Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1857-04-20
TuE AuGus.-CuAPrER ForRru-COxcLusroy
I'VE ,,tnrI, des1air of the orpan. Saturday

THE ARGus.-CHAPTER FoURTH-CoNcLusroS
We utterly despair of the organ. Saturday
morning it broke out in a fresh place, and came
down on Benton's speech at Washington Hall.
We believe the Editor was not present at the
delivery of that speech, but, of course, that
makes no difference, it was Benton who spoke,
and that was enough. He being supposed
apostatc from the ancient faith, the organ could
do no less than sneer at his effort, let its merits
be what it might. 1t occurs 70 us that here is
IN excellent pOintfor moral, which'is, that
the fate of the partizau journal must ever be TO
DRIFT in the current ofthe preiudices ofpartizans.
Whenever it attempts to stem the current, and
manirests aleaning to liberality, the charm is
gone, aud with it its occupation. The organ,
in its peculiar ingenious manner, quotes from US
to show that Mr. Benton had some sinister de-
sign in giving us a substitute for his Union
speech. Now, we disayow any such idea, and,
out Of respect for the understanding of the
organ, we cannot think that it did so mistake
us. Mr.. Benton stated that his speech was
written for New England as n counteractive to
disease, which disease did not exist here. In
other words, and, in our own mind, it was in
tended for that ''less than five per cent" of dis
unionis,n, which he said existed in New Eng.
land, aud had no application to the 95 per cent.
of loyalty, which he said he saw, not only
there, but everywhere he had been.
After having said this much, the organ goes
on to take Mr.. Benton to task for saying that he
opposed the Kansas Nebraska hill. Mr. Benton
did say so,--and that, in very eloquent and
mastery way,-and to his praise be itrecorded.
He wished it inscribed on his tomb stone, craven
in deep letters that he had voted against that
plot which precipitated upon the country the
bitter agitation that followed He knew the
men who concoctcd the schc,ne,-he knew the
unprincipled ambition which had sought to
make it the means of political advancement
In his place in the House Of Representatives he
denounced it in no measured terms.
There is another thing TO observe while speak
ing of this, and the 4,gvs can put it in its pipe
for leisurely smoke; and that was, when Mr.
Benton spoke that sentence of condemnation of
the Kansas Nebraska bill, that intelligent WASH
ington Hall audience gave him hearty applaud.
To conclude the organ talks Of Benton "Sitting
up to teach Union sentiments in one latitude
that he feaIs to teach in another" Benton is
not the man, to quail before any set of men, nor
many section of the Union, or to hesitate in ex-
pressing his mind upon any topic, He is known
to possess not only moral, but physical courage.
Last summer, he bearded the fire-eatcrs in their
den, and traycrsed the Atchison aud Stringfel-
low parts Of Missouri from one end TO the 9TH
or, and never honted single phrase to- suit their
ears.
We have said this much, not out of any cspc-
cial regard for Mr.. Benton, hut because we be.
lieve tito be due the public to know the habit
ually one sided practice which the Wheeling
Argu' has of reporting or commenting upon
any subject against which it has partizan pre-.
judiCe.