Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1855-02-23
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own Ratly, lecppss be will not stlRpptt lieDFysA
VIE, who denounced film as3aa psIetlsk Of th'
blue.Dook,, as one Of l6e syeEy eSltas' offpat'
ty|bouhtS5 and %hoFmovtHed, in sa0kelotl
and ashes because bib Eelfclion TO tile Sens
ale Of Virginia was, as Wise conteiled, degrs'
dptl9n 10 the State, has commenced, and common,
cetl IN earnest.
The Fredericksburg Recorder contains q long
article coudemnlng Coy Smiths eoutse, and The
goqpItet Of yesterday endorses II BY copying zen
Il, whit II calls, some INTERESTING ettrdetsN AM
they are interesting, suto enough, when we lake
into cops1etationtbe plain intent and purposes
Of Tie atttcle, which Is 10 rule hin, iolo Wise's
SUPPORT, on rule him oltof Congress and the
Democratic party, We shall patiently await tie
result Of i6is htsh.hanlel and iespotlc efIoFt q
visit upon Gov. Smith the tettots Of Martial law
because he will not sacrifice his sel'tfspect, his
dignity oRi his manhood W sustaining te election
Of Wise, who has pronounced him q degraded man
and his election 10 Tie SeDsle w tao Independent
iteomsp Of tho Cplpepptt district DARK and last
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lug stigma upon The character Of The State we
suspect Extla Billwill tteat this attempt 10 tram
mel, 10 dictate 10, ami control him, with The con.
tcmpt Il deserves, We doubt Shtthct any politi'
cian,in Virginia can be les easily ddycnt Gov.
Smith Is possessed Of oil unusual degree ol.ltnl'
ness aid Independence, as the manly boId'Iess
with which he has heretofore secuted aud defled
The lin,0tlon Of Democratic conventions and cau'
GUSTS, and lbroitIeA and baAlel his personal OPP
poa.rs in lie ranks Of his own party, abHDdantty
proves. And unless nc mistake lin, no %tl|
make himself tel, as m ugly customer by those
vile are 20 eagerly attempting 10 force him into
tho Wise harness, We have fallen indeed upon
STRANGE times, when II Iifs.lons Democrats one
who has been ever faithful among Tho falhlcss-a
veteran odd liner, whose garments
tho smell 81 toncgadeiSn Inns never inbcctel tot
monOntr+~when such q man should le SHaisGe1,
tiled and condemned, while Wise, The biIlctcSt de-.
nouncet OF Democratic mn and measures that or.
etllyed, is boBoIcd, conddGd IN, anu elevated,
against its known wishes, 10 thu leadership Of the
Democratic natty Of Virginia, Under such cttcNm.
stances, Gov. Smith may we'll defy political in.
riguonts and tflckstcEs and appeal fot Ills i0sti.
lcation to the COOL sense, Ihetuslce, the patriot.
sp, and the otiyaty Of The muses. Of his party.
We ex,tuo. the following paragraph ltcm Tho
stticieof lie fredericksburg Recorder which we
find copied, with marked Significance, into thu
columns Of The Richmond Enquirer;
Gov. Smiths name YVES before the Staunton
Convention, and ppOn tho first ballot cGitain II
not tho second ono aIso, he received a very TO.
st,cclahle soto, Soon atlet the nomination 0f Mr.
Wise, Il tfg0n 10 be tnUfell that he would moi By
Ely Gov. Smith; AMI before long II he.
came definitely ascettaIgcj TINT such Was The
case II tGl began 10 he said tanlt not In Seetel
tithpt) that L was by no means certain That Gov,
Smith would moi accept lie domination from lie
Know Nothing party. Ills friends In Rfetercks,
burg gave no Kind II credit 10 tic tDmots at first,
and forthwith informed him OF llItuL confidently
expecting him 10 denoupCe them rs SlallGers, lie
was tlC0, through the columns Of the Recorder
requested 10 correct these tunots II they
were untrue, Tic made 10 reply 10 this Tepuest,
however, Ulbl when Tho resolutions were passed in
Iile public meeting, Tau never given his ftieluls
lie least assurance that tho lepotts were lalse,-
The Demuctaty Of RretletioksbuI ate not french
DenUCEaoy, They cotiSthct their representatives
10 UG The exponent oftheif principles, aud subject,
as long 10 serves them, 10 their Instructions; aud
have mol learned, oS yel 10 conceive themselves
his slaves. They very properly lhvEetoEe II pllb.
lic meeting, ndopel these resolutions, Informing
tioY, Smith VI bis Fumote1 regard for this secret
party, and debating that II was due 10 tlba, as q
potion Of his constituency, lhat Ills position IN
the matter lie distinctly defined. Gov. Smith has
treated this request with complete contempt.
le wasin Fredericksburg q few days theteafter,
(AlUhday, tie 9th instantly and so far from refl.
ing the teiUIls, virtually cnnfltIeIl thUM, liz was
called upon By his FINEST friends (and among them
those WHO put forth the circular nominating Inn
TOT Congress asnins Lynn Banks, ulll who hive
cordially supported him ever Sincel 10 an answer
in direct terms whether Ito reports were true;
which liz rEelnptotly refused 10 DO aud al lltgtt
The Ex-Governor lluratgutl q cOHCOllse OF ulIi
zens at a public hotel, where he discounted up0ll
ltle platform Of The Know Nothing party, (Which
lie held IN Ills handy and asserted that II contain.
cd very good Dendcvatio doHitne Us lle understood
IT, lie expressed his glaIituJe at The saule time
10 a Wing editor who was present upon tle 0cUn'
sion, and WltuiS by some, supposed 10 have been
secured for future service BY Ibis pleasant puyet.
Ing Of the GoYethot. We shall see how Ibis may
TX II Tie eS tioyetlo Is tho Know Nothing candI.
Ilale,l lie sail, We are informed, that tlle edut
alluded 10 was lie only one 10 Fredericksburg who
had lefettel 10 him IN favorable eEnls.wlieh The
editor acklowlstpe with bow.
"lhis subsequent conduct Of Gov, Smith has
Confined Ills guardian Itenls In the opinou that
|; %as proper IL pass the resolutions referred to-
We believe that few Democrats can bu iVUlrl in
OF The adjacent counties, who do
not tenOuncC 1ncGuiSoCslly tho conduct oF Gov,
Smith,
So reads The "mattisl law' pronunoiamenIo
against eS.Cios. Smith, WIN he bend and knutkIe
under the lash Of these sef.cunstitute.l mletsil
Of Henry a, Wiso3 OF will he moi rather, as is
his wont, boldly beard them in tEvit deus. aud
dive them Trembling and screaming from his PTS.
ence' The muses. Of his party mo with hin in
heart, and their efforts will Uu with lin IN Ills
coming conflict with those who wish 10 rule him
Tho truth is, q great many asptIng Democrats III
Smiths District want 10 kill him Of by foul means
or fair, because they have fixed their longing eyes
upon his seat in Congress, and tlIeit impatencc TO
gel possession Of his slippers Is Of the most restless
and impotsuua,o kind Smith stands ii the way
Of their ambition, and Of course, II Is immensely
desirable 10 have Smith murdered al the earliest
hour. Hut Smith, we take Il, Is proof against any
attempt on his life by Tie tugenlsn Of WISE
And so The aspitanIs Of his party III his dlSIfcl
may hang thst hstps upon tho willow, and weep,
Smith yet lives, and viii long live, tile idol Of
his friends, 0lIl terror 10 his enemies,
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