The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1890-04-23
llAlSTEADS sALuTATORY.
lie Outlines His Work on the ''stan,larsl.
. Unlon''-Straight, Republican, 49,,

DnooKLYS, April oooo.-Ms. Murat Hal
stead d In assuming editorial charge ofthe
Standard. Union says editorially: The
proprietors OF the Standard. Union have
introduced mo to the people OF, Brook
lyn In .aattellng terms. .1propose to en-
gage in editorial labors upon the columns
Of this newspaper, and shall endeavor
to add to their general interest and pub.
lie utility. An experience Of forty years
on the press has not dulled my appreci.
alton o! its opportunities for good works,
and bring 10 the undertaking before
me faith In the fruitfulness OF Industry
and the habit OF constant occupation.
Passing through the various educational
phases Of those who, In the pride OF
opinion and resentment at the ilnperiec-
tions Of party performance, seek inde.
pendenco In political action, test the
merits Of all parties by assailing them in
turn and accept faul!.hnding as their
recompense for isolation, l have for
many years been well persuaded that
the best results are reached In the al.
ministration OF government through par
tisan organizations that identify leader.
ship and responsibility. Because pro.
ferred the national constitutional law
expounded by Daniel Webster to the
Confederate doctrines OF John C. Cal.
houn, l parted with Democratic
sympathies and traditions and supersti.
tions when in early manhood, and found
myself In tho ranks OF the Republicans
campaigning for free Territories and free
States. In this count myself fortunate,
for 1t Is the greatest chapter in the his.
tory Of the generation that the Republi.
can party has in war and peace main
tanned the territorial integrity and up.
held the financial credit OF the country,
and saved and sustained our competent
aud splendid nationality, and one that
shall never fade with heroism is memor-
able and freedom beautiful. The greatest
danger menacing the Nation since e. Gettys-
burg vanished in the election OF Presi.
dent Harrison with a Republican Con.
gress and the consequent admission OF
the new States OF the northwest.
Upon this rock.built record We may
stand, and it will be our own fault if we
do not hold the fort forever. The law.
making and executing power OF the
United States has not been entrusted to
the Democratic party since the secession |
OF the Southern Senators and Represent
atives, when Abraham Lincoln was
elected President, and only by some illog-
ical and inexplicable fatality can it ever
more be trusted. We approach the time
when all our territory shall be compre.
hended In State organizations and should |
welcome the suspicious day, for when
the system Of States has been completed |
sectional politics will cease to trouble, as
no section will be great enough. no pro-
30 powerful, no local passion
30 vehement as to disturb the whole
mighty structure. y.
Then We may do United States busi-
mesa on its merits. The dogmatic char.
acter and despotic discipline, remorse-
less selfshness aud sectional subseryi.
ancy ofthe Democratic party obstruct all
the ways Of wholesome iprogress. { For
ballot reform Republicans must rely
upon themselves, for outside their own
lines they will find few helpers, and it
Sabus W w GAA aAAVAu tudL t1tAu E6HlblUIl
should he entrusted especially to the
representatives who derive instruc.
tion,' practical and scientific as we'll,
from the varied home industries
that distinguish enlightened constitu-
encies. l shall to commend myself
to the people OF this community as a
Republican, friendly to all fellow-citi-
zens who in public Affairs seek the gem
eral welfare, not warlike for the cake OF |
war, but for the attainment Of peace,
aiding the right "as God gives US to see |
the right" The Republican party, |
hold, il sufficient for all it's own needed |
reforms, and can be best strengthened |
from the inside, while. the; Democratic |
party never deserves confidence as an |
agency Of reformation. This view OF
public policy seems to be consistent with |
the most exalted estimation Of the duties |
Of citizenship Of the broad Republic,
whose bright renown depends no less
upon pervading justice than perpetual