Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1859-10-25


lis now in the second stage o.. the. panical
progress and5nearing the line of decadence5at
that. We have had the melting cause; viz
Brown and Co.'s seizure of the Arsenal stops
page of the trains-munIments Of war-imS
are now, and have been for some days, seeing
Ethegaction direct, viz: an overshad oWing hyss
terrain which Judgment, sitting on her throne,
looking steadily at the fact Of fifteen white and
five orzsix negro men engaged in a riot, and
calmly composing their insane insignifcance,
lissuddenly overthrow by the rush. against her
Of leach furious fgary Of fancy diseased"
snufing blood they rush, and bursting with
the wild alarum Of war.
TnE Democrats in disguise, Of the Times are
coWardly men. There is. no more openness or
manliness in theirpo political dealings with epub-
lie, than rprivate transactions with
US. They have seizedupo heopportunity which
the Harper's Ferry riot has given them, as they
think, towork upon the excited mind Of the
public to ourprejudce and their advantage. For
instance, in all that they have had TO say about
the rot, the plain and unmistakable intent has
been MOTTO point moral, but to cast odium on
us and our principles, making itlappear that
there is connection between our. principles
and those of the rioters that We are responsible
for such outbreaks, and that We ourselves would
be open rioters or aiders and abettors of them,
| if We only dared. This is the impressionsex>
actly, which these scowardly Democrats, nsdis
guise, are now exerting themselves TO make
and are the very words they would wish to say
II they only had the courage. For instance
yesterday, in speaking about Gerritt Smith, the
famous abolitionist, who ran against Gov. Nor.
gan, the Republican nominee, and Parker, the
Democratic nominee for Governor of New. York,
last fall, and who didn't receive Eve thousand
votes, the Democrats, in disguise, say
Heis butthe type of many-some of whom
we have among uS-men of one idea, and vet
capable of great mischief and injustice.
To see exactly the motive these disguised
patriots had lin view in making this covert allu.
sion, we have on1yto read to the next para>
graph, which, after calling ion all good citizens
to unite and put down the thousands Of old
Browns who are lowering around and over
US, modestly gives out that
We shall labor heart and soul in this cause;
and hope to receive the advice and assistance OF
all true Virginians in our section of GU: State.
This reminds us of the followi ng paragraph
which we published last week from the Taun>
ton (Mass) Democrat and which comes nearer
Illustrating the paltry gain which these Times.
patriots would make out Of serious matter
than any thing else wc can at present call to
mind. The paragraph was this:
There lived once in New Haven colorcd
brother, well known for his piety, and highly
esteemed for the excellence of his oysters
There wassa gathering of the Saints" on some
an unusual concourse The good man reflected
that the honestpenny which he usually turned
might be changed into two.pencc, if the breth,.
rem could be made to understand that not only
were his Shell fish good but that the hands
that opened them. though apubican's were not
a sinners. He hit upon this cxpedient, which
was certainly original, and have no doubt
eitectual: at his door he put up this sign
"Oysters, fried, stewed, and in the she'll Friends
OF the Redeemer are requested to call"
This is the principle that governs the Demo-
Gratis, udisguise, of the zlmes, exactly. They
haYe oysters for sale, any anything that will
draw is a good card for them
We assert our belief, in all sincerity, when
we say that no persons in the country gave a
heartier welcome TO the news of the outbreak,
than did the canting, cowardly Democrats, in
disguise, of the Times. Now is the time to sell
our oysters, thought they.
Iris said that corporations have no souls
4 We should judge that some of them would be
left without bodies were such claims allowed as
the following, an account. of which we take from
the London Insurance Gazette for September
The case was tried in Liverpool It was. an
action against the Phenix Life Assurance Com.
mar Nv r. T,k,~ T
alleged to be due him for services. Mr.. Lea it
seems, bad been engaged for many years in. pro-
noting the interests of life assurance societies.
whereby he doubtless feathered his own nest
lie was5quite successful drummer" having,
in short time, forwarded proposals, 10 the
home offices for e7oo worth of insurances, upon
which his commissions could have been no less
than 200. His efficiency, doubtless, rendered
him "an object of interest" to the managers Of
the Phoenix, and they appointed him chairman
ofthe company for the term of Eve years, ala
salary q 8loooper dnnuna, i'll too guineasq
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