The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1867-02-25
The ..iSsi Law md it's Advocates.

The libel subject was again discussed
ut length in the Senate on Saturday
The determination on the part of some
of the members of that body TO compel
the enactment of some measure that
will permit the prosecution of libel
suits in any court which the plaintiff
nav select. is extremely fierce and
..rins incapable of yielding to defeat.
Notwithstanding the majority has con-
,.,n,lv voiced down all propositions
linking tn legislation of this charaC ter,
,,r ohsiinacy If the minority has re-
ft.,I tn succumh. Discussion after dis
,g.s;an has been had, vote after vote
la. been taken. and the result has in
,aliaJly been the same, indicating the
arm and steady unwillingness of the
.,hrrting majority TO he in
>;rumcnral in gratifying the
per>nral piVur and private malice of
,b- parties who are most Jealous in adj
,,ratin. the act in relation TO libels.
Ib. nnal action of the Senate in refus-
,n.rrnr,cunsider the vote by which this
n~A,nrr was defeated on Saturday shows
,bs; the limii Of it's patience has at last
h.,n reached. and that this body intends
s.rrairr, ro devote its time to the con-
,ui,yaliau OF measures pTomotive of the
Universal interest. rather than 10 legis-
l,;ion whose avowed object is the satis-
r.rfipn OF individual grudges and the
,l4,,ticlIion of personal vengeance.
Dan I,EN>woETH, SAM IorSG and
others nf this class are too pusil-
.,r,runus To settle their difficult
,,.- outside of court of justice
AMI are TOO infamous 10 obtain redress
b, the legal means already secured
rDrm ia the most ample manner, the
LaN> Of West Virginia cannot he
80 moulded as to ensure them
>srrr>> in their schemes of
Vengeance, especially when the leg
l>'atiou they ask would break down all
carriers TO useless and malicious
prosecutions. and enable men of all pro-
tr>>ions. creeds, aud political opinions
10 Use the Courts of the State as the
Instruments of their hatred and re-
,rnge.
The imtimatiOn of the Senatorial
>caramouch from Pocahontas county
10 the effect that the law he advocated,
was needed in order TO redress the
grievances of Nat HARRISON is signifi-
cant alike of the object Of the measure
and of the loathsome purposes to which
high legislative office has been pros
titutcd. Ii shows that the special pet
Of the lamented FOREMAN, the Judge of
The Ninth JuUicial District, is by no
means as iusensible to the current ex-
po>itions of his rascality rs his admirers
insist. that he desires to repair the
character which his own corruption has
disgraccd, and which public opinion
has damned. and that without special
and partia! legislation, he can neither
worI. out the retributiOn of his de-
uuuncers nor effect the redemption Of
his ruined reputation.
But who is this willing champion,
thi, frrsrnt aud persistent advocate OF
.. measure. of which men like HARRI-
son. FAENSwoETH, CARROLL, ct i'd omne
g.aus. are To he the sole benefciaries!
4 preacher by profession, regular
mountcbank of the pulpit, imposing
upom popular credulity, and prospering
lay The native force of personal impu-
dcnce. 4 soldier also in his preten-
sions, not like one of BrRoN's heroes,
''aS mild a hammered man as ever scut-
lied ship or cut throat" but a bluster-
tering. staggering bully, and the YER
lest poltroon withal that ever burned
barn. Quilted hen-roost or frightened
old women into Mysteries. When
TRAITS impended. and especial
Is when the presence of the enemy
rendered horse stealing and other vari-
ctirs of marauding rather more danger
ous than desirable. our warlike, holy
bowler. became q substitute broker,
>prculatrd iu the necessities Of the ma
;ioa. tratlicked in nnbler flesh and bet
Ter blood than his own, and made the
Young manhood and valor of the cOun-
ny source of personal advantage and
profit. We shall not disgust the public
with lengthy details, but we cannot re-
irain from reminding this theological
thug. tha, such Of his exploits as that
which resulted in the Interference OF
Provost Marshal aud the transfer Of GER
tain funds from the pocket of the bro
ker TO that OF young but ignorant sub
Stirute are neither unknown nor un-
needed.
Carrying into hisLegislative pursuits
The same style Of manliness and honesty
that he observed in his previous voca-
lions, such = man would be eminently
tilted TO serve the purposes and minis
ter to the vengeance of corrupt sficial
like HARRISON. That august Judge ev-
identity knew his man when he chose
YorNG az his champion. He desired
the services of O political pimp, and he
rould have selected no more fitting per
sonage, than the parson leader OF the
Swamp Dragons" No more suitable
tool could have been chosen, and In &C
counting for the failure of this ingeni
Gus project, HARRISON will be com
PEELED to throw the blame upon the IN
tegrity of the Senate, rather than upor
the unfitness of the instrument selected
10 accomplish the end desired,
Improvement Of the Kanawha River
We learn that an effort is being made
to secure some legislation looking to th'