Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1888-06-20

ulSaOleu SOluleI5 ms won golden OpiniObS
from those who gave them their wounds.
It's financial management has b en- safe be-
cause of its inability to DESTROY the re-
sultiDg prosperity OF Republican legisla-
ticn. Aud its unparalleled straddle ofthe
tariff question has been q source of Won
dermeDt to gods and men, 1t is strong
in the imbecility of iunocuous desuetude,
and deserves TO live as q "reminiscences of
promises forgotten aud pledges unre-
deemed.
THERE ARE THOSE
in this land who seem to believe that the
mission of the Republican party is at sn
end. That the Emancipation Proclams-
ton. AppomattOx and the constitutional
amendments are alone the monuments OF
its glory and the grayestOnes Of its demise
But the work of the Republican party
will never be done until every American
citizen enters into his unquestioned iuher-
itauce of liberty, equal r'grtS and justice;
until representation in Congress is based
upon votes freely cast and fairly counted;
until adequate provision has been maze
for the helplessness and old age Of the dis
sbled veterans end the widows and or
phans Of their dead comrades; until those
policies OF government which ensure rs-
uonal and individual prosperity are firmly
established, and until patriotism and 10y
atty are the only qualifications, except fl
ness, for official positions in the service of
the Republic.
'There are those in the land who insist
that thu Republican party keeps alive the
old time sectional feeling, and that it rt-
fnses to let the dead past bury It's dead
The Republican party longs and prays for
the coming OF the millenium of its hope
when in spirit and in truth Mason ard
Dixon's line will be blOtted ont forever;
when fraternal ties and common interests
mite us all; when the whole people are
found rejoicing together that the inherited
institution of human slavery was destroyed
by the justice of God; glad together that
the holy bonds of union could not lie sev-
cred; hoping together for a magnificent
national destiny; loyal together to COM
mon country and its unconquered flag.
Bat, when that glad time comes, black and
white must march side by side in the broad
sunshine of safety, and lie down 20 peace
ful slumber in the untroubled shadows Of
protected homes.
"Tbe Republican party turns to the new
South with wide open arms. 1t offers
loyal assistance in the development of it's
agriculture, the opening of its mime, the
building up Of its manufactures. 1t pro-
poses TO break down the barriers of uu-
pleasant memories with the hope OF new
prosperity.
'The great distinctive issue of the pres
ent campaign is the issue of the tariff. To
the support OF protective tariff there will
rise up an overwhelming army of intelli
gent. thoughtful and practical men, and
the East and the West, the North and the !
South will join hands to forever extermi- !
nate in this Republic the pernicious doc
trine of free trade.
"As we gather here we remember that |
other great convention held in this city in |
1860. We remember how il was inspired !
with the wisdom and courage to select that |
man of the people; that Moses, who led |
us through the parted waters of the sea,
past the wilderness of battle, over the JOr-
dan of safety into the Promised Land. In |
1884 we were diven back into the wilder
ness again.
GOD GIVE US THE WISDOM TO FIND AN
OTHER MOSES
who can limit our wanderings to four years
instead of forty. The mighty past is with
as here to-day. IL fills Us with that same |
spirit of freedom, patriotism and devotion |
which hreathed into the common dust of |
ordinary humanity the sublime inspira-
ton of heroic deeds Let us read its les |
sons rightly and hold its precepts dear.
when Robert Bruce, King of Scotland,
lay upon his dying bed, he requested that
his heart should be taken from his mani
mate body and borne by knightly hands
to the SavuOr'-l sepulcher. After his death, |
James, Earl OF Douglas, undertook the
sacred mission, aud with the heart en-
cased in golden casket, set Out upon his |
pilgrimage to the Holy Land. On their |
way thither, himself and comrades were |
set upon 10y great host Of Moorish war
riors. Though they fought with all the
yalor OF mortal meu, they were borne |
by sheer force of numbers, and |
their overthrow seemed certain, when |
Douglas, drawing from his bosom the
priceless casket, cast it far out into the |
midst of the OncomIng host and cried out :
Lead on, heart of Bruce, we follow thee"
aud the Knighta OF Scotland, never de- |
feated while following Bruce, pushed |
forward and won the day.
Let this convention lind Douglas for |
our Bruce lie will take the soul Of our
great leader into the golden casket Of bis |
love, and with it lead us on to certain and |
splendid victory.