Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1858-05-31
lTHE CoSsREssIoxAI CAMFAIox-7ao Prospee-

tiee Cd1lClitIdtes-IHe Zssue.-NOw, that the
County elections Throughout the State are over
and the petty exctenents, jealoases and feuds
incident to them are cooling down, or dying out,
the, question naturally comes up: Well, what
next? why, the next excitement on the tapis
is the Congressional campain, which will short
" set in: It's now full time for the primary
soundings in the matter, and we have no doubt
that in most all,the districts, a good deal~nf
beating around the bushes and general prospec-
ting has been going on In this 10th district
matters have been quiet for month past, caused,
in good part, by the heated conditions of the
local issues; such MS the adoption or rejection OF
school-aws and the general grab for the spoiis,
pickings and plumber of the county Offices
These small fry connections, aswe said, have
all been set arrest, at least so far as the puoic
are concerned, and the inquisitive and excite
mcnt loving dispositions of the voters are on
tho gui 0tce for n forthcoming sensation. The
first step. now, is for all parties. or factions in
tending to take a hand in the Congressional
campaign. to center upon their champions. Is
there, or is there not to be more than one cam
date? What are, to be the Issues? Is Leconlp-
ton to be made test of orthodoxy in the talked
lOOuL CduOlUdlCSE 1Alld1 l$SAf3 "'AN - ~ -
the candidate, or candidates? We have heard
very little about any of the prospective candl-
dates, for this long willie back, save the import
ant intelligence that Sherrard had fallen VIC
tim to an extensive blast from some member on
the Appropriation bill, and had, poor man,
keeled over on the lounge i'll an undignilied po-
stion, and slept away some three hours before
he knew what he was about
The great question, first and foremost, is: From
what end of the district is the imam Of DESTINY"
to come? Must he como, orrather may he come
from the North end-the South end, or the
middle of the 10th districts? Taking the letter
of the act entitled an act to amend an act known
rs the Blacksville resolution, passed at Mounds
Vile last February year ago, and 1t wonid
seem as if the candidate might, like n sponta-
neous combustion, break out anywhere. Under
such an Understanding it is more than likely
that each delegate to the next nominating con-
vcntion will come into the meeting with his
neighborhood lion on his back and al! blaze and
rampant, too, for his nomination. Everybody
knows that there are any quantity of patriots
willing to serve. The heavy increase, by adop-
tion to the ranks Of the faithful during the last
year or two, added to the natural born aspi-
rants, seems, at glance, to absolutely preclude
the idea of second term for the present in
cumbent, if it is considered an object at all to
keep down mutiny aud fuctiOus ramifcation.
It's all folly to think about bringing them all on
in the order either af their old or new BIRTH if
the two term process is to obtain There will,
in all probability, be some five or six competing
candidates for the nomination. We have al
ready mentioned the names of Clemens, Hay
mond, Oldham, Russell, and Langft. In addi-
ton to these, others, it is sad, are cherishing
hope."o We,even hear an intnation that our
friend Naylor, of Brooke, author Of the thesis on
niggers, has, like Simon Tappertit, "inard work
ms far above his station,' as County Clerk.
And again it was only day or two ago that we
heard the name lof Col. LorinS earnestly put
forward in connection with the nomination.
Everybody knows that he could sweep this up
per country, once Gas Foley, the Indiana Con-
grcss man, says) he was turned loase in the
district" -''a' -. 9' T-'a'H
Among the opposition there seems to be a
general sort of no-usc-to-try inertia prevailing
The enthusiastic stanza commencing, at will
never do to giveit up so,' has lost its quickning
power among the often discounted forces ofithe
opposition Huntington, the man who announc-
ed himself like so much patent medicine, on
small hand-bils has gone to oblivion, and, as in
the case of Jack and Gill, his supporters have
pretty near tumbled after. Still there is no tell
ing to-day what a revolution good first class
man might effect There has been, as we have
before remarked a silent, yet quite extensive
disentegraton Of parties going, OF, here in the
tenth district, just as there has beenin Missouri,
Kentucky and other Northern-Southern Slave
States son the subject of white labor versus
niger labor. This prepossession for, white mems
interests, alwaysexisted I'M the feelings of the
opposition and has been especially fostered blythe
sectional course Of the present administration;
.hy tho decided inclination which it has shown
to be controlled by the codnsets Of set of ultra
men, who would subordinate the interests of
large majority of their ownrace and color to
the supposed interests of meagre minority.
VI We say again and in conclusion, a|realization
of this last named fact has been brewing a
severance and disruption of party ties in this
10th district, which sooner or later will mani
est itself ss7t .s Jos.