Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1854-03-03
Death of a statesman-the late Mr.. Tuns-
tall of Virginia.

Death of statesman-the late MIR. Tuns-
tall of Virginia.
The people andpapers Of Virginia, without re-
gard TO party have united in Of regret
this article, and although The emotions oil private
fnendship may afford no apology for ieierring
amongst strangers, 10 the rare abilities and still
tarr virtues which adorned his Character, yet The
impotiant contTiba ton which he had made 10 the
success of cause IN which ourreadsrs are tfeeniy
interested, makes our duties as Journalist coin.
eide with our impulses as ma individual and rem
ders a review OF the character and services of a
decreased Statesman at once grateful and apnronris
ate: The Richmond Dispatch says truly that:-
ne monument OF a man who has like Tunstall
aefoiedhisa Powers TO the dsyelopmento of there
sources o. bus State, is found in, hives of busy
~ N growing cities in hourshing villages
improved condition OF agriculture and COM
merce IN The eonsolidationloI the people of vari-
Gus sections by the facilities of social and material
communication! .ffIe has been cut down in the
tpsltuIaapt his powers, 1nt chs ahd bis
exanpkl live, and speak with more than the per-
sneslseness ofhis own eloquent yetce to the as
pntng statesman of Virginia. And we may add
that the reputation Of shcha man should be bouud-
ed bynoilines except those described by patriotism
and phitatit We trace his history BECAUSE
Is OF OH X emmending his example.
IaiaAlthongh Tnnstall had received repeated
evidences ofapnblic favor 7as iamember soft both
bodies of the Legisat1re and as Federal Elecior,
nc HAQ pScOlue SallSuGu lnhI polluCti utSEufattp
was no remedy for sectional discontent. Devoted
to the honor of his native State andthe perpetpi-
tyof the Federal Mon, he applied the energies
OF an arleh natnte to the policy best adaptedto
his object n He did not belieysiin the desierate
surgery which would divide the Union,as q rome.
dy for a difference of social opinienD and ,tfusIisk
the common existence in the exhaustion of n COM,
mon hermorage. IL He could not ianpteciale ithe
patriotisnpw theisons of those
who together had breasted the bayonets 6fiMon-
mouth struggled with The elements upon the
Observation-Disclosures the treuches OF Yorktown,
and drive them perhaps to become colnpe ling
sgppllants ito the very power that had sought
their sp bipgaiion: He knew that intercourse, aud
comnix OF fhtetes IS was & lar better remedy
for SECTIONAL niislndsfstand ding than iSthe hollow
sgfeeinents m teehary or me physical lpoRtici-
ans. He Knew, more THAT anu nemployed or
unProductive people may lie deceived as 10 the
causes Of Their Qecline.A BE Knew that mn intelli-
gent ana prospectus people can neither be 1tluu-
ed nor Oppressed. He had as q slatot, adsocat-
ed every lneaSute OF tatonal leIotil, or Of scial
With the same yiew3fe had quilted public life,
and devoted linsel the Comp elton Of a. par
tIouar work, eyeriw tich NJ the time ofgis death
he presided BY his exertons this work had been
carried fton the national, snli almost universal,
doubt, into successful operation. 1t opens new
area 10 the industrial prosperity of the State =
Field baMd neawere restored by tile importatil II
OF artlhcia agents of improvement 10 fetIility and
prolific Products discontinued or dsregarded from
the expense and difficulty Of transportation sprang
into renewed, Importance; a popnlhtion that only
fingered because OF reluctance 10 quit a land the
loved, turnedswith filia and renea ed ehergYto its
RESPIRATION: The great success of this wotk not
only indicated the sagacity, but lemonslratedt the
success OF the otheory upon which it had0been
founded ~ opc d. liz t1o0S
In these patriotic objects Mr. Tunstal was aided
by intellectual and moral attributes Of no common
ordereRV Hc,nad IAN educatedpand iclassica anird
anla Of eIoqnence at once peedliar and ef.
e.. kNNre.Nf