Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1861-03-19

tuesday Morning, March IS, 1851.
sa1TO one who ,raats TO De posted vel.
rad the article on our lirs. page, ealiaed.
"Faets for Southern Readsr.''z
SaOnals SenatoEtR1 andDeleRaGe Dis.
triets. - =
EueaseYirYihia does not seeede, aud she
will not be very APT to-there viii be a.
Nay election in these parts for Congress.
man. member of the senste and 70 4 mem "a
bsrs Of The House of Delegates. As yet5a
deadcaim about tbtse elections prevails,
No one. not even the politicians themselves,
seem % be concerned about them, cousid-
eriog thern-and very properly tooZas te-
totally subOrdinated to the great question
of Union and dis-Inioh. PHI calm, tow-
ever, eanaot last long. AZ il becomes more ].
and more certain that the State viii not
'Oeede, public attention, and especially
that Of the candidates, will be drawn
away from Richmond to our local snrropnd-
ings, and will begin 10 cast about for the
uPG and doWns Of new combinations. This
viii be the case now in very short time,
and puEzIing time it win be, we gus-
Peet, when IL does come. new order
Of Fhings Is upon as, and the old style Z
Of proceedings will be applicable onlyia
ali4itEd degree. The question viii hottie,
were the candidates Wings or Democrats
-Tof eEeb, Ne were about TO -Repnbli-
cansz But this IHSt'Will not do. The best
man the Republicans could start for any
Office, albeit he were even the best man in
the county, would lie largely tabootd,
simply because he Was a Republicans. But
still, the run Of the vote this spring. viii
not be in the old "hannelH, II will not
ruu in partisan troughs, aseit used to-
The people have been disintegrated aud
unjOinted within the last few months, and
every man you meet almost, feels himself
out of gear and at liberty to unite here
aud there and yonder, according as the
issue may strike him. There is no demo.
cratic party any more. That party has
had its day just rs the old Wing party had
its day, and like II, viii now gfrister
itself awAy into other eombinations.--~
NolParty, 10 the nasute Of ttiug4, can last ]
long, and the Democratic organization,
f| T ~
like all its predeeeasors, having answered
its ends, has run its course. We will now
bAte reeonStfuetion, and the first thing
in order will be basis, OF, If you please,
bases Of combination. And this brings. US
to the condition of things around us here
in Western Virginia, and especially in tl,is
Congressional and Senatorial district As
yet there Is nothing very tangible pre-
seated Tlthgs are lying about Us loose.
we have Union and disuhion unEeeedeus
in candidates to dealswitb; WSibaIelIy EST d
ern sud anti Western Virginia motions. 70
reckon upon we have tax. and an ti.taE-
white basis and anli-whitO basis ideas
70 d4hmihs aud, pgTT0Wiag aha eIEsls
down, We have VnE, locai questions. Of
bridges and ratirukds % disttast nj
senatoJialiy;; Ttlese are enough, in all
conscience. Out OF them have n got to
come candidates aud candidates priuci.
pies and platforms, and yet at this time
no one can conceive amy plan by which
the measure Of public sentiment, on any
one issue, can be correctly guaged. A
part Of the Democracy have called Com
ventiOn to meet in April, at Fairmont, 70
nominate q Congressman. But that is :
only one portion. There remains tue
Douglas men, and behind them yet, re-
main the Bell men aud the Republicans.
Any one of these four may be said to hold,
the balance of powers state of things
in which this district never found itself
before. No one of them can elect without
combination, aud the question ls, who
shall combine, and upon what shall they
combi6ey And this again brings up the
question, who are natural allies? This
question was answered in some part at the
Convention election in February. That
answer was, that there was measure Of
harmony. a possibility of afanities,n rs
Thomas Carlyle would call it, between the
three last named -or rather betWecn
largo parts of tie last three. We look
upon it, therefore as measurcably natural,
as apptOximatsly proper, and as'rationally
possible that the last three should be able
to 6sfes upoh cA9dtdala TOT Copgress-s,
aud likewise upon ticket for the Senate
and House Of Delegates. All this, how.
ever, can be but speculation at this time.
We shall soon see how the land lies.
TBE vote by counties, for aud against
reference, IN this STATE, has been publish
cd. ua=cock county gave ~ votes