Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1884-11-17
THE REBEL YELL.
what They Think About it Up in Mich
igan.
D.fro;f Free preSS.

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Detroit Free Press.
The Rebel veil is chiefly raised at present
by the Blaine organs. Outside Of their col,
umns scarcely note of it can be distin'
guisbed by the most sensitive and suspicious
ear. The utteranees Of the Southern press
are almost uniformly moderate and sensi-
Bile. There is an absence of heated exulta-
ton, of puerile or savage triumph. The
honest purpose of the South, as expressed
by its newspapers, is loyal and patriotic, In.
spired chiefly by desire that the Demo,
cratic party shall by its sagacity aud pru'
dence prove itself chastened by its long dis
cipline and worthy ofits victory.
The Richmond Dispatch, for example,
says Of the Independent Republicans "ln
showing that American manhood and Amer
lean patriotism can rise superior to party
ties, they have sown seed that must bring
forth good fruit. They have affiliated with
the Democratic party not because it was
the party that had every prospect OF sue
cess, but because it represented common
honesty, which is the foundation stone of a
government of the people, for the people
and by the people"
The Mobile Register, in calm, Judi
cious tone, says: Mr.. Clevelands cleo
ton does not mean the installation OF new
theories of lights and powers so much as
the inauguration of q reform in the methods
of government and in the selection of Off
GERS ard employees" HE will inaugurate
retrenchment and reform HE will see
that representative men are selected as our
public servants" And this victory does
not mean any step backward in respect to
the black race. On the contrary, it means
that the negro will be protected and ele-
waited instead of being deceived and plum
dered as he has been under Republican
leadership"
The Memphis Appeal, a journal of very
pronounced and sometimes extreme opln-
IONS, declares that Cleveland election has
put grave responsibilities upon the South;
that it must make the administration sue
cess and the Democratic party inylncible;
must show the colored people that they are
the gamers not the losers by Blaine's de-
feat; must break down race combinations;
must demonstrate loyalty to the govern
ment and prove that I'VE are not fools to
attempt to turn back the course of time and
events, or to desire change Of the unalter-
able past The Northern people by their
verdict on Tuesday decided that the war is
over; that We are 10 have government for
he future not of sectional hatreds, political
corruption, ruled by men who trade in otli
cial trusts for gain; but a government OF
honesty economy and reform, and held
together BY loyal hearts and affections of a
homogeneous people
The Atlanta Constitution says that every
right which the colored people have, as free
men and citizens, will be jealously protected
by the white men Of the South, who have
been their neighbors for years. In their
schools, at the bsllot-bOXes, everywhere they
have their full rights That man is the
best Southerner and the best Democrat who
stands by this doctrine and shows the negro
that we are his true friends"
1t would be easy TO give whole columns
of like expressions from the Southern press.
There is no rebel yell There will be none
The calmness Of utterance, the goodness oi
temper the frankneSs, sincerity and honesty
of the leading organs of public opinion
there are in amazing and rebukeful contrast
with tho howls and roars of the Blaine or,
cans: their historical shriekings, the clam
ors of pretended alarm, the prophesies OF
evil and the beating Of the party drum
whose noise falls now on the ears deafened
by the prolonged rub-a-dub which they have
heard 10! these many years.
If there is any rebel yell at all, it is only
an echo Of the yell of pain, anger, desperi-
tion and defeat which comes from the
Plumed Knights over their beiraggled
feathers and battered helmets.