Wheeling times and advertiser. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1839-1849, 1848-04-28
MR. d NJ. EDGlNGToN.

AMI quietly suffered the PERSONA ABUSE VI t"ls
degraded demsgosue. partly because our bet
Ter nature aud innate dignity OF feeling shun-
mel contest with one so gross, besotied.
liscentous. and wholly vile, and partly
because the issues presented before the Leg
islsture on the part OF our city, might be
hazarded by the full exposition OF the man
who represented us in that body. The latter
cause Tor further hesitation no longer e1ists,and
fo.bearance has ceased to be virtue,
We are therefore impellei by sense OF
duty, 10 ourssif and the public, to lay open
the career Of this man, to the reprobalton he
deserves. aud make those who have been his
adhelents in his career OF defamation feel the
injury they have done to the fair lame OF the
county We shall stick closely to facts,
and make no charges we cannoi prove, and
when we are done, we will ask those who
have been his friends and supporters, ii they
do not feel they are and have been dishonored
in their Repre-
We should have been justified by all hon
nest men, had we pursued thls course, had we
held him up 10 the public execution ne de-
serves, when he first commenced on Us his
foul blackgusrdism five years ago but we
ouietly forbCre, and suffered his attacks with
out resistance during the years le44, '4o, 40,
AZ. and as. During all these years. he has IN
verbally lugged cur name prominently INTO
his election Trades Nor have we been "a
lone first or LAST, every honest night. and
good citizen OF The town or country, has been
sandered * traduced by him from the stump;
and, disgnceiul, as it is to our community,
this slaaderan invective has been the sole
cause of hisreturn to the Legislature for sew
eral successive years, to disgrace the county
and the State by his depraylty and beasIiy
drunkenness.
Mr. Elsington has not talent; not one OF
his friends will claim Tor him even Ordinary
intelligence upon any subject, political or
moral, social or intellectual, aud his only pow
er consists in the fact that he has no consci-
entious scruples, is an unbushing liar from
instinct and practice, aud csse-hardened
migrate by nature. He is ii man, who vas
once well characterized by one who knew him
we'll as one. who would not hesitate but Tor
the law. to stab his best friend to the heart
il he stood in his way in the attai oil
an object.
I his fact has been frequently proved in his
canvass for the Legislature. The first year
he was taken up, he had no opposition, and
received The very general support OF the ciu-
zens OF Wheeling. he neglected his duties,
was intoxicated often during that session,
and although there was "a strong effort
made to hush it up.it became known, aud ma
nv OF our most respectable citizens determined
on supporting Col. Kelley They had sup
ported Edgington once, tried him and iound
him wanting, but because they would not
do SO again, notwithstanding his derelicuon,
his abuse OF them all was beyond the endu-
rance of any He attacked and denounced
all, who would not support him, In language
too coarse for Blllingsgate, and invecuye
too base for fish woman. Instead OF com
ing home, acknowledging his fault, aud
promising amendment for the future, Instead
oil thanking the city ior sending men there
10 give the information he did not possess, he
came home 10 traduce thenl and throw upon
us the filthy venom of his tongue-to claim
the county as his, and again and "a
gain Dragged aud lied himself into his seat
The "tul the folly, the love OF some to
hear m.n better than themselves detained,
connected with locolocoism, have elected
him. He could backguard. and that was
called smartness. On the part OF respectable
citizens, men who had regard Tor the Interests
OF the county and the character OF The people,
feat MIR Edgiuglon; bat under the cry OF
"ciiqae," the mob spirit, the pull down aud
drag out patriotism, as often prevailed.
ln.lSf5, our railroad question became
prominent topic, and on that question OF
which he was, and is now entirely lgu3rdnt.
he boosted himself from tue stump, the AJAX
Telemen, the man who controlled The Legs
lature and who, each year wrought OCT VIC
tory: whereas ii IS well known to all al Rich
inond, and if common observation mas ma
biding place here, it is known here, that he
was never regarded by the members
OF The Legislature as our representative upon
the rail road question The whole labor aud
the whole manage .nenI OF !! was by Others.
not members. All the facts were presented
b, others and all the issues taken, without
his eogHance or regard; y~l he has rcaped The
honors OF IL entirely merely by his tact, dis
graceful assumption aud lying assurance.
II is true that several bills asked Tor by our
citizens have been passed since he has been a
mem Der o. the Legislature; bat is that strange,
is that thing 10 be grateful tori No, IT was
his duty TO have them passed. and il was his
duty to have got Others passed. ANY honest
ana intelligent man could have secured the
passage OF any bill that has been asked tor
iron this county, and in 50 DOING he would
oaly have considered himself as doing a sim
pie duty. Why did he not &c, the Carks-
bufga foad bill through. Simply because he
did uot do his duty. Where WAS he during
tie passage OF the guarantee billl absent from
his pos and dlssraclng the couaty, with a
STUN lfom which il viii never recover the
stsa-oi sending representative who made
beast Of himself
Finding himself totally lost, he had the
good sense last winter, TO declare that he
would uot come before the people as can.