Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1858-10-02
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TnE ELrcrrox M wAsnrxeros CousrY DIS.
TR1cr.-The election in Pennsylvania is drawing
on apace-next Tuesday week being the day
and as it approaches, the interest growsde
err In the district right over the line from5us,
that inexplicabe state Of affairs still continues.
Montgomery is the regular Democratic (Anti-
Lecompton) nominee, yet he will be supported,
it is said, land we fear with too much truth,)
bya good many Republicans, and will be Bit
terly opposed by considerable body of old
line Democrats. Knight, the Republican nom
inee of Washington Co, alone. has been rcgu-
larly repudiated by the official representatives
of his party in Fayette, and has received the go.
by in Greene And SO the matter stands.
But what will be the result2 The Mont.
gomery men pretend to be quite confident of
success, whilst, at the same time, knights
friends are very far from being without hope
Certain, it is, that if the Republican party is
only true to Mr.. Knight, as he has always been
true to them, he will be handsomely elected; and
if he is defeated, Republicans must blame
themselves. Another late polite dodge ofNIont.
gomery, has still more than ever increased the
growing Odium against him. He had, as is well
known, been writing letters to Republicans, in
reply to questions put, and especially his letters
to the FaYette co. committee, and so satisfactory
were his replies, that many good Republicans
were induced to abandon Knight and take up
Mr.. N. In all of these letters, too, he openly
recognized their right to question and his duty
to reply. Taking the hint from this, number
of the most respectable democrats in the
county get together and frame letter of
inquiry to him, presuming that he would
be at least as willing to reply to them rs he
had been to the opposition. The queries
are such, that if answered according to the
democratic faith, they must utterly repudiate his
pledges made to the Republicans; but if an
swered any other way, he must place himself
beyond the party to which he processes ale
glance. This was sad dilemmn;-answer them
which way he would, he must repudiate past
principles and betray promised friends. What
is to be done, thenfby the willy Congressman,
when so completely cornercd and penned up
Political destruction seemed to lie in his way,
whithersoever he fed. The questions must not
beanswered; but Unanswered, what would the
hundredsof voters, whom the gentleman repre-
sented think of such cold-shoulder treatment?
But, absolutely, they could not be answered,
L-----..~t. ti.e answers be aVolueuts Munt-.
gomery very adroitly procures Mr. James NJ.
Clark, one5of the committee of Democrats who
had written him the letter, to have it withdrawn,
and accordingly Clark writes to him requesting
thereturn of the interrogatories, So MOntgom-
cry is released from answering them.
This is rather the sharpcst specimen of politi-
cal duplicity that we have heard of lately. We
wonder thatit is tolerated by any set of men.
In the Examiner of this week, the Democratic
Committee address letter to the democrats of
the county, in which they plainly show up
Aontgomery's hand in the matter, and reflect
severely on Clark's extraordinaryaction
The effect of this expose must be to turn
many honest democrats from their adherence to
Montgomery. He is SO completely involved
that we cannot see how any man. or any party
can have the least particle of confidence in him.
Honest men may fairly unite upon Knight, and
twill DO lasting shame to any Republican
whoawill desert him now, when fidelity to him
will insure a victory.
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