The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1867-08-17

| clad oath that Is required OF all federal
officers, and that Ougt TO be required
Of all State officers. Kentucky needs
reconstructing as much as any State of
the Union. We do not say that Con-
] greas has the power over Kentucky
I that il has over States where the loyal
government has been oVerthrown; and
/ we do not pretend to point out the rem
edy, but there is no doubt about the
need. The difference between South
| Carolina and Kentucky IL, that the for
mer is a whipped rebel the latter an
unwhipped one. Any other difference
between them does not amount to a row
Of pins.
ACCORDING TO a correspondent of the
New York Herald, whose letter has
been seriously discussed by at least one
leading newspaper, the Western De-
mocracy propose to run George H.
PendIeton for the next President. and
TO make the reputation of the national
debt the main plank in their platform.
He says:
They desire To raise an issue on
I which they eau demand a distinctive
democratic politician as their standard
| bearer. To this end they are begin
ming to agitate the policy of n repudia-
ton of the national debt, n complete
wiping out of all our liabilities, and II
recommencement all round under re-
! turn to n specie basis.
"Sow the boldest among the western
! Democrats do not hesitate to openly
ayow the doctrine OF entire reputation.
\ They believe that II will carry the mas
SEES with il. and sweep everything be.
| fore It. 60 into sny public meeting.
say many OF their prominent men, and
you will tnd nine-tenths OF those pres
ent in favor OF reputation AJAX them
why they should grind out their lives
aud pinch their families in order to pay
/ the debt incurred for u war which they
had no hand in making, and which has
only enriched the politicians who
| brought il upon us, and they Will near
| Is all range themselves upon our side.
| Still the cautious politicians desire to
approach the subject by more indirect
paths. The policy they now advocate
\ is the wiping ont of the whole national
| debt by an issue of Rreenbacks to the
amount of twenty. five hundred mil
lions, cancelliDg all the interest bearing
bonds. and stopping the circulation of
the national banks, thus saving the
country the twenty millions annually
/ squandered upon these institutions.
| This is well understood TO he the pro-
gramme upon which PendletOn is TO be
| put forward for the Presidential nomi-
nation, as foreshadowed by the position
of his confidential organs. But behind
this stands the ultimate result OF re-
pudiHtion, which will be rendered more
! easy of accomplishment under the de-
preston which such au imitation would
occasion in the national currency"
We have no desire to give the demo-
cratic party credit for surplus of wis
dom, but we do not believe that their
lenders are idiots. 1t is for this reason
that what we have copied above seems
most preposterons stuff. We do not
believe that even Mr.. Pendleton would
propose the expansion of the currency
to the extent OF twenty five hundred
millions as preparation for return
to n specie basis. The correspondent is
somewhat loose in his reasoning.
CONCERNING Happiness
may be defined as possession ever
sought, but seldom caught. So far
from being properly classified ~ sub
ordinate to life and liberty, 1t includes
both these conditions. Fanny Fern
discourses very philosophically in its
relation:
| soIemnly aver that the moment any
body tries to do or say good thing,
| that moment lie snail never De uellN-
cred OF 1t, but shall only experience
Ihroes OF mortal pain trying. II you
| build yourself beautiful house, and
/ make il a marvel OF taste and convent
ence, in one of it's lovely cham bers
shall your dead be laid. aud you shall
! wander heHrt-sick away from IL, TO rid
yourself of phantom that will always
/ follow you, till you turn boldly and
face II. and with II strong heart accept
Its company.
This iucessant striving TO be happyI
| Never-uever shall mortals be so, till
| they have learned to give II over. Hap
piness comes. 1t will not be challeng-
| ed. 1t glides in only when you have
! closed the door. aud turned your back
| upon it, and forget IL. 1t lays a SOFT
hand upon your face, when you
thought to be alone, and brings joy
| full flush of surprise TO your cheek, and
a soft light TO yonr weary eye, an ineffa-
BILE peace to your soul.
Old stagers know that the way to be
be happy is to give up all attempts 10
| be so. In other words, the cream OF en-
| toynient in this life Is always impromp-
| IN. The chance walk; the unexpected
visit; the unprecedented Journey; the
uusought conversation, or acquRint-
| Rnce.
THE Pennsylvania papers are not dis
heartened by the reVerses which the
petroleum interest has received, and
predict for 1t an importance in the
future only second to that OF coal. The
Philadelphia North American, in an ar
Iicle on the present situation, says:
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