The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1881-03-21

"uovi homtnes," accidents Of the situa-
ton, &C., who we're in effect illegiimists,
aud who should be dislodged and made to
give place to their bstters, the divine
right element Of the old regime.
1t has taken good many years to whip
this prejudice and concsit out Of the els-
msnt represented by the DiPateh, and 1t
is not by any means erRdiCAted yet. They
still have lofty contempt for "Yankee
rule" as they term 1t. What is Yankee
in comparison with a Virgiuiau' Yam
kee ideas are to be kept out OF Virginia,
Give them those who speak with an AtFi'
can dialect, instead Of through their nose.
They prefer those who say "ssh" Tor cir;
who pronounce James as II spelled Jeems,
about as II spelled ABBOTT, idea "a II spelled
ldeer, master "a II spelled mauster, who
carry horse to water instead Of leading
him to the trough, and who were we'll rep
resented by the chap who described din
uer party as composed Of 1.-TWO gentlemen
from Oulpspper sah," two men from
Ohio, sab" and "IellOw from oOnnecd'
cut, sah."
The fact that Virginia was the first State
In population and importance alter the
close Of the Revolutionary War, the fact
that four OF the early Presidents were
from that State, the fact that the National
Capital was under the shadow Of her pre-
dominating influence, the fact that her
politicians came TO Congress with slaves
as body servants, the fact that the States
rights heresy, which meant Virginia pre-
pondorance, was constantly flung in the
lace Of representatives OF other Stutes, all
combined to engender and exaggerate in
her people an immense self Importance,
and make them look upon themselves as
the divine right element in the Govern
msnt, entitled to dictate its policy, to cay
when the decisions OF the Supreme Court
should be accepted or rejected, and to be
the Judge Of an iniraction BY the Federal
Government and oi.the "mode and meas
ure Of redress"
The arrogance Of Virginia, notwith.
standing It was land gone to seed, had
come to be intolerable before the war. In
Democratic National Conventions her
representatives moved with an awful
solemnity Of assured importance, the
chairman rising occasionally to demand
that the voice Of Virginia should be heard
aud needed on this or that question, or
dire might be the consequences. The
country got sick Of this assumption. 1t
grew to be an offense IN the eyes OF the
North In Congress, and contributed ma.
terialIy to that repugnauCe to State
rights supremacy that eventuated In the
growth and assertion Of an intensely
National feeling.
The people Of this country have had
enough Of Vlrginianism, and henCeforth
there will be none 80 poor as 10 do 1t
reverence. Virginia has got to take the
subordinate place in the category Of States
assigned her by the census, and she con
either go on retrograding in tie future as
she has in the past, or che can by falling
In with the results Of the war, accepting
them in all their logical bearings, putting
aside her conceit and vanity, prepare the
way for q new departure that will regen.
crate her worn out territory by the acqui.
Btion Of population and capital.
We look to the Malone departure as q
most important event in the history Of
Virginia. It Is vastly more important to
Virginia than to the country at large. That
Slate needs TO be delivered from the body
oil death to which It has been tied. We
take no account Of his readjuster hobby.
That Is a matter Of local politics. It's his
National attitude that gives his position
importance. He has had the sagaClty to
see that modern Democracy promises
nothing for II. Too long she has listened
to the voice Of the charmer. She must put
herself in harmony with other ideas-with
the National and progressive ideas-the
truly American ideas-of the Republican
party. She must learn that a Yankee is
the equal Of q gentleman from Culpepper,
and that Republicans are not the degraded
and lntolerable allies Of negroes in Vir.
ginia or elsewhere. She must learn that
the race that has given her her dialect 10
part and parcel Of the citizenDhip Of this
country, and that there will be no let up
in the championship Of its cause by the
Republican party until II Is permit.
ted 10 vote as fairly in every State OF
the South as in every State Of the
North. To this championship Malone
has pledged himself, and hence the Re.
publican party accepts him as a most i'm.
portAnt ally. His alliance will make Re.
publicanism in Virginia respectable in the
eyes Of hitherto Bourbons, and break
down the color line, o contamination de.
voutlY To bo wished for. It will open wide
the gates 10 Northern people and national
ideas, and through these gates will pour
q multitude who will carry with them the
brain, muscle and capital that are 80 much
needed to reclaim the wasted energies Of
the Old Dominion.
,,EiaIte thee llouE thou glorious noontde,
IT'S the btitht day % long for told,
IT'S the bright morn whose early twilight
MAlhlnGton saw In days Of old.h