Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1860-08-25
From the wellsburg Herald, of yesterday. ]
Politics ln Brooke COUNTY

DurInB the week we have endured a
surteit of political speeches, and the in
flIctlon, coming on an empty stomach, i'm
paired by long abstinence, has so serious
ly dernnged our faculties, that il is with
the greatest difiicnltywe can collect enough
ideas together to cnlighteu our readers up-
on the merits of the performances. One
idea stands, however, prominently forward
in our mind, and that is, that the effect of
| the diarThOea Of words has been extremely
small; and that the converts from one doe
trine to another have been extremely rare.
in most cases, previous opinions being not
only confirmed but clinched
The performances opened on Monday
afternoon, with the Douglas meeting, as
set set forth in the bills and odvertisement;
tounty' faffllcd to come, but, in his stead,
came two other pinks, Lynn and
Robert NJ. Gibson, Montgomery's partner,
and universally acknowledged to be one
of the 'hornaryest" men and sharpest
lawyers in Washington county. The
meeting WAS addressed, in the afternoon,
by Col. McCook, OF Steubenville, in ~
mastery manner. The Coloncls speech
was good thing, in it's way, cogent, cour-
| teOuS and aTgumcntatYe, worthy of tire
occasion, worthy of the audience, and, we
think, productive of some effect. Hc
ably set forth the Inconsistencies and
| shortcomings of the Breckenridge De-
mocracy, and displayed the good points of
Judge Douglas to the best possible Advan
tage, explained, satisfactorily, the doings
of the Charleston and Baltimore Conycn-
tions, touched lightly upon Republican
ism, and very slightly upon the Union
party of Bell and Everett. Having con-
sumed the day, II special meeting in the
evening was appointed for Gibson and
. | I ;tI,
address on the difference between twce-
dle-dum and twccdIe-dce, and was pro-
crossing beautifully in his demonstra-
tious, when he was interrupted by o..
w. Langftt, Esq, whom, after "a lively
little bout, he silenced by quoting j..
e. Breckinridgc ut him; Mr.. l.. fall
ing back upon the impregniblc position
that j. c. Breckenridge was no authority.
Unfortunately, however, in the process of
winding-up Mr.. Lnngtitt, the speaker, be-
came so entAngled in the thread of his
own discourse, that he was compelled to
unwind back again for so many years that
the audience became tired, and, showing
signs of impotence, the speaker WAS pre-
cipitated into the final oratorial furry, and
snapped off much to their relief.
At the conclusion of the Douglas meet
ing, Monday evening, it was announced
that the friends of Breckinrdge and Lane
would hold meeting next evening, and
be addressed by several speakers. Tues
day evening, ut dusk, the bell rang, and
crowds of Democrats might be seen wend-
ing their way toward the Courtchouse-
small crowds of two or three in q gang
and, after organization, Mr.. Lungtitt
mounted the rostrum, and entertained
the audience for space, showing, of
course, conclusiYciy, that the Breckenridge
ticket was the regular ticket; and dilntiug
luminously on the proposition that Con-
grcss should intervene to protect and es-
tubIish slavery, and not to establish and
protect it. live misreprcsent his position
the Misrepresentation is not intentional,
bnt owing to our want of capacity to nn-
derstund him. The weather was oPPress-
lively warm, and the subject knotty one,
ami Mr.. L. speedily yielded the floor to
j. H. Pcndleton, Esq of Wheeling.
SIr. P. went ut the matter in a more bu-
sincss-Iike way, and eIucidated With con-
siderable noise the nice points involved,
SO far as they are capable of calculations
but eithct the skulls of his disbcliev-
ing audience were remarkably thick
or there was no point to his ar
guments; at any rate, his arguments con-
Yinced no one. One gentleman, stran-
ger, came up to us as the crowd was dis
Epcrsing and asked, in all good faith
whether 1t was 6recklnrldge meetlnR.-
The fact was. Breck was sadly neglected
throughout the whole evening, the artil-
lery of the speakers being levelled so ai
to demolish Douglas rather. than to builG
up Breckinridge, and as for poor old,J
B., We piticd him, no one even conde-
scended to give him parting kind. By
friend and foe he is looked upon with I
kind of contempt, imbecile in everything
else but his malignant disposition-fenret
by his friends and despised by his enemie;
committed to the living deathfof poli1t5l'