Wheeling times and advertiser. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1839-1849, 1846-04-15

TO THE people,

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NM Is "a that }. +. Msvtiu. Newman,
and Others. are ca, e~lecuoneenne Tor
rsPnf why Is IL. that a hundred aud
- dIses are daily showering their
sb'sss ~ fsricts, through tho dirty columns
OF 'hy ABssf why is tn, TIA Tunes and
correspondence ere ai,.esf siie~is
An ~ csses. wtsis and looosoco, afraid
n tsstSOSa n ~ too much a NAN Of the
'tpoptc = call out the hearty support OF our
scsi rsf know Psuiot,l know he i.
Vie II the reopae-born Of the people
brought op..s,nons them aud breathing the same
ssr with ihes,. their wants and their demands
are a part OF his very nature. ] do know tina,
he - The very man we want'st Richmond
! knowto - influence there il a. much superior
10 that OF has detnctors anil lapdcrcr. an was
tina, u Gcnersl Jackson OF that of M. CLAY,
10 your George krcmcrs and your tory inger.
solls. Who are the men who con,rul snd
have infiur me- in your legislature The men
who are merely present 10 say "a sny cuckoo
clock cnn h.. ave a enc" when their nsIucs
are called OF afc the, m-n who labor ia doors
eud cut OF iOors Nhparr consulted and res rtci
To 10y ihciT fellow meml-rs-uho are not -
much conccrnrd shuu, voting on every petty
ball, CO answering 10 every frivolous call OF
the ayes and uocs. % they arc TO s~e iha, the
interests and nghtsoi,hci pcopl, are defended.
snd their ayon,e measures succcssful7 saw
the men who are real champions 81 the people
the mrn whose VOICE and influence is really
ielt when our great Interests sni measures
are at stake. SRI no, the n,en who are wasting
their tim, in citing ike 80 many staims in
the House at oil time lest their n.,ncs should
not b. found with the ayes sud uoes by every
small po,iiicisn. who has no more brains OF
better business than Ia hook over oil journals
aud hunt Tor ayes aud noes. II YOU want TO
measure the usefulness, or the power and in-
huence OF public men, do you busy YOURSELF in
looking a, ayes and no>s Tor fhoir names9-.
When YOU want to Try a Benton or a Cess. a
Calhoun or Ctiitcnicn, or Webster. do you
look 60 see whose naInc IL most often recorded
among the ayes OF noes' By this standard
General Jackson aud John Randolph. were
two OF he smallest men who ever figured in
the councils OF the nstion2 But | repeat that
while dozens are engaged actively, ia promo.
ting the election OF that really bad but hifk
tro", Thompson, why il il that Parriott is
lief, 10 do hattie nionei Shame, shame, Bat
viii not the people come TO the rescus' Par
rott l. poor. II il irue-be has no money or
wealthy friends TO make men rise up to 40
him service at has bidding. lie was not
with n book in his hand or a silver
sPooa in las moutb-bui was h. not born
better tlGngsi lie wss horn with a
heart aud a strong hoad-ho is a.
as steel aud every inch a man. No little
ness, no meanness, no maiignity. no fals,hood.
no slsnder marks his oourse. l CLAIM no, ioI
him pcr'cetion, but ". - a truk nam. add a
head aud shoulders taii,r than AL his nvals
and dctrsc,orS. The very man who has served
Ina constituents with a power and effectiveness
unsurpassed, and the man who will do i,
sgs'n, OF else the people will forget to be true
10 themselves and their interests. A. B.