The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1884-09-26
MORNING, ,sEPTEnIBER 81 1884 T

Ct, WEST :7,.s:' VA, FRID'4 I'D
my individual in this audience, or els
where, l must be permitted to say tn
the history OF the Democratic party 4
tho last thirty years Is not one 10 DO q
We'd by any honorable straight forwai
American citizen that desires the welia,
md continued progress and prosperity
tho American people. fCheers.1 /.
| ToTIIE YOUNG MgN. @
\ And to the young men that arc lei
lpresent to-day: Allow me to say that III
pathway in tho political history Of tl
country TINT has been opened BY I'll
Democratic party Is not ono that has e
you anything that is calculated to cntic
or draw you into their walks by reason {
any, great good that they have accom-
plished for the American people.
But to-day You may Sask me, has Iii
Republican party done anything for tli
country2 Have they made an lionorabl
record and o history that ought 10 be CT
tjoycd nid Transmitted to future gencru
tons" II they havc, in Gods name Civ
them credit for It. And II tho Democrat
party hns done anything in the course O
their administration OF this Govornlnen
that has been beneficial to the people o
this country, give them credit for that.
have been unable, in the examination o
tllat record for tho last twenty.three years
to find anything is calculuted'to at
tract any person. !, ii1ESl, ( ~
| Now ,n, fn11p,,, n;tt,no1 500 ~, ..,na
interests in this country. Our Govern
mcnt led on from the time OF its organiza
ton up to lS6l-a great portion OF tho
time within the control OF the Democrat,
purity. At that time tho people said &c
the Democracy OF this country, we have
no further use for your services; but pro.
pose to install M organization which en-.
tertains different views from yours; which
desires to administer the ailairs OF this
government OH u different policy from
yours. s.r .
N"Or 10! WHAT A CHANCE.
l call your attention to-day, and the at.
tention OF any Democrats who are listen.
ing to me, to what has been the result Of
placing the affairs OF this government in
the hands Of the Republican party.
You find to-day, instead of England
debating the policy OF this government 50
far rs our products and industries arc con
cerned, that policy is now nh American
policy, dictated by American statesmen
and by American citizens, [Chccrs.]
We found during the administration Of
the Democratic party that they advocated
system OF free trade in this country.
Why they advocated it I cannot say.
They perhaps believe it the best system
Tor the American people, but, my country
men, where you desire to understand Tie
benefits that arise from any particular
system, it is not Necessary to 10 into tl,co-
rics or to thcorlze OH the subject, but ex-
amino practical results. They arc the
best evidences as to whether It system is
correct or incorrect in the administration
Of the affairs OF a government.
N DEMOCRATIC ACHIEVEMENTS.
Now, what were the practical results
growing out Of the administration OF the
Democratic party in reference to the
subject Of duties on imports? In 1888
the Democratic party cstablisleds the
same system that they proposed in 1850,
that they propose now, which was t:lriii
for revenue only; and ask you Old men
here to-day whether the iacts were not rs
| will state, that the country from that
time to 1881 was depressed, and the whole
land, from one end to tho other, was; in a
condition almost unknown to our coun-.
try before. Then passing to 1872, when
tarlll was agreed upon which was protec-
ton to Il acertain extent, from that time to
lSiG, prosperity again dawncd upon the
American people. But in ;1S46 and 1S47
the Democratic party again commenced
their warfare against the tariff sysscnfgof
the people Of this country. They de-
nounced it as robbery and said they were
for reform, just rs they do now, and they
adopted what was known rs the walker
tariff and from That time to 1857 dcpres-
ton seized the people, financial ruin fell
upon the country and such disaster and
distress was never known BY the Aneri-
can people as was witnessed then under
their rule and CONTROL [Cheers.]
SHALL WE GO BACK?
What other results followed p Why in
1860. these same statesmen that claim the
right to administer the atlairso the Amer
lean people to-day, turned this Govern
mcnt over TO the Republican party with
out dollar in the treasury and without
credit enough to borrow S225 100000 from
any country or individual on the face Of
the earth. Your Government was with.
out credit, without money, in fact it was
blnkrupt-in Il condition unknown in its
history before; and that was the final re-
snlt OF the administration OF the Demo-
craticparty in charge OF, this country for.
81 years. Now, without speaking Of the
distress that; was brought about BY the
war that followed, l ask youas honest men
to-day, if YOU want your country to be
controlled bya set OF statesmen who after
running it II years turned it over without
u dollar in its treasury or without credit
for q dollar? [Cries Of "Now @"Nom1
When We appeal to the American pco.
pie, to their honesty, TO their good sense
and to their hearts and conscicnces TO de-
eide this question upon fair principles and
fair tests, exalniningtlie records Of thctwo
parties, what do we find?t IN RI
Z : ATunS THE RAsoA1s OFT. / 7EFe
! can almost repeat any Democratic
speech you hare heard for the last twenty
years. What is it? It's criticism of
the Republican party; the Republican
party is robbing the American people;
the Republican party is trampling the in.
tcrests Of the American citizen in the
dust; the Republican party has a surplus
in the Treasury that ought to be disbursed
among the people; the Republican party
ought to Returned out bccausc they,'.llave
men in their ranks. OF course
the Democrats never had any dishonest
men. No dishonesty ever occurred when
they, controlled the government, Do.
risive laughter ~ |N5
Now, do not intend TO stoop so low as
to say that q party is incompetent to ad-
this government because it has
some dishonest men in it.. Because the
Democratic purity may have, or have Ind,
4 few dishonest. men It is no reason that it
is not competent toadlninistcr the affairs
Of the country, nor Is it SO rs you apply it
to the Republican party. But Il party