The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1865-09-29


a large md respectable meeting of
our citizens, assent blel ut the City Hnll
on Saturday night, to be addressed by
Hon. John 3. Pendleton, or "Old Jncl<''
as he used tobO familiarity know when
the Wing clans rallied 10 the shib-
boleth of "Log Cabin" md "Haril Ci-
der" OF course Mr.. Pendleton WINS
listened 10 owithnttention ; for when was
Jack PendletOn ever, known to address
q popular nssemblage, and fail to infise
into his hearers the contagious intlU-
ence OF his bluff wit and oleaEinous
temPernment2 But doubt whether he
made the "ten strike, (Which / learn he
claims to have made, in the eXultant
tone with which he speaks OF his pros
poets us un nspirunt for Congressional
honors. With all the mirth-provOking
sallleS, for which his popular ud-
dresses have always been Ia-
mons, and with nll his ancient
partisan adroitness, none OF which he
seems to have lost in the trust and
canker" OF four years OF absent oppOr-
tunity, "Old Jack" hardly succeeded
in convincing his audience that ho Wns
any less involved iu' the mud than they
were in the mire, despite his onrneSt
prOtestHtiOns that he ''ncver hnd been n
secessiOnisC' or II sylnpnthizer with the
'detunct concern OF j. ID. IE Cor In
truth, since the dissolution and failure
of that sOmewhnt notorious establish
ment, II is nmnzing to sec how very few
OF our political aspirnnts can stand "a
rigid application OF thg necessary tests
us TO their Identification With Il, either
as really "pdrtieeps cI'iHliHis" or 'sactivc
traitors" or merely as bond-holders
Zers." Upon this point, which AIR. Pen-
dleton claimed TO be very explicit, and
to lnve fully eStaIlishetE, hIs title
to the good fortune OF u clear record
of anii-secession nntecedcnts, no
very plainly did not occupy position
as easy and satisfactory to maintain, as
when nc mined to convince the poople
df the life-lOng fidelity with which lie
had clung to the fortunes OF the old
Wing party. This question as to ante
cedGntS respecting the issue OF the late
revolution, Is the most delicate and in
teresting OF all the points Mt issue he
tween our congressional candidates.
The other questions arc for the most
part purely personal between the can
didatcs, and ure of no special signifi-
C7ince 10 the mnsses--but our very oxis-
tencc, iIs n political community tx In
vOlved in this question. of the ndmissi-
bility OF the various candidates, and
while 1t will certainly constitute iiO
personal reproach with ninety-ninc of.
every hundred OF our people, to have
been n secessiOnist during tho war.
since thoy are equally implicated, we
hnYe no idea OF depriYing ourselves
of voice in the National councils by
electing men who cannot be admitted,
because their very election would bo a
the lnnd.
Ar. PendletOn may he eligible, as he
Claims TO be, and certainly IL he is, /
cannot possibly conceive my personal
objection to his election, for he has both
experience and ability, and for the
greater portion of his political life nm
excellent conservative record. But
neither his nor Mr. Cranes eligibility
is SO clearly established as Mr., Bnf1
bour's. The latter gentleman has Occur
pied identically the position always 80
and with such sublime in
dependence maintained by John Minor
Bots. Mr.. Barbour will, / have no
doubt, receive more votes than all lis
combined, and his election
cannot fail to be hailed with satisfac-
ton throughout the country; at the
North as tho prefernent of man
whose loyalty is unuuestioned
and whose record US an advocate OF the
Union is unblemished by any act Of
lukewhrm and time-servlng devOtion;
ana at the South as thorough gentle
mnn and a higll-toned Yfrgfnian worthy
OF their confidence In any trust, and !,
far better HSouthern man. (as the term
won't in former days) than the Rhetts
and YanceYs proved themselves to hive
been. Mr. Cr1ne has no personal pOpu-
larity in tho district, but has nintie a
very efficient canvass, and will, have
no doubt, receive considerable vote.
Mr.. PendletOn will aso receive q resptlcs
table vote, but unfortunately for HIM
self there Is "A fend of -niany wears
between himself and Mr.. Bolts.
whose tnhuence here now Is almost
9mnipotent. This feud originated in
ISIS when the "eXpediency menn se-l
duced the Wing party into the sup
port OF Gen. Taylor throwing Henry
Clay and the Cardinal PRINCIPLES 6fI
the Whlg party' out Of the Window.
II Will be remembered that ut tllitt time
Mr.. BOtts stood almost alone in his de-
yohon to Mr.. Clay among the yVhigs OF
Virginia, and created interpretation Of
al al the party leaders, ,Itivcs, Preston.
Stunrt, Macfarlnnd, /, Lyons, &C.. ~! n 4
OF the other candidates, whose innf,ies
believe are Lipseomb and Crowley,
one OF whom styles himself tho aT1eSS..
ples,candidate," and the other the 'tAd-
c1ndid1te,n nobody se1ms
to know or chre miCh. 2 They Will
probably receive a sufficient number OF
Xotes 10 entitle them to.bc recorded rs
scattering" but In NIL probability no
The Wynne-Reyner cnse, of which n
gave You nn extended ACCOUNT in my
last letter, WINS Terminated a few dEy5
since, the Court deciding to dne Reyner
s5Oi certainly n very cheap cost for an
operation usually attended by such risk
70 the performer. The suit between
Messrs. Pollnr1 and Wynne. MS 10 The
propri rietorship OF the Times newspaper,
ts still progressing, and attTacts much
As the matter progresses.
public sympathy seems to Incline TO-
wards Mr.. Pollard, as greatly uGz
grieyed party, and his chances for a
iAVornble decision are said 10 he very
good A favorable verdict Will mako
him one third proprietor of. by far the
best and most prosp porous Journal In the
South. Among the counsel In. this cllss
MIR. James. Neeson hnR figured quito
YOur readers viii re
member him as n lawyer and politician
OF some prominence, formerly Of Marion
county, in your Stnte. 3f,r n
4 do not SEQ many OF the West Yir-
gtninns who were located here walking
OUT streets as during the wIir.e Cyrus
Han, formerly of Ritcliie, is missing;
the ''trTep epressibleH Leonard Hall. ofl
WetzeEs is still here epractisinglnw But
what has beconle OF Cyrus HALL Woods.
the Haymonds, etc.f Have Won per.l
inttted them 70 return to their old
homesR 1tanOt do so immeiintely.-
They are all clever fellows at heart, and
win win not sin again. b CIATHAlT.
G anna e pIcEINsoN lectures at Phil,
October 8. ON the record dftbe