Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1859-09-13
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HOW H1ssPEBCH IMPRESSED ONE OF HIS HEARBRs.
Correspondence q: the wheeling 1ntelllgencer1
CNcnNATf. Sept, 10, 1859.

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After sufficient amount of noise and thun-
der, ia the wy Of { posters" bills, &C., the
Hon. Stephen fA. Douglas made his appearance
1t Court Street Market Place, last night He
was announced TO speak on Thursday evening"
but Geographic dispatch from Day ton said he.
was ..sickn andscoald not come. am inclined.
to think it was sickness in "the party" that.
detained him, as there is considerable of u
.muss up there in the ranks of sthes faithiul;R
two scandi running for tlle State senRte,
md t1els las if George E. Pughs might 6etheI
loser in the coming contest for United States
such diFisfo he meeting was
he'd sthaeastend Of the Market House, andsa
Iproniscuonss crowd ofSabout &C. 600 assembled
to hearrhim. "Butmillers Hotelnscn the North,
the "Bevis' Honsenz ontthe South, and the Mar
ket House on the West, were thronged with,
men; women and children.
Fire works formed an attractive feature OF
Fthe night; and, as is usual in all Democratic"
popular assemblages, were the feature of the
meeting The Giant was late arriving, not
till 81 o'clock, and the long suspense was inter-
trupted by yelling, swearing, and extcmpora-
neous harangues from different orators Of the
party. One Sgood old Rye" Buchanan Demo~
crat; who t1voted for Jackson and with a
'mug" redolent.ast rose. pot, got considerably
off the track, and bad to beled aside by gen.
d'dsMs ofsthe Post Office. s
Take it all in all, there was big crowd, great
jamlning, an awful noise, and Impression
made by the speaker. It was failure. As .
driver Of words rs asybold disclaimer, as a
5raphsoding orator. as. a. contcmner of facts, an
impctuous projectile-great in brain power,
drawing his intellectual armament from
rood, and aincongruous rafting of facts, false
hoods sophistries and arts; rushing ut ram
dom here, and knocking down by vio-
lent bolt there; for all these. say, he can
beat any man ever heard. For philosophical
scope Of. comprehension, for calm and statesman
like address, united with purity of style and
force of dictiou, he is no where the equal of
William II. Seward, or Salmon p Chase
Withal, he is a peculiar man. In standing be-
fore him, listening to his furious onsets on the
truth ofhistory, hearing him read his garbled ex=s
tracts, and pronounce his perverted conclusions;
watching the eager promptitude with which he
wilturn an act oflegislaton against him, for him;
observe the alacrity with which he will make
the most violent and opposite systems of policy
and legislation balance and hartnonize; and the
conviction is irresistible that the man is really
60Hesc, and that is naturally compounded of
such elements, thatshe cannot realize the mon
strous anomaly he is, in the moral laws of the
universe.
His speech contained all of Douglas-nothing
new-5za rehash of people governing them
seves"-'' non-interyention by Cengress"-ene-
my:o the Union-the glorious sisterhood of
States Of which is old, and stale, and is refu
ted and crushed down by the united testimony of
every department of the government, Executive,
Legislative and judicial, for more than 60 years.
Douglas is a failure, mind it Istergention
against slavery, or for twill be the issue. He
cdn't keep his middle ground unless the Republic
cans go to him, which is not likely, and the South
viii not go to him;-he is about half right-he.
can't stand there his position is untenable--he
must fall North or South.
The Mechanics Fair is now open at Pixies
Opera building, and the Horticultural at Palace
Garden. They are thronged with visitors, and
a brass band at each enlivens the exhibitions,
and contributes to the attractions of the day.
The night is the pleasantest time to visit The
rooms are brilliantly lighted, and ''fair women"
with starry face, add to the radiance Of the
scene. Yours, j. B. Nc.