The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1884-08-26
Communication OF American Nationality.

( CONTAMINATION OF American Nationality.
Providence rules in history through rep
resentativc men. Talk as we please, the
= voice Of the people is, in sense, and when
], properly understood, the voice OF God.
Z The people in their unorganizcd relation
are not its medium. Hence so.callcd
Dcmocrncics arc mobs, when divorced
1 from organization whether OF the State,
& the church or society. The people recog-
nize this-but never the blatant 'lcma-
goguc. The people know their natural
leaders when they are privileged. to select
y them. 1t is only through these leaders
y that they can express and organize the
! aspirations with whicl, they are filled.
i Such leaders arc generally iatcd men.
8 They come to the front when they are
y needed They express the Divine wish
through the people, and their mission
ends, because. they are the men Of destiny
who I'll the world with Divine deeds and
Z; forcslladow the Divine purposes i'll and
through humanity.
III Cesar saw the death OF the Roman Re-
4 public and by his iron mill and sagacions
administrative ability forcshadowcd the
& Empire, which brought peace through the
ancient world Tor the coming Christ.
When Christianity went down in the Old
World civilization, il was tendcrly con-
served in the &monastcrics OF the Middle
Ages. Dante in his Divine Comcdia sang
tits resurrection in the forms OF modern
:slife, and gave full expression to the prin-
iciplc OF monarchy and representative gov
eminent in his political work, "Thc Di-
vine Monarchy" In the transition from
2Romanism to the Reformation and the
Renaissance OF classic literature and art,
lin the sixteenth century, Shakespeare en-
bodied the aspirations OF the English pco-
pie, and touched the universal heart OF
man, through his great tragedies and
Smatchless comedies. Spinozn and Dcs
/ Carte. anticipated spcculations Of German
philosophers i'll the last and present CEN
turtles. s
Breaking from the old world thought,
Washington stood The embodied calm and
dignity Of I'LL the political and heroic past,
and with inspired vision and practical
sense, embodied and laid the foundations
of the American Republic. When its life
had fulfilled the first phase OF its purpose
when tho equality OF the masses could
be safely asscrted-Abmham Lincoln, the
rail splitter, the man OF lowly birth, Of dis
ciplincd education through labor-through
which his own noble nature found sympa-
thetic support with the humblest-tl,c peo-
pie found in him their companion, their
,friend-thc embodied spirit Of their
humanity. He cxpiatcd the sins OF the
Nation, and stilled the fierce frenzy OF the
passions OF war, and made the American
people feel the throbbing Of our National
life. From the hour Of his martyrdom,
this feeling OF nationality and unity, has
been slowly gathering force until after
twenty years fermentation, discussion,
and, to some extent, discussion; We arc
today on the verge OF this grand consunl.
nation Of American national life.
A For thirty years our man has been
slowly prepared to take upon himself the
responsibilities which the new epoch
opens before him. james G.. Blaine, the
nominee ior President is TINT man. And
no other man in the Republic SO truly fits
into tho place us he. lie was nominated
by a convention which, more than any
other TINT ever assembled, was free from
"bossism', intrigue and tho, usual appli-
ances which arc used to defeat the peoples
expressed wish. The noble platform upon
which he stands, more perfectly than any
other which was ever, adopted by Il ma.
tlonal convention, is also the expression
Of tho highest aspirations OF the American
people. Simple rs child, but rs wise as
a Alettcrnch or 4 Bismarck learned in all
the literature Of the world deeply read
in the history OF his country, md Of the
history Of mankind passing practically
through all tho great crisis Of the Republic
Tor twenty-five years; a keen observer OF
the n motives which govern mankind with
. chiyalrous dash which warns into enthu.
slasm the love of tho pcoplc $hc. al MI l.
Eo' leaders, is the greatest. lie, Of all
our statesmen, most fifty and grndly rep
.esents the destiny OF the American
people. 'FJ Az &,
In fact never before have We had n i
eader, n candidate for President, who, in i
III his physical, social md intellectual
makeup could be called the typical
Though technically the nomi. c