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

ence, and on the west BY the ten COM
mandments. /; d u ~ I, 4 jtii
Discard, With Her Flaming Torch.
while discord with her ilaming
torch confused the2counsels there, from
out the sunset realm, d champion came
and badai defiance To- the oncoming
host. With the strength OF youth, and
the Wisdom pf age, with kaightly mlsn
alid Irntchless speech. he. lowered above
his peers ana all who saw him then
With one accord did hall him Chief
and gave our party's banner to his
his hand. Slowly despair gave WY 10
hope: confidence took the place where
tinofouss f2nr had been: the .broks en-
and shattered columns formed gain,
and behind hlm.slnglng, came six mill-
ion five hundred thousand valiant men
to that unequal fight. & il
and the. story OF How well he fought.
how fe,rlcssly; he fell, and how dearly
the cnemy's victory was bought. has
all gone out into history now. \. Z X
Back from his First Battle he came,
a ,baGlel, but unconqucred hero Of the
rights OIL man. Conscious Of the rect-
ttude OF his purpose. and chesred by
the belief that nc. Issue is ever settled
.until5it is settled right, he cheerfully
;aoqulesced in the result OF $that cam
pnign.3G sirdad his loins for the next
great contest between the dollar and
the man. N
For four years he has wagca an
uncens!ng warfare against the peoples
enemy-for four years he has held up
thelparty's standard and his voice has
cheered the hosts. of Democracy in ey-
cry state and territory.b When the
trusts began toincrease under the pro-
lection OF 4 Republican administration,
hewas the ilrst;to point out the dan
ger and prescribe a rehady. N1E5
IL! 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: its govern
ment of ,sullen subjects against their
will, by force and fraud; It's denial 10
them of the protection Of either the
constitution or the command which
says: Thott Shalt not stcai'-n policy,
that would send our Uncle Sam. of his
American range with cowboy hat. IL
rope and d branding iron, to rustic anG
brand over all the lossc islands OF tbs
Orient, While hypocritlca!ly chanting
the long-metcr doXology. 4,
Democratic skies are tlnged with 4
roster, hue to-day. than when we met in
convention four years ago. Then
financial cataclysm had spread over
the country, and although It's every In
ducinE cause was easily traced to the
errors and follies OF the Republican
party, Yet we were In power when 1t
came, and We're wrongly held RESPONSE
bic for the wreck Of shattered fortunes
which followed in its wake. Torn
asunder by discussions within, and dis
.asters without our party faced a
gloomy and foreboding future. which
seemed to nugur its dissolution. The
problem then was'to select a standard
bearer bold enough to cover the rear
OF 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 adninistra-
ton departing from the ancient land
marks Of. our institutions. in its en-
ehanted dream Of empire; and Imilitar-
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 th4 contest for
The raScu4 of the repub'i..G
Realizing that Imperialism. like the
tabled Artaeus, was born Of earth, and
that contended with upon the selfish
worldly plane of greed and gold It was
OF giant strength; and If thrown down
would rise again refreshed from con-
tact with lis mother element. He, l!kt.
the mighty Hercules, raised 1t above
the so"dId sphere from which It's
strength was drawn and on q plane Of
lofty patriotism he strangled II.
with the issues now, clearly drawn.
no doubt remains as to the name of our
Candidate. On that question we are u
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 1t only re-
mains for Nebraska to pronounce the
nam2 that has been Numbered forth
from the foot Of Bunker Hill, and
echoed buck from SIerras', sunset slope,
AID that rererberates among the Pine
clad, snow:-cappcd hills Of the north,
and rises up from the slumber!ng Now-
esanoDoEcEoge uuoneucuoaeno
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