Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1859-08-20

Of our bar, they would have gone wholly unde-
ended. But counsel did not appear in these
cases on behalf of the county, and though the
defence was vigorous and laborious it was un-
successful, and judgments were rendered against
the county. Upon one of the judgments writ
of supersedeas was awarded by one of the
Judges Of the District Court of Appeals, upon
= petition in the name of the county; but
fmasterly inactivity" on the part of the County
Court, still being the distinguishing Characters
tic of its policy, this writ of supersedeas was
not prosecuted. We shall not notice these
judgments further at preset: they failed to
awaken the County Court, or to make the
money for the plaintiffs who recovered them.
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SINCE Cassius NJ. Clay treated the goodly
citizens of Washington, Pa, to speech, some
two weeks ago, the papers of that place have
been very much exercised, discussing the mer-
| its of both the man and the speech. We need
hardly inform our readers that upon neither of
these topics do they entirely agree-seeing that
our readers well know how habitually apt all
papers, protesting different politics, land espe-
| cially those of Washington County, are to
differ on any matter appertaining, in the reno
! test degree, thereto. The Eraminer (rabid
lDemocraD could see nothing in the man or in
any of the sentiments he uttered in Washing.
ton, to admire, but everything to condemn;
whilst the Tribune ULTRA Republican, cannot
! say enough of things laudatory of the gentle
man in question. The Examiner comes out,
the next week after the speech, in leader of
enormous dimensions longest by odds, that
has enliyened.the columns of the grave old sheet
for many q day. The Tribune thereupon, in
the week following, comes up to the rescue in
nearly.as long an editorial, in which it hurls
back all of the accusations made against its
party and its man. Next week we NAV look
for reply from the valiant Examiner, in which
the unfortunate Kentuckian will be cast down
into tcnfold profo under depth of contempt
and infamy; then next week after that will come
II rejoinder from the plucky Tribune, wherein
its hero of the occasion will be sent on a flying
! tour through the heavens of renown and glory,
at a height utterly unapproachable by any 9th.
sr mortal. There will then be, alternately, at
intervals of week, a surrejoinder, rebutter and
surrebutter, all written with commendable spirit
and earnestness.
l 1.-THE articles pro. and con-, of the respective
journals stop here, it will be the very best that
could be expected. But experience leads to no
such comforting expectation. They may run
out far beyond the prospect we have pictured
out Thus the readers of those two papers NAV
for months to come, be instructed and enter.
tanned by essays, in the varied styles of eulogic
and philippe literature, upon the character of
this private citizen of our country he will
be shown in his character of hero and patriot.
and in his character of Toward and traitor. He
will be displayed as great statesman and as a
ldrivelling fanatic All this doubtless will, and
much of it already has come to pass.
| But it matters not how far this thing NAV
run OMIT is beside our present INQUIRY. We
4 would simply ask, in real seriousness:-wb
: profit can come out of such discussions Cui
6onof Mr.. Clay is aprivate citizen of our sister
State of Kentucky. He has made speech in
our neighbor town, in which his well-known
views are set forth. The speech, ITSELF is the
legitimate subject of newspaper comment, and
peculiarly SO of the papers of-Washington,
where it was delivered. But why make this
Tue occasion ofbringing the private character of
the gentleman in question: What good can re.
suit either 10 party or to principles, from thisY
! None, whatever. Besides, we entirely dtsap.
prove off the practice of some newspapers and
individuals, who make either an angel or a devil
! 81 every one of whom they write or speak,
! Such practice units one from forming true
opinion of the character of any one, and, often
is the cause of misleading others. This is not
right We must look with some charity upon
every one-no odds how much he may differ
from US, in opinion. By doing this, we will
find in every one little good, at least.
A New York paper gives the following as a
specimen of Wall street financiering IA street
broker purchased from member of the Board
several hundred shares of New York Central
Railroad stock, buyers option. The purchaser
called for the stock, and the seller refused to
deliver the same, on the ground that had it gone
the other way, the buyer would not have been
able to respond. Failing to appreciate the force.
not to say the morality, Of this logic, the pur.
chaser made complaint to the Exchange Board.
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