Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1859-09-13

TUESDAY 4aS1 ~ IL, 1859.
~ largest DAILY. TRr.5vxEK1IY, AND WrrII.S
CIRCULATION, oE . ANY PAPER N WH n
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THE Washington States day or two ago,
withlitsicharacteristic ultfaism, began tothreat.
ed ''political death those membsrs of the
southernopp position elected to thenext Congress,
who should presume to refuse to vote for the
Democratic candidate for the Speakership. It
treated us to alsthe old stale threats as to what
the South would do if the organization of the
House of Representatiy was not peaceably and,
by default surrendered into the hands Of the
Democracy. For the benefit of the States ne
will relate to it little experience of cur own, DUR
ing that exciting canvass for the Speakerstip in
1866; which resulted in the election of Banks
of Massachusetts,. We were travelling in Upper
Missouri, which. atithat time was in o. state of
hot excitement about kansas matters. AT St.
joe, Weston, Liberty, Lexington and other
considerable towns, we used to listen daily in
helPost Offices, Hotels, Stores and, other. pla..
ces, at the talk of the planters, professional
gentry, politicians, &C., as TO what they Eere
going to do if it turned out that Banks should
be successful. We heard so many threats, and
such desperate and solemn ones, too, about
their going out:of the Union under the lead of
drunken Dayy Atchison, Ben. Stringfellow,
&C., thatIwe almost came to look upon it as GER
tain that Upper Missouri would bolt the con-
federacy, SO soon as the first st. Louis papers
would come up with the news of the success Of
theheretics. AT Boonville, we.a and the rest of
the people heard. the newa. ..The crisis that
was to arrive has arroye," as the Texas orator
once said, thought we, and now for the war
whoop and the deadly breach. Butthere was
neither whoop nor. breach to be heard or seen.
They pocketed the papers containing the dire
news, some Of them swearing good deal about
''thed-d abolitionists," some Of them lit
tie less, but most of them took a drink, a cigar,
or chew tobacco, and either laughed it off or
said nothing.
We must say; that at that time, being rather
younger and less experienced than we are now
we were somewhat disappointed at the ri>
diculous and ame''manner:in which all tho sound
and fury we had been listening to forfweeks,5
terminated. In fact, we came to have sover-
eign contempt for all such bombast-such. a
contempt as we have now for the threats Of the
Washington States, s'1
We expect to see the Speakership of the
next House change into the hands Of the
Republicans. They have; as good right to
it, if they can get enough votes, as any
body3else, aud they are not, We think, such
silly fools as TO be bullied out Of their rights by
the Washington States, or the whole troupe OF
oud .mouthed Salamanders. Things have come
an enyiable pass, indeed, if ia majority, or.
even plurality of the peoples representatives.
representing seven tcnths of the wealth, taxes,
enterprise aud intelligence of the country, arc
to become Pariahs in the National Uapitol=&or
like SO many bred Scots, having no rights that
Democrats are bound toTespect. The Wash.
ington States bad just as well make up its
mind frst % last, toSsee 4 Republican Speaker
presiding &c the east end of the avenue next
December, md shorty after q Repub licaa Presi-
dent at the west end. And3if tho States don't
like theprosPect, and thinks 1it.can't stand It,
Why SINit has TO do is TO pack up its types and
its,taps aud emgrate across the Potomac
In the meantime, here is paragraph from
the Richmond Wsig, which We commend to its
attentions
Under existing circumstances, neither wenor5
any considerable portion of the Southern people
care theispap Of q finger, whether the Speaker
andotheF officers Of the next House Of Repre-
sentatives are elected from the ranks Of the
Northern Or tho Southern Opposition. But the
sntirs 4S0stlEern Opposition do feel an iaterest-
% deep all Garnet iaterest-im presenting the
organized ion Of the House from falling into the
hands Of tte Dem0er0cy-tn the hands Of the
criminal uho0l It S0ilt be the solemn duty of
eon0ictanA punish.
Iet5no Suthern Opposition member. there.