Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1855-02-05
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Wise aldtcsse,l lbo citizens or Prince Edwar1.--.
lie Is alteaiy worn and faded by tho canvass, nnd
Tho shadows Of coming doom arc upon him. us
anncatance Is geni,cmanly and attractive; ami al
though the matter OF his three hours speech
scarcely equaleh his high reputation, his audFess
|; good, and he is largely gifted with the % magma
soni,urun,, supposed 10 hc naturally HppIlIchah'
10 orators. With his well affected laugh ana itogc
attitudes, he seems 10 realize the boast o! shaR.
speale's "hghreacling buckingham"
"Tui, tan counterfeit the deep trsedian,
Speak, and !ooS back, and rry oneye!y Alde'
TtembIc and siaIt al waggns OF straw,
intending Le.p suspicion; CHASTITY looSs
Are al niy service, lik) nntoIeed smiesi
And boiIi are really III their Offices,
Al any time 10 grace nIy StEatasen.."
His notions Of State policy ate 50 repugnant 70
the O. lnuon sense Of the people, TINT his friends
endeayo, TO silence their scrnpIes by suggesting
that The Governor Of Virginia is so completely
shorn OF political power, as to render his peculiar
views Subjects Of pleasant speculation faihef lha',
PRACTICAL importance. lie advocates staIu a'lu
underlined system Of internal Improvements
stretching from Ohio anl Tennessee 10 lie sea-
board, AMI in,erlacel with ttansve'se roads lfom
North 10 South. As he does not sonchsafe - give
u, any specifications on Ills topic he Leaves Us 70
fesr thai he will feel eye:y hoise.lcecfi that tues
at lie ea,s OF the treasury, until It's las; rrd ce1
will vanish like butter "down the black dogs
throat" lie Is equally strenuous In iaSoI Of
magnificent Free School establishment, embracing
in due suborInaIon, on University, Colleges,
Academies, aud Common Schools, 10 DO locoleu o!
certain geographical points called "etHtFfs," ana
involving on exnense, which am moi master oil q
sufficiently powerful calculus 10 estimate. IN al'
dillon 10 this. he recommends the cfeation Of
State Agricultural School, in which, suppose,
some fortunate genius will revive the long 1881
arts OF sowing wheel, cutting hay, all planning
tobacco.
In Mt. Wise, we have to complain, mol OF a
want Of bodntss, bu, OF The absence Of !lnl'A'
tons and distinctness Of view 20 lhds II IS M
nosible 10 determine the amount OF eSpenIi'ute
which he proposes, fear that his ideas ME j0ggy;
lie seems 10 have lived
"Down by the dauk tarn OF Aubet
IN tic misty mid region OF WieF,"
and never, since lxion embraced cloud and
thought Il q Goddess, was man 50 enarGoured Of
the vapNry and unsubsaniial. liz is what ite
Latin e,amlnar calls e4Pius otfulis--iazzIel w
The glare OF his own gorgeous imasnnss, an! he
sropes his way 10 tho Gubernatoflal mansion Ike
"b!inl Orion hungry for the NOM"
John Quincy Adams wfolc poem enumeraing
"the wants Of man." which some shIew aIiiil.
metician ascertnine, would takc TIRE hnndrtddn
tirLty t,ro millions sir hundred and thirty four
thousand IRE hundred and fny three dollars 10 sat-
isfy. Oil Johnny O., 1t is we'll K own, always
kent q sharp lookout tor Nj. Wise, and probably
had him IN his eye rs 10 man OF nnbounded Slo.
mach" in the composition o! his famous pro'uc.
,ion. Untold millions would certainly be ftquEei
for the prosecution oil these extensive schemes oil
nub!,c schools and internal Improvements, These
considerations alum us. No. only those, who,
according to hackneyed phiase, which NJ. Wise
has conltscended to adopt, 'glip dol!Atso closely
that they make the csgie sc!eum;' Gu. our most
ihtro citizens, AMI especially holders Of our Slac
securities, justly apptchenslYe Of lniI;et dc.
cline, look with gloomy fofe6odings upon the pol.
icy which Mt. Wise proposes ID inausuTate. Not
were their moundsd sensibIliies at oil soothed,
when they heard the simple but yefy summary pro.
cess by which the imprisoned otato! designs 10
sustain, II necessary. the public credit, aud avert
Tie stigma OF reputation. This was 10 clay on
the iarfs-hy on the tares," md 10 cry out 10 re.
luctant victims: "gfoan, sinners, groun"
This is certainly plain Anslo.SoXOn, and may
pass for very deleCtablc wit among the boys that
stoned the ftogs. but however popular such Ian
enagc maybe el'ewhere, We can assure Nj. Wise,
that this exhaustive system Of 'l.pleilOn-thIS
bleeding al dtiiquium--by no mann"t o! means
C0nluc+s 10 the health OF comfort OF this connu.
nifty. liz issteately deceived il, relying upon tn
statement, os.enalOusiy placaIded m the streets
Of Richmond, Petersburg, and Norfolk, tia. trtTy
b,dy iakss Hobtnsaek's Liver PiHs and Worm Spr
up" he therefore Supposes. thot our perverted
taste will reject 10 polite II nOs,tum, however naU.
seous and disagreeable. Whatever conpl"isamce
VIC may show 10 d. Hob, nsack, il is dangerous to
tampel too FAT with our slumacC apparatus. Our
farmers ATE honest, but CT nseryauye; they scoEn
tepudlation, but they are not 10 be caoed into an
familiarity with the tox.gathetet His
face does not become more pleasant better &c .
Quain.ance, as Alr. Benton found the SeXton'S;
and os BarIaline SwoIe lie would hang tot no
mans persuasion, so the people ftSolrcd 10 gfoan
fOl no MANS satisfaction. They have no faith IN
visionary theories which take hom each ialher the
absolute conrol over the education Of his owh
child, and impose upon the State, The duties aud
responsibilities of ndivdunlS. These things they
regard as tending to what the Editor OF the En-
Quirer terms IAN agratAn' mud 'SOciaIIsic' Spift,
from any approach 10 WHICH his unconscious eau
didate should BE- duly warned.
Mr.. Wise was oil course quite protnse in his
denuncia!ion Of The Know NUlh!ngs, and sttatsly
exaggerated the merits Il the Catholics, IN the
person Of Cardinal l.ancton, Who, however he may
have aided The Bafons Of England in lheIt contest
with the KIM, never did anything for the common
people. O!nitins oil discussion Of Hunters Land
bill nnh lis Kindred topics, he concluded with q
complementary notice OF Nj. Bocock, whom he
said our citizens knew, and Of MI McComas, III
Tesut! 10 whom, he nigh, safely infer that oil Ol
US are know nollllnyS. ...
ONE or THE PEOPLE.