The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1896-01-01
May every one OF them put forth his
best effort to make the year the best he
has had.
THIRD TERM CHATTER.
A Democratic Newspaper Thinks 1t Time
for Mr.. Cleveland to Get Has Eyes Open.

A Democratic Newspaper Thinks II Time
for Mr.. Cleveland to Get Has Eyes Open.
Louisville Journal. Dem)
Observing that In discardinG the insIG-
mia OF the civil to don the hablllments
of the military service, Mr.. Cleveland
makes great mIstake-since In case Of
war he would be the last man whom
the people would be willing to intrust
with its dlrection--lCt us proceed at
once TO say that the sole Offering this
self-clnimed man OF destiny can lay
upon the affairs alike of country and
pnrty-an act OF restitution to one and
OF loyalty 10 the othGr-ts To promui-
gate an early declaration on the lines
laid down b? Washington and Jackson.
II he were not the most obstinately
selfish and consistently short-sighted
of men, he would realize the wisdom OF
this, II not its virtue. He owes It TO
himself. He owes 1t to his party. But,
far more. he owes II to the nation which
has so highly honored him.
The very chatter Is hurtful to public
morals. II is In effect an assault upon
the essential theory of republican gov
ernment It implies that but one man
Is adequate to the presidency, and he
the man In possession of the office,
with Its vast machinery. The only ar
Eument to sustain II Is the argument
successfully relied upon by Santa Anna,
Juareg and DiaZ In Mexico Bolivar,
Rosas and Frnncia In South America,
TO maintain the military dGgpotlsms
OF which they were, OF course, the me-
cessary chiefs,
There Is not a congressional district
In the United States ignorant enough
and base enough to surrender It's birth
right OF freedom to the alleged eXigency
OF third term fol, any ambitious poll
tician in the presidency. Grants fame
was rchabllItated by the personal dis
asters that overlook him and by the
heroic tragedy Of his closing days. But
Mr.. Cleveland might take TO himself n
more significant warning. Aaron Burr
was once n popular favorite. Yet he
fell from grace, and his name became
n byword among men because he killed
Hamilton and went on a hlibustering
expedition. Grover Cleveland should
beware OF the fate Of Aaron Burr. 1t
is true that the President has only
killed his party, not his man. and that
his expeditions have stopped short OF
Cuba Mt Cobb's island. and have. there
fore. nothing dangerous to answer for.
Yorker than Cleveland. and as to the
details. history does not always repeat
Itself
The third-term menace Is not spec
ter: but even II II were It would still
afrront freedom and nssail free institu .
tons. Santa Claus Is a specter. But
who would be willing to surrender the
good. gray saint. though his air-castle
should be beleaEurcd by all the allied
armies OF reason and cOmmon-sense?
Beshrew the assassin who would strike
down single ray of light aud warmth
that plays about the grizzled beard and
laughing eyes OF the one guest in all the
earth and sky, who Is welcome every
where alike in palace and in hovcl. and
In prison cell! Beshrew the assassin
who would strike down n ray OF light
and warmth that phys about the noble
mien and royal porte OF that sublime
tradition. which rises, like the monu-
ment at Washington. and, towering
above all else. stands at once an image
OF Remuneration and an inspiration to
Patriotism.
Even Mr. Cleveland. for all the In
ceuse the sclf-elect are burning under
his nose, might see the truth OF this.