Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1857-10-14


writer, to whom the EditorsIof the Enquirer
have given conspicuous place in their columns,
seems determined that Senator Hunter shall not
retain his seat i'll the. Senate after his present
term. lie says:
Senator Hunters peFtinaeious retir:aee seems
to be proof against every shell, editorial or
eD5s'odJrg that has been lcveilei against ii, ami
II is therefore fair 20 presume that hC has fully
made sip his .nind tn remain Si!rnt In this
event it IS high time, think. for the friends Of
Administration in Virginia to be EASING ahont
fo. :, candidate to represent Them in the Semitic
Of 1h,, United States, wiDwiil not have the sane
hesisaney and reluctance 10 put the country IN
possession of his sentiments that Mr.. Hunter
has betrayed.
Failing to agree upon Mr.. Wise. the writer
suggests to the Democracy Of the State, the
propriety of looking beyond the restricted linn
its of sectional division for u suitable cnndi-
date 10 represent them III the Senatc of the
United States, and il such an one can he found
in the mountains, better qualified for this czait-
el post than another, residing wheresoever he
may, to cloth him with the honor Of represent
ing the sovereignty Of the Old Domination in The
councils Of the nation.
,
rate about until they get round to Fairmont, aud
there perhaps pick up on. Ey Congressman, the
Doctor. lie appears to have been born in the
fall Of the moon, and shouldn't he surprised
II hcar Of his nomination. "Twonll, as the old
women. say, be Just lis luck"
This writer is a most comprehensive f.lio"'.
He l., manning every port hole that can possibly
play upon poor Hunter, Any body, 50 lie isn't
Huater, is his idea. Listen ut him.
Shculd this suggestion not meet with the IA
ynr Of the Democracy, then, as a son nf the Old
Dominion, and deeply interested in her welfare
would invite attention TO Judge John W.
Brochenburough, Of Lexington, Va, whose tai
I.:itS qualifications and true devotion to Democ
r1ry, would render him most acceptable candi-
date to the party, throughout the broad limits
0f the State.
we confess to rather liking of the above
suggestion.
Eut here is paragraph which lets out the
whole drift aud aAia4s Of this decided anti
Hunter man.
"If. However, no concert Of action can he had
through conventional mediation, and Mr.. liua-
49, c~;.:nd$ decline To Withdraw him from the
contest lI favor OF JUL nrnclenhornti..h. or
- o'h"r gentleman, then the reSpOn>iDn,,,
81 Z
own shoulders Its ccrtlin that Mr. Hunter 5
re-ccrtinn will he h6tiY contested 'nls.. he
,toSss his Aqni, aud ii is equally scr ain, that
Cos. Wiscs friends, Il. TIER eee,H, will, whether
authorized or not, press l' election.
On 'h 50 this is regular game Of head,
win, tails you loss" which, being interpreted,
means If poor Hunter don't speak ont he must
20 over boar! as a rccusan,; if he does speak
ont, why-it make; no difference: that is, he's
a goner in any event Poor Hunter.
But FINALLY. at last" surprising by some
accident or other, all these Hunter traps should
fail,
"Thcu would propose that the Legislature
about to assemble PosJ.onc action upon the
Senatorial question, until their Successors shall
have been chosen. It should be remembered
that there is really no pressing public necessity
for tie election Of Il Senator by the existing
Legislature at all"