Wheeling compiler. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [i.e. W. Va.]) 1829-1831, 1829-12-30

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| MEssEs. GREEN & ARMSTRONG:
As 1 have been an attentive and constant
reader of the reports Of the proceedings in Con-
veuiiUn and have observed carefully the course,
I ~ detail of the members Of that body from the
west particularly, was not a little astonished and
/ ashamed on reading in the Gazette OF Saturday,
that part OF an extract OF letter from Richmond,
which informs us for the first time and at this late
day, that OF all the debatcrs for the west bod
I fridge. ESQ. is the only one who has stood firm
,nl,gnyieding IN debate / was indeed ASHAMED
aud conso0Uded 10 fad from the gentleman-letter-
vritef's detal Of a conversation with an honour
able member o. that body, that the sensible and
independent farmers and mechanlcs of the west,
ave and of the Valley had been thus duped "a the
election entire, Of DEBATrRs too, thai oil mr. Dod-
/ bridge excepted. / was AsIoMsHED that my eyes
could have so far deceived me, or that the report
ers--sure of a casugatlOn from those irresistible
/ Eastern debaters--cOuld possess so great temeu-
~ s IN reDort savings and dougs Ofother debaters
Goni the vest exhibiting them quite as firm and
n-yieIdinq IN debate and out of II, as MIR. bod
dr;Iq6. Yet il seems, indeed that they have, with
ono enc, 'Uton, all yielded 10 the eastern blasts
RTt ohio can this honorable member be- As
ii ,ot o,0 the not-to-be-resisted ores; for then
the Uriter woy1 certainly have added doubt oil
ms inf9rmant's sn. Gritty and perhaps,-i was 60
inr to saw Of his solaethlng else not quite so ho1'
Durable: he was at least AZ interested witness. II
Of the complying party, the competency of his
Judgment might be questioned HIS constituents
may well be convinced Of the necessity OF leaving
him at home, and going themselves 10 the next
Convention.
Now, iu candour ask any one that has read
aitentively the able aud very full reports of the
En0urerto say conscious OF the truth that MessTs.
Wilson. Morgan and Campbell have, or that either
of them has hitherto, any further than Mr.. Dad
bridge, Welded IN debate. These gentlemen are
all ofhem representatives of our district of which
Ohio is thus flvoured with this, 1t may be to some
pleasing intelligence; and therefore ] name them
first that their constituents, thus in part informed
may inquire and Judge for themselves, from a
greater number of evidences and a more official
aud impartial source. Let me further inquire
,vhen has Summers Welded At what time was
The integrity suled, the dazzling eloquence disre
oar9ed the learning and logical augmentation and
force of {. r Mercer torn, restrained degraded
and disgraced On what occasion were the labor
and Drofound Judgment Of &. Johnson represscd
subdued. and sacrificed at the shrine Of the lucu-
hr,tions and celebrations Of the East ] mean
when called 10 sustain principles to which they
protested themselves attached. If the writer of
The letter alludes TO the much-talked-of compro-
pise--there too he is IN the wrong: Mr.. bod
bridge was among the first Of the West 10 yield
TO- nav to propose federal numbers for the Senate:
or but lately have yielded 10 that principle
But of all this assure myself the writer was
fully aware I am not at all inclined 10 denv to
Mr. Doddridge nav, am disposed TO award TO
him. the benefit Of an he has done. or attempted 10
do for rs. and 10 acknowledge his talents and firm
ness. bat wish not 70 see the reputation Of any
man. for any end, present or future, 10 which he
or his friends NAV look. (for THE Is the secret of
the letter not to kill Mr. c. Messrs. $ W. J. or
even the gentlemen so uuceTemOniously named 10
the letter: no. indeed, nor Mr. W. but erected
on the ruins Of others equally as patriotic and firm
Let each stand on his own just reputation thus
only is he worthy of the public confidence. The
Mariner escaping the wreck Is not tho more ntre-
old because his brothers are drowned. the bright
est excellence needs not the rags Of beggarly p0-
vertv, she exists the same without the contrast
Wei were Il if Editors were everreadT TO exhibit
rs wei the portrait of George Washington, as \.
Bonaparte: this Is the mirror Of usce and tie light
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