Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1857-12-02
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spEs wIru TnE UrTE4s.-The glare me
mid day sun sheds no more light upon the lucu'
brations of our partizan neigh6or next 1o9.'
.han did the Pickering of his midnight gas hgn''
formerly Day or night, he seems TO DC oete,
mined to go it blind with the ultr"s' AccOru-
;n.ly No find him coming to the defence OF the
recent action Of the Kansas Constitutional ooH-
,.o,,ion. and in direct variance with the most
prominent party lights, north, pronounces !Le'F
,.orle GOOD. constitutional and democratic
senator Douglas, who conceived and Matched the
Kans,s and Nebraska bill, and who ought to
understand its purpOrt, pronounces that ms
reconcile the6 NOW; We as not and Will net
believe that the Argus is so blind. What is the
use of prating about popular sovereignty, day
in and out, if it is thing to be shirked so cast
". But here is the defence of the ArguS, a rare
gem in .''nrtful lodging" it is too.
THAT act ignored all descriptions of extra
Territorial influence, and acknowledged the per-
feet right Of the citizens of the Territory to form
their own domestic institutions in their own way
and to suit themselves. This they have done.
They called together a convention to frame for
them a constitution. In the exercise of the
powers delegated to it, the convention has
M0ught 10 best nat to submit the whole instru
ment to the people for ratification.
Now, what right had that convention to think
at JeNt not to submit the ,eAOZe instrument to
the people for ratification" When, in this
democratic State Of ours, we once and a whilO
make new convention do we ever fail to sub
nit to the people? No. The fact is that our
neighbors defence can only be compared with
that facility for which one of Shakespeare's
4. AL Al
in short space OF Time.
Here is parallel case which we submit to
our neighbor as rather striking picture of his
situation:
HAMLEr.-Do you see yonder cloud that's al
most in shape of Camel?
PoLoNIUs.-By the mass, and tits like camel,
indeed.
HAMLEr.-Methinks it is like weasel?
PoLoxIus.-It is bodied like weasel.
HAMLEr.-Or like whale?
PoLoNlus.-vcry like whale.
Now let the Asyus tell sn whether its darling
bill is like a camel, weasel or whale. 1t
surely don't resemble them all.
EVERY DAY LIFE PARAGRAPms.-In the ques-
ton and answer column in NOah's Times and
Messenger for this week, we find the following
paragraphs:
"What books would you recommend to q
Young man who desires to acquaint himself
thoroughly with history, law, and politics!
have the necessary leisure, and l want to go
about the matter systematically, with the view
to proficiency IN politics. want to begin at
the beginning,-that is where a young man
should begin. who has graduated in college?
AJlsper.-We have frequently recommended,
and it applies to your case, tho careful reading
Of the Bible, aside from religious considerations,
rs great record of history, literature, and mo
rails: and, MS you advance in its perusal, follow
up any suggestiOns'Or incidental points rcqur-
ing information as they may arise, thus prOvl-
ding thread on which to come Mt your studies.
As you approach our own times, any OF the
standard histories, including mainly, French,
English, and American, and such law books as
Blackstone's Commentaries English, and
Kents Commentaries on American Law. You
will not have proceeded far b. fore you will be
quito able to guide yourself in such directions
as you desire most to be informed.
QueTy.-"I go to the theatre with two ladies,
and after the performance one of them meets
an old acquaintance, supposed to be gentle
man. After an introduction, we all go to a
saloon, and have supper. pay for 1t, come
out and find it raining. Our new friend pro-
poses carriage, and invites MS to ride at his
expense, our homes being in about the same di-
rection Was it a gentlernanly offer, or was the
other lady justified in telling him it was not,
and bidding him good nightl
ARSOeF.-The ladies' are under your escort
from the moment Of your setting out to the
moment of your return, and the grating of It
third party, who is not familiarly known to all,
of you, is in questionable taste, and very likely
to lead to such embarrassments as that you
have stated. No introduction should have TAX
en- place on such chance meeting. The gem
tIenan should have refrained from accompany
ing you to supper, and, although he had shared
in that, it was not in good taste for him to pro-
pose to be at the charge of a vehicle to convey
home the ladies whom you had invited OUT
The lady, whether justified or not iii declaring
her sentiments MS to his conduct, was entirely
correct as TO the view she took of the proffer,
a. we arc entirely opposed, as our answers uni
formly show, to the free aud easy manners of
many Of the "young gentlemen" who flourish
about town at public resorts. &c Our censuVe
is not merely Of the individual in this case, but
applies TO the whole class whom he represented
on the occasion you have described.
Here is whatwe suppose the Whceling Times
would call a 'high lif' paragraph: /
sitcusto,nary fora gentleman 70 shake hands
ON being introduced to a young lady in a draw
ing room? Also, is it proper to shake hands
on being introduced to several young ladies con.
secutivelyg Also, on leaving the drawing room,
it being the first tune the gentleman has
called: