The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1895-02-13

BURLINGTON, VERMONT, Fob. l2.-Lin.
coins birthday was celebrated hero To-.
day. Hon. Chaunccy Dcpew was the
orator OF tho day. Ills address was u
brilliant tribute to the great cmanci.
pator. After revlow Of the life and
character OF Mr.. Lincoln, Mr.. Depew
closed by touching on the political stu.
alton as follows:
1t is significant OF our time aud
OF the questions interesting to US, as we
celebrate tho birthday Of this saviour OF
tho republic, this foremost Of statesmen,
this plainest and most honest Of NOR.
tails. this most digniGcd. most humor.
ous, most serions, most sad OF
men. this modt gentle Of human
beingg. this lender in his time,
and OF all tins. Of tho Re.
publican party. that his first speech was
for a protective Tariff. He was frat,
last and all the time an American; an
American when Napoleon, invading
Mexico, would have broken up the
Union; an American when Great
Britain would have interiered for
the purpose OF destroying the
republic-because, as Lord Sails.
bury said. wo kept shop and
were her rivals in business Ameri.
can in his earnest devotion 10 tho union
and the constitution. an American in
his love OF liberty, an American in his
belief that within the borders OF the
United States should be manufactured
all that the people OF the United States
might REQUIRE for themselves.
Wo cannot pass by this celebration
without enforcing by his example ond
teachings the sentiment OF the hour.
There arc always great crises periodl.
cally in the history OF the nations. 1t
was the revolutionary war which gavc
US our republic. 1t was the debates
with Hayne and with Douglas which
gave lis our love OF union. 1t was the
civil war which ended slavery, and now
It Is the mighty contest OF industrial
forces. OF economic principles, OF the
| proper relations OF the currency and tho
credit OF the United States to its trade
and nd-credit-sinz other Acountri tries-upon
which arc builded our hopes or our fears.
Tho generation which followed the
civil war knew what the Democratic
party in power meant. and kept it in
the minority for quarter OF century.
The world is fond OF experiments, and
experiments run in cycles. What has
been will be. So, after thirty years we
have tried the Democratic party in
power once more. We gave them the
Presidency and Congress. and VIC have
repeated, indnatrially and financially,
the experiences OF tho Democratic party
in power. as it was evidenced in their
rule prior 10 1850.
We have Won our victory. 1t is the
victory OF returning common sense, the
victory OF experience over hone. We
are not yet out OF the woods. Tho Re.
publican party can only hold the coun-
try whore it is and prevent further
damage until it assumes tho RESPONSE.
bilities OF power.
This is not tho time nor is there
occasion 10. despair. The hand Of
the Republican engineer is on the
throttle, and the train can no longer
run away. The conductor can stop
the momentum or side track tho
cars, but tho engineer will not let
him derail them. The Republican
house OF representatives, is the living
protest OF the country against paralysis
and despair. aud it will hold the fort
until in 1896 tho relief comes and tho
country is saved.