The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1896-11-06
THE INEVITABLE.
The Triumph Of hmrrlcatiisni Over VII,
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bryan Ia bcaten-inglnrIous,y and
overwhelmingly.
so closes and passes the seconds great
era OF antlonal peril which has men
nccd our Government. f.
SO lit tho clouds Of hatlSm md re-
pldlatlon which lowered above the land
IN omIi'ouB threat OF dlshonor and dis.
| lster.
SO breaks the Gun OF new dawn upon
our manhod proved. our, integrity vim
aicatHd, our Intelligence victorious, our
institutions imprcgnahle.
so, theSfopm OF doubt dlspelcl and
the burden nf dread appraised, our young
Ropublic heaps forth Into that sunlight
'lks q giant unbouud--leapS forth to u
second cetNury OF prowese and prosper
ily hardly dreamed OF In It's first.
THANK 'lod, In the name OF a long
tried. snn,ly suffering people, thank
God-'that God who rulcS tho wnves OF
humanity and Rides the storms Of ma
tIoAS-who planted the foundations Of
our lemocr acy IN Che eternal granite Of
rs hills: WHO gave 10 the builders OF the
national structure thereon the wisdom
to build for tho future IA well Us for
'NNNNNhit tAAA VIM 'llhSNNi NitNI NOHhs
anu soma of sons. with tho same hardy
spirit 10 pretsrvc whlch In the sItes had
bepn strVnE 20 construct,
Thank LSod for the triumph. and
thank Cod Tor the travail. loo. For with
out the trial, such - triumph could not
have been; and until such O triumph
was achlOvN by our people we could
never have been Eurc OF one OF the pill
lara OF our governmental fabric. be.
cause It hail never been tested. We had
safely pas sed through the formative
period OF oar sSeetm, with It's contend
ing forces OF 'rsderalssm and Republic
canlsm. We had safely passed through
the stres or al olition OF human slavery.
we had sFdely' passed through the ter
rifle conflict Tor and against secession.
We had sSatel,i through the tremendous
strain OF Ia construction" But never
had our systei been subjected to the as
sault OF the elements Of discomfort, dis
order and d., ruption, combined In one
ternsnt of unrest and uphclvnl-ele-
n'ents which lie like dreGs at the bot
tam OF even the stlllest waters OF AL
M lions and an assault which had long
bean predIcsa d and dreaded by patrltlc
stu,teRts OF cur institutions.
Bit II has, o1mo and failed. And II
caLut under conditions most favorable
TO Its succe.is. II cana upon the heels
OF E0n!o OF unparalleled severity, IN
the mklst or business and Industrial
depression dlsheartenlnE and long con-
tInulng. It came with leader as II
raised up for the mission. leader
young, fiery, fanatic; strong and at
tractivc In his personality: lnilamma-
tory In hiss methods. desperate In his
audacity. II awept over the land like
prairie oonfagratlon. finding fuel
wherever there was the deadwood OF
sloth or tt,n delft OF failure and ntSfor-
srIne; SpreIl ding terror among the umid,
CIsrnny AM onS the doubtful, and leav-
ing unharti ed only those far out Of Its
syTcep to hose who, despite Its roar,
understood Its impotency for ausht he
you'd tempo rary evil and who never Loaf
con fldepce y the virtue and strength OF
the America n people.
With the failure OF this assault our
cons t!tutlomll democracy stands forth
s,auEehsr aid stabler than ever before.
Freed of the menace of fiat!sm, Popu-
ism and al nrchlsm. there IL nothing
row to dim our horizon or further OBJ
struct our q onward march. Party d.
visions we shall have and party con-
tentlons-Denlocracy and Republican,
Ism-bur Pop,iliBm Is powerlsss, and
when thr Republican party shall run
It's c0ursn. the Democratic party will
be ready to tale communicable Demo-
cratic party OF Jefferson. OF Jackson. OF
Cleveland and of palMcr.-reorTanlzed
and rev3vified, lmmutable and i'm
mortal.