Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1859-08-26

the law, well as for effect offer narts of
the. State. 1t was true there was no need for
sort here no indeed any
where in Pennsy lyania except in the city OIL
i Philadelphia. he would ftnre{ to saw that
outside that city, there would nit be 4 rneir.i
i berofeither house the Legislature to yoteSl
for therepeal. e had .beenfnl sid that cities
were "boils upon the body pllitic.'I They were
the seats ofyice and 3immor3ity dpd.it waste
the rural population that we must look for aid
when r5most sacred institutions were threat
4 ened with overthrow. The repeal of the lawsi
would be the breaking up Of the whole moral
atoms ofssociety! This government could
only be sustained bYadhering to mora. princi-
pie and the rigid. Observance of the Sabbath.
upon the complt xionA of the U.!SsSenate. What
it has been win such men as Crittenden, Bell,
and Seward i it-what it will be, now that the
two former have been superseded, and in case
the latter famed Senator shall be successful
candidate for the Presidency in 1860. This
brings tito the consideration of Senator Sew
ards potion and prospects:
In discussing this question we have not allu-
ded to Governor Seward, simply because in our
Judgment the people of the United States, rec
ognizng his superiority as Statesman over
all others, have definitely determined TO elect
him to the Presidency in 1860. And we are
right, it follows of course, that the Senate will
lose him, as well as .Crittcndcn and Bell In
theISenate of the Statc of New York, in the
discharge of the duties of the Executive office,
and in representing the People of the Empire
State and the interests of tho whole American
Union on the floor of the Senate, William H.
Seward has spent the last twenty-five years of
his life. And it his enlarged experience.
combined with his talents, his genius, and his
studies, which have rendered him by universal
consent, the statesman Of our country. We do
not design constitute any comparison between
him and the three great lights of our political
armament which preceded him-W ebster, Clay
and Calhoun. There exists no necessity for
our so doing; but we would remind the reader
OF the admitted pre-eminence of Webster, Clay
and Calhoun in their day, and of the wide
gap which existed between them and their
contemporaries; and we would enquire wheth-
Ier by general consent Governor William
Ii. Seward does not as a statesman, occupy a
position as isolated and as pre- .eminently above
all his contemporaries, as did the three great
men we have named. All men of all parties,
Iconceded their superior craftsmanship; and vet
refused to award them the Presidency Andso
i it is in regard to Mr.. Seward. Even the most
rabid of the Democracy. concede him talents of
the highest order, great purity of character and
an enlarged craftsmanship; at the same time
that they denounce him rs an Abolitonst and
Black Republican, whose election to the Pres
ldency will put IN end to all hopes of re-opening
the Slave Trade, or Of extending the institution
Iof Slavery tits worthy of remark that In al
luding TO Messrs. Wise, Douglas, Houston, Lane,
Seymour, Dickinson, Bolts, and others, as can
didates for the Presidency, no editor even dream
Iedot discussing their qualifications for the sta
ton 1t is not pretended even, tina: they ar e
Il statesmen who have proved themselves qualified
for the Presidency, capable of dscharging its
duties, and worthy of Icing thus honored; but
ala inns to-
! upon the tact, that in the estimation of their
friends, their nomination would be erpeGient,
and by reason of their Negative qualities, the
lpeOple might be induced to acQuiesce in their
i election, and thus secure "the spoils" of the
Presidency to the .schemers who happen to dis.
cover an dyaila6le candidate.
Mr.. Seward is the choice of the people and Of
ms friends, on no such grounds. 1t is claimed
Tor him, that as statesman he is not only
without an equal, but that he has not com
petitor; that his talents-iegiSlatiye, executive
and administratlve-are of the highest order
and proved to be such by life devoted to the
public service; that his private and his public
character, are alike above reproach, unassailed
and unassailable; andthat while he is the un-
compromising enemy II Slavery extension and
the re.oPening of the Slave Trade, and opposed
to making Slavery national instead of local
institution; he is equally the friend and sup
porter OF the Constitution, and ready on all &C.
S1slot!s,s 10 sland oY ana protect Slavery IN its
constitutional immunitns and where it constitu
tionally exists. His nomination for the Presi.
dency, will not be claimed or made upon the
ground of his availability or its expediency; but
it is contended that hisjpre.eminent fitness for
the station, his embodmsnt in his own person Of
the principles of the Republican Party, ofwhich
he is the author, the father, the wet nurse and
the dry nurse-the architect and the builder;
the man who stood solitary and alone in the
Senate ofthc Nation nobly doing battle for It's
principles, and was abused and yillified beyond
measure for his presamption-entitle him above
aliothers, to be the Standard Bearer of that
Party in 1860: His claims in this regard, are
conceded, from st. Johns to the Rio Grandc
and from the Atlantic to the Pacific Coast; and
because they are conceded and recognised, he
becomes of necessity, the available candidate;
and his nomination will he alike Just, necessary,
and expedent In his case, to be nnminntcdis
to be elected; and therefore it is, that in speak.
| ing of the Senate as it will exist after the 18th
March 1861, we have notalludcd to William H.
Seward as member of that body
The IEemphtId BONDS.
THE DRIFT OF SENTIMENT N WASHINGTON COUNTY,
PA-ANswER OF GEO. ". LAWRENCE.