The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1866-12-11
Brick Pomeroy ON John Morrissey and
other NotabIes.
From the La Crosse Democrat

Brick Pomeroy on John Horrissey and
| other Notables.
| From the La Crosse Democrat
If there is an argument lacking to
prove the utter Generalization of New
York politicians, it is supplied by the
election of John Morrissey, the ex
pugilist, and wealthy faro dealer, to
Congress from the Commercial Metrop-
oils of the Western world. What he
has ever done to be thus chosen is more
than we know of. As a prize-fghter
he won a worldwide notiriety. AS a
gambler he has gained fortunes and
lives to enjoy them, and why his friends
should now seek to disgrace him by an
election to Rump Congress is more
than we can tell.
The Radical papers are making q
great ado over his election by major
ity of thousands. Let us see little.
Who and what is Morrisseyf
He is stout, good-looking Irishman,
of about forty-fve. He weighs about
one hundred and eighty-five pounds. He
has good head, clear brain, deep,
earnest, fearless brown black eye; he
speaks slow and earnestly; he is about
five feet eleven inches high, broad
shouldered, deep chested, strong of mus
Gle; his hair is beautiful glossy black,
slig ghtly wavy, Worn reasonably long,
and fecked with few grey sentinels
his beard and moustache are worn full
he dresses in fautless black broad-cloth,
wears single diamond bosom-pin worth
five thousand dollars, q large signet
ring, and large sleeve-buttons, studded
with diamonds; he is wealthy; he is
liberal to the poor, giving thousands of
dollars yearly to objects of charity; he
paws n hundred cents on the dollar for
all he owes he champions the poor and
defenseless: he moves in the best society
of New York; he is a clear-headed bus
! mess man, with broad, liberal, national
views.
He was poor, ignorant boy; brought
up much as are preachers sons, to all
manner of devilment, and credit to
nobody. He has risen from the lowest
rounds-he came up from the lowest
walks of life, through ignorance and
bad education, to the position he occu-
pies. He is not n brawler-not sa-
loon thief-not drunkard-nOt a rob-
| ber-not thief-nOt n murdercr-not
Il hypocrite-not Union hater-not a
despiser of the people and an obse-
ouious snob, who bends the knee to
the Puritan bondacracy of New Eng
land and its morbid Christianity.
John Morrissey is gentleman who
minds his own business, and Thousand
times more respectable than some Rad
ical ministers of the Gospel of this
country or their ranting followers.
He was a poor man-so was Abe LIN
coin. Morrissey was mechanic-Lln-
coin was a rail-splitter. Morrissey talks,
acts, appears like gentleman OF sense
Lincoln told smutty stories, stitched
hogs eyelids together to blind them SC
he could drive them-poked his knuck'
les into peoples ribs, and guffawed at
his own smartness.
M0rrissey owns faro banks and sits
behind the table to deal the cards fol
others to bet on. We do not see that il
is worse to sit behind his table than fol
Thad. Stevens, Dick Yates, Tim. U
Howe. and other leading Republicans
to sit before it and bet on the cards o.
Morrissey deals them ont.
He had prize match with Heenar
once. but when the contest was over, ht
shook hands with his opponent, ant
each forgot the bloody past, and became
friends, and the two united now make
strong team. The example of Morrisey
would be a good one for Radicals to fol
low.
He never stole spoons, watches, and
diamond iewelry for his wife as Ben
Butler has. When he fought will
Hcenan he did not pick his pockets, ol
insult his sister or mother rs the brute
Butler insulted the women of the Soutl
who were robbed by his orders and raw
ishcd by negroes and drunken whites
with his consent, in retaliation for thell
expressing their disgust at his venali
ties.
He never stole cotton as did Banks
and others of the God and Morality
thieves.
He never allowed men to be murdered
slaughted and captured as Banks die
Northern men on Red River, in his cru
SADIE for cotton and niggers.
He is not rotten with the most foul
nasty, sinking, and ody-destoying
disease which is the penalty for in
dulging in licentiOusness, as is Morton
of Indiana.
He is not gutter drunkard, as Yates
of Illinois.
He is not ranting, canting, blasphe
nous, hell-deserving tenement of hate
ignorance, selfishness and hypocrisy, az
is Brownlow, of Tennessee.
When in fight he never went out Of
a back door, like peas from a tin scoop
with his shirt fluttering i'll the breeze, q
la Washburn at Memphis.
I He is not one of those chicken-steal
ing. Christ-forgetting. wench-lovlng
nigger-worshipping, Bible Dangers, such
as turn their sacred desks into political
stands, and wallow in the worldly poo
of politics.
He sleeps with white lady and not
with moits wench as docs Thad. Ste
vens, the gambling head of the Repub
lican party.
Morrissey is not bounty-broker, q
sanitary swindler, q hospital robber, o
thicving army chaplain, u bloated bond
holder, growing rich at the expense OF
the Radical leaders.
! He is not straddling trimmer, like
Raymond-not n pea e man III war times
and war man in peace times, like
Greeley, but better man before God
and man than any leader in the Radical
party. He is more honest, more liberal
more trustworthy, more patriotic, and
has better record every way than have
half of the Republicans, and the pluck
to meet his enemies in a fair, square
stand-up fight, and not to incite mob:
and imprison people as so long was the
fashion with Republicans in the days Of
the little bell
And if We were on dying bed, in
need of heavenly intercession, We wOult
give more for the prayers of muscular
! liberal, gentlemanly John Morrissey
than for those of the majority of ortho-
dox so-called Christians of the present
age.
If Morrissey was Radical 'twould bt
all right. Then, what howl that par
ty would set up against those who
would object to him, because as they
would say, he was once poor man, but
one who was striving to be somebody.