The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1883-05-29
THE PERlLS AND DUTY.


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color. blindness, which is held to Oe yirtu
IN the one section, is despised rs vice j
the other. Our Eastern ports throw wild
their doors TO the immigrant Of every soil
but the Golden Horn shuts hers with
slam In the face Of the Monaghan. II thes
things are done In the green tree what vii
be done In the dry Can these difference
be harmonized? Can the different string
OF this harp be 30 attuned that the note
shall blend in harmony? Can the leaveI
OF manhood 30 permeate the body politi,
that the whole shall be leayened? Car
this manhood, like the Master OF old, wall
the pillows OF our storm.swept Galillee
and, amid clashiDg interests and contend
ing factions, utter the authorization "Peac,
be stil)"? Is there patriotism true enough
and grand enough to lay upon the altar o
the public veal sectional interests and part,
preferences ? II so, the day Of our prosper
| ity has but begun TO dawn. The rlsinl
sun shall scatter from plain and hillSid,
the gathered mists, and every beetling Graz
and towering mountain peak will stanC
forth In It's bewildering light, majestic IL
grandeur, and Respondent 10 glory. Ant
the hands upon the dial OF our nation'l
destiny shall touch high noon, only wher
the afchangels trump shall peal the knel
OF time. But gentlemen this viii
require the exercise OF the hi9hes
manhood. Unlike the image OF Nebu
chadnezzar, with its head Of gold
It's breast and arms Of silver, its belly anc
thighs Of brass, its legs Of iron, aud It's feet
part OF iron and part OF clay, 1t must b.
golden from hair to nails Admit the mkt
ure, however slightly, and the atoms viii
have lost their cohesiveness. 0ne by on,
the ties that bind us together will sAal
asunder. Our great nation will be dismem
bered and the story Of its grandeur and ruiz
will serve but to "point moral and Il
adorn tale"
| ,... GREAT MoSoPoLIEs. r..
2. Our second source Of dangerlie in ou
great monopolies. This, you will observe
is not the vexed question Of labor and CAPT
tai. Nor Is it the question Of large mean
or Of small. II is the general tendency o.
mon0polies. 1t Is not too much TO say
that from the hour that the first pair mo.
nopolized the enjoyments Of Paradise until
now monopolies have been curse.
know OF no argument that can be urged in
Their defense that does not conveniently
leave out the cupidity, the avarice, and the
ambition Of man. They are notorious fol
their INSCRIPTIONS, constituencies tyran
ny. They divide responsibility while they
multiply influence. What would not be
dared as a man is delighted in as mo.
nopoly. The danger Is in precise proper
uon 10 lis magnitude and power. In our
land they have. attained TO alarming pro
portions They span the continent, stretch.
ing from sea to sea. They begin with the
claim that they are indispensable to the
government, they end by thinking tht
government indispensable TO them. Ring
and combinations, backed by wealth, ad
vocated by eloquence, and guided by in
telhgence, front the nation in its upward
march. s,.... 3d.,
1 They seize the channels OF commerce
| the highways OF travel and Of communica
ton. A single man is said to contro
1000 miles OF railway. Three or four cor
poratioDs divide the travel and traffic o
the republic. Naturally, inevitably they
WELD controlling influence on the law.
and destinies Of the nation. Cana
rings, railway kingp, telegraph mo
Inoplies, packed legislatures witt
thelr lools; men pledged beforehand
10 do the bidding OF their masters. AnC
but too often they have shown themselvei
10 be faithful, trucking, subseryient slaves
They have trodden upon the rights Of thei
constituents and voted away the wealth o
the citizen TO enrich their pampered pur-
chasers. Judges have been bought lik'
slaves in the shambles. The judicia
ermine has been trailed in the mire, anC
in the name Of justice, justice has beer
trodden 10 the dust Even our Nationa
Capital has act been beyond their inhu
ence. The history Of the Credit Mobilier
OF enormous subsidies and OF postal sta
routes can not be investigated withou
sutiusirg the cheek OF every honest Amer
lean with the blush OF shame. Who il
Wise enough or bold enough to predict tn,
future Of their power? Railroads have ex
listed but half century. Their wealth anc
Influence Increase with every day. A
century more OF growth and their wealth
whelming Their rails Of steel may be bu
| the emblems OF the grasp with which they
shall hold the nations interests aud DIES
Tiny, while the shrek OF her locomotive
may be The shrill announcement that al
rights have submitted to their lordl,
domination. ...
OFFICE SEEKERS.
i 5 A third source Of danger to vi
| Is the prize OF Office. This, l tax,
1t, is the most formidable Of al
the dangers that front US as people. ",
are nation OF office seekers. The desire
for office is all but universal. 1t is the in
spiration Of party zeal, and lies at the basil
Of party ieally. Two hundred thousant
offices are in the hands Of the Administra
ton. They are regarded as 80 many posi-
tons for placemen; 80 many rewards FOL
the services Of the faithful. The adage o
Jackson, 40 the victors belong the spoils,
has won its way TO universal acceptance