Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1859-09-19

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Tue DEuocaAoy-the Buchanan. kind-are in
trouble. That "Protean Hidalgo" of a Rebel
DouSlns ism the field with all his strength, and
is everywhere turning the tide in favor of him
self There is not single mode or artifice Of
political management that he has not adopted to
to make himself the fayorite of the present SOW
reign party of this nation. To tell the TRUTH
honestly, and without fear or favor, he is ma
king furious havoc amongst the army OF our
lawful ruler and High Chief Magistrate, James
Buchanan. Day by day, his rebel standard is
focked to by new recruits. As the bulletin of
of each day appears, it tells of anotherznegspa-
per or another politician surrendering to Doug
las.
Indeed, with all the newspapers and politi-
clans already in his service Ito say nothing of
the innumcrable Douglas Clubs organizing all
over the land, and the many Douglas mass
meetings, whereat the Little Giant" himself,
leads to the attack, in person. we can scarcely
anticipate anything else than Douslas' success,
we mean, of course, his success at Charleston.
That viii be miserable dose to Buchanan and
his party ofioyal supporters Standardization
would then be rather JOY to them. Sooner,
they would say, let us have consistent, con-
scientious enemy to "ruIe and reign over us"
than treacherous deserter.~5li
Douglas strategetical tactics are founded up
on the principles of coercion. He rules Gf we
may SO speak) by fear; and not by favor s'Rue
or.rdin" is the watchword which he puts into
the mouths of his band of faithfuls, and where.
by, Gideon.like, he expects to rout the whole
host Of Midianitcs. It is hard for the unsophs-
ticated and simple minded to come to under
stand what vast power there is in those words
Thcy3do wonders They are the. prime maxim
of political success. Denagogueical they may
seem; yet they are powerful, aud Douglas, who
works upon that rule, intends shortly to de.
monstrate it to Mr.. Buchanan and to the world.
II he goes into the Charleston Convention
with anything like espectable.anumbcr Of
votes, Cand we expect to see him go there with
the largest number Of all the candidates,) We
look to see him play more stubborn game than
he did at Cincinnati in '56, when he authorized
hissconvenient friend Richardson, to Withdraw
his namc He is going to make an obstinate
fight, depend upon it. If he don't win, it will
beo6ecause there is more pluck in Southern
delegates than they have ever yet,shown.
Mr.. STURGEON has got himself into sad dis
gracewith the London Press. at the ceremony
of1laying the foundation stone of his new taber!
naclc, it seems, his deacoDs refused admittance
to every representative of the press, cxccptthe
gentleman sent by the Times. 1t is found that
this. was deliberately done, Mr.. Spurgeon hav-
ing been much offended by recent articles and
paragraphs concerning himself A clever scene
was enacted at the ceremony. A gentleman
went up to the stone and put down notes for
$4,000. "There," he said, "f any party or
parties will subscribe as much, Twill make it
e6000." Wonderful to say four or five per-
sons stepped forward and made up tho required
amoant. Mr.. Sturgeon himself led off with a
hundred pound note. How did it happen that
all these people had so much cash about them ?
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The SPIRrrUALKsTs are building n hall in
Perry county, Pennsylvania, for the purpose of
holding Grand National Congress of Spiritu-
alistS and forming heavenly circle in the
other world to govern the spheres and circles
there and communicate with those or. earlh:'
Theihall will be finished during this MONTH,
and. the Congress will be held about the middle
Of, next
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lTHE Providence Journal welcomes back the
citizens from their Summer retreats. 1t says
'iWe have taken good care of old Providence
for you, and We welcome you back to its clean
streets and orderly government, and its social
pleasures. And we are only7sorr oladd to the
little folks that the schools are ravenousiy open,
audsto their fathers that the tax collector is
impatently waiting for theln.'
All the difficulties in the Democrats: party
in.New York having been "amicably settled, y
ttietwo factions are sending rival delegations to
the State Convention. The difficulties in New
York Democracy are settled about as often as
the slavery question, and with much the same
effect
IL Texas, Runnels beut Gen. Houston in a
former race, and that was claimed as a Demo.
cratic.victory. Now, says the Louisville Jour
nal, the case is reversed; Houston defeats Run
nesi md this is shouted for as an Administration
triumph.
THEiNos Orleans Crescent improves on that