The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1867-05-09
At'heeliuq Reaister.
Hard Name. fer Hard Characters.


the shocking manner in which the
newspapers are talking of the Radical
office-holders. 1t thinks the hard
names used in this application are per-
fectly awful, and partly deplores and
partly Doubts the necessity for their
use. Ii our cotemporary will permit us
to make a suggestion, we will remind
him Of u possible reason for the ugly
terms that are used in describing the
character of Radical officials. 1t is be-
cause decent language won't do tho sub
iects justice. He is probably familiar
with objects in the natural world that
are popularity known only by the most
naughty and uncomfortable names.
The same principle applies to the case
in point. People call Il Radical official
n rascal or sconndrel, for the same
reason that friend Of ours calls his
dog, "Pierpoint''-''it's his name" A
dignified or decent title would he q sad
misnomer. ..--
Referring to the scandalizing habits
of West Virginia papers, the Times says:
In our own State, pick up any of the
so-callcd Democratic papers, and there
is no single public officer mentioned in
any other than insulting language. Is
stere any basis for such indiscriminate
,.le.pnciation IL the vast number of
,ouF ~, bile officers really SO infamous as
20 wafssht snch 4 course.
To eack one of his questions We an
,sweriempha+ically, yes! There is a basis
for this denr%ciation and your officers
are infamous !cpough to warrant not
,anly the course" TO which you refer,
,hut almost any ''coprse" of treatment to
which it is usual to Subject abandoned
criminals.
Again he says:
.'It actually has the appearance as if
holding a public office was analogous
with being . scoundrel.'
Really, it would seem so. So Thought
the Wc;zel county grand jury which
indicted one of yonr Senators, REuBEN
MArrIN, Tor stealing geese. So thought
the jury which indicted, and the Gov
.5nur who pardoned FUEGUsOS in Ken
tucky. and so thought the investiga-
ting committee which substantiated the
REGISTERS charge, that he was "par-
doned thief" Your party has annexed
such conditions 10 office-hoiding that
40 man can prosper politically In
yonr midst unless he is en-
tircly aud enthusiastically n scoun-
.drel. Do yon want any more eX-
aniplcsf Look at the Senator from Up
.shnr, Dan FARSswoRTH, over whose
damaged reputation council Of his
friends was held, and in whose defense
il was gravely plead that man so
"loyal" must be expected 10 steal a hog
.or so at intervals. Examine the lovely
record OF Nat. HARRISON, sweet expo
nen, OF ali chat is peculiar in Radical
character. \ social nuisance, phi
vate dehauohee and pnblic pest; he is
,huun"d hy the respectable for his
ices. and despised by the honest
Tor his official corruptions. But
without taking census of Radical rep
resrntativcs. let us refer to the best IL
mstration OF the results of Radicalism
with which we are personally familiar
Contemplate the mightiuess of his maj
esty Mr.. FOREMAN. Mark the perfect
man, and behold the upright Read
the Constitution of the State, his
official oath and his official
history, and when you have decided
upon polite name fol what in common
people would be perjury and theft, give
rs your opinion of your Governor.
lou will then see that not only is Radi-
cal office-holding analogous with being
. scoundrel," bnt that the perfection Of
the analogy is proportioned ed to the dig
nifty of the position, and that the higher
the place the greater is the scoundrel
who fills it. .-...t