Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1859-01-22

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lea Ghi. maA--l,,'lt BiDshaa-- -amsiere 70
our e 1, and va admitted into sJcisty, 30 rgnt
Ion shat he wa ever admitted into q. Rch.
mond lCtesr., yells ard oonflsiJu: during
which NJ. Bingham got up, Vaiksl aeru,s To-
Wafd ra.dWsl add shook bis fst, saying You
arc I lar ali Af.3uirfil
CadNelI. continuing lie got too big hrba
b5retbes lGeufdr yeil.l This man cane
/ here, and be vas grrzt know Nothing. BE
abuse the Catholics, but nos he's 40 iubIlwi,
them lie Sas ilir0luesd into byiier ,0ueiy-
/ especially amous the hdies, than BE- ever sas
usei 10 before. he cut al bis former ac4gailt.
anees-bJih incn and women-tnd cannot nov
descend 10 speak to a man unless he owns bIigk
houses and laniG With ai such he Is a real
Italy. lls cannot visa anybody unless they
/ i've On ilh street lif,al laughter Here the
chair called Mr. Ca.dSell TO order Cries from
leroEd-"fo on-eo On Caldscll-pay him back
IN bis own coin, &c can ielI the gcntemnn
/ that the ladies estimate him Just about the sane
a. the psopls u this eity etimaie him They
only to.efat, him ust In the SAME way that they
wonll tolerate peI poodle OF PCT monkey
fglis aHd uprnanous laughter
M HNauas ErrLiEs.
Amer Mr Caldwell - doRu, there were loud
and deaiening calls ior bingham, Bingham
Mr.. bingham arose lie laid fellow citizens
never desired uotoiety from public meeting,
My tastes and inclinatiOns do not lead me in that
direction. Circumstances haze heretofore 10.
duceil me % take positions In public meetings,
that had no. a Ges!sc l1f, bat wlich could
no, hououhly eyade | certainly feel not ltilc
surprised at the mode aud measure Of redress
which Mr. CaldScIl has chosen lof himself --
Has there been ans proyocalon IN my structures
upon him, for The present false, unmanly, COW.
arIIy and detes,able assault which be has made
upon ne Applause and cIie, Of "go1I, give il
/ 10 him. ! bad thought llat il be had chosen
/ to say awOrd In rrleicnec TO himself, he would
NJ least have confined himself 10 the ordinary
I limits prescribed to gentlemen: Ny associations
I through NE have been with gentlemen, with
one solitary exception, anil 'trt eruption 10
Ilffoi Cubil-sN Shouts Of laughter Aher
! came hefe for q long time ! G,-ocatgl with
Alfred CaldStii Perhaps ! ought not % lasc
/ 20 very seriously, any impulatiun coming from
I that source Veal know that though he caides
me with being HNic, and God know, that Il |
had the making Of myself, would haze put a
little more physical power into my body 70 k.et
into dc sirsSi sssh scHi!iJh' a. he l.. Cigs OF
good, go Ia ireelo'
have not as much muscular yi;or as ! could
ice 10 advantage in hi, instance. It Is true
that when | came to this city knew few per.
sons Almost every night was in caucus with
| Mr. Caldwell. lie wogll come up to see me
and received him politely. IL was through
his representations 10 me that | Hiadl most of
the attacks 10 which he has referred. lie says
| a,sailed John knotc. lie came to mc AID
stated John Knoles character IN such a way
that lac prgudiced me against the man lid
! pitch into John hnoie and | wrote such an
article upon his reputatiOnthat when he (Csll.
we'll came up ia the evening to see the proof
he said it was too severe. asked him il il Eas
true. lie said it was but it was not alwas best
to tell the truth. Applause lie says also
that | abused Mr. Jacob. | nave nothing to
rcproach myself for, 50 far as know. Ii |
have ever said anything Of any gentleman that
was not literally correct endeavored to make
ample amends. lie also aided and a5,,ied me
in ny attacks upon Mr.. List lie refers 10 my
associations. lie knows nothing about what
they were before | came here. They were
among a class OF people 10 whom h, had not
and could not have had access when he was in
Richmond last winter. lie makes good deal OF
ado about the ladies'. 10 not know what Ia.
dies Mr. Caldwell associates with. Suppressed
laugh | do not know that he has access 10
s'v society. 1t is To be presumed and hoped
his associations now are Of more
respectable character than they have betn.-
/ 1t is TO be presumed that his associations with
ladies' are Of entirely different character from
what they ere some years ago-lhat there is
no occasion for any more posting Of cards upon
coal houses, las was done when he started to
| Richmond to take his seat in the Senate. giving
notice Of several children going about Ia, street
barc.hcaded, who claimed him as father.
Fertile cxploSion,l tell you, fellow citizens,
/ could tale unfold in regard 10 Caldweils As.
socialeS, If did not feel that there are persons
connected with him who have claims upon my
lorbcarance.
So much Tor society. Iapprchcnd that il | shall
have an opportunity To mngc among you or ten
Q: twenty years, or as long as he saws lie has
/ done, shall stand so far above him that he will
never be heard Of in that connection. | should
he very 10th to grow up ia this community as
he sad, land God knows he did not grow very
| high, laughter and not have Impressed upon
that community an individuality Tor all that is
cnnoblng in m,u,
Mr. Bingham then dropt Mr.. Caldwell and
went on to defend his position in municipal
matters and especially what lie had said abou,
I Captain Wilson. lie went on tn say that he
The Cap,ainl was now Alfred Caldwell's toady
remark which brought the Captain to his
feet in an attitude that for few seconds boied
M good for Mr.. Bingham. Mr. Sweeney and
| the Chairman stood between them. Mr.. Bing.
han IN tue meantime calling for leave TO explain.
Kisses were following Kisses in storms at what
had been said and cries for Bingham and for the
Captain vent up in an awful discard After
Considerable time andrarping OF the Chairnan's
rattan, order was restored, enough To allow
Mr.. bingham to explain, which he did to the ef.
feet that he meant only to draw parallel
between the relation which the Captain now
occupied 10 Mr.. Caldwell and the one which
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