The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1900-07-06

enee. and on the west by the ten com
mandments. {.
Discord, With Her Flaming Torch.
while discord with her flaming
4 torch confused, the counsels there, ron
out the sunset realm il champion came
and bnde defiance to- the oncomlng
host. With;tlle strength OF youth, and
the Wisdom Of age, With knightly m!en,
aiid Iratchless speech. he lowered above
his peers and all who saw him then
With one accord did hall him Chief
and gave our party's banner 10 his
his hand. Slowly despair; gave way to
hope; confidence took the place where
lltimofous fearShad been: the broken
/ aid shattered columns formed again,
and behind him singing. came six mill
ion.ilye hundred thousand Valiant men
to that unequal fight. Il,
"And. the story OF how well he fought.
now fenrIsssly he fell, and how dearly
the cncmy's victory was bought, has
all gone out into history now. p +
Back from his First Battle, he came,
a baffied but, unconquered hero of the
rights Of man. Conscious OF the rectl-
tude Of his purpose, and cheered BY;
the belief that no, issue is ever settled
until 1t is settled right, he cheerfully.
,acqulesCed in the result OF that cam
paign, and girdad his loins for the next
great contest between the dollar and
the man. 3;.
For four years he has waged an
nncenslng warfare against the. peoples
enemy-for four years he has held up
the. party's standard and his voice has
chearede the hosts of Democracy in ,ev-
cry state and territory When the
trusts began to increase under the pro-
lection Of q Republican administration,
he was the first TO point out the dan
ger and prescribe remady. a
Thou Shalt Not Steal.
How different this FROM the; bandit
policy of the Republican Imperialism,
with It's standing army and bayonet
rule of conquered provinces: It's govern
ment of sullen subjects against their
Will by force and fraud: It's denial to
them of the protection OF either the
constitution or the command which
says: Thou shalt rot steal-a policy.
that would send our Uncle Sam, off his
American range with cowboy hat u
rope and d branding iron, to rustic. and
brand over all the losse Islands OF tbs
Orient. while hypocritlcally chanting
the long-meter doxology.
Democratic skies are tinged with a
roster hue to-day, than when we met in
convention four years ago. Then a
financial cataclysm had spread over
the country, and although its every in
ducing cause was easily traced to the
errors and follies of the Republican
party, yet We were in power when 1t
came, and were. wrongly held RESPONSE
bic for the wreck of shattered fortunes
which followed In its wake. Torn
asunder by dissensions within, and dis
asters without, our party faced
gloomy and forebodinS future, which
seemed to auGur its dissolution. The
problem then waste select Il standard
bearer bold enough to cover the rear
of q retreat, and save the party from
destruction, II not from defeat
Offered His Sword to His Country.
When the alarms of a war for hui
manity foused the heroic spirit Of our
land. he offered his sword to his coun-
try's cause on the day that war was
declared.
When later he saw the adrllnistra-
ton departing fromsthe ancient land
marks OF our Institutions, in its en-
chanted dream of empire and miltar-
ism. he was the first TO raise a warning
voice. and resigning his commission on
the day the treaty of. peace was signed.
he threw himself into thu contest for
the rescuq Of the republic.
Realizing that Imperialism. like the
tabled Artaeus, was born OF earth, and
that commended with upon the selfish
worldly plane of greed and gold. 1t was
of giant strength; and if thrown down
would rise again refreshed from con-
tact with its mother clement He, lik,.
the mighty Hercules, raised 1t above
the so"did sphere from which It's
strength was drawn and on a plane Of
lofty patriotism he straneled Il.
with the ISSUES now, clearly drawn.
no doubt remains as TO the name of our
candidate. on that question We are a
reunited Democracy
already worthy allies differing from
US rather In name than faith, have
shouted for our gallant leader again,
and every state. and territory has In.
structed its delegates to this convcn-
ton TO vote for him here. So It only re-
mains for Nebraska TO. pronounce the
mama that has been Numbered forth
from the foot of Bunker Hill. and
echoed back from sIerras' sunset slope,
| and that rcverbcrates among the pine
clad. snow.-cappcd hills of the north,
and rises up from the slumber!ng flaw-
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