The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1896-10-23

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we country. There were Democrats
principles long before there was any
peilioerauc organization. There has
never been q time in the history OF this
SS W. Wien there was not a strong
enu aggressive Democratic sentiment
Mnong our people. 1t was tho vital.
Iorce Deiind tho revolution which re-
eulted In the achievement OF our hide.
pehuence; II was embodied In that dec.
tura,lpn which Startled the crowned
hchus anu electrified. tie oppressed
people OF the world In ire,
t Heal Democratic Principles.
What are the principles OF this
American Democracy, for do not refer
70 that wild. turbulent and dcstruc-
eve form Of Democracy which has
been Imported from abroad and which
10 50 nearly allied 10 anarchy that 1t
Is almost impossible to distinguish one
from the other. Liberty, regulated and
projected by law. local selt-govern-
rnent, and strict construction of the
/ powers delegated by the states and
peopie 10 their agents, no Interference
win the private business OF the clti-
zeli' except 30 far as may be necessary
LOT the preservation OF the public peace,
the public health, the enforcement OF
honest contracts, and the maintenance
Of the Just authority OF the state and
1ederal governments. no prescription
on account OF religious belief freedom
OF speech, freedom OF the press, hab-
cas- corpus, the naturalization OF the
military TO the civil authority. no tax
alton beyond the necessities OF the gov
eminent honestly and economically ad-
inihistered, the nearest possible ap-
pfoach TO the absolute freedom OF
commercial intercourse at home and
abroad. and sounu money for the use
OF the people, in order that their trade
may be profitable and that they may
not Do cheated out OF their earnings by
ehe use OF spurious or deprecated coins
OF firredeemablc paper: these are some
OF the familiar and essential articles In
the creed of the old Democracy which
during the last hundred years has been
-allu<tratel and consecrated by the gem
ius OF Thomas Jefferson, the herosm
OF Andrew Jackson, and the courage,
naelity and patriotism OF Grover
Cleveland, ,alll
During NIL that time Democracy has
: constituted the great conservative force
OF the country. It IS opposed TO pater-
naiism and radlcalism In all their
forms, and at every great crisis In our
enairs II has appealed 10 the sober
reason and Judgment Of the people for
1 support II upholds the honor and dig
NIFTY or the judiciary MS the last refuge
OF the oppressed citizen; 1t vindlcates
the rights OF labor and the rights OF
/ property; it uenounces violence and
crime, whether committed by one
man or by combinations OF men and
insists upon the absolute supremacy o (
the federSl and state laws within their
respective spheres; and while It ad-
2 vocates al necessary reforms In legis-
z iation and administration It resolutely
resistS all revolutionary attempts to
.suorert the foundations OF public au-
Z tnority, or to destroy. the basis OF our
s commercial and Industrial system. II
Z does not recognize the omniputence OF
any human government and Il there
Z lore cenleS the power OF Congresses or
i parliament or kings 10 create values
by laws or proclamatIonS.
This Is the lSird OF Democracy I be-
s lleYe In and my support Will be given
10 the candidates who represent It in
This contest. Every man who has read
y the history Of this country knows who
they arc. John NJ. Palmer and Simon
s. BOLIVAR BuckDcr are not strangers to
the American people; they were not
y discovered yesterday by the bewildered
delegates to a political convention and
they Will not be forgotten when the
\ sound and fury Of this remarkable
campaign have subsidized. They are
soldiers and statesmen ripe With the
) experience derived from long public
Service at critical periods in our his
tory, and they stand copsplcuously In
3 this contest for law and order. for the
-ynvf11u hitlty n NJ, ! o., 49,,
) psndence and manhood OF all classes
& OF our people. for just and equal taxa
ton FOR public purpose only, f5r
sound and stable currency, and for the
Z maintenance OF the national authority
and national honor under all cIrcun,-
stances.
Let US consider fora moment how far
X mere cosiderations OF regularity are IN
4 fuencing the actions of our critics in this
campaign. The nominations made at
: Chicago have been partially repudIated
by the very men who made them In n
Z majority OF the states in the union. The
national and state committees appoint
Y ed TO carry on the campaign and pledged
10 the support of both the nominees OF
the Chicago coaveRtion-to the support
Z OF. one just as much as to the support OF
the other-have In twenty-six or seven
states deliberately entered into arrange
ments and combinations to deprive one
of the nominees Of large number OF
q electoral votes and give them to a can
y didate- not nominated by that conven-
ton, or any other convention even pre-
tending TO be Democratic and yet these
] gentlemen have the assurance to call
us boilers, and the presidential candi-
: date himself, who has countenanced and
4 encouraged the sacrifice OF his ASSOCIATE
on the ticket, whose nomination was as
regular as his own, tells US that we can
S not get back into the Democratic party
unless we come TO sackcloth and ashes"
Who the "Trnitorsr Are.
Gentlemen. We are not out OF the DEM
ocratic party and we do not intend to go
out or be put out. Here In Kentucky
the state committed, without authority,
and in defiance OF the action Of the state
2 convention which nominated n full cleo
toral ticket, has entered into a contract
by which 1t has traded off n part OF the
votes OF the people, actually ybargained,
e sold, assigned and transferred them, for
some OF the electoral delegates regularly
nominated by the Democratic convcn-
J ton at Lexington to other electoral can
3 dldates selected by the POpulIst conven-
ton, thus making 1t impossible tur any
x citizen or this state to so cast his vote at
the approaching election as 10 give the
nominees Of the Chicago convention the
entire benefit of his support Have we
ceased to be Democrats because we re-
fuse to support this electoral ticket not
4 nominated by the state convention, but
mutilated and dlslgured by the names
of new electoral candidates pledged to
s, cast their votes for wild and reckless
PoDtiliSt for vice president of the United
States. and who. II elected might be-
+ come President and be Invested with all
the powers of that great office?