The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1880-10-21
NM VOICE Win TWO G.'H
We are sorry 10 see Col. BOD McE4IuVW

we are bQTTy " o99V S ~ = u = - ~
nav, Of the weizsl Democrat, so terribly
worked up abou. ''niggerlsm." The idea OF
a niger having a vote Is tho iron that mas
entered Roberts soul, and he howls likes
regular Wetzel county wild cat ana
vel Robert Is good-DemOcrat, and mas,
YOU know, accepted the Constitutions
Amendments in good faith; or in otner
words, until the Democracy can 60.
wback atthe,n through reorganized su'
preme Court. This is good faith with the
proper Democratic reservation attach
ment. It,, .ho. ba
ought to remember. The niger Spelled
with two g's) ia numerous inhabitant OF
this country. He was born here, laoors
here, pays taxes here, and is large factor
in The productive and consuming capacity
of the country. He has been creature
Of Toll, oppression and bargain and sale
for generations. He has alwayssubmitted
to whatever was meeted out to him by
tho superior race, and precious little ou'
cnffsand kicks have been meeted 70 hlm'
In order to imbrute him still more ana 10
take a,ssy the last vestise OF hope rom
him and his posterity the Democratic
psrty got up a conspiracy to destroy the
country and erect slave empire with
sambo "a It's corner stone. For some
reason or other the Almighty did not
smile on thS undertaking. The Democratic
party got badly licked III the operation
and as was proper and just, have been
licked seyeraleimea since, including their
recent licking in Indiana. Meanwhile
while this licking Of the Democracy
was going on, Providence, according to "a
beautiful law OF righteous retribution'
has been lending the poor negro hand
and has advanced him several pegs to the
front. The principal aid rendered bias
been to keep the Democracy of OF him.
Some little incidental assistance In the way
of schooIs has also been extended to him.
In order to keep the Democracy oil MN,
and give him any show whatever Tor the
future. it was necessary to put the weapon
of tina ballot in his hand. He Is no match
whatever for the Democracy in the use OF
shot guns, and he does not even handle a
ballot With the dexterity that he coca
sionGlly yields razor. But Robert
please remember, that
"All great men like you and me
Had once to learn their Be-"
The time was, Robert, and not very long
ago either, when very many beloved
Democratic brethren OF Wetzel county
were not considered sufficiently civilized
by their sla, eholding masters at Rich
mopd to exercise the elective franchise.
Some people are uncharitable enough to
intimate that some Of these brethren are
not any too far advanced even yet and
that an occasional niger with two g's can
equal them either as 'possum hunters or
voters. Be this as 1t may, and we careful
" refrain from expressing any opinion on
this point, Col. Bob must admit that there
are q great many niggers with two &c who
have greatly advanced in the scale OF in
tellirepco since the war. Their advance
is at least partially owing to the fact that
thew have been made voters. For In
stance, take Old Virginia to-day, where
MaLone has marshalled so many OF them
under his standard, and take Colquitt, III
Georgia, who has marshalled great num-
hers under his banner, and do
not these two cd voters Of Virginia
and Georgia owe whatever consid-
GRAFTON they have received, and whatever
advantages they have enjoyed from stump
oratory, to the fact that they have yotesa
We should say SO, and we think Col. Bob
will saw 80 too. Well, It was long ago
proved that boy must go into the water
in order 10 learn to swim, and must have
a gun in order to learn to shoot, and it
seems to follow that the American citizens
of African descent must be enfrancbised
in order to enjoy the educational advan-
tayes of stump oratory and OF political
button.holeing and colportage. And
while, as in the case OF Antonio and Shy
lock, the TACT Of their having a vote does
not protect the sons OF Ham from outrage,
any more than the possession Of "monies"
protected the sons Of Israel, yet, as in
the case Of Antonio, 1t operates powerfully
every now and then to bring needy fel'
lows Of the superior race down to their
marrow bones.
For instance we know OF nothing more
edifying in American politics to-day than
The sight of Malone and his half Of the
virginia Democracy crying out to the
fellow.Citizen with two sc, "help, Cassiusl
or / sink.p (Srmbo does not go by the
name Of Csssius over there, but We cannot
spoil the quotation on that sccount) The
two Virginia Democratic factions are
teaching the two cd voters over there the
great mysteries OF finance. Isn't that
something, Col. Roberto Isn't tia great
deal? How enyiable is their intellectual
condition compared with those wetzel
county Democrats who feed alone on the
speeches Of Col. Ben Wilson in this can
yass? And inasmuch as old Euclid him.
sOlf was a gentleman with two G's who
shall say that these later generations Of
Virginia senegambians shall not yet come
TO the front as lightning calculators?
Robert, did 1t never occur to you that a
race in our midst deprived Of the ballot
would perturb our legislation not littleH
Dsinp free, what would be their status2
They are not Indians. Would you tax
them, or allow them, and all the millions
Of properly they may acquire, to escape
Would you exempt them from
all the burdens that fall upon the benef-