The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1881-05-20

light for the expedtent, nor HnIIendeTA ul'
innate permanent achievement for instant
success. Nor, indeed will It
the right for any considera'
ion, It preleIs failure in the right 70 suc'
,ess in the wrong [spplAusel, Tor all such
allure may be retrieved, and all such sue.
cess must finally fail. It Is, alas, fact but
loo well attested by the history Of man
kind, that truth and righteousness do
sometimes 60 down for awhile before the
pverpowering force Of error and wrong
that the life Of nations, as we'll % parties,
has been troddsn out beneath the heel oil
the oppressoT, butt 10 equally true that
They mover fall who die
In great cause; the block may Aoak thpll gore
Their helda may Ledden p the sum
Their limbs DO strung TO city gtsa and castle ySlls
But blll their IpITtl WAlk Ghroad. TRa yeAl ehpie
And OthOu share a dark doom
They but augment the deep and sweeping thought
Which OVsTPoysl all otheIl; ADD conduct
The world, a. LGt, 70 freedom
An ardent love OF the right, and an in
tense hatred OF the wrong, may grow
weary and impatient sometimes ct the
tarly evoluhons OF Providence BY which
virtue ia vindiCatsd and vice punished.
Our finite perceptions ought to be salts
fled, however, with the assurance that the
ultimate triumph OF the right 10 ineVtta'
BILE. Itthis Is not 90 then God 10 myth,
christianity q cunningly devised fable:
But they are not; the final overthrow Of
all tyranny and in6delity, and o. all bad
men, Is 90 sure as that God 10 llst and
omnipotent. The reason oil their sppar'
emit temporary successes may battle hui
man scrutiny. One fact, however, every
thoughtful student Of history cannot fall
to recognjze-that He oitenhmes makes
the wrath OF man to praise Him." One
great wrong 10 oveTruled TO redress OF
destroy another, although uotBo designed
by the peTpetrAtor. An instance or two:
Superstition and biROtry aAaAyed to de-
stroy both civil and religious liberty by
the stake, the iaggot and the tortures Of
the inquision. But the blood Of the
mRrtyred became the seed oil the church"
Fire consumed what was mortal Of Huss
Lallmer aud Ridley, but the truths they
taught were impsrishGhle. "Be OF good
comfort, Master Ridley" said Latimer, o.
the flames were kindliDg OF his feet, "ant
play the man. We shall this day light
such candle, by Gods grace,in England
as, l trust, shall never be pat out" And
II has not been put out, and never will be
In all the years TO come. 1t shall cast an
inextinguishAble radiance upon the altar
Of ChristIanity until freedom Of Conscienct
shall cease to have single adversary.
Ecclesiastical and political intolerance
drove our Puritan ancestors from theil
native land. Was civil and religious lib
erty destroyed thereby Nay, those hum
BILE exiles inaugurated influences alont
tho inhospitable shores oil New EnglRnC
which are destined TO emanCipate thu
world from the thralldom oil bIgotry and
despotism. 4,
We come back again 10 our own civil
war. After three hundred years oil abjec
personal bondage Of the African race II
our midst, three hundred years Of unre
Quilted toll, three hundred years OF degre
dation aud sorrow, after three hundred
years OF denial OF the inalienable right o
man, the naughty and impioiB oppressol
resolves to perpetuate this cruel bondage
forever by the creation OF q new and indie
pendent government, whose organic law
should recognize and include human
slavery, as the chief corner stone. Vair
efforts oil Bhortsighted statesmanship
What 10 the resultY The total abolltion o
slavery constitutional guarantee to th'
emauGIpated race Of American citizenship
endowed with all Of its faculties and fran
Chlses, and the equality oil oil men beior'
the law.
Deep 10 uniAthomlble mines
VI never falling skill,
God treasures up bis bright deSlguS
And works his sovereign will.
Thus does Divine Providence teach mel
and governments and parties that right
eousness and truth are immortal and In
yinCible, that truth crushed to earth will
rise sgain, }" that all the devices Of dema
gogues and tyrants TO suppress and de
stroy human rights and perpetuate injua
tCe and wrong, must 60 down ct last II
contempt. and dishonor before the ire
sistlble operation OF Gods eternal ptovi
denCe. The future Of the Republican
party In success, or In defeat, will be trul,
illustrious only as II shall conform II
principles and policies 10 these grea
truths.
MIR. President, do not assume 10 hav
the right, or 10 possess the ability, to pre-
scribe authoritAtively what the Republi
can party should do, or decline TO do II
the future. For what am about 10 say
alone am responsible. This then Ia m,
own platform, submitted for Whatever 1t 1
worth.
First-A frequent recurrence 10 frs
principles.
This maxim oil our fathers, incorporated
in the Virginia bill oil rights, Is not merl
abstraction. II has most important praC
teal relations. Parties like the Prodiga
Son, when they are removed from the re
strsints and influences which guided then
early In youth, are liable TO become wan
ton, and TO waste their substance in liCen
tiousness. Clothed with power elsted Il
success, absorbed In the execution Of thei
plans and purposes, and prompted, TOT
often, by motives Of ambition, there Il
danger Of departing from the principles
which led 10 their organization, and o
relaxing their original integrity. Their
are those who think that the time hal
come when the Republican party woult
do we'll 10 ponder again its first principles
| Applause
beConu-lne permanent allegiance o.
the citizens OF every State 10 the Govern
ment oil the United States.
The right oil each State to regulate Ia
own internal municipal concerns and DO
lice within the limitations allowed by the
National Constitution; ls 1ndeniable. The
legitimate and proper power Of the Slater
must not be disturbed. The peace, hap,
piness and prosperity Of the people largely
depends upon the perfect freedom OF The
States In this respect, That the time has
come when the supremacy OF the Ooneti.
tuition Of the United States and the layl
made In pursuance thereof must be &C.
knowledgel on every inch Of United
States territory. The American people
have notwithstanding them down, Il
10 true, with the sword-that the United
States are q Nation and not q mere league
Of independent States. The old dogma Of
States rights Is dead. II appealed 10 arms
and the arbitratement was against II. II
10 Observation-Disclosures beneath lie abet.
tore and defenders at Gettysburg, al Chata.
nooga, at Appolomax. 1t Is one Of the
first future duties Of the Republican party
IN aaa that Il Rhall ravnr have A pnurrpaE.