Wheeling times and advertiser. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1839-1849, 1845-02-07
FOR THE TIL
RADlCALlSM!,!
NJ. TVha,ton.

"Ide as well rs the court side Of these
matters. we take the liberty OF sending
you herewith our views of Radicalism b,
way OF beginning. There is beautiful
writer ~ your paper Of the 28th of Janu :
AIRY. who. in real court style, places his
Signature nj the top, To be as unlike tn
mechanic ms possible, whom the common
old fashioned way. signs ms cognomen
at the bottom OF his epistle. And as this
writer against radicalism evid't.y al!udes
to the letters Of "Junius of me Argus." as
a Sf0ckhoidcr'siyles him; hope you viii
allow junius the privilege Of speaking
IN defence of himself and his brother
mechanics. This writer, or cruaker up
on radicalism, thinks "ihe people Of this
country are lending fat TO rad,calism or
something more dnd ,oorse "a disregard
and disicste for the wholesome restraint
II Ld,c And he also thinks that, thu,
truth shon'd be carefully pressed upon the
pn6hc mind, and that IS exactly what
Junius thinks; and it is not the first
time that have found wise man aud a
TOOL of the same opinion. And il was on
account of the disregard Of all law. and
all justice too, among our leading men.
tnat caused "Junius," to sound the alarm
among his fellow workies and sufferers.
Our Rulers, Bankers and Proprielors.
have all become such radicals. that we,
poor mechanics, have little or no chance
10 escape starvation or slavery, in much
about the same way the Egyptians were
fixed. according 10 Sacred Hstory;' the
same history Mr.. Radical refers TO. |,
! nm hut har
the king took all the peoples grain and
stored II up. and when the people want
ed any they had 10 carry money to the
Kings Steward, and buv il at a famine
price; md when the Stewards got all the
peoples money, they took their cattle,
&c: for bread. When the cattle were also
all gone, the King took all their land for
bread, and finally, when everything the
people had was in the hands Of the King,
the people said TO their rulers, .why
should you let us die-you must now buy
US, take US along with our property, and
we will become servants to you,and work
Tor you and serve you, only give us and
our lIille ones bread To keep us from
Starving and their rulers had Somaas.
sion up n the people. and they did as
The people desii ed-and thus the ruler
and The rich man got oil the money. and
all the cattle. and all The people for SER
wants And just SO here,--ihe Banke S
and proPrietors have gol ai our properly
and we are now working for them, or
begging from !hem bread for ourselves
and lille ones; and it is given and re-
ceived as matter 81 great fapor at that,
and nl ha IL,
diary, and recorded, and thus our fu'.
and fat kind, eut up the poor leun kind
our children iid NE Is @ifGRER9l tayeGX.W As,spd
and complete; aud hen it only remains
for our taskmusters TO require US To make
brick withou, materials and our suffer
ings wi be iniolerable. from which we
must look for IA Moses tn deliver us.
Well, SIR, il this is not raJ,cal'sm 10
be deplored then | am no judge. And il
we look over the whole length and
breadth Of the land radicalsm meets
you al every point; not The radcalism oi
the mechanic or labourer-no; but that
of the rich and the great in wealth and
office, from the President down TO the
constable from the moncy-klngs and
bankers. down TO their common clerks;
me rich and the sons OF the rIch-all
consider the spoils Of the industrious as
belonging 10 ihem-and that he who sui
fers another 10 ouistcal them are not con
sidered smart, and hence these gen ry
are engaged in robbing and sealing,
swindling, lying. counterleitlng, oiiice-
hunting, and murder BY wholesale, and
yet there is none Of them hung or other
wise punished, but roam at large unre>
strained and misunderstanding pur-
pie and fine linen and farng sumptuous-
Iy every day. Yes, Mr. Radical, II Is not
worth while 10 talk about the equality
and business Of our laws, when VIC see lhe
rich in the daily violation of them with
impunity when we see tina! there is no
crime that money will not expia,e; no
service thai gold cannot buy. When we
see the rich ! agued together TO Cypress
ana humbug the poor, and poor tailor
ahd his friend is murdered in broad day
light, 10 populous city, merely Tor ask
ing Err the payment Of his b'Il-"hIle
we are informed by message from ihe
Governor Of IA State that here was forty
TWO murders in the Stale in one year, and
yet there was nobody hung. although The
law declares The murderer shall he hung
might 90 on to- enumerate murders and
other crimes until filled volumes in
stead OF common newspaper article
an find them too, high in Office, and al
mos exclusively confined 10 the rich and
learned casses of society, and Yet none
Of them are punished, and very few Of
them ever brought 10 even sham irla'
The truth of these things caono, be de-
MED, nor even excused. Then here Il
radlcd'ism with vengeance; and Dc
these rich proprieiors, Bnkers and pub
lie robbers. and swindlers think tb'
poor should be satisfied, when they SEE
nobody ameniable TO the laws but them
selyesf Or DO these wholesale radical
expect To either satisfy or alarm US bJ
taking about law, and sacred history