Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1893-11-07
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aahEAN EaELl6s
ar "a their - RE I'D would
again 20 preserve our Uui,y and indepen-
GenCe. The Young men Of today scarcely
know the depth OF the misrepresentation
involved in the claims Of the Republican
leaders % the monopoly of patriotism and
the glory of our wartime. For my part
] would be ashamed 20 believe for one iu-
slant that our nation was saved by one
sl0ue Of its great political parties, and 1
would be more ashamed Of the party who
made the claim, as the Republican party
has done for the last % years, Ask any
one of them for proof Of tue claim, and be
viii give YOU o few names OF men who,
living u the North and being Democrats,
were dislOyal, and he viii also claim that
a majority of the people of the Southern
States, prior % the war, were Democrats.
Neither of these facts proves anything at
ALL Why, from the great Democratic city
Of New York, as from the other great cen
tres OF Democratic people, whole regl-
meuts were sent out, In which there was
not man VINO ever voted the Republican
ticket either before or during or after the
war. So you can imagine how annoying 10
IS for Democratic soldiers 90 have had %
listea for twenty-five years % the In
Cessant prattla of how the &. o. p.
saved the Union. An honest Judge
Of the Republican claims will say
that the ra,s0n d'Ctra of the Republican
party passed away with slavery. IL had no
posi- BILE reason for existence after the war;
but then came the era Of sDOils, the era of
reconstruction, and of q gantic speculation.
The Republican party was able 20 hold
itself together Oy the glamour Of its assum-
ed patriotism; by its miSrep presentation Of
its opponents; aud by means of the great
and constantly Increasing patronage Of the
government they were enabled 20 control
Then the natural result OF the condition, OF
q party having no reason for further eXis-
teuce was reached. They searched ont rea-
sons for existence. True % their nature
and history, they became the party Of pro
lection, the party of class, the party OF the
manufacturer, the party Of the protected,
and the protected party.
PURPOSES OF GOVERNMENT.
Now, the only purpose OF government is
to preserve order, nothing more nor less.
This is the Interpretation which the Dem
Ocratlc party places upon the contribution.
When q government departs from or goes
further than this purpose, 1t is simply
prOstituuug its high uses and burrying
Itself on 20 destruction. It also departs,
OF course, from the rules of Democracy.
Thousands and thousands OF Republicans,
recognizing these facts, have Joined the
Democratic party, with results which we
all know, and nov that the country has so
spoken against the Republican party, / do
not see how 10 can live. 10 cannot well in
vent new issues without demo RAILING
itself still further
It is a fac, thar 70 party 10 the United
States has ever undergone three success |
sive defeats without ceasiug 20 exist, with
the single exception of the Democratic
q. So d.
Ocraric party is founded on the same rock /
where rests our NATIONAL liberty, and that
rock is the constitution. IL places itself
in touch with the existing condition Of
things, supports the existing laws until re-
pealed. and trusts % the intelhgenCo and [
patriotism otthe people 20 repeal oonON- /
iOus laws by constitutional method and |
tO make such new laws, from time 70 time, I
ss their own needs demand
Tho Democratic party believes that when /
the framework OF the government was /
first made, 10 was well made, and, with the /
single exception Of the liberation of 1
slavery, mistake amply atoued for by |
The blood of great many Of its own mem 4
Jers, the Democratic party has ever been /
rue 20 the highest ideals of national hber. /
M and Christian life. 10 believes that the \
original device OF tue government pre- \
pared by the founders needs out lit
he revision, and from the earliest
adoption Of the Constitution down TO
o-day, the Democratic party. ever true TO
he constitution, has been the conservative
larty Of the country, conservative 10
maintaining the principles OF liberty, emil
conservative for the rights OF the
states and the people. In other words, the
Democratic party vas been the only. Re-
,ublican party Of tbs country IL has BRO
damned established. and maintained fthe
bsoiate right OF the Psopl9 to 50 'ra