The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1880-04-10

The Morgantown Pot seems 70 nave
adopted the idea OF fusion politics in West
Virginia, as between Greenbackers and
Republicans, with great zeal. Two OF its
broad columns are occupied with editor
isls-two distinct editorials-to show that
there is nothing irregular and nothing
objectionable about such a fusion. 1t
quotes the example Of the Malone Dem
ocrats and the colored Republicans OF Vir-
viuia, who united on the basis Of readlust-
ment (repudiatiOn) to show how nicely
and properly the thing can be done. ms
example strikes US as a very unfortunate
illustration indeed, inasmuch as they
united on basis that both may well be
ashamed Of, and that in the eyes OF the
country reflected no credit upon the State
OF Virginia.
The Poa ignores the very important
fact pointed out by us in our former COM
ment on its position, which is that the
Greenbsckers who separated from the
Democracy did SO on purely financial
grounds, and that as respects other tenets
they are as much Democrats now as ever.
The only issue that they made with the De-
mocracy at the time oitheirseparation was
that neither Of the old parties could be
trusted on the financial question, mas,
much rs both OF them were under the
inspiration and control Of the bondholders
and money jobbers. II there is one ex-
preston more than another that they
have ding.donged into the public ear. it is
this one about the total untrustworthiness
OF either the Republicans or Democrats on
the financial issue. Because Of the un-
soundness OF both they were compelled
to separate from both.
Now we hold that II the Greenbackers
OF West Virginia have any purpose what
ever in keeping alive an organization 1t
Is TO carry out their views, and to this
end they regard themselves as part and
parcel Of the Greenback organization of
the United States. They are trying to
force a Greenback policy upon the country,
and in order to do this are endeavoring as
best they can to secure as many Congress-
men and as many United States Senators
as possible. They would like to secure a
Congressman in the Third district Of this
State; in fact, they hope to do SO. They do
not propose to elect Republican in that
district. They propose to elect a
Greenback Democrat-one who will take
his seat on the Democratic side OF the
House Of Representatives, and who will
vote for riders on appropriation bills and
against carrying out the National cleo
ton laws, and who will be just as much
Of a Democrat as Tom Ewing or General
Warner, and as bitterly anu-Republican
as any Southern advocate OF the "ohio
idea" among the Confederate brigadiers.
To go through the West Virginia cam
payn hand in hand with this organization,
never opening our mouths 10 teach the
people the heresy OF their views, but re-
naming dumb, and letting the battle OF a
sound currency be won or lost without
any aid from US, and compelling speakers
who may come to our help from other
states, to play Hamlet with Hamlet left
out, would indeed be a spectacle to pro-
woke flees and jeers from one end OF the
Commonwealth to the other.
If there are those among the Green
hackers who are sick OF the Democratic
policy in West Virginia, let them come in
to large and healthy organization like
the Republican party, that is full of the
ideas Of progress, enterprise and develop
meut that actuate the party throughout
the country. They know that there is no
Bourbonism in the Republican party;
that it is the party Of free schools and free
men; Of equal and exact liberty and jus.
tice for all classes OF society.