The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1866-09-04

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not vet come" and then very innocent-
ly hut .cogsntly reasons that tho Lon.
vention should abstain from all com
PROMISES because compromise Is
tho work of Statesmen. II by this
massage Mr.. CAMPBELL means that
compromise is the work of none
but Statesmen, all will agree with him
that the body over which he presided
had no right to meddle in the business
Progressing with his "piece," Mr.. CAMP.
BELL becomes involved in such depths OF
svntax rhetoric, and bombast as Illus
trate aptly the incoherence which ne edl'
torially criticizes as fault of the Presl-
dents speeches. Indeed, one would
think that the IntelligeHcer's criticism
mon the want of sense and cohesion
in Mr.. JoHNsoN's efforts was intended to
be illustrated by its editors rhetorical
meanderings, just as a temperance lee
tnrer sometimes takes an "Old soak"
upon the stand for purposes of reference
as "a frightful example" AS showing
forth the faults Of befogged and senseless
eratory. Mr.. CAMPBELL's "piece" is GER
tainly a success, and could hardly be
more ftly described THAI by some OF the
passages in which the Intelligencer de
rides the obscurity and incoherence OF
the Presidential uUterances We submit
"a specimen brick"
Those Of us who are stigmatlzed by our
enemies as radicals" that we are SIM
Div blood thirsty; that we simply desire
70 execute vengeance without any IA
tional purpose; that it is not the saliva
lion OF our country that we seek, but
that We desire simply to crafty hatred
sngenderea by the war, perhaps hatred
dating antecedent to the war; but IL Is
ascribed to US that we are actuated by
yindictive motives; and because our foe
has fallen and we are vlctors, for that
reason We seek to hunt him down and
carry this contest TO the bitter extrem-
ity.
After this exceedingly murky and
pointless passage there follows like ray
of sunlight through heavy clouds,
single CLEAN of common sense. Gentle
men, it is not necessary for me in your
presence, to make defence of our prin-
ciples and utterly repudiate and ignore
any such charge" We should think not,
The author of such paragraph as tn
above succeeds, would not probably make
a very clear or successful defence of any
principles, much less would he be likely
to present in an advantageous manner,
the tenets of the public plumber party a
party which requires all the aid OF skill.
full philology to conceal its iniquities
and which must necessarily suffer at the
hands of windy buuglers and gassy deal
} ers in words Of learned length and
\ laundering sound" Referring to the
3 proscriptive tendencies of his party Mr
| CAMPBELL takes an agricultural view Of
the situation We plant ourselves Oh
the Inherent right of our position" on
Justice tempered with mercy, and
mercy subject IN this case to strict JUS
tice; because justice is it our opinion oul
own se!i-preservationr' That is to say
we clamor for Justice because it Is to oul
advantage; were it not, we would have
none of it. One man who is inst, sim
ply because Justice promotes his inter
. est, is little better than knave, even
as the man who is honest because hon
esty is the best policy is but ereum-
: stantial improvement upon thief. But
tit would seem from this part OF the
"pieCe," that we are to be gree ted III the
present campaign, as in the last, with
the cowardly clsp-trap of "selfpreserva
ton This means nothing less than the
renewal Of legislative infamy, the repe'
tition of corruption, the continuance OF
public wong and usurpation. We might
forgive the offenders did they propOSe to
auardon the offences, but to ash popular
support for the perpetuaticn of outrage
and fraud is q request as impudent i'll lis
conception rs it may be unfortunate in
it's results Passing on through the thick
| darkness of incoherent oIatory We come
, to "the issue." We know of Ho bettet
> way wish our readers Immortality than
L. Luro they may live I'LL they under
, stand the passage Ne now quote: Bot,
/ sir. rhe issue has been raised, that broad
aud deep Issue, whether OF not the loyal
men of West Virginia and of this nation
shal, continue TO slcay through thl> nation
, to ths md Of The results that hare been dchisr.
cd IL this ,car," &c That is the issue,
says Sir Oracle. We are glad 10 hear It,
We should certainly not have known
chat il was but foI yhis information he
: suggestion Is as apt as tue idea Il the
artist who wrote under clumsy pro-
duction of equine painting, This is a
Horse. Loyal meu are 10 slCdy through
this nation 10 the end Of the results that hare
besr achicrai by the ,cdr,"-an issue" htly
Gescr,bed as broad and deep" Too broad
to DO hampered by grammatical rul,s OF
rhetorical, isrns, too deep to be reached
by the shallow reachiCgs Of common