Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1853-08-04

inc fact that the only Of internal pol
inv no vet indicated by the administration is the
odon,;on bythe President, through his Cabinet
80 oman. Of a Cardinal principle Of the Wing
.sr,y that Of internal Improvements, and we
rs;o;ce to know that in this position he is di-
reetly sustained by the Memphis Convention, and
indirectly by the yotesof numerous members of the
Democratic party in the last Congress. Under
these circumstances then, we have everything to
animate and encourage us in the maintenance of
the principles which We advocated in the begin
ming. Everything in the future looks encourage
ING. and while we should not unfeelingly rejoice
atthe unmistakable premonitious ofdecay, exist
emit in the unsound elements composing the party
in power, we may well be excused for toreseeing
in that decay the elements of an improved and
more enlarged policy. The Wing party then of
the Union have but to preserve unbroken their
organization upon the basis ofprinciple, and we
have but to look as heretofore to the great inter
ess of agriculture, manufactures and internal i'm
provement, and we may rest assured, that our ma.
tional principles, recognizing North, no South,
no East, no West but looking to the good of
the country, and the whole country, will yet
guide and control the destinies of the Union.
While, then, our political couIse shall be lib
eral and Just towards those who maybe politically
opposed to u.s. it will at the same time be bold and
fearless in the advocacyo of those principles with
which we believe the ultimate prosperity of the
Union is so intimately identified. The CONNER
cial department of the paper shall be particularly
attended to- as it is of the first importance to our
citizens and to this portion of the West, that the
earliest and most enlarged information upon COM
mercial subjects should be generally dihused. We
have to acknowledge our Indebtedness to many OF
ourctizens for their kind contbu tons towards the
Literary department of our paper, and while they
have not been as frequent as we desired, yet we
hope in future to bemore successful, and to make
our paper desirable to all classes of our readers.
AS a Family newspaper, we have from all parts of
the country where it circulates, the gratifying
assurances that the Weekly Intelligencer ismost
acceptable TO its readers, and shall spare eff
fort to continue and enlarge its usefulness. 1t
will ever aim to enlarge and improve the taste of
the young and at the same time to minister to the
wants ofthe old, and we hope to make it paper,
ever welcome to the freside of all portions of our
citizens. fl
tsThere is time for all things" has been said in
the book of inspiration, and the same volume con-
tainsthe injunction to abe temperate in all things
and we shall ever endeavor 10 keep before us the
moral therein contained. Fanaticismis, ofall the
passions which sgitate the human heart, the NEST
baneful and perniciouS, and no government can
long exist which is swayed by men who are blind
ly led by feeling and prejudice rather than byrea.
son and enlightenment. Thrice has our Union been
rocked to its centre by the mad rawlings of fanat-
les, and if we wish to preserve intact the instu-
lions of our fathers, we must sedulously guard
against such encroachment5, whether they be di-
rectly or indirectly made upon the body poltic.-
These being our sentiments, we shall endeavo1
to follow the course thus indicated.
To our friends of the press we must express our
qualification for the uniformly courteous manner
in which they have treated the conductors of this
journal, and assure them that we shall continue
to cultivate friendly and courteous relations with
them, regardless of party and locality.
We shall enter, then, upon our second volume
with everything encourage rs, and in again prof
ering our paper to the public for their support
can give them no better assurances of our future
course than by referring them to our efforts during
the past year, promising best efforts hereafter
In conclusion, we may remark that the conduc-
tors of this paper will ever aim to avoid extremes
as they have too frequently wltnessedthe evil efec
ofpushing ad infnitum, even the best of princi-
pies.