The daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1863-1864, 1863-09-21
HON. J. B. BLAIR.

"HoN. J. 3. BLAIR.
"What evil gani presided over the meet.
ing in Hancock County, at which Mr. Blair
recently bowed down to the Ebony King,
"with bis hand on his mouth aud bis mouth
In the dust" we cannot tell. The Wheeling
Correspondence from that meeting has the
f II wing remarkable statements:
Mr.. Blair, whatev sr bas been bia rcoord hestn-
re, nov certai ly en- orses lily the administra
tion in po ICY and "a ho ne ab ~ as SAT ly
20 Abr ah m', bo o IL" as the most ardent admi-
rers Of UT wor by Re prese eti &c could desire
He fully en- 20 sed ever, thing tn has b. en-
do tyt,e vernmen 'oput own this REQ llion,
Dilt ry arrests, 4ncip I'll pr cl N I'll n, con-
fsca lon and a;', and edged himself that II re
turned 0 the mex. .ngress he shSuli be found
st tnding eide b de vlrh the friends Of the Ad
mi stration in the e ectio OF Speaker for the
House III Represe1'ati es, au in tn passage OF
ever7 measure having for it, objo.t the safety Of
he Un on"
"Mr. 3. like tue COW who gave good
bucket Of milk every evening but kicked it
over before it cnld be taken away by the
milk maid, has deliberately kicked ever his
past recor Is, a1i straa yely Looks around
for approval! H. confesseR his sins very
and creeps up like returning
prodigal kitten unto Abraham's bosom!-
We are surry--sorry for both, sorry for
Abraham, and sorry for Blair, each is de
ceived. But let Us see that nobody else is
hood winked; the people especially. We do
not charge either Mr.. Blair or Mr.. Lincoln
with an attempt to deceive anybody, but
they are deceived in each other, and decev
ed in themselves. Blair thinks Abraham
is especially honest, Abraham thinks
Blair represents the sentiments OF West
Virginia. Deiudad Youths Time will show;
and what q showingp'
The Gazette here ,pies an article from
the Ritchie Press, edited by Mr.. SHRlNER, a
warm and tried friend of Mr.. BLAIR, and
then adds the following comments;
The Press is right in its views respect
ins the Proclamation. Sincerely do we
sy mpathize with Nc. Shriner i'll his awk-
ward position. He is friend Of Mr..
Blar'a He writes an article intending
to promote Mr.. BIS interest But alas!-
he 3 lair he writes about is no more, is
lead. has committed suicide has gone up, |
mas left this world and climbed an ebony
tree. Now what's to bo done? Will the
Press swallow its own words? will it stul-
iify itself and creep back at Mr. BIS BID
1ing2 We think not. We know Mr.. Shri-
ner too we'll to anticipate and such back |
ing down. Blair says all the american |
citizens of African descent" on the planta-
tions of the South are free and that there
is no power which can again rightfully en-
slave them. Shriner says no. Damon and
Pithias have falee out. The doctors have
but in this case doctor Shr!ner is
right he understands che political disease
of the party Mr.. Blair has gone over TO-
The symptoms Of "black vomit" are too
saslly detected MOTTO be discernsd by our
shrewd cotemporary. 1t must be hard to
give Blair up, especially as he has gone
where the GOOD nigsers CO.
to rsposs on Abraham's stomach, there's
aot room for him on his bosom) aud suck q
teat of Uncle Samuel's black COW. GOOD
bvs, Mr.. Blair! We are sorry, sorry from
the bottom of our feet that you 'have gone
and done it," You have made US lose a
sheet of tools cap, for like Shriner we
thought you sound and wrote long article
urging your claims; but DOW wa have to
throw it aside, it will never appear, it vii!
remain in obscurity, Pc haps be Published
in our posthumous works, but too late to
do YOU any good, and certainly with note
show wing how We Came TO write it. Our lit
erarv executor wa know would do US that
justice.
Against Mr. Blair personally we have no
i'll will, indeed, We like him, be is clever
gentleman, aud it would have given US pleas
ure t. support him, but we see no cho'ce
between him and Republican, and the On
!y ground ofsupport now would be mere
personal preference.