Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1888-11-05

hold of il. 1t Was called the ark Of the
covenant. But you will understand 1t was
hor, the most precious toK Of the ages.
Where is i. now? Gone forever. Not
crypt of church or mus4um Of the world
h =, fig uent Of 1t.
ButJis not this nation Gods chosen pro
pc? Have we not pa ,std through the Red
Sea? Have we net been led with pillar
of fire by night? Has this nation no ark
If the co ve aan,? Yes, the ballot toI, the
sacred chest Of the nstion, the ark o! the
American Covenant
In il is tn law, IN il Is the divine and
the human will, in it il the fate OF the ma
ton. Carried iu front Of our host again
and sgain the waters OF national trouble
have parted. Mighty ark Of the covenant,
the American ballot-box! 1t isa1e'y old
box.
Ia Athens, lorg before the art Of print
iug, the people dropoed pebbles into 1t TO-
give exprss sion'to in air sentiments. After
that, he AUS were dropped int, it-s white
bean fn the affirmative, a black bean for
the negative. After that, when they wish
ed t, vote man out Of citiz ,nship they
would write his name upon shell and
drop that into the box.
FIGHT FOR THE BALLOT.
O'Counell and Grote aud Golden and
Macaulay and Gladstone fought great bat
tlss in the introduction Of the bal oi-hoxes
10 EuRlaud, and to-day 1t is one Of the
fas,nesse, of that nation. 1t is one Ct the
corner-stones Of oar government It Ia
older than the Consultation. In 1t Is our
na,ional safety. Tell ms what will he the
fate cf the American ballot box, the ark OF
the American covenant, aud will tel you
what will bs the fate cf this natioa. Give
the people ouce nyeT, or once IN four
wears, an opportunity to express thtir po-
lit:csl sentiments, and you practically
avoid insurec;iou and revelation.
First, / remark, ignorance In mighty
r,s 10 a pure ballot 0!tec things bein
,oual, the more i1te'lise eace man has
the rcst he i, quslied TO txerei,e the
right OF suffrage You have beed ten, hf'
te IN, twenty. thirty years studying Amer
,cau institotio 10, you hlvs csnvassed oil
the s-eat @ questions about tariff and bo ne
rue aud ali ia educsii onsl que, ,tions, and
everything iu AmarSn.- politics you sre
we'll sca sinted with. YoncobSSer your.
self compsieut 10 cast vote 10 November,
aud Jou are cmpstspt. You will take
yonr p,siiio1 in the line Of electors. yo1
/ will wait for your turn t1 4 1ms, the judge
of lection will announce youg name, you
will cast your vote ard pssI out. Well
dole.
Bat right bshind you there will come q
man who crnutt sp.ll the name Of comp.
/ troll r, or alto rney or mIyor. He csnro,
write, or if he can VT - be uses small
II" for the p,rsonll proaouo. BE cool
no. {. III on which side Of the Allegheny
Mo1ntsius Ohio 10. Eiucated canary
/ birds, eiucsted boIsss know more than be.
/ He will cakt his vote and it will balance
your vote. Hi, ignorance is as mighty az
az yCur INTEL igeLc,. That IL not right.
All men of fair mind will eckr vledge
| { hat that is not right. Until man can
read the D .cl,ration of Independence and
the Constit liion Of the U0ited States, and
ca'cul,te the interest IN tie American
debt, and knpw the diff renee betws sen a
/ republican form OF governm. n and mon
achy or 6 d sspoism, he is upft TO eIer.
else The right of suffrage at any ballot-boI
between Key West and A'aiks.
| FRAUDULENT VOTING.
Another pow erfol enemy Of this sacred
chest, the srk of thu American coveaaIt
he billot-boI, is spurious votirg, 10
, 1880, 10 Brook lyo, tteIe we're thousand
name Ie corded of per;o1 WHO hld no MS
idepce here and II there were . thoussD
attempted fraudulent votes in tie be tc,ty
on the c1ntineIt, wha. may We expect In
ciri.s rot 90 fortunate? What . grand
thing is the law Of regi 'tratioD! Without
il elections In this couutry would be 9
farce. There must be scrutiny on this
subject. The law mast have keeney,
TWIST for the neck Of repeaters. Some
thing more than slight Fl oe and short i'm
p'i,onm,nt Itis an st eupt at the e
~ tsstna.ion Of the Republic. when mar
attempts to put in a spurious vote Ia
olden times when men laid unholy bsnd'
on the ark Of ths covenant they dropps
down des9. Witness Uzzih. And whGr
men sttempt to put unholy hsrd d, on tb'
AmeIicsn billot-DoI, the ark Of IT,
American covenant, they deserve etter
mination.
Anoth,r powerful 70, Of this s,cre'
chest IL intimidation. Corporations s,ms
times dsm and III It their employs vote II
this and that way. Is Is skiIlfully done
l. Is net post t.vely in 90 many wo'ds de
m,n.e,. bat the eDploye u,ders'ands b
will be frozsn out Of tbs establi,hmtn n
unless he yotts as the firm do. 30 yo'
can get into villages where there are q
tab i,hments with hundreds ard thou
. sap6s of emp'oyss, aud fsviog fund ou
the politics Of the head man 10 tie fac ory
YOU can tell which wsy the election
. goinY. Now, d at il dsmusble. IL in m
: precipct in the United States man cat
not vote as he plese,, thereh h somethin
swfully wr,ng.
The sLiSDEgERs WORK.
Another great enemy Of that sacre
chest Is defamation Of character. Cen 20
End cut from the newsuspera when tv
men are running for Office which 70 u
best? How often in the sotumnA ele'
tons the sosd man is denounced aud "a
bd msn syplauded, 90 thst you can CON
!. sonttime 10 no jSs' opinion - I, who
the best man, and there ere hundnd, a
Thousands Of electors who 60 up TO vote
utterly bsfouei stey know not what The
y do. Is not that fearful in6uepcs 10
y brought upon Chs billot-box Of this coui
7 ir,? Il has bsen % ever since tie fouI
. dation Of this government. Dsfsmstis
Of character.
. Thomas Paine writes Wsshinsto1a ID
!, . ter, and publishes it ssyins: "rrs:chs
d ous in al private friendship and . hyp
; crite in pubic mna's, the world viii
'e puzzled to know whether We had bed
tr csll you an apes.ste Gr "a iupo tH, n
s. whether you sbIpdousd good Eoeals,
o. never had apy" That Is Thomas Pain
Sc opinion of George W,shint ton.
Defamation! II il the curse Of
"a American hailet bsx. JOSS se soou %
- - the gres. dries o man 10 pat mp fof Of
- h. Is mad. the targs. Ths tat thst b
.ls nm a ina fa:ie evidnee thak - UIU