The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1896-11-11


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| /. Concerning Srctionnii,m.
Tho organ of the late lamcnted Popo.
cratic cause In this city. refers 10 the
Embellishments expressed regret that the
"Dcmocrats" exhibited In the campaign
so much acctlonalIsm aud asks: NOW
what does tho community think OF
thla?"
Democrats did not exhibit sectional
Ism. II the Register will permit the cor
rrctlon. Democrats, those who stood by
the time honorcd principles OF Dcmoc.
racy, north and south. east and west,
Joined with the Republican party In the
campaign for the honor OF the whole
country regardless Of sectional or party
lines, and what the community
thinks" of the fact that the organs ana
the Tlllmnns and the Altgclds attempted
to array section against section md
class against class may be read In the
election returns, This should be a sun-
Client answer to the knocked out Regis
ter's question.
But the Register goes on TO speak OF
the lntclllgencer as n "hIde-bound Re-
publican sheet which has been preach.
Ing the most Infamous sectional doc
trincS for the past generation" md
wants to know II this paper remembers
the horrId bosy the solid south" To
all OF which the IntellISencer replies
that 1t does remember the solid south,
but II Is happy to say that. thanks 10 the
patriotic sentiment OF thousands OF
Democrats OF the once solid south, II Is
solid no longer and sectional lines have
been wiped out.
There is no solid south. no solid north
nor no solid any other semtlon arraycd
against another, The recent election
demonstrated that. aud the people of
America have forever demonstrated
that the party or the political leader
starts out on the assumption that
there is IAN enemy's cpunrty" within the
bounds OF the United States, as Mr..
Bryan did. shall have their emphatic
condemnation; that the m%n who arises
In national party convention. and.
speaking as one with authority to speak
for his cause. announces that question
affecting the welfare OF the whole peo-
pie Is "a SECTIONAL question" as Tlllman
did, not only deserves the Kisses he re-
ceIved from the galleries, but the ever
lasting contempt nf the country.
Yes. the Intclligencer remembers the
"bogy OF the solid south" which. thanks
10 the Ruler OF all nations. IS solid no
longer, and It points with no little pride
to the humble part u has borne in the
work OF rendering 1t impossible for dem
egogic partiIans OF the Popocratlc cause
to any longer point to the states south
nf an lmmaElnary line and boast that so
many commemorative may be depended
upon In advance. by reason Of n CAREFUL
~ cultivated sectional hate or prejudice.
TO vote "solIdly" for any fad, ism or
hereay that may be offered them In the
name uf the Democracy,
"a" FSNpIS "a NLlt Ot'SC sp4lN Sbulh tIN Z
placed the seal of their dIsapproval on
that un-American boast and there Is no
longer sectional line. II the Intelligent
Ger has In the past condemned the idea
OF solid south was It not because 1t
condemned sect!onalIsm? II It believed
in the virtue OF scct!onalism and the con-
,Inuarce OF the feeling which was the
outgrowth of an unfortunate strife be-
tween sections. why should 1t all these
years have been laborinG to wipe out
these lines. and welcoming into the
ranks every man who wore the gray and
Joined for the restoration OF the unlvcr-
sal brotherhood OF nil American citizens.
which has now come TO pass. In spite OF
the recent efforts OF the Popocratic poll
tic!nns to prevent It by appeals to Sec
tinnal and class prejudice?
After the Register has recovered from
the shock it received about the third
day OF the present month, perhaps Il will
realize tina, 1t Is always good policy to
accept defcat gracefully To show n
vIndlctIve spirit isn't sign OF courage.