Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1858-02-11

7I0S.-Ia Jestesday,s telegraph It vas OhseETsd
that the name Of NJ. Clemens was not down
among those moderate and Conservative Nation
alDsnozats Who voted in coujuaetion with the
regular opposition in favor Of Mr. Harris reso-
Iution, which. for the sake Of clear understand
ing, We here insert. It is as follows:
''ResoEred, That the Message Of the President
enclosing the Constitution framed at Lecomp-
ton, IN the Territory Of Kansas, by convention
ofdelegates thereof, and the pspersaecOmPany-
ing the same, be referred 70 4 select Committee
Of Fifteen, 70 be appointed by the Speaker, and
that said Committee be instructed 70 inquire in-
10 all the facts connected with the formation Of
said Constitution and the laws under which the
same was originated, and into al such facts and
proceedings Is have tFanspired since the EOrUla-
ton Of sail Constitution having relation TO the
question Of the prOpriety Of the admission Of
said Territory into the Union under the said
Constitution, and whether the same is acceptS-
bic and Satifactory 10 q majority Of the legal
voters Of Kansas, and that said committee have
power to send for persons and paperH
1t will be seen in looking into this resdaution,
that the purport oft is to ascertain, undeniaby,
what are the actual relations subsisting between
the two parties in Kansas, and what are the real
circumstances attending the elections which
were held in that territory on the 91st Of Dec.
and 4th of Jan. ult. This WAS moderate and
just proposition and certainly in the face of all
that had lately come to light, concerning the
enormous frauds, as shown by Gov. Walker
and his Secretary Stanton, was most generous
offer on the part of those who were well con-
WINGED that the Lecompton Constitution was
paIpable cheat. II might have been expected
that every man, irrespective of State or section
of State, would yield ready support to q prop.
osition which could only give light-which, in
other words, II It could do no good, could by
no possibility do harm. The more readily does
this last idea present ITSELF when we recoIIect
that Col. Orr, the Speaker-himself South
CaroIinian-and as such, jealous for all that
conccrns the well being of the South, was to
have the appointing Of this committed But if
IL was unreasonable for even tile extreme South
ern members To deny themselves and their con-.
stitutents the benefits of such committee,
what shall we say Of such members as the
man from this district? He, 1t seems, cast in
his lot among the regular batch Of approved ul-
tras, and won't the entire animal
We expressed the hope some considerable
time ago that the member from the 10th Dig
trict would improve that opportunity which ey
cry dictate of common justice and true policy
sssn,i 80 clearly to invite. wspressnted the
case in both these points of view, hoping that
If the one did not prove effective the other
might But Mr.. Clemens seems not to agree
with the Grecian Magii. who long since laid
down the maxim that "to knoo m opportunity''
was one Of the seven essential parts Of all t1u.
man wisdom. Weneyer knew a more inviting
opening, in wfiichfat one and the same time, IL
was possible for man to do right-to do good
and withal, to further his own fortunes But
the member from this district has proved that
he IL not the "Btnff IF which heroes are made, .
but that he Is content to be as have been his
predecessors, tho mere tame distributor Of
garden seeds from the Patent Office, to
the voters Of the district, choosing rather, by
such means to win reelection tn an insipid
and automatic situation, than to win name
and fame for hinselfwhich should endure when
the hundredth reproduction of his seed fayors
shall have been laying rotten in the earth.
It Is evident that Mr.. Clemens, in the old
worn out channel into which he has taken him
SELF win come ont Of the present Congress per-
Iectly bereft ofanything upon which 70 ask re-
election. There Is ut least one, greatly his superb.
or in talent who has cspoused the side he has
taken, who can reasonably now expect the sue
censorship. And, say we 1.-THE time, ifweare to
have forever from the 10th district poor imita-
tors, whose study it is to do the bidding Of the
Valley and Tide water members then let us
have the best and most respectable material
which our market affords.
We are sorry for Mr.. Clemens, for we had
hoped that he would at least have made stagger
towards raising the standard of statesmanship
in this district. There remains but one chance
yet on this great issue; viz: the vote on that
constitution itself Neutrality-suspicious. and re.
port of that Select Committee which Speaker
Orr liz to appoint, may yet afford Mr.. Clemens
basis upon which to redeem this orninons first
step, We sincerely hope that it will, and we
arc equally az solicitous that he win give his
present stand against justice and 'tair dealing 4
careful reconsideration.
TaE Zanesyille Aurora, Buchanan paper,
says the Douglas papers Gin their complaints,
remind us Of the nursery story which the moth-
er tells upon the foes of her baby. Common.