The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1896-11-06
THE INEVITABLE.
Tho Triumph OF hmrrlramIsn, Over VIII,
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bryan Is beaten--tnglorlously and
overwhelmingly.
SO closes and passes the seconds Great
/ era OF antlOnal peril which has men,
accd our Government.
so LIT tho clouds OF tiatlIm and re-
pnulatton wlliGh lowered ah0vc tho land
In or'inouB threat Of dlahonor and dis.
aster.
SO breaks tho Gun OF q new dawn upon
ottr n1nhod. proved. our Integrity vim.
Dictated. our intelligence Victorious, our
Institutions tmpreEnahl%
So, thegiopm Of doubt dlspellol and
the burden NJ dread appraised, our young
Rppnbllc leaps forlh Into that sunlight
like GIANT unhound-leaps forth to n
Second ceiSury OF prowcss ind prosper
lty hardly dreamed OF In It's first.
Thank 'iod. In the name OF long
tried, snptly suffering pe0ple thank
God-.that God who rules tho wavos OF
humanity and rides the storms or no
tlons--who planted the foundations OF
our democr 0cy IN the eternal granite Of
Its hlllS;, WHO gavo 70 the builders or the
national structure thereon the wisdom
To build for tho future as welt Us for
freedom: and who endowed their sons,
and cons OF sons, with tho same hardy
spirit 10 pret krve. which In the Bltes had
been strong to construct
Thank God for the triumph and
thank Godyf or the travail. too, Forwith
out the triad SUCH a triumph could not
have been; and until such u triumph
was achiGuM By aur people W. could
never have been surc or one OF the pill
lara OF our governmental fabric, be.
cause II had never been tested. We had
safely pas scd through the formative
period nf oar sYsetm, with It's contend
lng forces OF federalism and RcpublI-
caniSm. WE b ad safely passed through
the Stres OF ali olltlon OF human slavery.
We had srhelJ' passed through the ter
rifle conflict Tor and against secession.
We had Eafel,' through the tremendous
strain OF RI construction" But never
had our system been subjected to the as
sault OF the elements Of discomfort, dis
order and di, rup,iOn, combined In one
iernsnt Ot unrest and uphcavnl-rle-
n'ents which lie like dreGs at the bot
tom OF even the Stillcst watera OF AL
m lions and an assault which had long
bean predicta d and dreaded by pRtrltlc
Stu,truts OF cur Institutions.
Bat Il has oame and failed. And II
came under conditions most favorable
10. its succe;S. 1t came upon the heels
OF q sanio OF unparalleled severity, in
the mksit Of a business and Industrial
depression dlsheartenilR and long con-
tlnuine. It came with leader hS II
raised up for the mission. a lender
young, fiery. fanatic; strong and at
tractive In his personality: inliamma-
tory In hiss methods: desperate In his
audacIty II awept over the land like
a prairie confiagration. finding fuel
wherever there was the dcadwood OF
sloth or TIL, delft OF failure and uusfor-
r7ine; sprea ding terror among the Umid,
tNismay am onS the doubtful, and leav-
iIrt: unharf, ed only those far out OF Its
sweep to hoss who, despite Its roar,
understood Its Impotency for aught he
70. ID tempo rary evil and who never Loaf
confidence Il the virtue and strength OF
the America II people.
With the failure OF this assault our
cons tttutlomll democracy stands forth
stauEschsr and stabler than ever before.
Freed OF the menace OF fiat!Sn, Popu-
ism and aa Rrchlsm. there Il nothing
row =, dim our horizon or further OBJ
struce our onward march. Party d.
visions we shall have and party con-
MISUNDERSTANDING and Republican,
ism-but, Pop,Ilism Is powerless, and
when the Republican party shall run
!ss cnurse. the DemOcntlo party Will
be ready 10 tale command-the- Demo-
cratic parity OF Jefferson. OF Jackson. OF
Cleveland and OF PalRcr,-rcorEanized
and rev1vItled. immutable und I'M
mortal.