The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1880-08-31
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at the CHIEF desire OF the party. They wis
g. under the forms Of party contest
20 turn back the dial Of time for twenty yea
IL from the national principles that hay
re guided the Republican partYto the Sc,
10 tionalism that prevailed before the wa
% We accept the issue.
g The dividing line between the two pa
st ties Is q difference OF opinion as TO III
10 powers and duties OF the National Gov
n eminent. We believe that this is q gov
o eminent OF the people, with powers limit
0 ed and defined by written constitution
d but embracing all the great and essentia
f. functions OF a National Government, will
ample authority to make, execute, ant
9 construe laws, and to enforce them upoI
U and execute them against every CT lien o
4 the United States, without respect TO STATE
o lines. We believe It 10 be the duty OF the
Q National Government 10 protect all citi
+ zens In equal civil and political rights
i and 10 maintain national existence and
d and authority against all who resist 1t,
Q whether they muster under q foreign flag
s or under State or local authority. We be-
, lleve that the States are also mere agents
A OF the people, intrusted by them with
3 limited powers, set out in written consti.
g tutions. Their powers and duties are
l highly important. They affect the local
: and domestic relations Of life and the pro.
3 lection OF property. No Republican would
impair, In the least, tile dignity, import
ance, or rights OF the States; but, alter al,
! they are subordinate to the United States
In all the great powers Of the Government
defined by the Constitution. The State
cannot be made q shield TO prevent the
: National Government from protecting all
the citizens Of every State in the rights
conferred upon them by theConaitption OF
the United States; and In case Of a dispute
as 10 the limit and extent OF these rights,
the Supreme Court Of the United STATES Is
the final Judge and arbiter.
Here the Democratic party takes issue
with us in principle and detail. Under
the dogma Of State rights, that party grad.
ually subordlnated the rights and powers
OF the National Government to those Of
the several States and 1t finally claimed
that any state might nullify the laws Of
the United States and secede from the
Union.
You will always find the Democratic
party opposed to our view al national au.
thority. II seeks to belitle, TO degrade,
and cripple the National GOVERNMENT to
subordinate the rights OF the citizen and
the Nation TO the law or public opinion
OF the State; to treat the National
Government as Confederacy OF
States, without power to enforce per-
sonal rights or national interests within
the limits OF the State without the consent
Of the State. You will find this radical
difference cropping out In every contest on
every question, great or small, that enters |
into American politics. It was this that |
led TO the civil war. Under the lead OF
the Republican party the Union was pre-.
served, the Constitution was maintained |
in It's full vigor, and strengthened by
amendments SO as TO declare the equal |
civil aud political rights OF all men with
out distinction OF race, color, or condition,
and that Congress should enforce these
rights and privileges as American citizens,
aud now, with their Northern associates,
under the name OF the Democratic party,
they revive the old contest, and deny to
American citizens the protection oinalion-
al rights by national authority.
THIS doctrine OF State rights is the basis
OF opposition to national banks, TO the
protection Of American industry, to the
National election laws, and projection Of
WI aau ~ Wv htikst'on laws;
"neneSet Ine question: arises y IN national
poIiucs, you VIII Always ma me kepnbli.
can Petty ~ iayor ol al Tue enforcement
o. az Ine rights, Giyil ana political con-
ie[i ns py o8nslitutlon Of tne United states
WINE tne Democrauc party oppose we
einlo,seAe4t " thsse risl.s aag ieaye Tue
sit.g ~ " ny pieigy ~ local OF atate law
~ 10 ioi tne patfiolie people o. TINS coun-
ttY 70 say whetner they want 9 change
u nt' tIVll Jug national lehuenfles OF the
Isepn9ipsn haty 70 Jug principles that
g,iousnI oui aoyefnment 70 lhe verge Of
uissoipi In 10 the Gays Of buchanan. The
lhv'Rlss ~ Wy spnthefn States, with
Ineti gsooay violence, are the iruit oil
.uugs ihutias M, doettlne, while those Of
tne Nor.netn sLales are Tue outgrowth oil
tsepupisoah iueasl
WANING APPEAL.
And now, fellow.citizens, suppose
change Is made; suppose the restraint of
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