Wheeling times and advertiser. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1839-1849, 1840-07-14

- s"FP'ed Win and utterly destroyed that r,specta-
oe Old marrun. the Bank Of that Counlry-wi,h ON.
Tell sw"p Of splendid nonsense, he oomplei.lv annih,.
lated al the msnied instituiioips and er,d, system of
our own And then looked rs Il he Thought 10 him
Sei-see what can do. my oounirymo,, Shielding
himself behind the Arrangement which prohibitea NJ,
* 5. speaking mere than once. and roiuy M the r,,
eipie that am Ant may snaw ai n pinio.ed Eayl. n.
tsei' commenced a personal attach On I'm, gentlemen
ehars NJ him with having deviated from the s,r,i,b,
iurro"' and with following srer The red heller. Lu,
what heller he did no; clearly designate. (etcee, ,h,,
ne was seeking for Office. and that ofiee.seekers wcr.
As ose as ofhcc-holdcrs) TO we've ibis charge he r.aI
= ssroied extract from a speech of Mr. RS delivered
'" 1879 4 think. IN which he made him saw n. wa.
IN aver OF a hard money -cuyrency-apd now gentle.
men you see. said he. how this Immaculate statesman
mss pure dencorai-ihs prosecuted frierd of The .
pie Is opposed TO the Sub-Trcasury. Is no, ,bis plougb.
ing after The red heiferi He-too-ulIins in xc,l,h
ana reclining ut ease on his silkcn couch. and tanned
and waited on by the poor negro sluyc ,alss or ho;,g ,
democra'-a democrat. Look nj those son and deli.
cate hands, and they will tcli you xbe,bc, h, =. =, dem.
ocrat or not! With such powerful. such irresistible
weapons did he mantully do battle against an enemy
whose hands and feet be thought were tied. He then
went on and detained in the usual GU, and dry stere-
o'ype manner. against the conscienee-k eep ing- commit.
tee, &c. until his time expired.
When he took his seat, MIR. Rivcs Immediately rose
To vrndicate himself and say something Of Gen. Har.
rson's sentiments Newman. and many Of the faith
iuL who wear the collar in Monoigalia. at once s1.
claimed that the should Rot speak ssain-and tried to
drown his voice by their noisy Interruptions. Mr.. r.
appeals 10 the people To kpow whether they would not
hear him vindicate himself; the Locos still clamorinc
against him-bu, the great body OF the assembly took
It up, and with one voice. rs n were. called on him TO
60 on. go on, you shall be heard. MIR. Thomson.
again. making n virtue Of nercssiiy. then told hi.
friends he wanted them to hear Mr.. u. (And yet he
says that but for him the people would have taken Mr..
H. irem The stand and have torn him in pieces) And
a sad hearing vas At Scr poor Thompson. With the
proud bearing of honest man-cons,iou that with
one effort OF his mighty mind he could a~nnihilaie h.
ifuny Sdversary-he teok up the charge. one by one
and fully indicating himself-iurned Ghen with 70.
doubled force on the devoted head Of the t6ing which
sal behind HIN. lie said The speech, fellow Gill
ner$. referred 10 by tue geHaesaan. and the ball which
1t advocated was. indeed, the proudesi act Of NV life
without attempting to report him, I will state in n,
few words as possible. the substance orhis remarks
The ill he referred To was one introduced by himself
to limit the Banks to the issue Of notes of ten dollar
and upwards, and gradually 10 bring into circulation
gold and silvs. 10 take the place Of smaller notes.
whenihe first introduced siis measure he said manx
Of the administration party joined him in il. but 4
was lost. In succeeding years he ~broughti, 6rxsrd
the second snd the third time but in The mean while
n The suo-TressuFy vas suggested. and then the admin
: isrs'ion party Lst him aaone tosupport his favouriis
nnantE. IL - --
e having been on2e m favor ef a SubTreasury scheme
Not content with having cleared hinselrof lhis charge,
h he convicted Thompson ofhaving told him, when he
wanted 10 get hIs recommendation for the Wheeling
Post Office. that he was opposed to the SuI-Treasuy
and was in fact a Conservative. This, Thompson, nj
tempted 20 de1y-huiI there was another witness there
whom I could name AZ chose-Io whom lac made III,
slme statements. for tLe same purpose. So that is
pinioned on him. The charge Of being famed 10y
negro slaves, was alImcst too contemplate TO be mott
ced but Mr. r.. said il convinced him that T was
at heart an abolnonis,; and he did not deny it, lie
spoke forcibly aud cuttingly too ofhis nking Oft his
coat 10 do the work of hs Master, for said he. none
but a nenisl would do IL. Though every word he
said Of him was sharpencd by it's truth and justice. and
the earnest manner in which ii was spoken-ihere
was not one passionate or ungentlemanly expression
used.
In speaking of Gen. Uarrs,r-,no, cIc,,iDo him
Of the charge of keeping his .en,imcn,, hid. he said:
The c,ged lion has at length broken HI, bond. and
escaped from ms keepers-and we hear HIM r.arinp
again on the battle ground cf his Srmer heroic CT.
pl.its-and The Office holders and their nss,er are
trembling in their shoes at the sound. And as he said
So he TUNED 10 shake his finger al Thompson, who
had slipped down FROM the bench md YVES creucL;ng
On has hams upon the platform. Mr. looked sur
prsed afthe first moment 10 see thBt he WIZ not IN
hs place. ans then said with the haPPicsi eject why
inc gentleman IS eveh dodging from the old lion here.
And really never saw 50 piiiable n looking thing as