Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1858-08-20
.rhe r,Ildest nannered man
"-The n1iideSt hammered man 5fs,
That ever made q speech or cured sore throat,
with such true breeding OF gentleman, =
You never could divine his reaV thought.
Pity he so loved dOmestic'5 lies sweet quiet, he
Would add 30 much to Richmond'S good society -

Would add 30 much to Richmoud'S good society."'
Meanwhile, some wicked wag was busy man.
ufactIringiand circulating report that Kansas
had accepted 4ecompton, and putting on foot a
The bait took, and the rogue who had thus
busted himself, no doubt chuckled with Mark
Anthony:Ialut szl,!t 7sH sts .:itff
asA is'Now, mischief, thou art afoot, ~ 5 -
IT,ssaf ie Take what course thou wilt" z.ss-;
% The unsophiSticated unwashed swallowed the
ldeliciOuSly sugaredpil Itwas Just the news
they wanted toihear, and in the excitement OF
the moment all crowded for the Court House,
Well, the crowd got together and organized
themselves Into Committee Of the Whole on
the safety of the Union. The committee drafted
resolutions aud read Them. The resolutions
| Sublimated James Buchanan into the fifth story
of the seventh Democratic heaven, aud doomed
Know Nothingism, with its reasonable con,
lcOmtants, to the lowermoSt basement of Tar.
tarean darkness. The people sanctioned, saved
the country, appiauded, and began to feel very
happy generally The time came for speaking.
and there could be but one voice aSto @hu
should be the orator of the day. The Doctor
was called for. He had never been known t.,
refuse. He could not refuse now. He arose,
and in his happiest manner responded nearly as
follows: a .l
THE DocToR's sPEEcH:
| sFezzow Citizens III cannot express to you
address the sovereign people of this county,
Thisis great occasion.-NFith the ,livelest sat.
iSfaction, with the warlnest gratitude towards
James Buchanan, with the most profound regard
| t'lr the U, s, Treasury, 1 announce to you and
to the world that Kansas, that eyesore of Dem
Ocratic administrations, where blood and treas
ure have flowed like milk and honey, has at last
consented to come into the Union with all the
privileges, immunities, and peculiar institutions
of slave State. Applausel Yes, fellow citi
zeps, Kansas is now one of the glorious States
of this confederacy. | congratulate you on the
final settlement, of all those troubles that have
agitated the country during four years past
| CCheersl ii;
Fellow citizens. Democracy is a great thing.
| It is wonderful thing. There tis,notbing like
lit tits the philosophers stone. Aud say to
You TO day, as James Buchanan once said on a
similar occasion, If there were a drop Of blood
in my veins not Democratic 1 would let tout.
/ (Gries Of "Good' But there are traitors in
our camp. "Hear!' Gov. Wise has Joined
the Know Nothings, aud is now leading the
Richmond Enquirer by the nose into the dark
recesSes of AbolitiOnisIn.a Douglas, who could
have been President in5'6O, is now in open re
IbelliOn against the Government; which has de-
lclared him outlawed and has offered aprice
for his head. tSensation Now, fellow citii
Zens, you have II duty to perform. You must
mark these rascals; and I.saY to youin the words
of the eternal Jackson, give 'em thunderI'--
I repeat 1t, gentlemen, "Give 'em thunder II
| Tremendous sensation
Fellow citizens. my hair running his fingers
through his long sandy bristleSl is siiyerins
with the fosts of age Through tue storms Of
thirty years have stood by the Democracy
and 1t has stood by me. 1 have supported It
and it has supported me: I have worked the
wires and Its wiresshave worked me-inta office
and out again. I have lived democrat and
will die one; il the Democratic party lasts till
then; and though, as;Isaid. my hair Is tingetf
with silvering years, I will never desert my
country. [Cheers Twill never refuse to serve
the Democracy;s for, IN the language of Jake
Spear, Is M
"Iiovd my Country ths daasess shs hes vassea,..
and I always expect 10 1hile the North Pole
stands sndWays and the needle points towards
the centre of gravity. Cheers Dema E6gues
are Echerning the ruin Of rthtE fslnotracy, and
beardless boys assuming To- uids the sIilp5o
State, and though am advancing in years aud
would glsdly eRdimys days in domestic happiness
and depart for that unexplored region Of cduns
try from whensf as Paul tells us, nobody ever.
gets back cannot be deaf 10 the. calls oflIny
country. Il must fall, viii fali ElorioaSly
i'm her service; and u my yttieft, wllatia
TALL thai viii De e, Yes when the contest tlick
ems around me and the foes of DeihocTacy are.
fendeayorfns toihterFupt the circulation. Of my
breath, and gonge my organs Of vision Il jwilT
let drive into the short ribs fsKn0vvnothiaSiSm,
and like the great Geote Washington d The