The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1884-08-15
TIE WaEELuvG DAILY

Dill, and the W heelinR convention ha
nominated him. I This is decided step /,
bankrupt our Eve railroads and to stop th
further making Of railroads In this State
Are the people going into darkness unde
such frenzy j? And this came conyentio,
has made war on the farmers and all pro
ducers In cheering Gov. JackBon'a tax law
81. when our patient farmers, our miners
operators and all who labor are taxed L
death, while usurers, note holders, money
lenders go FREQ, or nearly 80, when rail-
roads are bankrupted and their further
construction put stop to, Gov Jackson
Mr. Wilson, and the town boys and puny
attorneys who Iulsd tho Wheeling conven'
ton may hold q jubilee and talk upon 9
ruined State and oppressed and robbed
people, dead factories and machine shops
bankrupted coal Operators and railroads
laborers turned OF to atarve, our splendid
hopes for other and competing lines
blasted, and reyel amidst tho waste like
satyrs In the ruins Of Carthage, with some
young lawyers 10 make the funeral Grafton,
Now, sir, railroad companies and all
other capitalists need watching. ID poll.
tlcians require Watching also D To correc.
abuses is one thing. To go oil In sense.
lesa furoie andcrrsads 10 legislate ruin and
destruction Is qults another thing. 1t Is
ruin to Cypress the farmer, the capitalist or
the corporation, or the working people. Ills
q crime 10 be calling out volunteers and
gatling guns against cur la6orsrs; 1t is
equally crime 10 legislats upjus!ly against
capital or railroads. Be- Just 10 ali, protect
all In their lawful right whether acquired
by charters or by contract. The belly can.
not do without The limbs, the limbs can.
not do without the head. Would YOU
have man all Limbs, or all belly or all
head. n i7t4E 49,, y, iT5' -S'7@
= To sum up. The Wheeling convention
cheered and applauded the speech Of Gov.
jackson defending his tax law, and howled
down all opposi!ion to him. It thus made
war on the customs Of our ancestors for
eeuerations-on all who make money. It,
In the name way, endorsed the decision Of
our appellate court for filming an editor for
clrticisinG that court. Is this war on the
freedom OF the press and OF speech, OF ia II
not? This each ono must decide ior him.
sell. It has nominated Mr.. Wilson for
Governor, gentleman who has made war
on what he calls monopolies, and is urging
measures fatal To our hopes for more rail.
roads, as I think. He has made this the
burden Of his CANVASS, aud Of his sueecheB
In the Legislature. He thus imperils the
future Of this State. Is this Democracy ?
No It is not. Il 1t communism : La It
agrarianism? ~ * q.
1t Is war Of the members against tho
head. 1t is passion and prejudica arrsyed
against wisdom and prudence. It is the
call OF the crusader leading his followers to
distraction. Itis impossible for the good
husbaudmau willing to prepare flowers for
bis working bees, to approve Of the doinss
Of the Wheeling Convention. Shall we |
BY the persuasive power OF popular opin.
ion encouragean Interpretation Of the Con.
so as to sustain the Governors tax
laws, to overturn the customs and rights
handed down tous from our Revolutionary
fathers to tax the farm and It's products, to
grind down the patient son Of toll? s .
Shall we frlghten capital out of the State
1t Is invested or seeks invest.
lnent, IN land, mines, factories or railroads2
These are serious questions. Thee are not
puny questions. | am speaking TO our
farmers and their laborsrs, to our land
owners, our coal operators and miners, to |
all engaged in an honest occupation.
Where will our people find employmentifit
Is scared away;I an not advising ANYBODY
how to vote, but avail myself OF the occ..
siou, as man and citizen, to discuss
queations forced upon Us by the Wheeling
and Mr.. Wilson. We must
censider them. We cannot avoid them.
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