The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1882-03-16
DEuUCRIrIC LoVErEASr.
A sSeIO. Political GNIherInE at Chicago,
Letters Of Regret.

CuElCo, March lj.-EIon. Thomas A.
Hendricks, OF Indiana; Hon. F. II. LIurd,
Of Ohio, ". c. Dowdall, OF. the Peoria
Dsmscfa,, Henry Watterson and Col. VIC.
Brckewi.d, Of Louisville; Hon. K. T. N1er-
rick, oi Washington; senator l.. .. O.
Lamar, Of Mississippi. and a number of
Oherprminent Democrats arrived in the
city to attend the IroQuois banquet this
evening. Letters OF regret have been re-
ctiyed from Samuel J. TilIen, cx. Governor
Palmer and Senator Bayard. The banquet
va the ,ociOp5litical event OF the season.
MessrS Hendricks, Lamar and Watterson
replied to tOas;s.
Samuel ]. TilLen sent the following
letter;
GEEYoS YoyEEE, y. T., March IL.
GEIlUEN-I have received your letter
conveying 70 me an invitation TO attent the
banquet Of tie IrOQuois Club in Chicago,
On the 18th inst, the anniversary OF the
birthday u AnIpw Jackson, and to re.
FOrl to the tla,i, Democracy" 1t will
not be Practicable for me to be present
With you oa that occasion, but | cordially
s!mPatA1e in the homage which you pro-
Ilse 10 Pas The memory Oi that great SOL
der and .laiesman. He represented the
eEl!iant nationality OF sentiment which
hid aHlrs characterized the Democracy,
iai he manifested in great
public crisis his own inevitable determine
aon 10 maintain the territorial integrity Of
oIwlntry aud the indissoluble union oi
The SAFES. lie likewise represented the
belstpnt JetTersOni an philosophy, which
prisn that nothing shall be done by the
general government which the local author
itss are competent to do, and nothing by
governmental power which individuals
can DO for themselves. The great contests
Of bis administration arose olt OF his
efforts TO resist usurpation by Congress oi
pOxer in derogation OF the rights oi
localities and individuals rs well as Of the
Constitution well remember that in
debate in ls2 on the veto OF n bill to re-
charter tie Bank OF the United States,
Mr. Webster, with all his eloCutiOn, de-
nOulctd and drplored the spectacle of IN
executive icclaiming the power and dis
mlntIDe the government OF which he was
the head, The overgrowth OF abuses and
ami arrcrtion OF authority which now
conceal, as they have distorted, our politi.
cal system would have seemed fifty years
ago, when the debate occurred, as incredi.
6leto Webster as they would be to Jackson.
Ihe Government can never be re.
stored and reformed except from the
inside and by an active and intelligent
agency Of the Executive. We must hope
that providence will in its own good time
raise up man adapted and qualified for
the wise execution Of the great work, and
that the people will put him in possession
Ol the Executive administration, through
which alone that noble mission can be nc
eompIished, and the health and life OF our
Political system be preserved and rein.
vgOratld.
Your iellow-citizen,
SAMUEL ]. TILDES."
Senator Rayard's letter referring to his
Iegret at being unable to attend, said that
he hoped 10 come here and meet the IrO.
quois Club, Meanwhile, as a member oi
The grand army Of National Democracy,
let Us teach and all en- deavor, with simple
and steady fidelity, to uphold the political
Nnciplc which alone can preserve the lib
cry and happiness OF our people and
Galhtain the government over them, Civ.
NJ security to all and special privileges
aadPlwers to none. Let us steadily op.
Ne all measures tending to the
ea'falation OF power and in.
SA upon its limitation and
distribution, 80 that individuals
AMI mIRoritics may be secured in their
rlghei LEI Us jenounce any construction
OF constitution that permits peryersion and
P.;Ssuai'on Of the sovereign power Of tax.
avon avon from the actual needs Of the Public
5i,;Sy 5teaSaty to the emolument Of favored in.
Stylues $ et classes, no matter under what
Snl ueiIsNe lIeleIt 1t may be sought, and
sGS $40 70 u That the property shall have
ample protection under the law, and thai
y sliaIt oe prevented from becoming the
governing power in the moldine laY.S