The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1884-03-22
N0PARTY5 DISSENSI0NS
EX-GOVERNOR PIERpoN1's VIEWS

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On tho ComlnE Csn,pa,gu-Tts aisd.tds OF III
Present STATE Administration Fully Set Forth.
No Break In the Hanks Of the n,pub.
ilcaua OF WsAt virginia.
10 the Eiitor afihe 1n,el,yenotr. w. @
slR:-1t Is said that Marshal Atkinson
has demanded an investigation Of his Off
, clel actu Of tho Department Of Justce a
Washington. THE, l suppoae will satisf,
the public and his friends. '.'' -'i y r. En-
4. have been amused at the the turn mai.
tors have taken in thia case. Tho public
may Us we'll know that after l requested
the publication Of my reply 10 the article
in tho Eueniny Journal and Bont 1t to the
1NrELlloEEcER, I wrote again 10 the edl-
tor not 10 publish Il; but the letter was not
received by him in time. Ths editor wrote
bis regrets and was satisfied. will now
cay there WIS nothing IN 1t that I regret.
eaid ! would give information to Mr.. Glib.
Bou'' We'll, WIN. II I did? Mr.. Gibson had
charged the Marshal OF the district Of West
Virginia with corruption in Office. Tho
charge Ia true, or not true. II II is true, 10
thers . man in the Republican party who
desires 10 screen him? 1tso, let him hold
up his hand; tho public ought 10 know
him. II the charge Is not trus tho Repub.
lican party will be honored 10 that extent by
his ac4uitial. The brightest spot OH ihe
escutcheon Of tho Republican party OF the
State is that 10 which It can point as unsul-
lied by corruption In Office, State or Fed
eral. | am In no way involved in this
matter.
4Sr,g CLEARING TIE DICKS.
You are clearing the decks for fair con.
test this fall, with the Bourbon Democracy
OF the State. In the namc Of our party
aud country don't make the success OF that
contest depend upon tho manner in which
subordinate Federal officer has acted in
Office. Some gentlemen seem to thiuk that
the iall campaign will be for tho sole pur-
pose Of settling this question. Oae OF the
issuea will be, will the people endorse the
usurpation OF Governor Jackson in setting
aside the tax law Of the State? Now II AZ.
kinson Is guilty, docs that condemn Jack
son? But suppose Atkinson is not guilty,
how docs Jackson stand? The charge is
made. The Marshal Denies The verd;c.
| will be in accordance with the evidence,
lguilty or not guilty. II It Is decided in
either way, twill: not affect i've Republic
can votes in the State. It Is not expected
that the Republican party, in the State is
going to stake the success OF the campaign
on the Innocence of the NJ rsh.l. II it h. 9
no higher aims aud Issues 10 discuss hon
orable men will esk to ha excused from it's
excitement. Sixteen years ago, before tho
rebellion, denounced the slave holders OF
Virginia for their oppre:3ion OF the white
men Of the State, for this WAS stigmat;zed
Ri "abolitionibt," then term OF reproach
in the South. But that did not deter ME
from denouncing the slave holders oppre3.
sion, when and wherever opportunity YVES
afforded. l then plead for the education
OF the masses, a sound currency and pro-
tective tariff, that the laborer might be bet
tor remuuerated for his toll and labor hon.
ored. Since then have seen the shackles
falling from the slave, and the blessings
that ; followed. have seen the
common schools where the mssses
are taught by thousands. A protective
tariff and sound currency came with tho
Republican party, and a material pros.
perlty has followed them in this country
unexamp!ed in the civiljzs world. The
currency may for the present take care OF
ltseli; but the tariff, for protection OF the
wages Of the laboriNg man and home pro.
ductlone, is threatened. The purity oil the
ballot box, a free vote and fair count, ia
assai!ed, with pistol, shot gun and tissue
ballot. In our own State the Governor
he's assumed autocratic powers. A great
desire IL felt to settle the titles 10 the wild
lands OF the State, the uncertainty Of which
bag paralyzad the strong arm OF many
living in the interior, ana prevented the
development Of the section. There are great
issues before the country for discussion.
- TIE QUESTION DISCUSSED.
I hope with my fellow Republicans,
this fall, to go before the people Of the
State, to discuss these questions. The boys,
the young men and women must be educa-
led in the right direction, and taught how
these questions underlie tho welfare and
prosperity Of the country. A close distinc.
tion must be drawn between Bourbon
and a progressive Democrat. They. are
diAtlnct, casses OF men. The facts OF his.
tory must be laid before the people, which
will prove to them that Bourbon Democ.
racy cannot successfully run Republican
government State or Federal. | mean BY
Bourbon Democracy, that class of men at
the South, and in West Virginia, who con.
sider themselves tho ruling Claes, They
made the State constitution Of 1872. They
have robbed the school fund aud reius.
ed to return the money. At the
breaking out OF the rebellion Alexan.
der steohens, the niost eagacious man in
the South, declared that "the Government
OF the United States was the be1t the wit
Of man ever DEVISED" that the South
had furnished two,thirds Of the Presidents,
two-tbirds Of the foreign Ministers, the
same Of the Federal oliicera and large
portion OF the officers OF the Army and
Navy. Yet the fact was that in 1860, by
free trade, they had bankrupted the Gov.
ernment .of the United States in time OF
peace; they borrowed money at 10 percent
discount on bond bearing 6 percent in.
tere3t, and when the Republican party
took posaession ofthe Government in 1861,
q large portion of the delegation from the
South had left aud formed new confeder.
alton with a condition in their constitu,
ton that any State could secede at plee sure,
which made them the laughing stock OF
the world. ,., :. $, q, Y. '.Ir.,
(. 80. THE BOURBON DEMOCRATS, .ssl.I I1
All knowits end. Poor old Virginia vast.
ed her substance: The B,urbons, in many
Of the Southern States, to-day, are cherish.
ing the fond idea in their hearts, alter all
their sad experience, that they can run a
Republican government by deiraudinp
majority Of their voters with pistol, shot
gun and ballot box s.utling> with tissue bal.
lots; they thus deprive the majority OF a
free vote and iair count, and cal! It a Re.
publican government. 1t is nothing but a
mob government and cannot last. ~