The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1895-07-27

has so long been the meru hAndmaidOn,"
OF tho effect of all this the pamphlet
declares that tho world abroad aud so
much Of II as opposes Democracy at
home, il offered the spectacle OF tho
house divided against itself"
s's
II compares tho situation OF tho Dem
ocratic party OF the country to that Of a
strOng army camped at the foot OF a
steep hill, upon the crest Of which lies
entrenohsd Ian army Tho Republican
partly equally as strong, but bettOr
equipped, flushed with victory aud in
Spired by knowledge Of muliny In the
ranks OF itS enemy, On the eve Of n
Of the great periodical political battles
our southern author thus describes tho
real situation; zone OF It's armies is
cohesive aud led by experienced and
aaLute, il over ambitious, generals, 1t
is served with improved Rrmsi 10 per-
ioctly equipped aud lies entrenched on
vantage ground, which Its enemy has
made for 1t, The othsr-the Democratic
army-is rott into nero aQuNbbllnG
SQUADS. Tho bOlt ammunition II
has II Is wasting TO pour destructive
yolleys into its own ranks, II has no
Well.euGineerSd plan OF advance, Is "A
certain Of the enemy's ground has no
flag that all its soldiers will rally TO; It
evOn has no General-now at its head
aud IN unltorm-Whom they all are
willing TO trust, or whose voice they
will recognize in tho darkness. This is
not a pretty picture; 1t is the coldly
true photograph Of tho condition Of the
Democracy to-day. Moro than that; it
10 but the ioreshNdowing Of what must
come to it, II. instead Of honeSt reason,
Gillette methods, personal ambitions and
party madness continue to Tle tho
hour"
-.
ANY Democrat who will lay aside his
p%artisauship long enough To tako o calm
survey OF the forces at work in the
south to-day muSt 400 that the picture 10
not oyerdrawn. The southern Demo.
Gratis, who are constituted differently
from their northern brethren, are work.
ing out their emancipation from the
rule Of the political bos8Os and dc
tatorial southern press that have for so
long dominated them and governed
their political actions by appeals to
party pride aud sectional prejudice.
Hero IL a strong diagnosis OF tho ailment
OF the southern press, which IL given by
tho author Of the little book in this
connections:
No reasoning man, who has watched the
course Of tho southern press, but understands
the ruin wrought by IT. repeated error OF mis-
taking Obstinacy for adherence TO prinrlple-is
still more gtleyous fault OF becoming tho mere
mOuthpICCo Of some little local auioCfat, and
vOicing his views with all resonance OF ngtehi
dogma. Calmly considering MAT portion gi
southern Journalism, which nrtogales TO itseli
tho dcliyerhnco Of It's section from alien domino
ton In rccOuItructiOn days. the Just critic must
admit IL q very bourbon, IN tue matters oil
learning and forgetting. Its chleiait Weakness
Is n%nrrOwnCss; failure to discover effect from
cause.
Tie author OF these truthful lines
does not cQnlno himself TO nero aIscr'
ton, but oilers proof that the emanci'
patton OF tho southern Democrats from
tho chains Of sectional and race preiu:
dice and party dictum ia being worked
out by themselves. lie lnds the proof
in every convention aud mass meeting
and in tho joint political discussions
that arc held. To-day, no says, 1t Is
common to sec, throughout tho statos
OF the south, q sight undreamed oil i've
short years ago. We find daily publi-
cation OF dissent, in their wi columns,
to the strongest expressed views oil the
most rigid party organs; and there ie
scarcely u night when a lately trusted
and admired leader lie not stopped in an
address, to be questioned aud catcchisod
by his hoarUrs-oven when they do not
dissent from his strongest dicta by more
active and disrespecttul methods. And
these occurrences are not occasional,
and restricted to one locality, but are
frequent and widespread. They cannot
be dismissed as nero atraws, Tor they
are great and reliable vanos that provo
tho direction Of sectional winds.
And soft is that tho south Is to-day in
a state Of political chaos that threatens
not only its own Democratic aolidity as
q factor in national elections, but fore.
shadows tho disruption oil tho great ma
tional DNmocrRtic party, which oven
now is but held together by tho cohesive
power OF public office. The author to
whom ! have boon giving 80 much at.
tonLion sees the two great factions OF
tho party, north, south and wost divided
against themselvos-the one holding up
Grover Cleveland as q dOmigod, revering
his "hnnohmOn" as tho prophets; tho
other do%nounCing him as n disciple Of
John Sherman. Mother attempts TO
explain whoroin is 10 DO found tho gain
10 Democracy IL Mr.. Cleveland and his
theories nro o%vorthrown merely for tho
replacement by RvowOd aud practical
Republicanism, and yet neither side
will Yield, and that Is tho situation.
The trankncsB Of this Democratic docu.
mont Is as refreshing rs 1t is amazing.
1t Is also instructive, and sizes up with
n truthiulnoss that so0ms almost cruel
tho exact conditions that arc bringing
about tho "rOnding Of tho solid south"
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Judge COTS decision that tho anti.
cigarette law, 90 far as II relates TO tho
importation and sRlo Of original pack.
ages by agents Of outside dealOra and
manufacturers, Ia unconstitutional, has
provoked considerable discussion. II
docs not appear that tho decision was 80
sweeping no II seemed to DO at frat II
has boon varlously construed, and doal'
Ors nro going ahead with their salos rs
though tho courts mandate was OF the
most a]weOping nature, wiring out tho
GntirO law. In this connection It may
DO stated that, following on tho hGNls Of
Judge Coils opinion, came tho charge
Of Judge l.. Boyd Faulkner to tho
Berkeley county grand jury, In which
no called attention to tho law prohibit.
ing tho BnlO Of cigarettes without
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