Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1860-01-09
A sLAsH1NG ARTIcAE.
Senator Caldwell and His Richmond
Compeers.
PROM the wollsburg Herald Of satunday.l

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Compeers.
from the Wellsburg Herald Of Saturday.
Some of our old Virginia contemporaries
affect a very magnanimous moderation in
regard to the treatment advised to he be-
slowed upon Senator Caldwell of this dis
trict, for what they are pleased ~ style his
traitorous Black Republicanism. The cue
seems to be, '.IeL him alone severely. -
This freezing scorn and dignificd con-
tempt game, doubtless, is as fully under
stood AS it is edifying to the Senator, who
is condemned TO toast his shins IN solitary
grandeur around his own private stove,
Smoke his own Wheeling tobies and pay
| his own bills at the bar with his own
money. 1t is distressing to think Of the
misery his fellow members are lrhIcunS
upon themselves by their sclf-abnegation
OF the society of the Wheeling Senator
! We hope they will have grace sufficient
to suppoot them in the trial and espe-
cinlly that sufficient strength may be
I youchsafed him to sustain him III his
| integrity. The truth is, he was not sent 10
Richmond to serve as pattern and monu-
mcnt of urbanity, but as representative "t
/ the peculiar sentiment that prevails IN the
! Panhandle in regard to the slavery insti-
| tuition; and his fellow members well enough
understand that, while they may snub Al
| fred Caldwell with impunity, to undertake,
officially. to snub or Insult his constituents
might prove altogether another NATTER
There has been no movement yet among
those who elected him by an orerwhelm-
int, ma ar;., rePudiata his course, ana
until his conduct is disavOwed at home. ii
would seem very difficult to get properly
! hold of hiuf so as to he able TO inlet Ie-
! gislatiYe censurc or dishonor, much less ex-
pulsion, as has been suggested by some of
vi mol
| ing, parson-whipping editors and asses OF
Old Virginia.
| Caldwell's sentiments on the labor ques-
ton were as we'll defined and as well un-
dcrstood at the time of his election as
they are now; and he is not to be punished
or his constituents disgraccd, because
those who would disgrace him have made
fools of themselves since. We venture To
say, that to-day Alfred Caldwell is truer
Virginian's in all the attributes of patriot
ism and loyalty to republican institutions
than any man who traduceS him, notwlth-
standing he will not throw up his hat
with the majority and strike hands with
the disuniOuists ana treason plotters OF
the capitol The minority is often nearer
right than the majority and we believe
this to be case of it.
| The fact of whether Caldwell represents
his district might be easily aSccrtaiaed, II
any respectable party seriously doubt IL
and in the mean time. courtesy TO his con-
| stituents demands that he should be treat
cd with consideration and respect, not
withstanding the fact that he differs in
opinion from most of his fellow members.
Any movement toward expulsion or i'm
parchment should come from home in Il
| case where maItcasance in his office is the
! ground of complaint. If he trnly repre-
| sents US, we'll and good, it is our duty to
back him in the discharge of his duty; if,
| on the other hand, he misrepreSents US, 1t
| is ours to rebuks and recall him.
| No other charge is alleged against him,
except the indefinite one Of being Re
publican. If that is a crime to be pun
| ishcd for, there are many more i'll this
quarter ready to be martyred. But in
| his case it will require q very different
! process from that employed to cxpel
/ poor Yankee Schoolmaster, as will the con-
| sequences be much more pcrniciouS to the
| pet institution. The disposition to rebel
| lion may be transferred from the blacks to
some of the whites should the coulter be
run too deep, and in place of harping on
the bcautitudcs of Southern Confcdcr-
cy. the harpists may have need of all their
music to maintain the integrity Of the
| Commonwealth from internal cOmmOtion.
| We repeat, it is fear of consequences,
| rather than moderation, that suggests the
severely let alone policy of the tire-cat-
ers at Richmond, and they can take from
| it whatever consolation there is in being
! reminded of it.