Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1852-11-10
The Chosen People.

.Our contemporary of the Enquirer has column
of exultation over the late Democratic victory,
from which we extract the following e1ulting par
( Hour New Hampshire Moses has led us out OF
the land OF bondage, with songs and rejoiciugs,
while the cohorts Of whiggery lie buried beneath
the waves of the Red Sea-" ,.t9E
D The comparison emplo. ed by our worthy con-
temporary is not altogether fortunate. When the
children OF Israel came out Of the bondage, they
left behind them the feshpots of Egypt, whereas the
sayory smell which has led to the Democratic exo-
dis is before them; otherwise we suspect the Dem
ocrats would be in Egyptto this day. Moreover,
the likening of Pierce to Moses is unlucky and om-
nous, for it will be recollected that Moses never
lived 10 enjoy the sweets Of Canaan, but Gdied on
the banks of Jordan, in sight of the promised land
In some respects, however, the comparison may
prove happy and faithful one. Moses was vexed
and worn out by the complaints and murmurings OF
his people, for meat and drink, and, notwithstand-
ing all his edoels to minister to their wants, they
were still dissatisfied and discontented. Thus It
will be with the followers of the New Hampshire
Moses. They will clamor furiously for the spoi's,
and where one is gratifed, one thousand will turn
angrly away, until their leader wishes fback
in N. Hampshire, and that his people were under
the Red Sea. Moreover, 1t ought to be recolected
that, as just punishment for their rebellion and
disobedience, not one OF the mighty host which lett
Egypt ever lived to the river Jordan and plant
their feet on Canaan's ssfields Of living green-
They never tasted the milk and honey of that
bright inheritance, but persisted mlseraoiy IN Inc
wilderness. Their children alone were permitted
to enter the promised land, and when they forsook
the God of their fathers, and became rebellious and
lidolatrous 'tsHe gave them into the hands of the
Heather, and they that hated them ruled over them
Let the Democracy be warned! We have, no
reason to believe that they are under the peculiar
protection of Him who led his chosen people from
Egypt, and will once more bring them from the ends
of the earth, to behold the powers of new Zion,
and to sit again beneath their own vine and fig
tree in their loved land of Canaan. Lett be-
ware! The old champions, the veteran actors Of
this political Israel the most ardent worshppers OF
the golden GALE may all perish in the wilderness;
in other words, they may not get ofice,-while
Young America, led by that Joshua of Modern De-
mocracy, the little giant Of Illinois, will reap the
harvest and enjoy the fruits of victory. -
The Democracy have gained a tremendous vic
tory, but they have also incurred tremendous re-
sponsibility Most sincerely do we hope that they
will use their power for the good of the country,
and abide, in their foreign policy, by the maxlms OF
George Washington. If they do not, our Ameri-
can Israel, will long be divided and scattered to
the ends of the earth, and our capital be lett soil
tary and desolate as Observation-Disclosures epub-
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