bayonet might under existipg statutes
be paraded at the polls. As far back as
Runnymeade, the English people had de-
clared that tramp Of no armed host should
be heard ithin one mile Of both or voting
place, but the electioo lay now In exist
ence, although there was no. such thing "a
voting place of tEs u B., lthat, lbesOng-
Ing particularly 10 the yStstes) the army
surrounded the polls under national Su-
thOritY Throughout the Southern States.
We have had fifteen Eresjdencies and
under no administration Until the inaux
uration of Grant has the bayonet surround
ed the bafBt box. Neither Washington,
Adams, Jefferson, Madison, Monroe, Jack
son, Harrison, Tyler. Taylor, Pierce, Polk,
Fillmore, Buchanan, Lincoln, or John
ston had ever thought of attempting IL,
and II was supposed Ihar the adminitration
of Linco n and johnson was az least as
stormy as that of Grant. To efface these
laws from the statute books is another
duty Of The Democratic party. AS they
stand, they are the engine Of oppression,
and that imperialism which we 80 much
dread may, well 10, the spirit of Napoleon
excla m, THE Empire lie Pesce.I
FRAUD AND TPRoR.
That great fraud was perpetrated upon
the American people 10 1916, and the
electoral college snbyerted and dishOnered
by unclean hands, Ia now the verdict of
the world. Had the will of the people ns
expressed at the polls been understood.
Samuel j. Tilden, our leader in that event,
full campaign, would now be the actual, az
be 's the elected, President of the United
states, In place OF the presnt incumbent,
OF whom he would say nothing, save that
he hac rewarded the perpetrators of this
bold QhtTage, The voters In our Southern,
States disfanchlsed for the sinister p,ir-
poses Of professional office holders. and
the helpless States peOpled with African
freedom with the rights of citizens, and
with scslawags, carpet baggers, pimps and
hsrlOts, and backed by the Concentrated
power Of federal b5yonets, IL IL no wonder
that they should reward their maatera bv
BANDING over 70 them the electoral a6llee.
e. That such was the case 10 admitted nv
The press of the Republican party itselI
and hscertsined beyond controversy nv
Congressional Investigation. BY a con
spiFacy similar 10 this the present hierar-
chy OF office holders might maintain their
pOssessiQpg itIdef nitely, and nullify every
attempt NJ Che people "a change their ar
ministratiOn. He agreed with Mr. Tilden
In regard 20 "The issues created by the
subveTsiOn Of the election OF rare 20 tn
flra~ae a.. 1.ss- 4 I