Wheeling times and advertiser. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1839-1849, 1845-05-19

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Baltimore.
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sou Street., are our authorized Agents in New
York City. They will receive Subscriptions
and s"Dtrdc; lcf Advertisements for the Tines
and Gazette.
We regret TO DC informed that our Post
master. Chat is to bc) has no vacancies left at
his disposal, oil the clcrkships being already
promised. We have friynl for whom we
unsiously desired one Of The clsrkships, partly
m consideration of his own merits, and partly
70 our assistance in procuring the appointment
ct the post master. Our friend snbodies de-
oidcdly, the most popular proxiniate standard
ci the republican doctrines of SO. He was
always an enthusiastic admirer Of the heroism
OF General Van Durcn, formerly Commander
in-Chief OF the Army aud Navy of the u. S.,
ua;il that heroic aud moral chieftain, was
defeated at Baltimore. H was innocent OF
any suspicion OF the greatness or heroism of
Young Hickory, until he was regularly inform
cd thereof, by the authorities of the party
Our friend has military qualifications Of his
own. He was with Francis at Pavia, and
acted there with SO much spirit, that he lost
oil, except his honor, and it is verify believed.
he would have even lost that, if he had had i,
about him. 1t was there he won his title to
be enrolled in the order of the Red Heifcr,
having illustrated by his conduct the motto of
the order He was form .rly in favor Of the an
nexotion oi lexas, under certain circumstan-
ces, bat not at the expense of the faith of
treaties, public justice or the Union; that is to
say, he was opposed to il one evening, and in
favor OF 1t the next morning, Texas having
turing the night become independent of the
moral hero, and been annexed TO Young Hick-
ofy Oar friend is great stickler for instruc-
tons, when his instructions please him. In.
tfiiectualiy, he has great ambition to soar,
though II must BE- confessed, he has more
feathers In his brain than wings 10 his SOUL
II his id5as are no; sublime, h takes great
care that his words shall b. and that is of more
avail with the grounllings. His thoughts.
lowing to a fault of nature; not his OWN
order, bat he always pads up the meanest of
them with bom5lst, until they actually look
swollen. If, for example, he should take oc-
casion 10 say, that h. would vote for Van
Barren and Johnson, the world might take
OCCASION to laugh at him. Bat il he can
r e~oio''S tn!s idea MIN Which, ,>.@A of ,uro;d
Dombasf, Democrats" at least may come to
think il grapdiloquen,. These are only
few OF TIE shining qualities, which. as we
thought, fitted our friend TO serve under the
author Of the following letter, which we find
in Niles Register.
WHEELING, VA, May S, 1874.
To TaomGs w. Richie. Esq.
Sir: M intercourse with voa. jIstiiies m,
IN pproachiag you personally, with conf
dsilcc, upo1 any SUBJECT connected with the
pohlics OF the country. Ny position. as an
cstiinliea delegate IRON this portion of the
S'a's! ID the Democratic Convention, compel
me-, la Jasti iicatton OF the instructions from
every precinct which appointed me and INV
co-aeieoa'es, to announce, in positive ami
nhaisSui sed terms, what must aud will be NV
course IN that convention, and in the conflict
which is TO follow its determination.
Will go for the candidates who will enbo-
ay Ine most popular proximate standard of
Hic i.cpuDiltdn doctrines OF '9S.
Will go tor the men in whose victory we
VIII have political regeneration and moral
triumph, or IN whose defeat we shall fall with
honor-trancis, at Pavia, with an Empire
1851, is immortal in the declaration which he
made, and which republicans, devoted virtne
ahi holor, cIn never disrcgarl;- is lost
except or honor"
l.wi!l 60 for the annexation of Tpxas ,vbon
mat winch was lost through imbecility, may
D. re-acqmred without dishonor and innstice.
ISAas Is worth an honorable contest; bnt il is
not worth the North and the West. il is not
worm the integrity OF the Union. The faith
Oh treaties, public justice, and the Union of
h'Puo'icah governments are mere sacred than
acquisition of territory.
l will 90 for Martin Van Buren the roor,l
nero OF the great campaign of 1910. who re-
ceived upwards Of four hundred thousand votes
more than auy candidate of The dernocracv
viii obey the instructions of nv consti,-
uency-and swell the tide of popular acclnn,,.
ton Tor Ri hard NJ Johnson. the poor n,,n's
friend, and the hero of The Thames.
speak as the delegate of this peouls who's,
virtue is steadiast whose honor i'm the con
tests OF party is unsiaincd. and Whose front
NEVER changed in the hour of battle. and in
the lace OF the enemy. They are Spartan
sons; their honorable scars are i'm front and
Whcn they die it will b. FACING their enemies.
subscribe myself your friend and dele
gate from the Northwest
GEORGE w. THOMPSON.
WHlSKY.--We do not know what has in.
oucea the general custom of spelling this
"oTd with an &. We have been i'm the habit
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