Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1856-09-05

short the infection becomes more general, and
IS II seems in the two We now subjoin, the bea-
con lights themselves are in the pit for the
amusement of the public. One advantage in il,
The people VIII have pretty extended biosra-
ptieal knowledge Of the notables of the day, as
wen as a tOlera6le insight into the tricks Of the
pen andink trade:
s=s-l-i From The X. Y. Courier.
ave do not aIlude TO this subject (thRt is, the
subject Of Mr.. Fremonts bfrthplace) in conse-
,queuee OF any apprehension Of injury which our
candidate may suffer from the scurrihty OF the
Express, or because OF the annoyance which
hisfarniiy may feel at this wonton and ungen-
ttensnIy interference with their domestic affairs;
because, politically, we are well satisfied that
Col. Fremont is benefited by the groundless
assaults made upon him, while ladies' of the
World never expect gentlemanly conduct from
those who have been born without the instincts
of refinement and whose associations through
life have not been such as to supply the defci-
sncies ofnature. The humble poor, as rule,
are born with instincts Of kindness and with
gentle natures, and with love Of truth and a
regard for Justice which ultimately secure to
them the confidence aud regard of those with
whom they come in contact, and fit them for the
various stations To which their qualifications
are sure 70 elevate them. But there is also
vicious poor-persons whose natures have be-
come degraded, and who in the miserable lot to
which vicious habits have consigned them, give
birth to offspring, that from the cradle upwards,
develop the vices and the infany of theirparents.
Conceived in the crime and born amid the sur
roundings Of vice, it Is not matter of surprise
that the habits engrafted upon such stock,
should be inSeparable from the nature of the
child. We do not look for the Race-horsc of
England from the Dray-H Horse stock of Flanders,
no matter what training we may give the colt
the Black Cattle Of the Highlands do not become
the Dairy Stock Of Durham or Devon, even when
transplanted to more genial cline; and the off
spring Of vicious and vulgar, and groyeling hui
mainly can rarely be converted into gsntls-folks.
Education can, and does do much; but man is an
animal, and he who has not blood of gentle
nature and honest heart in his veins, can never
be.Felied on for geHtL6manly department. Train
ing does much, but mans instincts are inialible
and blood tells in him as much as in the lower
animals, with this advantage he may, by
strong will, override and keep down his nature,
and transmit 10 his posterity that nature, soften
ed, refined and Christianized by his mental SUI
perioFity. But woe to thechilden ofvulgar mind
ed and vicious parents, who seek not to change
their natures They are the seed whence spring
the thorns that beset the paths of the world;
they are the authors and folnentors Of all the dis
cord which deranges and disorganizes society;
and to them and their offsprings does the great
Enemy of Mankind look for his agents to war
against Mortality, Christianity, and the Peace
of the world God have mercy upon all such,
and give them power to change their nature
and to their offspring as little of the old leaven
assis possible to be transmitted from such
fountain head
From the ExpTsss.
Who Is this mad, again, ~-.who nauSeateS us
with the thoneSt blood" in his veins? Can il be
the same editor who sold himself, politically, if
NOT personally, body and soul, not many years
since, for the sum of ffty.tw thousand dollars2
Ah sir: better to live among the "humble poor"
IA thousand times better,-than that the finger
of scorn should be pointed at one, all along the
pathway oflife, as but just SO mush merchandise
inmotion, mere 'mess pottage," in the form
of a human being,-with only pocket where
.sprinciples" should be. To sell out oneself for
S52, 600 cash, is good way to get suddenly rich,
perhaps, but are the kind of men who thus bring
themselves up 10 the SHAMELESS the class who
may safely advertise the public Of the ''honest
blood" in their veins? Hardly, sir,-hardly.
"Instincts of kindness, y ssgentle natures " and
acourteous regard for "ladies Of the world, are
phrases man has no business with who, as we
have shown, has scrupled not TO insult helpless
woman in tho absence other protector, who,
as in the matter of the Innan and Willis letters,
.--Ietters temporarily entrusted to his custody
has outraged every instinct of kindness" yio-
lated the most sacred obligations of friendship
wantOnly dragged before the world the private
correspondence, in part, of another lady,-whO,
in this case, unfortunately, did not happen to
have protector, as close on the heels Of this
"retined Christian gentleman, as she who had
previously been tho object Of his "inallible in
stincts.n The conduct of the Courier Editor in
that disgracefnl business, it is well known, sent
one broken heart to an early graye,-and scat
tered wide the seeds Of distress within the little
circle Of survivors into witch his eternal craving
for hsocial position had, serpent-like, led him.
az fhfa ma it, hn ha --6arh talk
write. and bluster, TO US about assaults upon
ladies" and "ungentle-manly interference in do
sInestic affairs!" outupon such cant and hypo.
sri .syi,,s h.h,, y i. con.,.. ,o,,a lad :.
TO believe are traits which do not pertain to the
character OF its Editor,-the man who was main
sly Instrumental in bringing to fatal climax the
: memorable quarrel between Messrs. Graves and
Cilley, the history of which is still too fresh in
public remembrance to be recalled on this oc-
casion. Had James Watson Webb never been
born, Jonathan Cilley, it is not too much to say,
would never have gone down to his grave a nur-
dere3 man. t
Moreover, it i'll becomes the alder and abetter
of the mob that drove still another lady-a Mrs.
WoodG from the stage of the Park Theater to
heideprecating now the "vicious and vulgar"
The bully, to-day, is doubtless pretty much the
same bully he was in 1884. Training" in his
case, alasl has not done much, dedication no.
thing at ALL convert him into one of the
"geStls.f0lks" y 5sEEz
We have already about used up all the space
wecan afford, just now, to devote to so worth
less subject-yet we cannot refrain from beg
ging the public's pardon, for thus condescend-
Ing At all to handy words with person whose
misconduct subsequently placed him in the po-
sitionsof CONVICTED ERLoN,-only saved from
hard labor in the States Prison, by the timely
interpretation of Executive clemency But for
GoveFnor Seward, everybody knows that the
gentleman % who now lectures US on nMor-
ality,s' 'Cbristanity," and "Peaee, had the
Law taken its coursc,-wonld have had to serve
anapprenticeship to the State, in breaking stone,
or picking wool, or making hats, at Sing Sing.
It was, Horace Greeley, we believe,--the same
Greeley, that now is one of Webb's political