The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1897-02-13

MOOD OF states. undotlled by human Blay-
cry and adorned like bride in the gilt
ter OF her golden promise, In It's early
manhood, It accomplished another mis-
sion during four years OF frutricldal war,
by declaring. that In the future as In the
past, we Will have but enc constitution,
one flag, one destiny. Under God, II ac-
complained another mission, when Abra-
ham Lincoln, who was the greatest, big
ge5t, bToadeSt, bralnieBt. bravest man uf
our times, and Of ull times, whose memo-
ry w0 celebrate tonight, broke the
Shackles from the limbs OF 1000. 900 hui
man bondsmcn and made them free; and
tonight, thank God, nowhere beneath
the shadow OF the American nag can
there be found the footprint OF a single
slave. Standing as II has always done
for the greatest principle which our poll-
itlcal economy can possibly teach, name
ly:the protection Of American industries
and American labor II also accomplish
ed another great mission. And IN the
last campaign II accomplished still an
other great mission by standing as II did,
In the dignity Uf full hedged mnnhood,
like a stone.wall for good government
and sound money. It's real mission VIII
not be accomplished until free trade and
free silver and all other lsms and liiosy-
| nOcrasles OF s0-c9iled modern Democracy
are buried so deep that the plclI-axe OF
the ages cannot dig them from their
graves OF oblivion. When the Republl-
can party goes down. II will go to its
grave cXciRimIng, as did the great apos-
Tie to the Gentiles. Il have fought a good
fight. have finished my course, have
kept the faith"
The Republican party Is a party or the
lllvlng and not OF the dead. To act. to as
genCies, 20 60 ~ every problem to solve
and sertle ft-this Is the genius Of the
Republican party, II desplseS evasion.
EndeavOr Is Its elemcnt--Oppositlo It's
quIckening spirit. II is the party for
Young men TO live In and for old men to
die In. The Republican party keeps us
face to the future and grappleS only with
living Issues, while the Democratic par
IS, forever protesting. follows In It's wake.
and Its drRkened, gloomy pathway Is
dimly lighted BY the smoulderlng camp
fires Of the party OF progress, Our party
lives IN the present--thc other in the
past The Republican party has never
failed TO meet every issue gduRrely. II
has never failed TO fllnll all OF It's prom
ises tu the people. Why, my friends, for
more than a quarter OF century, nearly
every line OF American history Il but the
life story OF the Republican party
Not one OF the material pledges and
promises Of the Democratic PARTY made
10 the people In 1872 has been fulfilled
They promised us bread and gave us a
stone. They promised us fish and they
gave Us Il serpent. They promised US
good times, and gave US desOlatlon and
despair. They promised us n tarlft for
revenue only and gave US q tariff for de.
ficiency only. They promised us to I'LL
the national treasury with money. and
hiled It instead with vacuum bigger and
broader than the boundary Of your mag
niflcent city OF Chicago; and they tell US
IN the east that II embraces a big slice OF
the rich c0rnfeldB Of the great state OF
Illinois. There are only two animals on
the eIrth that can live wholly on wind
one ls the horned frog OF Texas, and the
other is the modern Democratic party OF
the United States. A political party that
had the nerve 10 insist IN this great gov
ernmert OF ours going into the buEineS5
OF the free and unlimited manufacture OF
fifty cent dollars ought 10 be picked ~
alcohol and preserved as q curiosity and
freak for the people TO look upon
through all the generations that are 20
come after us,
again chat the Republican victory last
year was complete and enduring. Win
a platform OF principles upon which
every true American could stand, ana
with n candidate worthy Of rs great
name and history. there was welded TO:
gcther Into an InconQuerable army. an
Overwhelming majority OF the liberty
loving. iaw-abiding voters OF the repnn,,
lie, who, In the future as In the past. WIZ
be found advocating the principles Of the
political party OF lincoln and Grnnt and
Hayes and Garfield and Arthur and Hnr-
rlson and Blaine and Mckinley.--thea
great Republican party which has placed
the United States In the front rank OF the
nations OF the EARTH 49,
Goevernor-eiect Atkinson was the re;
clpient OF an ovation when he arose, ana
during his remarks ne was frequently M
terrlpted with applause.
United States Senator William E'
Mason closed the programme by
shor, address on "Illinois,