The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1867-05-29
at'heeliug Rrgister.
wedse.d"y Marainx,-,r,Yrr,Mry as.
AChnraettristic Dedxe.

rHE IRtCIjig6Rcer Of yesterday at
,,pmts 10 screen Eta Ifaiinre to exult
over the election of the Fairmont dar-
.ey. under the plea that the gentleman
Of color owed bis success tn Democratic
,.tr<. Had he been chosen by Radical
hal,ots, the amount of progress" civil
,,otjnn- and '.nsw ideas" evinced by
The election wonld have been positive,
:, stunning; Int IA he was theg choice
= "r,,l.el sympathizers,' .the '.jbB' was
- trivial and Insignificant as to need
no notice at rhe hands of loyal ''enter-
,rise.T This is the sum of the insinua-
rinn.. with which onr neighbOr strives
o. Justify the shortcomings to which We
allied his attention.
We suhpit that the InteItige"cer has
furnished no proof that the lucky negro
m question received the support of the
Democracy. Its bare assertions are,
no, sufficient: in this instance, Us in all
instances, Indeed. they need sontirma-
non before they can be entitled to ere
,l-ucr. In the absence of reliable evil
.ieurr. and in view of the Hteiigsnccrs'
.ratus on the question of veracity, our
ntishh"r,s mode of accounting for this
femarkable political phenomenon, re-
,alvrS itself into a shabby trick. to re-
lievr his party Of the responsibility Of
Z nrgro's election. Its editor knows
iram personal experience the embarrnss-
ing results of public association with
she ''man and brother" and desires to
ave his party from the pitfall into
which his extra zeal once led his own
ncautious footsteps. Hence, probably,
,he unsupported, and therefore, very
-l~picious declaration that the Demo-
rats elected the darkey. s. -,
W. gave Onr authority for the state
rnrnt that this election was Radical
irumph. VIZ quoted from the Fair
mont Iedeire, between which and the
ipiciiigsaer. the relations are saidto be
similar to those existing between Che
WeStphalis swine. -.
Hogs Of Westpialia are of saw ing brood,
What one h"s drops another takes for food.
our neighhor will scarcely object to
The evidence of the I,edetfc, which refers
10 "RoSsY LEwIs'" election in an ap-
proving manner. and regards it as .
proof of Radical reconstruction in its
,;. - "a
indeed there is huta single feature of
The affair that affords any pretext for
the iabIHgCpc'r's version. The success
inl Ethiopian j. described IA "a genteel
and intelligent cclorsd man. Know
ing full well the scarcity of gentility
and intelligence in the Radical ranks,
.,ur neigiibor has jumped 10 the conclu-
sion that the "'g"ntrel and intelligent
,olored man" was likewise q Demo-
sra,. 1t goes baek on hhn, just as
RoREuAN went b,ck on FRED Douglas,
At the time its editor acted as valet
o the intellectual money hunting mu-
alto. Had GLOSSY LEWIS been de-
,rrihcd as a vulgar. filthy, idiotic crea-
mre. with the face OF I chimpanzee and
tho fragrance of goat, he would proba
My have received better treatment from
rhc Quincy street oracle; Radicalism
aonld have acknowledged her trade
mark, and reioiced over her handiwOrk,
ant when negro takes. advantage Of
che int,HgcHcr' by being ''genteel and
Intelligent" he deserves. az he receives,
no fraternal favors nj its hands. ]
The vote of Democrats for Boston
darkey. or tho candidacy OF Tennes-
-ee negro against RsowNLoW,i only
shows how thoroughly despicable the
representative Radicals have become
when decent people east their votes for
.cgr"cs in preference TO them. And i'll
The people of the South are everywhere
striking hands in the most seductive
aud afi-ctionatp manner with the ne-'
Erors." it is brcause they are compelled
Z" lake that. or Che terrible alternative
ii Radical domination: they certainly
have never sought notoriety on the
-corr of shameful public fawning upon
hired babhling blackamoor, which is
more Than can he said for the man of the
ihfeHtgene@. l. ly!4--u1
We published few weeks ago ta.
hlc OF statistics showing that the mu-
Iattoi.m OF the North. in proportion 70
m" colored population, was largely In
excess of that Of the Senth. We regard
This as a sufficient refutation of Our CO.
Gemporary's concluding intimation,
without dwelling upon the sbvious
TACT that the man who, like our nei gh-
nor, haspahiicly rrineed for the smiles
If brawling negro, is not exactly the
yroper person TO prate of preserving the
rurity his race.
He has no right to talk of the muiat-
loism of his section, and ifmiscegenation
is abandoaed and saddle-celored human
ity ceases to aboand the reformation
rsn never be attributed 10 his exam
pie.
',.tfAL--A-I ~ III
The New York Uorid says: Of the
SO .OOo. 900, or thereabouts, of postal
currency, about sl,aOO,O is in circnla-
lion in this city, and of this amount it
IS estimated that at least one-third Is
counterfeit. This counterfeit currency
"irculates as readily from hand to hand
s. the genuine paper, for it is well exc
,nted-and. moreover, according to the
testimony Of n notorious counteffeiter,
The circulation is under the especial
protection Of the police, who are said to
receive ten per csnt. sof the entire issue.'
his in the half H-million Of bogus postal
currency in circulation in this city,
Wonld be $50, 00O-which Is very hand
some black-mail bonus for this single
minor industry" TO pay for . license. Z,