Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1853-05-24
For the Intelligence
A Voice from Brooke.


from the spatter and splush of its rageul and fran
tic contests. Mud and mire are heaved up from
its feculent puddles; the mantle of charity is put
of for wrap-rascal; and hypocrisy grins in tn
umph over the weakness of honor. Patriotism has
taken her flight TO the mountains and, and perch
ed upon the barren rock, bends her eye sorrowful-
lytowaFds the disgrdceful wars which are waged
in her name. The hearts of the faithful are filed
with sorrow,-their lamentation is the wall that
was heard in Ramah, but the hunah of the multi
tude rises like the voice of many waters, and what
can be heard above it?
But these remarks are too general for my pur-
pose. 1t is of "h,te and ery'' now running, like
the chasing waves, over our Senatorial district
thatI wish TO speak particularly. call the clam
or about "Wheeling monopoly .tWheeling in
fuence." "Wheeling selishness'' and dozen
Wheeling tOhatnots a ''hue and cry''-because ey-
cry body knows what "hue and c1y'' is, and this
clamor isprecisely that very thing. Illud ipsud
Neither more nor less. Much depends on calling,
both persons and things. by their right Names In
troduce me to rascal and call him by the name
of some one of known honesty and integrity, and
1 am, at once, made the victim of his villiany. My
confidence has been purchased by lie, and like
all lies, it has proved hard and bitter bargain.
deceitfu and full of mischief. Give me arsnic
and disguise it under the former and present it in
the name of mint-julp,-a cocktail, or some
other popular and palatable potatation and will
drink it down at gulp-without a breath of
doubt or hesitation and dream not of stratngem
till dreaming Is too late.
Just SO, precisely, is now attempted to deceive
the good people of Brooke county, and to enlist
them in war against Wheeling by the black and
smutty gnome of an ugly name. Certain self
elected guardians of our welfare very industri-
ously gratifying their own PERSONAL pique or inter-
est, by insisting that Wheeling is object that
deserves to be looked at, and in deed, they to
be well versed in the philosophy of getting up a
bark. They have discovered what sager men have
failed to notice, that even bulldog, which is
one of the most serious and pmdeat of animals,
may be set OH to do mischief by the nconsiderate
and fractions friskiness Of barrier beagle. Sever
al such are now pitching at Wheeling with the
most clamorous and headlong spite, and it becomes
prudent men to take care that they be not led on
TO run in their false track.
"Wheeling is a monopolist'' is sell
fsh''-"Wheeling is a misunderstanding is
Nabob." Nay Bub! Thou art but baby to
talk SO. Pause little, thou little sinner of a
back-biter! Shame on you, 10 take up such evil
reports against your lneigrbor, without cause!
Who told you all this nonsense? You have not a
word of proof for word yousay. What old gran
ny has been croaking into your creduous big ears,
to make you open your eyes, so like man that is
looking for ghost in the dark, and cry if doz-
en- she-demons were trying to smother you in your
Sanctum. We don't believe a word you say. That
Wheeling, like any other: sensible city, is trying
her very best TO take care of herself, we have not
doubt. But who should blame her for this? Sc
far from it, should not every hearted Virsiu.
ian praise her for her efforts, and rejoice with hel
in her success? Her prosperity is our prosperity,
her strength is our growth-her riches prof
it, her increase is our development, and every
step she takes in the line of progress, we are
equally advanced, as country. The gioryof The
panhandle is the pan itself and the fatness thereof
the lodues and fishes ,ohch can it gather into its
margin.
Be not deceived, good people of Brooke! Wheel
ing is no enemy of yours. She is your strongest
friend. What has she 10 gain by crippling the
country round about herl A terrapin makes but
slow progress at the best, but what if he were tc
shut down his shell and cut of his own legs al
| his circumference. A silly terrapin he would be
| truly, but not whit more so, than the city, thai
would attempt to cripple the energies of the coun
| try which environs it. Let every sober mind cd
| rejecting man in Brooke county, seriously and
thoughtfully ask himself eff Wheeling is against
US, toho then is for us.' Is it Steubenville? She
| is on the other side. Is it Pittsburgh? Aye. Per
haps so. cannot altogether deny it. IT'S said
that she has been somewhat for fe,1 of us. A
| strip the width of Railroad track and few
miles long, across small corner of our upper Dor
der, am assured, has been especially dear to hel
notherly heart, and she would like, wondrously
to take it altogether under her good keeping, iust
as she took the good county of Washington from
u.s. some half century ago. We should be thank
full for even small favols, and trust no one will
be wanting in the dutiful regards due 10 her, TO
her kindness towards us, past, present or to come
For my own part, am DESTROYS, as l feel in dut,
bound, to relieve her of oil trouble concerning us
now, henceforth and forever. 1 am sorry, pro-
toundly sorry, that she has been at either pains
expense, with single man, woman or child with il
the sacred precincts of our borders. 1t grieve
us to hear that she has felt it necessary to show
kindness or patronage, TO even fe,o of our PEG
! pie. We are sorry that she has ever had to pa,
for page of printing,-for a word of talking, TO
breath of stump-speeking-for an hour of lobby
ing VI Hhe Oh lanu because OF her tender conSld
Grafton for our welfare. l would vote Tomorrow
that our county should be taxed to pay her bacI
every cent that she has been out of pocket in CHAIR
ty towards us; both principal and interest, if i
were for no more than the glorious privilege o
being independent. Is Timeo Danaos ct dona
terentes. Troy was betrayed by the present of
wooden horse, filled with men-and let us beware
of the iron steed with which Pittsburgh woult
present us. There is treachery underits ribs.
A CITIZEN OF BROOKE.
MARYLAND Fuo1rIvE SLAVE In ENGLAND
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