The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1866-10-30
PoLI1oAL PARAeRAPHa.

our nWeht Virginia EleptiOn last
ThuFSdAy.,.COmlnenis Of tlo News.
papers. E 3
Mr.. Kltchen, who e elected 70 ,Cous
gress Incur Second District, was elected
once before, Just o. West Virginia be-
came q State in the Union. HeTaur
against Lewis Mckenzie, Of AlexAfis
dfla. who contested his seat. Neithof,
however, was admitted.
We are very sorry for the defeat Of
General dghtburn in Lewis county
both for his own sake and that Of the
cause. BE would have made q good
member Of the House Of Delegated.
Piedmont, Hampahire county, de-
serves specialprahe for her 7ots Last
Thursday She cut down the copper.
head majority from near about q hun.
dted 70 twenty-five OF, thirty. Our
Union friends hope 70 be entirely sue.
cessful next time, just % we do here In
Ohio eounty. .Uer
The Wellsburg Democrat, the rankest
as well as the Silllest copperhead paper
in the State, speaks thus Of the Union
triumph In that (Brookol county;
Although the result IL not % we
could have desired, the Conservative
party done nobly, reducing the radical
majority at least one-half. The RAIDS,
Notwithstanding they elected their tick
Of, have little cause for rejoicing. A few
more such victories on their ptrt, VIM
amount TO signal defeat.n
T. That d to say ia few more suchyie.
toriesp whereby, the Union majority
was increased from 10 70 80, Wwill
amount TOT signal defeatn to that party,
We should think that the HConBerya-
.uyes" Of Brooke county would really
blush for their editor AFTER reading such
stun. F'.N '.,f 81
Nearly all the leading Union papers
Of the country have something 70 say
inpralse of2Wess Virginias vote List
Thursday. They, however, make all
sorts Of fidiculods miStakes about The
majorihes for and against us. One ex.
change has Il that Ohio county shows a
heavy Republican gain, but still gives
l,440 Democratic majority" We guess
not. II Is bad enough the way Il Is,
without exaggerating the case any. The
baltimore SStH's dispatch tnodestly re-
duees the Democratic majority 10 only
1000. The editors will1please take Oh
$50. The Philadelphia Inquirer an
nounces that "Gov. Boreman Is re-
elected by 10000 msjority.', We shall
have TO take on ten at least from these
figures, and even further decrease Of
q couple Of thousand would be mgloEy
enough for one day. The Inquirer
objects TO our three Union Congress-
men being called tIRadicals.o Il says
that "this word Is thoughtlessly em-
'ployed sometimes by advocates Of the
policy Of Congress, which is not radi-
zeal. The radical memberSin Congress
"are able and dempnstrative. The
constitutional Amendments, which
"were adopted by the moderate Repub-
''licans, were opposed by the Radicals
"as much as the Democrats"
We do not think the point Of the In
qlirer amounts to much. Our enemies
called our Union Congressman elect
radicals, " as they did also their sup
porters, and the name was generally ae-
cepted, Us 1t Is getting 70 be accepted In
lieu Of the word republican all over the
country. Radical simply means going
to the root OF matters, and Union men
propose to destroy the roots Of the rebel
lion before letting go their hold
That's all.
The Philadelphia Press, in>speaking
of our election. evidently pays very
little regard to the ideas Of the Inquirer.
It says "West Virginia, where no
"rebel votes ure thrown, elects the
"whole Radical ticket for Governor
"and Congress by increased msjortles."
The Pres is sorry that poor Mary
land has not been able, like West Vir-
ginia, TO guard against returned rebels.
The Chicago Republican, noticing our
returns, says: at is thus that loyal
"West Virginia, the first fruit of the
emancipation policy, responds to the
"policy OF President Johnson
The New York Tribune says that our
election is "the eighth political lesson
"since the first of September, and there
fare many more to come which wise
"ruler should heed"
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