Wheeling times and advertiser. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1839-1849, 1841-11-02
WHEELING.
TUESDAY MoRNINF, NOV. 2, is4l'

THE ELECTION Is past and contrary 10 our OK
r.cta,iuns We are heaien by 50 and Alexander
Newman - elected e. the Scnate. We are MT iund
at recriminaton after az cleston is past. nor do we
generally eensurc eiihot our riends enemies but
we do believe that the present case the con'es
m,shi have been more judciouiiy & better managed
70 produce n fall and fair expression Of public opin
ION aud wishes. To show that the present hns not
been 81 we viii give the history, briefly OF tbs con
test. which may now DO done. and which WIN 'e"u
probubly to sllay some feeling which existed before
the election and will not probably DO lessoned oy inc
result Men have always msch to iorsi'e 'n 'he"
friends personal Or political and u - their dnV '"
f,rsiye much anJ yield much. aud most particular
" Is II thssr duty guard against the reports AMI
,aur- tina, are olleu circulated by the unreaeCiIne
or the malicious 10 the deriment Of particular per
.,ns WAC are acting IL acting al ah Toe the benefit
of their friends and friends of the cause
In case OF the late nomination, no one here, os
we believe knew of the resignation ofNiaJ. Good at
the the lisao VIC frsi went TO wels6urgh.-'here II
was known. having just been communicated To DE-
Campbell His friends then spoke to Us Of the nom
inaiion Of Dr CAMPBELL. We were fully con-
hdenl that Dr. c. was the best man "a the district
and we approved IT, We expressed Ina, approval
ut wellsbureh. and came home with the intention
Of announcing him Us considered ourseii
authorised ny The public announcement, OF the res'g-
nation. This was first announced IN the Gazette.
and very soon followed by the prominent suggestion
OF the name of Col Kelley. At that time were
placed. in the discharge Of what We considered
duty IN a yeIy unpopular position. We had opPDs.
cd the action of the twu meetings upon the
vetoes-snemes had denounced in consequence.
rs abandoning wing position and principles.
which was not The fact, though were alone M
the position occupied, therefore unpopular. for
the time being, at any raie We Therefore thought
a. ine1pedienl 10 announce him in ctr PAPER but
expressed freely preference Of DR.. Campbell
because esteemed the man as II talent and
true whig.-advanlages possessed as well by the
other candidate named. Col KelleY-Jut most par
lieui~r!y because he the candidate Of Brooke
and we looked upon Brooke or Tyler as entitled TO
the nomination. Tyler did not need it and Brooke.
in our opinion, Ought to have had il. Thus stood
matters; the friends Of Dr.. Campbell generally
opposed TO a convention, IL be was 90 be The candi-
date because they considered rightly, that were he
10 he nominated, the fact Of holding conven, ioE
Among person. in this city the erroneous opin
ion assumed tha; Dr. Campbell was suggested
originally by persons in this place and lher whole
strength was 50 bent upon deien ing him hat dele
-gUtcs who were his frieads were elected by die
meeting assembled for that purpose by very meugv
majority and many who thought the feeling had run,
20 high that neither Of tho candidates could receive
the Wing vote, did act upon the election Of dele
gales. This placed the delegates themselves in q
very unpleasant position, aud desroHs OF 50 acting
ne to sccure the full vote Of the Wing party, aud
EHtiing that in the convention the delegates from
4his county were mol united il was deemed best to
nominate Third candidate. and VIC are defeated
The Wings, many Of them in Brooke stayed
from the pnlls-in TINS wc think they were wrong-
thus came the 2l0 majority ia Brooke Sjme here
refused to go, for some reason, for which we think
they were decidedly wrong All This however
We could have got over add succeeded, had not the
senator elect and has friends played false IN Tyler
There they have sectional division about the .
CourtlIouse. The loco candidate stumpeL It there &
gave pretty unequivocai demonstrations that he
went for Sstenvlle for The county scat, and then
got the Sstenville folks TO certify that he did not
promise TO go for their burgh These certificates he
bOro with him up 10 the knob fork and Middle
bourne and thus secured the Wing vote 10 the lower
and the full radical vote the upper end. As u-u
al the Wings were defeated by double turn OIL
them This, we believe to be correct, hut con
ciso history Of the Amir aud we give It because ws
think It places the matter an correct light for nexH
springs work,