Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1854-12-30
illYl }HWHRELlNG, VA-
SATURDAY MOANING, DEoBNBBR 50, 1854.
Candidate Ior Governor.
IAu aIle1ce d some weeks from OpT post has

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Candidate Tor Governor,
Al alsence Of some weeks from our post has
iNeyeneips lTOm noticing The 'eHdment Of The
piea IS to The GabstnaIoiial cnnvasa in Virginia.
ThstNE Wise will have regular and successful
opposition, few eyea Of The Democracy nov doNl /
fOr an Instant The questions, WIN shalIhe be,
and when shall hebe nOmiaaiedi are nollO easily
answered. We have Heretofore expressed our PIE.
ference log AlE RiSes OF Sc. Summers, moi be.
cause there are not olhcS equally acceptable, but
flTihs simple ieason that these distinguished gen.
tIemsn ReTS more genenili apOkdn of III eonneo.
ton viii The office hiepok known that Judge
Summers wilInot lie candidate, andIGmOr snys
thai ML Riyts will moi be, WhelhsElhs be tue
OF not we canno, say. int we can say, that there
lives not IN the Union a man who, In all the es.
aenllal elements calculated 10 illustrate The Cab.
tfnsioia chair Of Virginia and make her people
prOuh Of their lnagislInle,s The superior Of VIII.
liam @. RYo. We hopo that he has not refused
TO lei his name be used. But then there ATE 9th.
tTs fully worthy tho post, With Stuart Of Angus
Ia, Capeilon Of Monroe, Price Of GIeenbTieL
Hunter Of JsIeuon, Scott Of FnuqOieT, souhull
Of Alternate, Goslln Of Bedford, and numbers Of
olhet able and distinguished Wings ia the party,
there will DO no want Of material for The place.
Auyuud all lhtssBe nilems1f 50 lat ay we know
woald prove acceptable 70 The Wing Oftbe State,
sni would make able and efficient executive OF.
6eers AZ tothe mode Of selecting the STANFORD
bearer, we had hoped thal general consent would
have indicated the candidates without Vie neces.
ti,y Of a Convention, but We presume that's i'm.
practicable now, and that a oOnvsnhon will he
ibv only method Of Obtaining The popular expires.
sion Of preference.
PeHonl have been namedin different paris ofthe
STATE. who cannot command the whig yOlsOfth0
STATE, andi. i' only BY iun and nee cOnsulIn.
lion among tho member, u The party that such
eabdiailss eanbs pIeSealsa from exhibiting their
want Of popularity. t9sNAs
We mQYaSwsll speak plainly. The lale NOM
ithIldh ior Governor made by some Wings Of Bath,
will hnd bnt few responses, wethnk, in The State.
While all arc prepared to do justice to the strong
intellect OF Mr. Bolts yet there ore few who feel
inclined 10 lOOk to him pss leader He has too
muoh Oithe "heAd him OF de- principle about
him 10 be safe leader He islldetuIly TOO
"helly," addioo impatient Of rssItsinI OF advice
for NE position Tor which he has Jeen named
; we would much I,lhsI SEQ OUT fIionds Of Bath
send him 70 cO0gvess, ,
In Tie present emergency tue State and The par
~ need 4 man Of cool and delibtnte judgment,
Of regular and experienced business habits, andes
long nSihs Board Of Public Works is unoLOlished)
Of good financial turn. He should be a man no
IesslDs these traits, while he should take al ex.
panjed asd libeiAl view Of Tue gteat educational
aud lnlsrnnl improvement inletessOI The State,
aud thus advance the general prosperity Of The
Sale While hgwould aid in educating the minds
Of hsIsoDn
The State needs such a man for the fuiure.-
UseltS internal Improvements have been reck
lessIy entered upon, while The great through lines
arc lansulhing, and while the actual outlay has
moi bseh 80 great il has been OH comparatively
useless works. We want IBIS iGstem changed,
and we want man who Is cOmpeisnllO bidinike
accompshmenlOf such an object We hOpelhu
there will be concert Of action as TO The lime and
,SnaeeoT holding acOntentiOn, that il one is held
Il will bs fully attended, that good candidutssmay
DO selected and unanimously supported by The
WhigsOf tie State IhaI the wings will profit by
The lale example Of the 'qamOnlOuV," and moi
: eaSe m q like lrane Of mind, w doubt not, ene
thing Is certain, that by concerted shd harmonious
acllOu onihe par Of lie Wings MI. Wise will he
worse defeated in proportion 10 The vote, than was
Bgler Tie old line democrats cannot take such
u6piss ia The party, to be Their gsnerassmo.
They have too ol looked in time Of danger TO the
old wOf horses, tlaiued in father Rchies military
school, as The veterans to turn HE tide Of battle,
now to cast them aside fora wild CamanOhe stsed,
whose only merit seems to be that no is fresh
from the desert, and has yell lhEOwn over lis neck
the Democratic lasso with which he was drawn
into The pprN They cannot end will not stand
such nomination. They will bolt even when
the Enquirer eppleS The screws OfPSTN" and
spbnillo The guiIIOtpe betYse they will vote for
the deiom,, Of JocksOu, the inaalter Of Polk, and
ihs general ubuser OF the DtmoOrOtic party in
linies pasl.