Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1857-10-07
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rnE SENATORIAL STRUGGLE IS Nm6iTlt.-
The coming election by the Virginia legislature
of United States ScnatDH IN place OF Il. VI. i.
Hunter, the present Iincnul5cRt,-i is morefthan
ordinarily Interesting, as indicating the inuin-
sic weakness OF the P:eso,,s \ l",yi toss i.,s'
when IL happens IN any way to come 10 COLLISION
With the more ultra party Of slavery. propagan-
liSnl Here is VirSiIiia, a State nonnllly over
whcmingly Administrations! initS politics, and
yet its leading state officer, Governor W Use,
when he attempts 10 enforce party discipline,
or to gain personal and political advantage, by
enforcing party discipline upon refractory lire
eater, is ignominionsly Tcpuiscd aau91
Gov. Wise, as every one knows, is the mouth
piece of the President in Nirsinii His edicts
through the Richmond ,EaqHjre,' are theoretical
| ~ absolute and irreversablc. Gov. Wise is also
anxious to be the Old Dominion < next senator
I hut unfortunately Senator Hunter cheriShes the
same aspiration. Gov. Wise has in several re-
specIs the advantage of Senator Hunter; both
we're originally wings. but Wise is of more re:
cent extraction from the wing party--a dcci led
+, Recommendation with a modern "dcuHcrItic
administration Wise is impetunus, popular and
facc in manners aud flexible in principles
Hunter is more Romanesque in liis stflc, more
severe and diguiied, more useful as legislator,
less eccentric, but less acceptable to the mutt
tudc. To crown al, Wise has tho great rcqui
:sS=-,T ~.-,I,. ~.--~s ~ 49, ..'.-'i''iStH%tiv
whose Kansas policy he profess to understand
and approve.
Now on this point Senator Hunter is shaky
he refuses To commit himself either in favor o
the administration, or its whiting policy in
Eansas-and the organ Of Gov. Wise is, o.
course, delighted. Here is a chanceyto pUt far.
ward its niall-nOt for his sake but the party s
The EHYWjreT does not, however, openly insist
on the substitution of Wise, but it demands n
Hunter an uncquivocal declaration of his apprc
val of Buchanan, Walker Il Co, on pain of be
ing driven from the party, and losing his re-
election. Such has been the tone Of its clamor
reiterated for wcckS-hut, strange to say, Mr
Hunter, strong in his position as aleuder OF tn,
utraists OF thepartY, refuses to take the oath o
allegiance. Stranger still, the great body o
the party and the party press, with but two o
three exceptions, sustain him in his rccusancy
and there is every reason TO expect that Hunter
will be returned to the Senate, in spite of tht
strenuous opposition of Gov Wise and the Fed
cral administration.
"a What is the moral OF this? Simply that .ht
2 party now dominant in the NATIONAL Govern
mcnt has no strength whatever, when its p'lr
poses and interests appear to bcatvariancc viii
) rtonly hope OF retaining its aScculducy is per
manent and untaltcring fidelity to its sectiuna
lailicS.
I, MAcAuLAYs MENoRY.-A London writer give!
the following illustration Of Baron Macanlay'
tenacious memory AID happy turn lor apt quo
tation:
sat n breakfast recently gwen ut the hous,
OF distinguished auth0ress Lord CARLISLE mn,
Mr.. Macaulay were present. The conversation
Happened TO turn ON the catastrophe which oc
, Cured some months ago in Tottcnharu Cour
road. by the falling down oC three houses which
buried the inmates in theruins. The lady, VIII,
i'm her youth protested Deism, but-SBo in hel
senilty has legeneratcd into a sort Of Atheist
took occasion to talk in most reprehensIhl
Strain.with reference to this particular event 4
the great discomfort il not disgust of the histo
tiHn. He endured the inilictinn for n while hIi
Mt last turning 10 Locrl Carlisle, with lucra1s
~ VitcouS expression OF couhtenaEcC, hC rcp,sIt
ed tue lines
:" Here falling houses thunder roHt head.
. aud here female Atheist isfSs yau ,ltaL' = -s
The lines are in JohaSon's pOeAi Of London
Tins Greeabricr !fr,. ,says:-'sAs nsiial a
this season OF The year, large numbers OF ole
settlers are making preparations TO remoee 4
the West this Fall. Several of the best citizen!
in Monroe, inteiid elnbaTking for the Vest which
lis truly rrattrr of regret with Us. We WISI
all of them success in uirir new homes, bIi
igreatly fear that many Wlinl TOO late that tily
shave erred. -s-s
Nix. DIS MoRRIsox of Hot Spring county.
Arkansas has very extensive field OF corn, aiiG
going into it. a few days ago. he got be1 iltiertd
and lost, and wandered through the field foi
three days, subssiing ON green CORR He va.
found on the fourth dRy nv his neproaS