Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1853-08-06

T-The Argus is out on Thursday in column
of itsown in reference to the Pacific Railroad and
our article of Wednesday, and bonows about
column more of the Richmond Enquirer in order,
we suppose, that he may not in future shave oc-
casion to regret that his remarks were not more
extended;" and also in order to show that as
"Virpinia Democrat, &C., Others occupy an equal
ly awkward position with him. Well, we are
glad to find our neighbor well backed in his spunky
stand against the organ, and can truly commend
him for sticking to his position however 'at0k-
,Dard' it may be, provided he was in earnest in ia
king il, as he seems to have been, though we still
think him little rash in jumping against his great
fle.leader so prematurely. as he is preparing him
self for an awful minority. Does he forget that
Gwinn, Rusk, Houston and others of that school
almost went at the defeat of the Pacific Railroad
bill last session, caused by Shields amendment
forLidding the Government to construct any part
oft throughthe States, which we think was car
RED by one vote onlyH Let him look to the jour
mails of the last and preceding Congress, anu he
will see plainly the of most of his leading
Democrats on this and kindred subjects. Is not
Dorglass one of the leading advocates OF voting
the public lands 10 works ofinternal improvement
DO not all the Democratic Senators from the
Northwest and West, excepting Mr.. Atchison o.
Missouri, vote with hint Was not Benefits
land bill passed by a large majority through the
House of Representatives, many and prominent
Democrats voting for it, in House where their
strength was almost two to one as compared with
that of the Whigs7 Look at the Illinois Railroad
and numbeTless others, made, we may say, by
grant of public lands, and surely our strict con-
sructonist 'tadmirer of the Virginia distractions
will not sanction this as original Democratic doc
trine, by allowing the Government to speculate in
the public lands by giving hathaway the chances
OF selling what remains at better price. Look at
the River and Harbor Bill, passed by Demo cratic
Congress, which made such numerous appro pna-
tons to some of the Western States, that we
heard Democrat declare once, that heH'did not
believe il omitted creek in the State of Ohio"
Let our neigbor look at these things and then say
whether there is anything SO livery wonderful in
our method of dumping at conclusions" Really
we should have to jump, and make an awful jump
too. if we could arrive at any other conclusion,
with these papable facts staring US in the face
But should we be accused of jumping at conclu-
siops, because we relied upon the statement Of
the Argus, which stated that the arguments OF
the Union were the sane used by the Wings, &C.,
in their palmiest days" Certainly we were au-
thorized to charge that the Union and the Cabinet
advocated Wing measures, on the direct authority
of the Argus itself, as TO the Union, and in'll-
recty as to the Cabinet also, forthe Union was en-
dors;ng the Cabinet stump speakers, one Of whom
"was speaking for the President" Care we not
correctly and, under these circumstances, may we
not be pardoned for our blunder in assuming that
the Union, the organ of the President, was the re-
preventative of the Democratic party, rather than
our friend of the August Surely our neighbor will
excuse us for having assumed that the Union, and
not the Argus, spoke en- eathedru, for we really
thought so at the time, though we may have been
mistaken, and our nsighbor may yet make Presi-
dent Pierce 'eragfsh' out of position. Indeed,
we have serious fears that the President will not
s.slick to it, as CALAMITY asdoes our "chivarous"
neiRhbor TO the opposite, though we hope he may,
and we shall certainly hold the Argus responsible
before the country, for having misled him, if he
does NOT. Our neigbbor, in coming to his conclu-
sion above met, did not even go of "half-cocket'
Ito use his elegant expressionl but snapped half-
cooked" We are certainly thankful for the kind
invitation which our neighbor has extended t9,u
to dine with him on distractions, but prefer feeding
ON something more substantial. Indeed, he re-
minds US of the man in the Arabian Nights, who
had a fancy for going through the eating motions
with imaginary plate, knife, food, table and eve
Iything else, and compelled his guests TO do 50 |
With him, when he would express himself "fed,e
and remain quiet. Perhaps five would go through
the notions our neighbor, and participate in
his imaginary feast on abstractions, hewonld be
satisfied hereafter, and give over such inane food