Monongalia mirror. [volume] (Morgantown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1855, 1852-06-12

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rnriy, surely it will not bc said thai
he is ,hoir greatest aud best man
Tho mos, that can DO said is that sue.
ross attended such IL course in the So
lection of Mr.. Polk, and | suppose the
same object is in view now us tnon'
, yiz: to sslcctn man who hadnot done
Ills or that, Instead Of ono who nay
done thus und so. Tho man, there
fare, who is most negative in his
character and least known TO his c'ln'
trymcn, is most likely, &cmocratieaf'g
speaking, to succeed to tho highest 6;
Office in the gift of that party, 10
say the least Of it, it is very poor m
ccn,ivc 10 the Young Americas" to
npply themselves in search Of renown
whether in tho halls of legislation OF
upon the CORY battlefield. It. IS more
certain to be an outsider" now-n-
DAYS than TO DO in the ring" lhavc
nothing to say against Gen. Peafce,
and will not oven venture to make ehe
cno uiry, mho is Gen. Pcarce?" 1t is
fair to presume that the Democratic
party aro acquainted with him and
ihatis enough for the opposite party
10 know. If The Wings are not now
acquainted with him, they may DO
perhaps ny tho middle Of November G,
next. suppose tho General will
conc in for fair portion oftho Mex
lean war capital. 1t is said he has
u considerable gunpQwdcrism attach,
|. ed to him. And whether the most of
| his capital lies in that particular limo,
or his playing mum to tho letter OF
Robert G.. Scott, Of Richmond, Va,
also remains yet to DO seen. Its said
he was absent from home when that
| letter reached his residence, and thus
escaped tho doom Of Cass, Buchanan
Marcy, Houston, and others, whose
response it is now confidently assert
cd procludcd them from the nominal
ton. Bo,,la, as it may, if his scrvi-
! COS in Mexico is depended upon to
elevate him to the Presidency, GER
tainly no Democrat will he SO ungrate'
full as 70 desire to pluck the laurcls
from tho brow of Gen. Scott, who is
acknowledged to DO tho hero of the
Mexican campaign by both Demo
Gratis and wings. Andifhis elevation
| is to be upon tho ground that he has
not committed himselfupon the Com,
promise or fugitive slave act, General
Scott should not lie blamed for being
lin the same category, out of which the
Democrats have laborel so hard lately
to remove him. ~
The nomination Of Mr.. King, Of
Alabama, as Vice President was con,
si,lered an almost manifest destiny
affair, and no doubt as fur US the duties
that ordinarily devolve on that ofilcel
is concerned, tho nomination is a good
ono. 1t is not known certain. wheth'
or tho Convention will adjourn to-
night or not. .ril 10
Mr.. Clay has not been so well fol-
the past day or two. All hopes of hi;
recovery so far as to reach Ashland
has vanished, and his exit from time &c
eternity may be hourly looked for.
The amount Of S2l7 was raised du'
ring tho sitting of the Methodist EPis'
copal General Conference ut Boston
to build monuments totbe two Dish,
Cemetery, Bsiiinmsar1sje. i in VI, 4ll ne
this have read better had that money
been appropriated to the spread Of the
Gospel among tho heathenl The
building of monuments was charac.
tcristic of those livingin the dark ages
of the world, and where is the practi.
cal good that has ever resulted from
such coursol There is none. The
most lasting monument is that of the
memory of the just and good cngra-
ven upon the hearts of his fellow man;
which, when marble crumbles into
dust, is still indelibly retained.
The city still continues crowded
with strangers, mostly delegates both
of the Democratic and Wig Nation
.ul Convention. Those of the latter
will still continue to pour in upon US
until the session commences, which is
but little over week. Its not abso-
lutely known yet which Of tho two.
Gen. Scott or Mr.. Fillmore, will be
most likely to receive tho nomination.
Tho chances in favor of the General
are considerably the best, and but lit.
tie doubt remains of his success so far
us the nomination is concerned.
The election for Mayor and Coun.
cimcn takes place in this city on Mon.
day next. There is considerable in
tcrest iolt on the subject, by the friends
of both parties. There is Wig
majority of about GOO in the city, and
tho Wings deem it important that
their ticket should succeed just mt this
particular juncture, us it would not do
for tho news to go,out just upon the
eve Of tho Presidential election, thut
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